Sediment Analysis of Sediment Core from Montague Cave, Jackson County, Alabama

Authors

Elijah Joy, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow

Classification

Empirical Undergraduate

Abstract

The Fluviokarst system in Jackson County, Alabama is extensive. In order to increase our understanding of the region we have analyzed a cave sediment core taken from Montague Cave in Jackson County, Alabama. To do this have dried, driven off the organics, and ran it through a set of sieves. This allowed for Loss of Ignition, and grain size analysis to be done. Through doing this we have found that there is a significant correlation between the residual water and the organics. More recently there has been a change in flow conditions to bring in more organic and deposited coarser sediments.

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Jonathan Sumrall

Department/Program

Geosciences

Submission Type

in-person poster

DOI

10.58809/FSSI1057

Date

4-17-2023

Rights

Copyright the Author(s)

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Joy, Elijah (2023) "Sediment Analysis of Sediment Core from Montague Cave, Jackson County, Alabama," SACAD: John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days: Vol. 2023, Article 84.
DOI: 10.58809/FSSI1057
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sacad/vol2023/iss2023/84