SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. Contact the Lab for additional references.

Thomas J. Aley. 1962. Analytical review of Gurnee, Russell; Richard Anderson; Albert C. Mueller; and Jose Limeras. 1961. Barton Hill Project; a study of the hydrology of limestone terrain. National Speleological Society Bulletin. Vol. 23, Part I. 30p. Review in Cave Notes, Vol. 4:4, pp. 32-33.

Thomas J. Aley. 1963. Water balances for limestone terrain. Cave Notes, Vol. 5:3, pp. 17-22.

Thomas J. Aley. 1963. Basic hydrographs for subsurface flow in limestone terrain: theory and application. Cave Notes, Vol. 5:4, pp. 26-30.

Thomas J. Aley. 1964. Sea caves in the coastal karst of western Jamaica. Cave Notes, Vol. 6:1, pp. 1-3.

Thomas J. Aley. 1964. Echinoliths--an important solution feature in the stream caves of Jamaica. Cave Notes, Vol. 6:1, pp. 3-5.

Thomas J. Aley. 1964. Origin and hydrology of caves in the White Limestone of north central Jamaica. Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley. 29p.

Thomas J. Aley. 1965. Corrasional cave passage enlargement. Cave Notes, Vol. 7:1, pp. 2-4.

Thomas J. Aley. 1965. Analytical review of Brown, R.F. and T.W. Lambert. 1963. Reconnaissance of ground-water resources in the Mississippian Plateau region of Kentucky. U.S. Geol. Surv. Water Supply Paper 1603. 58p. Review in Cave Notes, Vol. 7:2, pp. 9-13.

Crooke, Howard W., John M. Toups, and Thomas J. Aley. 1965. Ground water recharge means “progress insurance” in Orange County, California. Water and Sewage Works, Vol. 112:7, pp. 257-261.

Thomas J. Aley. 1967. Analytical review of Sweeting, M. M.; G. E. Groom; V. H. Williams; C. D. Pigott; D. Ingle Smith; and G. T. Warwick. 1965. Denudation in limestone regions; a symposium. Geographical Journal, Vol. 131, Part 1, pp. 34-57. Review in Caves and Karst, Vol. 9:1, pp. 5-6.

Thomas J. Aley. 1967. Water balance study of Greer Springs, Missouri. Caves and Karst, Vol. 9:2, pp. 12-15.

Thomas J. Aley. 1967. Analytical review of White, William B. and Victor A. Schmidt. 1966. Hydrology of a karst area in east-central West Virginia. Water Resources Research, Vol. 2:3, pp. 549-560. Review in Caves and Karst, Vol. 9:5, pp. 44-46.

Thomas J. Aley. 1968. Hydrology of a karst watershed in the Missouri Ozarks. Caves and Karst, Vol. 10:6, pp. 49-55.

Thomas J. Aley. 1969. Out of sight, out of mind. Missouri Mineral Industry News, Vol. 9:12, pp. 163-166.

Thomas J. Aley. 1970. Temperature fluctuations at a small Ozark spring. Caves and Karst, Vol. 12:4, pp. 25-30.

Thomas J. Aley. 1972. The sinkhole dump and the spring. Missouri Conservationist, Vol. 33:2, pp. 16-17.

Thomas J. Aley. 1972. Groundwater contamination from sinkhole dumps. Caves and Karst, Vol. 14:3, pp. 17-23.

Thomas J. Aley. 1972. Control of unwanted plant growth in electrically lighted caves. Caves and Karst, Vol. 14:5, pp. 33-35.

Thomas J. Aley, James H. Williams, and James W. Massello. 1972. Groundwater contamination and sinkhole collapse induced by leaky impoundments in soluble rock terrain. Engineering Geology Monographs, Series 5. Missouri Geol. Survey and Water Resources. 32p.

Thomas J. Aley. 1974. Groundwater problems in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas. Missouri Speleology, Vol. 14:2, pp. 1-13.

Thomas J. Aley. 1975. Hydrology. IN: Gott, J. D. Soil survey of Mark Twain National Forest Area, Missouri. U.S. Dept. of Agric. Soil Survey Report, pp. 47-50.

Thomas J. Aley. 1976. Caves, cows, and carrying capacity. Proc. First National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 70-71.

Thomas J. Aley. 1976. Hydrology and surface management. Proc. First National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 44-45.

Thomas J. Aley and Mickey W. Fletcher. 1976. The water tracer's cookbook. Missouri Speleology, Vol. 16:6, pp. 1-32.

