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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C18841.36C645E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As an added objective while getting my cave certifications, I was = thinking of starting to gather some scientific data on the caves and = mines I have been diving, in Missouri. The question I have is, what data = is useful? Some of the items I had in mind were: Water=20 pH, Potassium, Chlorides, Calcium, Iron, Lead, turbidity, total = dissolved solids, Bacteria counts for SRB's, Anaerobic, Aerobic. Air Pockets H2S, LEL, O2, & CO2 Most of these can be done in the field with the exception of incubating = the bacteria cultures, and mg/l of solids. I thought nitrates could be = of interest, but I'm not sure of the procedure. Any other data of = interest that a could be easily gathered?=20 =20 Yakoke Jeff Loftis ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C18841.36C645E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>As an added objective while getting my cave = certifications, I=20 was thinking of starting to gather some scientific data on the caves and = mines I=20 have been diving, in Missouri. The question I have is, what data is = useful?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Some of the items I had in mind were:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Water </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>pH, Potassium, Chlorides, Calcium, Iron, Lead, = turbidity,=20 total dissolved solids, Bacteria counts for SRB's, Anaerobic,=20 Aerobic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Air Pockets</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>H2S, LEL, O2, & CO2</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Most of these can be done in the field with the = exception of=20 incubating the bacteria cultures, and mg/l of solids. I thought = nitrates=20 could be of interest, but I'm not sure of the procedure. Any other data = of=20 interest that a could be easily gathered? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yakoke<BR>Jeff Loftis<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C18841.36C645E0-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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