Geological Studies

Throughout the years, the Survey has studied many types of geologic hazards in Oklahoma, including earthquakes, abandoned mines, and sometimes localized events where gas or oil found a surface outlet in a pond or stream. The OGS has examined hazardous waste, water issues, industrial minerals, and many other topics important to Oklahoma. Below are some highlights of that work.

Load-induced subsidence of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains recorded by preservation of Permian landscapes, by Gerilyn S. Soreghan, G. Randy Keller, M. Charles Gilbert, Clement G. Chase and Dustin E. Sweet. reprinted from Geosphere 2012;8;654-668

My Favorite Outcrop: Cold Springs Breccia, by Brittany N. Pritchett, reprinted from the OCGS Shale Shaker

My Favorite Outcrop: Robbers Cave State Park: The Bartlesville Sandstone, by Richard D. Andrews, reprinted from the OCGS Shale Shaker

2012 Update of Southern Mid-Continent Theses and Dissertations, by Neil H. Suneson, reprinted from the OCGS Shale Shaker

The Cretaceous of Southern Oklahoma—The Society’s Spring 2012 Field Trip, by Neil H. Suneson, reprinted from the OCGS Shale Shaker

My Favorite Outcrop: Custer County Oysters by Neil H. Suneson, reprinted from the OCGS Shale Shaker

My Favorite Outcrop: Caney Shale by Richard D. Andrews, reprinted from the OCGS Shale Shaker

My Favorite Outcrop: Black Mesa Basalt by Neil H. Suneson, reprinted from the OCGS Shale Shaker

Arkoma Basin: Past, Present and Future by Neil H. Suneson, reprinted from the OCGS Shale Shaker

Petrified Wood in Oklahoma, a PowerPoint presentation from OGS Geologist Neil H. Suneson

Booch Sandstone, Arkoma Basin: Outcrops to Well Logs, a PowerPoint presentation from OGS Geologist Neil H. Suneson

List of all OGS publications on the Arkoma Basin

Hydrogeology Lab Dr. Kyle E. Murray

Bibliographies

Bibliography of Anadarko Basin

Bibliography of Arbuckle Mountains

Bibliography of Ardmore Basin

Bibliography of Arkoma Basin

Bibliography of Marietta Basin

Geologic Hazards, including Picher,
and the Tar Creek Superfund Site

Flood Plain Maps for the State of Oklahoma, FEMA Map Service

Find flood plain maps by entering addresses at the site:

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Picher, Tar Creek

Dr. Kenneth V. Luza, OGS engineering geologist, has worked in the Picher Field area of northeastern Oklahoma for more than 20 years, providing valuable information as the area was declared part of the EPA Superfund in 1983.  Problems identified in the area included contaminated water from acid mine drainage, lead-laden dust from the chat piles in the area, and mine-shaft hazards created as the tunnels collapsed.

Dr. Luza has continued to work with various agencies in the Tar Creek area, and some of his photos and maps are available on this web site at URL.

OGS Circular 88, Stability Problems Associated with Abandoned Underground Mines in the Picher Field, Northeastern Oklahoma.  Circular 88 can be purchased from the OGS publication sales office, or downloaded from the link above.

Other related OGS projects and publications include:

Circular 82.Chemical Quality of Water in Abandoned Zinc Mines in Northeastern Oklahoma and Southeastern Kansas, by S. J. Playton, R. E. David, and R. G. McClaflin.  49 pages, 13 figures, 19 tables. 1981.  Clothbound. $9; paperbound, $5.

Industrial Minerals

Links

• Mineral Information Institute (MII) - Mineral Information Institute provides K-12 teachers with free geological, mineralogical, earth science, lesson plans and classroom materials about the Earth's ecology and natural resources.

• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) - the Society of Manufacturing Engineers is the world's leading professional society supporting manufacturing education.

Mineral Uses

Download the Mineral Resources Poster

Waste Disposal

Circular 80.Disposal of Industrial Wastes in Oklahoma, Part I, Introduction, by Kenneth S. Johnson, Kenneth V. Luza, and John F. Roberts.  Part II, Surface disposal of Industrial Wastes in Oklahoma, by Kenneth S. Johnson and Kenneth V. Luza. Part III, Subsurface Disposal of Industrial Wastes in Oklahoma, by Kenneth S. Johnson and John F. Roberts. 82 pages, 32 figures, 1 plate, 16 tables.  1980.  Paperbound, $5.

Special Publication 90-3.  Hazardous-Waste Disposal in Oklahoma—A Symposium (Kenneth S. Johnson, editor).  Proceedings of a Symposium Held November 9, 1989, in Conjunction with the Annual Technical Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science.  87 pages, 13 papers, 22 figures, 14 tables. 1990.  $5.

Water Studies

Hydrogeology Lab Dr. Kyle E. Murray

Hydrologic Investigations Atlases: See Available Publications list.