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  2. Arkansas Geological Survey - Wikipedia

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    The Arkansas Geological Survey (AGS), formerly the Arkansas Geological Commission (AGC), is a government agency of the State of Arkansas. It is responsible for the investigation of the geology, geologic processes, and geologic resources within the state. It encourages the considered management and utilization of the state's mineral, fossil-fuel ...

  3. List of Arkansas state agencies - Wikipedia

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    Arkansas Aviation and Aerospace Commission. Division of Insurance. Arkansas Earthquake Authority Board. Arkansas Governmental Bonding Board. Rural Risk Underwriting Association. State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries and Burial Services. Division of Securities. Division of Services for the Blind.

  4. Geology of Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    Geology of Arkansas. The geology of Arkansas includes deep 1.4 billion year old igneous crystalline basement rock from the Proterozoic known only from boreholes, overlain by extensive sedimentary rocks and some volcanic rocks. The region was a shallow marine, riverine and coastal environment for much of the early Paleozoic as multi-cellular ...

  5. United States Geological Survey - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .usgs .gov. The United States Geological Survey ( USGS ), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879, to study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the ...

  6. History of slavery in Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    The history of slavery in Arkansas began in the 1790s, before the Louisiana Purchase made the land territory of the United States. [1] Arkansas was a slave state from its establishment in 1836 until the Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1865. [1] Slaveholders were initially clustered in the eastern and southern ...

  7. Washington County, Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    Cane Hill College in Canehill was the first college in Arkansas, prior to the University of Arkansas's founding in 1871. A 2012 study found 84.2% of Washington County residents over age 25 held a high school degree or higher and 31.9% held a bachelor's degree or higher.

  8. Stanley Shale - Wikipedia

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    Stanley Shale. The Stanley Shale, or Stanley Group, is a Mississippian stratigraphic unit in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma. First described in Arkansas in 1892, [4] this unit was not named until 1902 by J.A. Taff in his study of the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma. [3] Taff assigned the town of Stanley in Pushmataha County ...

  9. Novaculite - Wikipedia

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    Novaculite, also called Arkansas Stone, is a microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline rock type that consists of silica in the form of chert or flint. It is commonly white to grey or black in color, with a specific gravity that ranges from 2.2 to 2.5. It is used in the production of sharpening stones. It occurs in parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and ...