February 27, 2024, 6pm: Atlanta Geological Society monthly meeting. Speaker: Andy Newman, Georgia Tech. Topic:  Understanding earthquake and tsunami behavior in subduction zones.

AGS Executive Committee Meeting via zoom

March 26, 2024, 6pm: Atlanta Geological Society monthly meeting. Speaker: Christy Visaggi, Ga State University. Topic: Paleontological resources in the National Park Service: stories from the field and in the … Continue reading "AGS Monthly Meeting"

April 30, 2024, 6pm: Atlanta Geological Society monthly meeting. Speaker: Anthony Boxleiter, Ga State University. Topic: A new look at the Late Cretaceous-Eocene stratigraphy of the Upper Coastal Plain of … Continue reading "AGS Monthly Meeting"

AGS Executive Committee Meeting via zoom

May 28, 2024, 6pm: Atlanta Geological Society monthly meeting. Speaker: Jessica Turner, GEI Consultants. Topic: Brownfields.

It’s time to start planning for the annual BBQ social. Remember last year’s event with lots of door prizes and Tony and his jokes? Who can top that?  Well, we … Continue reading "AGS Annual BBQ Social"

Topic: Professional Geologist Candidate Workshop: Petrology and Petrography Instructor: Steven Stokowski When: 10am-12noon, July 27, 2024 Where: Zoom presentation. To sign up, please click here Course Syllabus: This review will cover petrography and petrology … Continue reading "PG Workshop: Petrology and Petrography"

This presentation provides geologic background prior to a field trip to the Arabia Mountain on August 4, 2024 The speaker will be Dr. Aislin N. Reynolds, President's Postdoctoral Fellow at … Continue reading "Special Online Presentation–Thermally Induced Fracturing: New Insights from Active Exfoliation at Arabia Mountain, Georgia"

Following is taken from abstract by Dr. Aislin N. Reynolds, Georgia Tech The formation of surface parallel exfoliation fractures in rock domes produces some of the most celebrated and curious … Continue reading "Field trip to Arabia Mountain"

AGS Executive Committee Meeting via zoom

Atlanta Geological Society Monthly Meeting. Speaker: Bill Witherspoon Topic: Along the Divide – What Shapes Our Mountains? Abstract: Trivia question -- What connects Okefenokee Swamp, the Georgia State Capitol, the … Continue reading "AGS Monthly Meeting"