Thomas J. Aley and Doug Rhodes; Editors. 1977. Proc. Second National Cave Management Symposium, 106p.

Thomas J. Aley. 1977. Comments on cave radiation. Proc. Second National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 75-76.

Thomas J. Aley. 1977. Introductory comments on commercial and high value caves. Proc. Second National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 52-53.

Thomas J. Aley. 1977. The Ozark Underground Laboratory. Proc. Second National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 94-98.

Thomas J. Aley. 1977. A model for relating land use and groundwater quality in southern Missouri. IN Dilamarter, R. R. and S. C. Csallany, Editors. Hydrologic problems in karst regions. Western Kentucky Univ. Press, pp. 323-332.

Thomas J. Aley. 1977. The Ozark Underground Laboratory. IN Sloane, Bruce; Editor. Cavers, caves, and caving. Rutgers Univ. Press, pp. 140-158.

Thomas J. Aley. 1977. Springs and sewage. IN Sloane, Bruce; Editor. Cavers, caves, and caving. Rutgers Univ. Press, pp. 318-329.

Thomas J. Aley. 1978. A predictive hydrologic model for evaluating the effects of land use and management on the quantity and quality of water from Ozark springs. Missouri Speleology, Vol. 18, 185p. (a reprint of the final report on the Hurricane Creek Barometer Watershed study; reprinted with permission from U.S. Forest Service).

Thomas J. Aley. 1978. A predictive hydrologic model for evaluating the effects of land use and management on the quantity and quality of water from Ozark springs. Missouri Speleology, Vol. 18, 185p.

Harmon, R.S.; H.P. Schwarcz, and Thomas J. Aley. 1978. Isotopic studies of speleothems from a cave in southern Missouri, U.S.A. IN: Zartman, Robert E. (Editor). Short Papers of the Fourth Intern'l. Conf. on Geochronology, Cosmochronology, and Isotope Geology. U.S. Geol. Surv. Open File Rept. 78-701.

Thomas J. Aley and Catherine Aley. 1979. Prevention of adverse impacts on endangered, threatened, and rare animal species in Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas. Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission, Springdale, 35p.

Thomas J. Aley and David I. Foster. 1979. Deep secrets and dark problems; studies of karst springs in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Proc. Second Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks, Vol. 5, pp. 499-505. U.S. National Park Service.

Thomas J. Aley. 1979. Do threatened and endangered species threaten or endanger commercial interests at show caves? Down Under, Vol. 14:2, pp. 24-26.

Thomas J. Aley and Kenneth C. Thomson. 1981. Hydrogeologic mapping of unincorporated Greene County, Missouri, to identify areas where sinkhole flooding and serious groundwater contamination could result from land development. Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources, map folio and project summary.

Thomas J. Aley Danny Halterman. 1982. A conceptual characterization of the subsurface movement of toxic chemicals in soluble rock lands. Proc. Fifth National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 77-80.

Thomas J. Aley. 1982. Hydrologic impacts of urbanization in the soluble rock lands of Greene County, Missouri. Proc. Fifth National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 61-69.

Thomas J. Aley and Cathy Aley. 1982. Interpretive training for show cave personnel. Proc. Fifth National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 91-92.

Thomas J. Aley. 1984. Groundwater tracing in water pollution studies. National Speleological Society Bulletin, Vol. 46:2, pp. 17-20.

Thomas J. Aley. 1985. Optical brightener sampling; a reconnaissance tool for detecting sewage in karst groundwater. Hydrological Science and Technology Short Papers, Vol. 1:1, pp. 45-48.

Thomas J. Aley, Cathy Aley, and Russell Rhodes. 1986. Control of exotic plant growth in Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. Proc. Sixth National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 159-171.

Thomas J. Aley, and Cathy Aley. 1986. Effects of land management on cave and water resources, Dry Medicine Lodge Creek Basin, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming. Proc. Sixth National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 79-92.

Quinlan, J.F.and Thomas J. Aley. 1987. Discussion of “A new approach to the disposal of solid waste on land” by R.C. Heath and J.H. Lehr. Ground Water Vol. 25:5, pp. 615-616.

Thomas J. Aley. 1988. Complex radial flow of ground water in flat-lying residuum-mantled limestone in the Arkansas Ozarks. Proc. Second Environmental Problems in Karst Terranes and Their Solutions Conference, pp. 159-170. National Water Well Association.

Thomas J. Aley. 1989. Assessing the areal extent of groundwater impacts in karst. Third Annual Watershed Conf. Proc., Watershed Comm. of the Ozarks, Springfield, MO, pp. 187-191.

