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Carbonate database

Funding Source:	Indiana Geological Survey
Status:	ongoing — Definition of status type
Project Director:	Margaret Ennis

Issue

From the late 1940s until the early 1980s, the Geochemistry Section of the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) analyzed carbonate rock material obtained from cores, quarries, and outcrops. This material is not available in an up-to-date computer database, and the paper copies are deteriorating.

Objective

The original records of the work are located in old notebooks and outdated computer records and must be checked for accuracy and completeness before being transferred into a modern database.

Approach

All the data will be organized and verified on a county-by-county basis.

Products

The final product will be a searchable database of all carbonate rocks analyzed by the IGS.

Benefits

The tabulated information can be searched by location geographically, as well as by the depth from the surface. It can also be searched for chemical content and sample thickness, indicators of quality. These historic data, which may have been lost, can now be utilized in new studies.

Locations Affected:

Adams
Allen
Bartholomew
Blackford
Boone
Carroll
Cass
Clark
Clay
Crawford
Daviess
Dearborn
Delaware
Dubois

Fayette
Floyd
Fountain
Franklin
Grant
Greene
Hamilton
Hancock
Harrison
Henry
Howard
Huntington
Jackson
Jasper

Jay
Jefferson
Jennings
Johnson
Knox
LaPorte
Lawrence
Madison
Marion
Marshall
Martin
Miami
Monroe
Montgomery

Morgan
Newton
Orange
Owen
Parke
Perry
Pike
Pulaski
Putnam
Randolph
Ripley
Rush
Scott
Shelby

Spencer
Sullivan
Switzerland
Tipton
Vanderburgh
Vermillion
Wabash
Warren
Warrick
Washington
Wayne
Wells
White

Indiana House Districts Affected:

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100
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15
16
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20
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24
25
26
28
29
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31

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Indiana Senate Districts Affected:

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15
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17
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20

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23
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25
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28

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30
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Indiana Congressional Districts Affected:

Information Updated February 1, 2007