2024 Alabama Critical Minerals Symposium
Do you have an interest in critical minerals, their applications, and the search for domestic sources of commodities essential to America's defense and economic well-being? Do you work in natural resource extraction or exploration? If so, please make plans to attend the first Alabama Critical Minerals Symposium, hosted by The University of Alabama's Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Survey of Alabama. You will get an opportunity to learn from industry experts and scientists working to identify, develop, and utilize critical minerals in Alabama and elsewhere in the United States. The symposium will be highly beneficial for both professional geologists and engineers by providing an opportunity for networking and collaboration with others who are interested in critical minerals and a means for gaining professional development hours towards your continuing education!
The 2024 Alabama Critical Minerals Symposium will be held on February 2, 2024, in the Birmingham Room of the Bryant Conference Center, located on The University of Alabama’s campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (240 Paul Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401). And the cost to attend will be $75, which will include free parking, breakfast, lunch, and snacks, and drinks (e.g., coffee, soda, and water)! In addition, if any AGS members have their PG (or GIT) license, the Symposium can used as an opportunity to earn professional development hours towards the continuing education requirements for the Alabama Professional Geologists Licensure Board! Please click this link for more information and registration.
The 2024 Alabama Critical Minerals Symposium will be held on February 2, 2024, in the Birmingham Room of the Bryant Conference Center, located on The University of Alabama’s campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (240 Paul Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401). And the cost to attend will be $75, which will include free parking, breakfast, lunch, and snacks, and drinks (e.g., coffee, soda, and water)! In addition, if any AGS members have their PG (or GIT) license, the Symposium can used as an opportunity to earn professional development hours towards the continuing education requirements for the Alabama Professional Geologists Licensure Board! Please click this link for more information and registration.
The Alabama Geological Society presents:
57th Annual Field Trip
March 2-4, 2023
Oxford, Alabama
57th Annual Field Trip
March 2-4, 2023
Oxford, Alabama
"Recent Mapping and Geochronology in the Southern Appalachian Thrust Belt of Alabama"
Fieldtrip Leaders: William T. Jackson Jr., (University of Memphis) &
Matthew P. McKay, (Missouri State University)
March 2-4, 2023
Fieldtrip Leaders: William T. Jackson Jr., (University of Memphis) &
Matthew P. McKay, (Missouri State University)
March 2-4, 2023
Base Location: Hampton Inn, 210 Colonial Dr., Oxford, AL 36203, (256) 831-8958, cost $119/night (ask for AGS rate)
Registration: Registration cost includes the pre-trip mixer, coffee and donuts at morning stops, lunch both days, field trip transportation (charter bus), and a guidebook. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 16 PDH. Participants need to make their own arrangements for hotel or other lodging.
AGS Member $200
Non-member $225
Student $ 50
AGS Member $200
Non-member $225
Student $ 50
Hotel: Hampton Inn, 210 Colonial Dr., Oxford, AL 36203
Description:
The 57th Alabama Geological Society field trip will bridge specialties and link trips over previous years that have focused on deformational structures in the Valley and Ridge and Piedmont provinces of the southern Appalachian thrust belt by presenting an integrated analysis of (a) Paleozoic clastic stratigraphic units, (b) metamorphic units in the Blue Ridge, and (c) geochronology and thermochronology data. Stops will be chosen near well-exposed, easily accessed outcrops that have available geochronology data and have been recently mapped through the Geological Survey of Alabama and USGS-supported field investigations. The trip will begin on Thursday night at a pre-trip mixer where a brief introductory lecture will be given followed by virtual reality viewing of various Paleozoic outcrops. A full day trip on Friday will focus on clastic stratigraphic units ranging in age from the Cambrian to the Pennsylvanian. A half-day trip on Saturday will focus on units in the western and eastern Blue Ridge. At each stop, stratigraphic and structural context will be discussed before presenting geochronology data, with the intent to explore the spatial and geologic context of the data in the field. We hope this forum will provide an opportunity for attendees to immerse themselves in thrust belt geology in an open-format setting while also allowing tectonic specialist to interact and converse about evolving models for thrust belt evolution.
The 57th Alabama Geological Society field trip will bridge specialties and link trips over previous years that have focused on deformational structures in the Valley and Ridge and Piedmont provinces of the southern Appalachian thrust belt by presenting an integrated analysis of (a) Paleozoic clastic stratigraphic units, (b) metamorphic units in the Blue Ridge, and (c) geochronology and thermochronology data. Stops will be chosen near well-exposed, easily accessed outcrops that have available geochronology data and have been recently mapped through the Geological Survey of Alabama and USGS-supported field investigations. The trip will begin on Thursday night at a pre-trip mixer where a brief introductory lecture will be given followed by virtual reality viewing of various Paleozoic outcrops. A full day trip on Friday will focus on clastic stratigraphic units ranging in age from the Cambrian to the Pennsylvanian. A half-day trip on Saturday will focus on units in the western and eastern Blue Ridge. At each stop, stratigraphic and structural context will be discussed before presenting geochronology data, with the intent to explore the spatial and geologic context of the data in the field. We hope this forum will provide an opportunity for attendees to immerse themselves in thrust belt geology in an open-format setting while also allowing tectonic specialist to interact and converse about evolving models for thrust belt evolution.
ONLINE PAYMENT
Online payment for the field trip and membership renewal can be found here. Please remember you can pay online but you still need to fill out the field trip registration form to attend the field trip. Thanks!
STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
The Alabama Geological Society will announce when we are offering Lewis Dean Student Travel Grants for students presenting their work at a professional conference. Please check back for future announcements regarding this.
The Alabama Geological Society will announce when we are offering Lewis Dean Student Travel Grants for students presenting their work at a professional conference. Please check back for future announcements regarding this.
2023 Fieldtrip
Please see above.
Accepting Nominations
The AGS is currently accepting nominations for officers for the upcoming elections. Officers serve for two year terms. We are seeking nominations for President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Self-nominations are encouraged. Please send your nominations to the AGS Secretary.
Scholarships
The Alabama Geological Society offers two scholarships, the John S. Winefordner Scholarship and the John G. Newton Scholarship, to geology students at Alabama universities. The purpose of these scholarships is to help defray the costs of education and research. For more information about the scholarships please click this link. The awards will be presented at the Spring slide show held in April in Tuscaloosa. For more information, please contact the AGS President.
EXCITING NEWS
We are excited about some new business adopted including accepting requests to compensate registered students with taking the Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) Fundamental of Geology Examination. The examination is offered in the fall in Montgomery. There is a deadline to sign up for the ASBOG. Students are asked to submit a letter to the Board specifying their intention to take the examination. Upon completion of the examination, and with proof of taking the examination, students will be compensated for the $150.00 registration fee. This decision was made to support one of our new mission goals that states: to act as a bridge between students and early career professionals by providing support through these stages of career development. Please send an email with your information to the AGS President.
We are excited about some new business adopted including accepting requests to compensate registered students with taking the Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) Fundamental of Geology Examination. The examination is offered in the fall in Montgomery. There is a deadline to sign up for the ASBOG. Students are asked to submit a letter to the Board specifying their intention to take the examination. Upon completion of the examination, and with proof of taking the examination, students will be compensated for the $150.00 registration fee. This decision was made to support one of our new mission goals that states: to act as a bridge between students and early career professionals by providing support through these stages of career development. Please send an email with your information to the AGS President.