Thomas J. Aley. 1990. The karst environment and rural poverty. Ozarks Watch (Southwest Mo. State Univ.) Vol. 4:1, pp. 19-21. (Reprinted in "An anthology of Ozarks Watch", Ozarks Watch, Vol. 5:3, pp. 60-62).

Thomas J. Aley and Cathy Aley. 1991. Delineation and hazard area mapping of areas contributing water to significant caves. Proc. Eighth National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 116-122.

Stringer, Jeffrey W.; Bruce L. Slover; and Thomas J. Aley. 1991. Speleoforestry; planning for an unseen resource. Jour. of Forestry, Vol. 89:12, pp. 20-21.

Thomas J. Aley. 1992. The water below. Ozark Watch (Southwest Mo. State Univ.) Vol. 6:1 & 2, pp. 42-44.

Thomas J. Aley, Catherine Aley, William R. Elliott, Peter W. Huntoon. 1993. Karst and cave resource significance assessment of the Ketchikan Area, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Report by the Karst Resources Panel to the U.S. Forest Service. 79p. + appendixes.

Thomas J. Aley. Some thoughts on environmental management as related to cave use. Australian Cave and Karst Management Association Jour. Vol. 17, pp. 4-10.

Field, Malcolm S.; Ronald G. Wilhelm; James F. Quinlan; and Thomas J. Aley. 1995. An assessment of the potential adverse properties of fluorescent tracer dyes used for ground-water tracing. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 38:1, pp. 75-96.

Stone, Paul R. III; William C. Nelson; Dennis Bowser; Thomas J. Aley; Thomas R. Tibbs; Rusi B. Charna; Edward M. Kellar; and Gerald J. Murphy. 1995. Defining contaminant flow pathways in a complex geologic terrain using dye tracer studies. Proc. Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, and Remediation. Nat'l Ground Water Assn. and Amer. Petroleum Institute, pp. 239-253.

Thomas J. Aley. 1996. Procedures for tracing water with fluorescent dyes. Robert W. Seabloom, Editor. Proceedings of 9th Northwest On-Site Wastewater Treatment Short Course and Equipment Exhibition. Univ. Washington, Seattle, pp. 329-341.

Chilman, Kenneth; David Foster; and Thomas J. Aley. 1996. River management at Ozark National Scenic Riverways. IN: Halvorson, William L. and Gary E. Davis, Editors. Science and ecosystem management in the national parks. Univ. Ariz. Press, Tucson, pp. 295-317.

Thomas J. Aley. 1997. Caves in crisis. Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbook of Science and the Future, 1997, pp. 116-133.

Thomas J. Aley and Wilgus B. Creath. 1997. Chapter 5, Mining and hydrology. IN: Mineral Policy Center. Golden dreams, poisoned streams, pp. 125-142.

Thomas J. Aley. 1997. Groundwater tracing in the epikarst. The Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology of Karst Terranes; Proc. 6th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 207-211.

Thomas J. Aley. 1997. Keynote Address: Dyes don't lie; practical karst hydrology. Proc. Karst-water Environment Symposium. Virginia Tech. Water Resources Research Center, pp. 1-8.

Thomas J. Aley. 1997. Beyond the passage ends. IN: Taylor, Robert L. and Jonathan Beard (Editors). Guidebook for the National Speleological Society Annual Convention; Exploring Missouri caves, pp. 38-45.

Thomas J. Aley. 1998. An editorial: The Illinois cave amphipod; a collection of classical problems. Amer. Caves, Vol. 11:1, pp. 8-11.

Stokes, T.R.; Thomas J. Aley; and P. Griffiths. 1998. Dye tracing in forested karst terrain: a case study on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Post-Conference Proc. of the 8th. Intern’l. Assoc. of Geological Engineers, Vancouver, B.C.

Mott, David N.; Mark R. Hudson; and Thomas J. Aley. 1998. Water resources studies, geologic mapping, and dye tracing employed to develop a model of interbasin recharge, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. Friends of Karst, Intern’l. Global Correlation Program Abstracts. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, p. 26.

Hauwert, Nico M.; David A. Johns; and Thomas J. Aley. 1998. Preliminary report on groundwater tracing studies within the Barton Creek and Williamson Creek watersheds, Barton Springs / Edwards Aquifer. Barton Springs / Edwards Aquifer Conservation District and City of Austin Watershed Protection Department. 55p.

