Publications of interest

Dennis Trombatore is always looking out for publications of interest for members. Thank you Dennis! Below are a couple. Note that we have a web page dedicated to Noteworthy Publications that have an AGS connection, or very broad appeal. Click here to go to that page.

  1. James A. Golab, Jon J. Smith, Allan K. Clark, Charles D. Blome. 2017. Effects of Thalassinoides ichnofabrics on the petrophysical properties of the Lower Cretaceous Lower Glen Rose Limestone, Middle Trinity Aquifer, Northern Bexar County, Texas. Sedimentary Geology V. 351, pp.1-10

  2. Khan, MS; Hossain, S; Ahmedc, A.; Faysalc, M, 2017. Investigation of a shallow slope failure on expansive clay in Texas. Engineering Geology. Volume 219, pp 118–129 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2016.10.004

     

 

New Book: The Blanco River

The Blanco River

By Wes Ferguson
Photography by Jacob Croft Botter
Texas A&M University Press

 

Blanco River book launch party

  • What: A reading, signing and reception to celebrate the release of The Blanco River
  • When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8
  • Where: Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, 508 Center St., Kyle TX 78640 (Map)
  • Cost: Free
  • Presenters: Author Wes Ferguson and photographer Jacob Croft Botter as well as a mapmaker, geologist, botanist and flood survivor who contributed to our project
  • Honored guests: Andrew Sansom, executive director of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment; and William T. Johnson, executive director of the Burdine Johnson Foundation
  • RSVP: Not required, but helpful

More information: www.wesferguson.net and www.facebook.com/wesferg

AAPG celebrating 100 years of Women Geologists in Petroelum

At the AAPG meeting in Houston (April 1-4) there is a special event on Saturday April 1st, 2017, celebrating 100 years of Women Geologists in Petroleum. 

Click here to find out more about the general AAPG meeting. The event can be registered for separate from AAPG Registration, $65 attendance, $40 for students.

A Documentary on pioneering women will be debuted and my book will be released on that day.

STGS Field Trip: The Austin Chalk in San Antonio--Tying outcrop to subsurface

Saturday, April 8 

Depart from the Petroleum Club at 8:30am. Lunch at the Japanese Tea Garden. Trip will finish about 4pm at the Target Shopping Center off Bandera.

We will explore the stratigraphy of the Austin Chalk Group in Bexar County from lower to upper contact and integrate geophysical logs to make ties to the subsurface. 

Trip Coordinator: Tom Fett medinalake@msn.com

Trip leader: John Cooper jcgold.cooper@gmail.com