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UWG students and faculty to present geology research
March 3, 2004
CARROLLTON, GA - Several University of West Georgia geology students and faculty will be presenting research at the joint meeting of the Northeastern and Southeastern Sections of the Geological Society of America.
The meeting will be held March 25-27 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner hotel in Tysons Corner, VA. Approximately 1,100 geoscientists are expected to attend.
The UWG’s faculty and students’ presentations include:
“Variation in Deformation Style of Molar-Tooth Structure During Fluidization: Tawaz Formation, Atar Group, Mauritania” by student Alice Stagner from Douglasville and Dr. Julie Bartley, associate professor of geosciences.
“Tectonic Loading-Unloading as Controls on Silurian Sequence Stratigraphy in the Appalachian Foreland Basin” by Dr. Timothy Chowns, professor of geosciences.
“The Water Quality of the Chattahoochee River Downstream of Atlanta, Georgia and a Comparison to the Water Quality of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers of Pennsylvania” by student Josh Prince from Newnan and Dr. Curtis Hollabaugh, professor and chair of the Department of Geosciences.
“Co-Crystalization of Topaz, Red Beryl, Hematite and Quartz at Topaz Mountaion, Juab County, Utah” by student Ryan Roney from Lawrenceville and Hollabaugh.
“Artesian and Flowing Artesian Ground Water Conditions in Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks of the Southern Piedmont and Blue Ridge Physiographic Provinces” by Thomas Crawford, professor emertis of geosciences, and Dr. Randall Kath, associate professor of geosciences.
“How
Land Usage, Point Sources, Population, and Big Cities Affect the Water
Quality of Small and Large Watersheds in Georgia” by Hollabaugh
and Randa Harris, instructor of geosciences.
“An Examination of the Water Quality of the Nations’ Ten Most
Endangered Rivers in 2003” by Harris and Hollabaugh.
“Radionuclides in Groundwater From Igneous and Metamorphic Rock Aquifers: Can Long-Term Pumping Reduce the Concentrations and Related Gross Alpha?” by student Andrew Boothe from Villa Rica, Kath and Crawford.
“Pumping Test Methodology for Igneous and Metamorphic Rock Aquifer/Well Systems: Time for a Paradigm Shift?” by Kath and Crawford.
For more information, contact the Department of Geosciences at 770-836-6479.
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