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MGS Committee Chairmen |
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Environmental Section |
John Ryan |
Allen Engineering
and Science |
601-936-4440 |
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Historian |
Stanley
King |
Independent |
601-842-3539 |
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Honorary
Membership
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Charlie Williams |
Vaughey &
Vaughey
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601--982-1212 |
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Legislative
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Rick Ericksen
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Board of
Registered Professional Geologists |
601-354-6370 |
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Water
Resources |
Bill Oakley,
Mike Mallory
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Land & Water |
BO: 898-0455
MM: 956-9359
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Website |
Steve Walkinshaw |
Vision Exploration |
601-607-3227 |
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Boland Scholarship -
President |
David
Snodgrass |
MDEQ |
601-576-4930
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Boland Scholarship -
Secretary |
Neil Barnes
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Strong Rock |
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Remains of
a relatively complete giant archaeocete whale,
Basilosaurus cetoides, from
the late Eocene Upper Yazoo Clay Formation from Scott County,
Mississippi. Picture shows the skull (under plastic in
background, with adjacent 5-gallon bucket for scale) and the
upper torso (in foreground). Quick burial and
limited evidence of scavenging left the remains largely intact
where the animal came to rest in the soft sediment of the
ancient Jackson Sea floor. The specimen is more than 60
feet long. Remains have been curated and housed at
the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson. The
excavation was documented by Mississippi
Outdoors and was broadcast on public television on October 30, 2003.
(Source: James Starnes) |
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Help Your Society
We know everyone's busy...
but we need your help.
The Society is an integral part of the
geological community, encouraging our students to learn more about
the earth sciences and stewardship of natural resources through the
issuance of its scholarship
grants and its educational assistance, and represents its diverse membership
on many important matters including environmental regulations, water
quality, and
oil & gas exploration & development
within Mississippi and the surrounding Gulf Coast area.
However, as with most Societies, it
is important that we don't wind up with the
same small group of
people doing all of the work. That's where you come in. Please
volunteer to serve on one of our many committees, or to become a
Society-sponsored AAPG
representative.
Thanks in advance! |
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" Indian Paint Pots " -
concretions filled with
bright red hematite pigment,
from the Tuscaloosa outcrop in Monroe County, Mississippi. |
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Cross-bedded ooids seen in a diamond core taken from an oomoldic Smackover
reservoir, western Washington County, Alabama. (See
Home Page) |
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