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To assist candidates in their preparations for ASBOG tests and professional geologist registration, the Atlanta Geological Society offers monthly workshops featuring speakers who review important geologic principles. This month's session is on Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology. Subject: Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology Speaker: Jim Kennedy, Ph.D., P.G. Dr. Kennedy is the Georgia State Geologist and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics … Continue reading "PG Workshop"
September Presentation: Impacts Great and Small—The Role of Hypervelocity Collisions in Sculpting Earth's Geology When: 6:45pm, September 28 The meeting will be offered in hybrid format—live at the Fernbank Museum and via webcast. To obtain webcast link contact [email protected] Abstract: Only since the confirmation of shocked mineral phases at Barringer (Meteor) Crater by USGS geologists … Continue reading "AGS monthly meeting"
PG workshop October 23rd, 2021 Speaker: Dr. Marion Buzon Topic: Mineralogy
AGS Monthly Meeting 600pm Pizza social 630pm Business meeting 645pm Lecture Speaker: Tamie Jovanelly, Berry College Topic: Geological Wonders of Iceland Iceland’s landscape has been shaped by dramatic forces over 30 million years. Its formation and ongoing evolution offers a masterclass in geophysical processes. Iceland is a dynamic place where the power and beauty of geology … Continue reading "AGS monthly meeting"
Subject: Geophysics Speaker: Yonesha Donaldson Yonesha Donaldson will be covering the fundamentals of geophysics and common geophysical methods used in hydrologic studies. Yonesha (Yannie) Donaldson is a Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia, a researcher in the UGA Water Resources and Remote Sensing Laboratory, and a National Science Foundation B2D Fellow. Her current research … Continue reading "November PG Candidate Workshop"
AGS Monthly Meeting 6:00pm Pizza Social 6:30pm Business meeting 6:45 Lecture Speaker: Christy Visaggi, Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Director in Geosciences at Georgia State University Topic: Overview of GSU Geology program research by several graduate students, including Lisa Duong speaking on “Evolving arc magmas in Costa Rica: How to make continental crust!”.
The Atlanta Geological Society will host a one-day, self-driven field trip from 9 am until 4:00 pm on Saturday, September December 4, 2021. The trip will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the East Quarry Exhibit inside Stone Mountain Park (we will provide parking information to those who register). The trip will be led by AGS … Continue reading "AGS Field Trip–Geology of Southeast Dekalb County"
Title: Red and yellow ochres used by the Himba and Nama people of Namibia: Mineralogical composition and characterization by XRD and SEM-EDS. Abstract: Ocher is a natural iron oxide earth pigment that can vary from shades of light yellow to deep oranges to intense reds. The use of ochres as pigments is global and they … Continue reading "AGS Monthly Meeting"
Subject: A review of the ASBOG practice exam for the Fundamentals of Geology Speaker: Ben Bentkowski and Abigail Knapp Date: Saturday, January 29, 2022 Time: 10:00 am until 12:00 pm Place: Online webinar hosted by Scott Harris of Fernbank Science Center – registration information below. This workshop is virtual only. Registration: To receive the zoom link and password, please check that you … Continue reading "AGS PG Workshop"
Title: Better Understanding Seismic Activity in the Southeast USA: Case studies of the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone and Vicinity of the Thurmond Reservoir Abstract: The Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone (ETSZ) is the second most active seismic zone in the eastern United States, after the New Madrid Seismic zone in the Mississippi Valley area. A few … Continue reading "AGS Monthly Meeting"
Speaker: Abigail Knapp Subject: Remote Sensing Place: Online webinar. For more information and link contact Abigail Knapp: [email protected] Please join us for a Saturday morning overview of remote sensing, with a highlight on the Landsat satellite applications. Remote Sensing falls under the General Geology/Field Methods section of the ASBOG FG and PG questions. In this … Continue reading "March 2022 PG Candidate Workshop"
Title: Geology for the Next Generation: Purposeful Training in Geoscience Education Abstract: Education seems susceptible to a particular form of bias. An instructor learns a thing a certain way, and thus considers this is the way that instruction is done. Over time, the curriculum of a program builds, sometimes by the demands of the job … Continue reading "AGS Monthly Meeting"