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Geoscientific collections managed by Tennessee Geological Survey are aggregated in the National Digital Catalog to enhance discovery and use of valuable samples and data for further scientific research. Contact information and material access instructions are provided for the individual collections. Please note that all of the downloadable files are in .csv format, and some use the pipe symbol (|) as the delimeter instead of a comma (,).
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This Collection of Coal Field Measured Sections consists of handwritten descriptions of rock unit sequences measured along roads, railroads, trails, and strip mine highwalls in the Tennessee coal fields. Most of the collection is composed of sections measured by Dr. Harold Wanless during his study of the southern Appalachian coal fields in the late 1930's. Most of the sections are unpublished, except for being included as columnar section illustrations in - Wanless, H.R., 1946, Pennsylvanian geology of a part of the southern Appalachian coal field: Geological Society of America Memoir, 13, 162 p. Other measured sections in this collection originate from published and unpublished sources.
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This collection of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) documents consists of published and unpublished reports, memoranda, and maps related to mineral resource investigations and hydroelectric dam site geotechnical studies throughout the TVA region. They have been acquired as a result of the close association between TGS and TVA staff over many decades. Users please note that there are also additional unpublished TVA documents contained in the Tennessee Geological Survey Mineral Resources Collection. The documents are all available in digital format as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. High resolution tagged image format (tif) files are available for the large plates. Currently all of the original documents are...
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This collection primarily consists of both published and unpublished geological, geophysical, and hydrogeological documents, maps, and databases pertaining to the Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y-12 National Security Complex, and former K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant. This is a fairly static collection that was acquired by a Tennesse Geological Survey employee from 1987-1996. The collection also includes documents related to the proposed SuperConducting Super Collidor project circa 1987.
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This collection consists of a wide range of mineral resource related items. It includes detailed and summary reports, memoranda, correspondence, notes, maps, and other documents. The documents were produced by former staff working for theTennessee Geological Survey, United States Geological Survey, and Tennessee Valley Authority. As of 2015 nearly all of the items in the collection located in the Knoxville Field Office have been reviewed and scanned, and are included in the metadata records here. The documents are all available in digital format as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. High resolution tagged image format (tif) files are available for the large plates. Currently all of the original documents...
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