This Tobin et al_FernCaveHydro_readme.txt file was generated on 2021-11-17 by Benjamin Tobin


GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Water, Sediment, and Isopod Geochemistry and water level Data for Fern Cave, Alabama

2. Author Information
	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
		Name: Benjamin Tobin
		Institution: Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky
		Address: 228 MMRB, 504 Rose St., Lexington, KY, 40506
		Email: benjamin.tobin@uky.edu

	B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Benjamin Miller
		Institution: United States Geological Survey
		Email: bvmiller@usgs.gov
	C. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Matthew Niemiller
		Institution: University of Alabama Huntsville
		Email: mn0039@uah.edu
	D. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Andrea Erhardt
		Institution: Earth and Environmental Science Department, University of Kentucky
		Email: 	aer226@uky.edu

3. Date of data collection: 2019-09-01 to 2021-08-25.

4. Geographic location of data collection: All data was collected in caves and on the surface of Nat Mountain and the adjacent Paint Rock River, Alabama.

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: 
Funding for this research was provided by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service through the Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit program.

SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Creative Commons 4.0

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Publications are currently in Prep

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets:
USGS Dye Trace and water level data release

5. Was data derived from another source? No

6. Recommended citation for this dataset: 

Tobin, BW, Miller, BV, Niemiller, M, Erhardt, A. 2021. Water, Sediment, and Isopod Geochemistry and Population Genetic Data for Fern Cave, Alabama. Kentucky Geological Survey Dataset. doi: XXXX


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
Geochemistry.csv
GeochemSchema_Data.csv
XXXSchema_Data.csv 
XXX.csv

2. Relationship between files, if important: 
GeochemSchema_Data.xlsx provides the field definitions for Geochemistry.csv
XXXSchema_Data.csv provides the field definitions for XXX.csv

3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: 
Dye trace data conducted as part of this project are included in the USGS publication XXX and data release XXX
4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No



METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
Water samples were field filtered and then refidgerated as soon as possible after collection. 
Sediment and Isopod samples were collect and then refidgerated as soon as possible after collection. 

2. Methods for processing the data: 
Water samples were brought to the Kentucky Geological Survey Water Lab for major ion geochemistry and The Kentucky Isotope Geochemistry lab, both at the University of Kentucky
Analyses were conducted following lab specific protocols for each analyte.
Sediment and Isopod samples were also brought to the Kentucky Isotope Geochemistry lap for analyses following lab protocols.


3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: 

4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A

5. Environmental/experimental conditions: N/A

6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A

7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: 
Thomas Inebnit, Steve Pitts, Mark Jones, Lee Anne Bledsoe, Brian Ham, Kayla Wilson, Micheal Slay

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR GeochemistryData.xlsx
see GeoChem_Schema_Data.csv for information on specific fields within the dataset.