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The Georgia Geological Society was founded to bring together people who are interested in the geology and geologic history of the State of Georgia. Its members, approximately 350 of them, include Geoscience professionals from academia and industry as well as students and knowledgeable geology enthusiasts. The society encourages the study of Georgia geology in a variety of ways including the presentation of awards for the best grade school and high school student presentations in geology at the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair and the best graduate and undergraduate presentations in the Earth Science Division of the Georgia Academy of Science. The Annual Meeting and Field Trip, typically held in the Fall of each year, brings together a wide range of geologists and geology enthusiasts for the study and debate of important geological problems in the state. And we have a good time doing it.

This year's (2008) GGS field trip will be held the weekend of October 17-19: The Georgia Geological Society will visit the Georgia Valley and Ridge for the 2008 Annual Field Trip (October 17-19). We move the fieldtrip from the normally scheduled Columbus Day weekend due to the National GSA meeting in Houston, TX. Many of our members will be attending the national GSA meeting. The trip, entitled: The Emerson-Talladega Fault, the Great Smoky Fault, and adjacent Folding and Faulting: Geology and Historical Interpretations based on detailed Geologic Mapping in Polk and Bartow Counties, Georgia, will be headquartered in Cartersville on I-75, less than an hours drive north of Atlanta. Leaders will include Randy Kath, Tim Chowns, Tom Crawford, and Jim Tull. For more information at this time contact Randy Kath at (678) 839-4063 or rkath@westga.edu

2008 Fieldtrip Registration form...click

For a quick look at the location of the fieldtrip stops, either download or click the Google Earth kmz files: GGS2008Day1.kmz or GGS2008Day2.kmz

The Georgia section of the Society of Mining Engineers is having a meeting October 16, 2008. It should be a very interesting program with Alex Glover, well-known to most of us in the GA and NC mining community, giving an overview of Active Minerals’ operations in south GA and around the world. For more information and registration...click

Last Updated September 10, 2008