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Headquarters
Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 6700
Ringgold Road, Chattanooga
(I-75 at US 41, first exit north of Georgia line). Double room rates
are $45.00 plus tax. Deadline October 1.
Please call 423 892 8100 and indicate you are a member of GGS.
Program
This year's field trip will be held in the Valley and Ridge province. The
trip will be in two parts:
Part I.
Saturday October 9. An introduction to sequence stratigraphy with
illustrations from the Valley and Ridge
Province of Georgia and Alabama.
This part will focus on six major road cuts in the Silurian Red Mountain
Formation and Ordovician Chickamauga Limestone that illustrate the major
features of sequence stratigraphy. We will discuss the recognition of
parasequences and show how they are used to recognize deepening and
shallowing-upward trends. Examples of sequence boundaries, flooding surfaces,
condensed ironstones, and various types of systems tracts will be included.
We will also stop to examine Middle Ordovician volcanic ash beds resulting
from the largest volcanic eruptions ever recorded.
Part II. Sunday October 10.
The Geology of Civil War battlefields in the Chattanooga
- Atlanta
Campaign.
As Sherman advanced from Chattanooga
towards Atlanta
in 1864, geology played a significant roll in the siting of battlefields and
in the flanking strategy, which forced the confederate army to retreat from
one defensive position to another. Beginning with an overview of the
Chattanooga campaign from Point Park, Lookout Mountain, we will visit sites
at Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Dug Gap (Dalton), Resaca and Allatoona.
Social
There will be an introductory talk and Smoker, Friday October 8, 8.00 p.m. at
the Howard Johnson.
Introductory Program
Tim Chowns will be the guest speaker
at the Atlanta Geological Society meeting to be held on September 30, at 6.30
p.m. at the Fernbank
Museum. His talk:
"An introduction to Sequence Stratigraphy with illustrations from the
Silurian Red Mountain Formation (Georgia and Alabama)" is intended as an
introduction to the field trip.
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