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KRG & USGS GeoPark Project 
The USGS has been supportive in many aspects
 of the KRG, USF Geology and Geography Depts, including:
- Geopark signage project
- Booths at the Geology EXPO event
- Assitance with field trips
- Guest lectures
- and they often supply staff, resources, and alumni
that support USF activities

      

Speleothems from Brooksville Ridge Area used for paleoclimate studies.

Pinellas County Karst GIS Project

• Aerial photo assesment
• LIDAR data evaluation (click to see example)
• Sinkhole hazard assesment

Brooksville Ridge Project, Citrus County, Florida

• Cave survey
• Paleoclimatology
• Carbonate geology
• Biospeleology
• Conservation

Vaca Plateau Karst Project, Cayo District, Belize

• Cave survey
• Carbonate geology
• Hydrogeology
• Geoarcheology
• Paleoclimates

Hog Cay Project, San Salvador, Bahamas

• Cave Survey (click to see example map)
• Sediment profiles
• Soil geochemistry
• Carbonate geology
• Climatology

I-66 Special Project, NSS, Kentucky

• Karst inventory and GIS
• Conservation
• Highway design

Briar Cave Project, Marion County, Florida

• Carbonate geology
• Paleoclimatology
• Karst geomorphology
• Karst hydrogeology

Wells Cave Nature Preserve, NSS, Kentucky

Kentucky Sinkhole Database and Karst GIS

• Co-partners Kentucky Speleological Survey and Kentucky Geological Survey

Jugornot Cave Project, Pulaski County, Kentucky

• Survey
• Bioinventory
• Speleogenesis

Cave of Letters, Israel

Geoarcheology

Small Caves Survey, West Central Florida

• Cave survey (click to see example map)
• Paleoclimatology
• Carbonate geology
• Biospeleology
• Conservation