The Indiana Journal of Earth Sciences is an open access serial publication of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey (IGWS), a research institute of Indiana University and the state-legislated archive for geologic and hydrologic data. While the journal serves as the primary outlet for scholarly communication of the IGWS, it has a broad mission to publish Earth science research about Indiana and the surrounding region.

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Vol. 7 (2025)

This is Volume 7 of the Indiana Journal of Earth Sciences (IJES), an open-access journal published once a year by the Indiana Geological and Water Survey at Indiana University. Papers and other materials are published by IJES online as they are accepted and are listed according to their level of review (Editorial, Technical, and Full Peer Review).

Published: 2025-01-02

Editorial Review

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2025 IGWS calendar

Kristen S. Wilkins, Polly R. Sturgeon
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Full Peer Review

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Quaternary Geology of the Indiana Portions of the Chicago and the Northern Half of the Kankakee 30- x 60-minute Quadrangles

Map and Geologic Map Schema (GeMS) Level 3 database

Henry Munro Loope, José Luis Antinao
Map Pamphlet Geodatabase Open access Metadata Readme
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Characterization of Coal Tailings from Indiana—Implications for Their Potential Utilization as Sources of Critical Elements and Carbon

Report

Maria Mastalerz, Tracy Branam, Ashley S. B. Douds, Valerie Beckham-Feller, Victoria A. Leffel, LaBraun Hampton, Garrett R. L. Marietta
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Map of Indiana Showing Earthquake Epicenters and Structural Features

Map and geodatabase

Victoria A. Leffel, Polly R. Sturgeon, Kilauren W. Driscoll
Map Geodatabase Open access Metadata Readme
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Carbon Sequestration in Indiana—a Brief Overview

Report

Valerie Beckham-Feller, Rachel N. Culver, Ashley S. B. Douds, Maria Mastalerz
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Indiana's Limestone Campus—a Guide to the Limestone Architecture of Indiana University Bloomington

StoryMap

Polly R. Sturgeon, Brian D. Keith, Kristen S. Wilkins
StoryMap Brochure
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Quaternary Geology of the Indiana Portion of the Southern Half of the Kankakee 30- x 60-minute Quadrangle

Map and Geologic Map Schema (GeMS) Level 3 database

Henry Munro Loope, José Luis Antinao
Map Pamphlet Geodatabase Open access Metadata Readme
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MIS 6 Ice-marginal Sediments in the Buried Bedrock Valley of the East Fork White River near Jasper, Indiana

Report

José Luis Antinao, Henry H. Gray, Peter M. Jacobs, Henry M. Loope, J. Russell Boulding, Robin F. Rupp
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Assessment of CO2 Storage Potential in the Mt. Simon Sandstone in Indiana via Direct Mapping of Pay

Report

Ray Boswell, Ashley S. B. Douds
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Preliminary Map of the Bedrock Geology of the Southern Half of the Bloomington 30- x 60-Minute Quadrangle

Map

Valerie Beckham-Feller, Kilauren W. Driscoll, Donald C. Tripp, Robin F. Rupp
Map
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Indian Creek Member of the Ste. Genevieve Limestone (Chesterian, Mississippian) in South-central Indiana

Report

Alec M. Siurek, Brian D. Keith, Todd A. Thompson
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Paleobiological and Taphonomic Implications of Atypical Diploporitan Echinoderm Thecal Attachment Structures—Two Illustrations from the Middle Silurian (Wenlock: Sheinwoodian) of Southern Indiana

James R. Thomka, Donald L. Bissett, Joseph M. Koniecki
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Review of Boundaries of U.S. Midcontinent Stages in the Pennsylvanian of Indiana

Report

Maria Mastalerz, Nancy R. Hasenmueller, Philip R. Ames
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