FIELD TRIPS
Trip registration opens in December.
For additional information, please contact the Field Trip Co-Chairs: John
Chadwick, and Steve
Jaume.
Pre-Meeting
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A Walking Tour of Earthquake Damage in Historic Charleston.
Wed., 27 Mar., 1–4 p.m. Cost: US$10. Maximum 25 participants.
Cosponsored by the GSA Geology and Society Division.
Steven C. Jaume, College of Charleston; Norman Levine, College of Charleston.
Description: This two- to three-hour walking tour of historic Charleston will highlight
visible
damage from the 1886 M=7 earthquake.
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Rerouting Water: Understanding and Managing Urban Hydrology in Historic Charleston. (Canceled)
Wed., 27 Mar., 1–4 p.m.
Post-Meeting
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Fossil Collection, Collaboration, and Citizen Science Using the myFOSSIL Mobile App. (Canceled)
Sat., 30 Mar., 8 a.m.–noon.
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Neoichnology of Edisto Island: Eat, Prey, Love, Burrow.
Sat., 30 Mar., 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Cost: US$45. Maximum 20 participants.
Anthony J. Martin, Emory University; Patricia Kelley, University of North Carolina–Wilmington.
Description: This is a one-day field trip to Edisto Island, South Carolina, in which
participants
will learn how modern traces of invertebrates and vertebrates—tracks, burrows, predation traces, and
more—can be
applied to better interpret trace fossils made by similar animals in near-coastal environments.
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A Walking Tour of Earthquake Damage in Historic Charleston.
Sat., 30 Mar., 9 a.m.–noon. Cost: US$10. Maximum 25 participants.
Cosponsored by the GSA Geology and Society Division.
Steven C. Jaume, College of Charleston; Norman Levine, College of Charleston.
Description: This two- to three-hour walking tour of historic Charleston will highlight
visible
damage from the 1886 M=7 earthquake.
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Paleontology of the “Ashley Phosphate Beds” of Charleston.
Sat., 30 Mar., 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Cost: US$25. Maximum 30 participants.
Robert W. Boessenecker, College of Charleston; Rachel A. Racicot, Claremont College; Sarah J. Boessenecker,
College
of Charleston; Matthew L. Gibson, Charleston Museum; N. Adam Smith, Clemson University.
Description: The “Ashley Phosphate Beds,” mined extensively in Charleston after the Civil
War,
produced numerous scientifically significant vertebrate fossils in the late 1800s. Northbridge Park on the
bank of
the Ashley River routinely yields dredged phosphate and fossils of sharks, fish, and marine mammals
originating
from the Oligocene Ashley Formation.
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The Dynamics of the South Carolina Coast—Barrier Islands, Wetlands, Rivers, and the Delta. (Canceled)
Sat., 30 Mar.–Sun., 31 Mar.