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The research team will use LiDAR data to characterize existing sinkholes, and to assess the area for risk of future sinkhole hazards. Informational tools will be developed to aid data collection, including a web-based reporting system for sinkhole collapses.

The Kentucky Geological Survey at the University of Kentucky is hosting its 21st annual open house in celebration of Earth Science Week, Oct. 11–17. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s event will be virtual. 

KGS researchers received $64,462 in funding from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program for their project, "Improving Estimates of Ground-Motion Site Response in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley Seismic Zones."

“By putting forth these efforts today, we are ensuring the availability of our collections and data for future use by researchers, educators and the general public."

The NSF has awarded funding to the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) at UK to lead a team of collaborative researchers in an innovative project to study groundwater flow in karst aquifers.

The Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) at UK recently began work on a major research project to investigate the unconventional oil and gas potential of the Rogersville Shale formation in Eastern Kentucky and other related formations.

Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) Director William Haneberg and UK Assistant Professor Lauren Cagle in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies ​have received one of two grants recently awarded by NASEM.

A new wall-size chart published by the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS), a research unit of the University of Kentucky, shows how black shale formations in the Appalachian Basin of Eastern Kentucky are connected to similar shales in the Illinois Basin, which underlies parts of Western Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

New analysis from the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS), a research center within the University of Kentucky, indicates the Hopkins map underestimates the maximum depth of fresh groundwater in most areas.

Kentucky is famous not only for having the world’s longest cave system (Mammoth Cave), but also for another geologic occurrence: sinkholes. Some sinkholes are dramatic, such as the one that occurred inside the Corvette Museum in 2014. They can cause property damage and pose a threat to human safety.