George, Scott; Thomas J. Aley; and Arthur Lange. 1999. Karst system characterization utilizing surface geophysical, downhole geophysical and dye tracing techniques. Proc. 7th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 225-242.

Mott, David N; Mark R. Hudson; and Thomas J. Aley. 1999. Nutrient loads traced to interbasin groundwater transport at Buffalo National River, Arkansas. On the Frontiers of Conservation; Proc. of 10th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands, pp. 114-121.

Thomas J. Aley. 1999. Modern dye-tracing data as fundamental input for karst modeling. IN: Palmer, Arthur N.; Margaret V. Palmer; and Ira D. Sasowsky (Editors). Karst Modeling; Proc. of Karst Modeling Symposium. Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 5. p. 228.

Thomas J. Aley. 1999. The Ozark Underground Laboratory's groundwater tracing handbook. Ozark Underground Laboratory, Protem, MO. 35p. Revised 2002.

Thomas J. Aley. 1999. Karst hydrology; the dye is cast. Keynote Address, Proc. 13th Australasian Conference on Cave and Karst Management, Mt. Gambier, South Australia, pp. 17-23.

Call, G.K.; Thomas J. Aley; D.L. Campbell; and J. Farr. 1999. Use of dye tracing and recharge area delineation in cave protection and conservation on private land. Proc. 1997 National Cave Management Symposium, pp. 23-27.

Thomas J. Aley. 2000. Water and land-use problems in areas of conduit aquifers. IN: Klimchouk, Alexander; Derek C. Ford; Arthur N. Palmer; and Wolfgang Dreybrodt (Editors). Speleogenesis; evolution of karst aquifers. National Speleological Society, Huntsville, AL. Pp. 481-484.

Thomas J. Aley. 2000. Ubiquitous environmental contaminants: radon and radon daughters. Chapter 15, Section 15.3 IN: Lehr, Jay (Editor). Handbook of environmental science, health, and technology. McGraw-Hill. Pp. 15.20 to 15.29.

Thomas J. Aley. 2000. Sensitive environmental systems: karst systems. Chapter 19, Section 19.1. IN: Lehr, Jay (Editor). Handbook of environmental science, health, and technology. McGraw-Hill. Pp. 19.1 to 19.10.

David N. Mott; Mark R. Hudson; and Thomas J. Aley. 2000. Hydrogeologic investigations reveal interbasin recharge contributes significantly to detrimental nutrient loads at Buffalo National River, Arkansas. Environmental Hydrology; Proc. of the Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Conference. Arkansas Water Resources Center Publ. MSC-284, pp. 13-20.

Thomas J. Aley. 2000. Karst groundwater. Missouri Conservationist, Vol. 61:3, pp. 8-11.

Thomas J. Aley. 2001. Discussion of “A conceptual model for DNAPL transport in karst ground water basins” by Caroline M. Loop and William B. White. Ground Water, Vol. 39:4, pp. 483-484.

Thomas J. Aley. 2001. Fantastic Caverns Spring. IN: Bullard, Loring; Kenneth C. Thomson; and James E. Vandike. Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources, Mo. Water Resources Report No. 68, pp. 74-79.

David Bednar and Thomas J. Aley. 2001. Groundwater dye tracing: an effective tool to use during the highway development process to avoid or minimize impacts to karst groundwater resources. IN: Barry F. Beck and J. Gayle Herring, Editors. Geotechnical and environmental applications of karst geology and hydrogeology. A.A. Balkema Publishers, pp. 201-207.

Hauwert, Nico M.; David A. Johns; James W. Sansom; and Thomas J. Aley. 2002. Groundwater tracing of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer, Travis and Hays Counties, Texas. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, Vol. 52, pp. 377-384.

Thomas J. Aley. 2003. Saving the Tumbling Creek Cavesnail. Wings, Essays on Invertebrate Conservation, Spring 2003, pp. 18-23.

Neill, H; M. Gutierrez; and Thomas J. Aley. 2003. Influences of agricultural practices on water quality of Tumbling Creek cave stream in Taney County, Missouri. Environmental Geology, International Journal of Geosciences. Springer-Verlag. Published online 8 October 2003.

Thomas J. Aley. 2004. Forests on Karst. IN: John Gunn (Editor). Encyclopedia of Cave and Karst Science. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, New York and London, pp. 368-369.

Thomas J. Aley. 2004. Tourist caves; algae and lampenflora. IN: John Gunn (Editor). Encyclopedia of Cave and Karst Science. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, New York and London, pp. 733-734.