Professional Geologist Candidate Workshop: Engineering Geology Open to AGS members (to join go to: https://atlantageologicalsociety.org/member-benefits-4/ When: 10am-noon, July 29 Join via zoom: AGS members contact Ben Black for login info: [email protected] Course description: As part of our monthly workshop series, AGS will offer a two-hour class on July 29 on the topic of Engineering Geology. It will cover … Continue reading "PG Candidate Workshop: Engineering Geology"

Field Trip to Arabia Mountain, Stonecrest, GA: AGS Members are invited to a special field trip to investigate a recent exfoliation popup that occurred on July 17th at Arabia Mountain Open to AGS membership. To join AGS go to: https://atlantageologicalsociety.org/join-now/ Registration is mandatory--complete the field trip waiver form at: https://atlantageologicalsociety.org/participation-waiver/ Under “describe” use "Arabia Mt. 7/17/23 Pop-up field”) When: 8:30am-11:00am, Sunday July 30, 2023 Where: … Continue reading "SPECIAL EVENT: Field trip to Arabia Mtn to investigate recent exfoliation “popup explosion”"

Zoom presentation. Contact Ben Black at [email protected] for login information (AGS membership required) Course Syllabus: This review will cover petrography and petrology relevant to minerals and rocks. Emphasize will be on facts and calculations that are likely to be presented in the ASBOG Exam. The petrography review will focus upon the microscope tools and microscope … Continue reading "PG Exam Workshop: Petrology and Petrography"

Speaker Ajoy Baksi Topic: The timing and duration of flood basalt traps, India and the Columbia River Basalt Group, USA. Speaker bio: Ajoy Baksi obtained a M.S. (1967) and Ph.D. (1970), from the University of Toronto (Canada) in (Geo)Physics, following degrees in Physics and Exploration Geophysics in India. Worked in Canada, India and Australia, before … Continue reading "AGS Monthly Meeting"

November 14, 2023, 7pm: Special Zoom and Facebook Live presentation. Speaker: Wilson (Wai-Yin) Cheung, Queens University of Ontario. Topic: Physical Geography and Climate Change in the Greenland and Canadian Arctic.

November 28, 2023, 6pm: Atlanta Geological Society monthly meeting Speaker: Daniel Gebregiorgis Yirgaw, Ga State University. Topic: to be announced.

When: 10am-12noon, January 27, 2024 Where: Zoom presentation.  Contact Benjamin Black for login details: [email protected] Course Syllabus: Geophysical techniques are often cost-effective and safe ways to investigate the subsurface. Using these tools, engineers and geologists can characterize sites and image subsurface conditions better.  Common applications include determining lithology, depth to rock, integrity and quality of rock masses, fracture and foliation orientation, locating subsurface hazards such as voids or manmade … Continue reading "January 27 Professional Geologist Candidate Workshop: Geophysics"

January 30, 2024, 6pm: Atlanta Geological Society monthly meeting. Speaker: Zhigang Peng, Georgia Tech. Topic: Ongoing studies of southeastern earthquakes.

This workshop will be offered via zoom Course Syllabus: The workshop will explore current practices in the field of hydrogeology with an emphasis on water resources. Mr. Foldesi will cover techniques utilized for groundwater exploration and development in both bedrock and coastal plain environments. The process of implementing and maintaining Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) … Continue reading "PG Workshop: Hydrogeology"

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