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Geological Society Meeting
October 22, 2004
CARROLLTON, GA - Several University of West Georgia professors will speak at the 116th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America on Nov. 7-10, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
Approximately 6,200 geoscientists are expected to attend. UWG presenters will include: Julie Bartley, Brian Cowan, Randa Harris, Curtis Hollabaugh, Andrew Ivester, Philip Novack-Gottshall and Josh Prince.
They will discuss a number of issues including, the effect rainfall has on the water quality of Little Tallapoosa River, bioaccumulation of Mercury in large catfish of the Coosa River and Surface-water/groundwater interaction beneath a Georgia piedmont Floodplain.
For more information, visit the Geological Society of America official website www.geosociety.org or contact the UWG Geology Department at 770-836-6470, or after Oct. 23 at 678-839-6479.
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