Events
Past Events
Providence Canyon in west-central Georgia, Feb.19th, 2011
This field trip, led by Carl Froede, was a day-tour of “Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon” in and around Providence Canyon State Park where Late Cretaceous to Eocene strata are exposed as a result of massive gully erosion (as deep as 150 feet) caused by poor farming practices during the early nineteenth century. Regional tectonism, sea level changes, paleocontinental shelf facies shifts, groundwater ferricretes, and surface stream runoff were discussed at various outcrops during the trip. An abundance of colorful geology and flora was observed in and around the canyons, making this a memorable trip!
Fall 2010 Field Trip, Alum Bluff in the Florida Panhandle
The Alum Bluff field trip on the Apalachicola River was held on Nov. 20, 2010 in the Florida panhandle. Many thanks to all who attended, and especially to Harley Means of the Florida Geological Survey for organizing the trip, and to the FGS for facilitating transport to this unique exposure of Tertiary deposits containing copious fossil material. Additional thanks are in order for both Roger Portell, Director of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History (and the new SEGS VP), and to former Assistant State Geologist Tom Scott, for sharing their immense geological knowledge during the trip. Camping at Torreya State Park was awesome, and added to the adventure and enjoyment of spending time in north Florida in the fall. We are sure to return to this area for future SEGS field trips! Photos from the Alum Bluff trip, including some of the fossils discovered at the Bluff, will be posted on the Photos page soon.
Central Florida Snd Mines field trip, October 16, 2010
The SEGS and the FAPG-AIPG/Florida Section co-hosted a USF Geology student field trip to the Lake Wales Ridge Central Florida Sand Mining District on October 16, 2010. The SEGS and FAPG-AIPG offered this field trip primarily for USF Geology students to learn about the sand mining operations on the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida. We had 35 USF students and faculty attend along with about 15 others from the SEGS, including the trip leaders and representatives of the mining companies. This trip will probably be offered again to other student groups from the othe fine geology deparments at our state’s universities.
2010 Annual Meeting and Field Trip at Wekiva Springs, May 14-15
The SEGS 2010 meeting and field trip was held in Central Florida on May 14th and 15th. Our business meeting and dinner was on Friday evening, May 14th at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Altamonte Springs, which included a catered barbeque dinner and complimentary beverages from Marriott. We gratefully thank the kind staff at the Residence Inn for our meeting accommodations and their hospitality. A total of 13 active and new members attended the dinner meeting, we could have used a few more active members, but it was still a good meeting with fruitful discussions.
The field trip on Saturday, May 15th began at Wekiwa Springs State Park where we talked about the area geology and hydrogeology of springs in central Florida, followed by a morning canoeing trip on the Wekiva River and Rock Springs Run. We had a nice group of 14 for the springs visit and lunch at the state park. The afternoon field stop was at Wolf Branch Sink in neighboring Lake County which was facilitated by Walter Wood, who arranged access to the property. This is an impressive swallet feature located in the active karst terrain west of Wekiva and Rock Springs, and it even has a small waterfall cutting down through lower Hawthorn sediments to the well-developed sink. This locality will definitely stay on the list of places to visit for future SEGS field trips in peninsular Florida.
