Citizen's Guide to Expertise and Data at KGS to Address Everyday Problems
Expertise at KGS
Geologic expertise available at the KGS include:
- Economic geology
- Coal
- Gas
- Industrial Minerals (clay, limestone, sand and gravel, etc.)
- Oil
- Engineering Geology
- Environmental Geology (for planning and development)
- Geologic Hazards
- Hydrogeology
- Ground-water contamination
- Ground-water quality
- Ground-water supply
- Karst geology (caves, sinkholes, etc.)
- Surface-water supply
- Mapping
- Cartography
- Geologic mapping
- Geographic Information Systems
- Paleontology
- Seismology
- Seismic hazards
- Seismicity
- Stratigraphy and sedimentology
Data at KGS
The following data are available at KGS:
- Borehole database
- Coal thickness and resource database
- Geologic maps and data used to derive the maps
- Industrial mineral data
- Measured section database
- Oil and gas well information
- Paleontologic data
- Water well repository
- Well Sample Library
