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INTRODUCING THE 2020 - 2021 MBGS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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President – Chris Christensen, Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy
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Vice President – Adedoyin S. Adeyiloa, Central Michigan University
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Secretary – John Yellich, Michigan Geological Survey
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Treasurer – Peter Rose Michigan Department of Natural Resources
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Business Manager – Peter Rose, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
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Past President – Jennifer Trout, Western Michigan University
Membership Dues
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MBGS continues to strive to provide a platform for geologist and environmental professionals to connect and offer learning and field trip opportunities. For 2021-2022, our annual dues will increase to $35 for members. Student dues will remain at $10. Renewal notices are included in the newsletter.
MBGS ANNOUNCES THE 2021-2022 EZ MANOS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
MBGS is pleased to announce the 2022 EZ MANOS scholarship recipients. Madeleline Tan an Undergrad Student from the University of Michigan, who is working on “Seismic Receiver function analysis of the Michigan Basin” and Mathew Bell a Graduate Student from Western Michigan University who is working on “Dam Failure – Hydrogeologic Consequences and Effects on the Tittabawassee and Tobacco Rivers and the groundwater systems in Southern Gladwin County, Michigan”. Abstracts from the winners are included in the newsletter. We look forward to hearing updates from the students on the projects at a future MBGS meeting.
More information can be found on MBGS’s Scholarship Page
MBGS MEMBERSHIP DUES – Deadline Extended to January 31, 2021
MBGS continues to strive to provide a platform for geologist and environmental professionals
to connect and offer learning and field trip opportunities. For 2021-2022, our annual dues are
$35. Student Membership is free. Email any one of our officers if you are a student and would
like to be a member. We now offer the option to renew your professional membership via
PayPal. Please refer to the renewal notices that are included in the newsletter.
Student Membership is free
OTHER NEWS: MBGS HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON USB FLASH DRIVES (8GB).
MBGS Publications ‐ There are two (2) new publications available! See details on the Publications page
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of each month from September - May
Michigan Basin Geological Society Historical Publications Disk 1
Reissue on CD-ROM of nine out-of-print Field Guidebooks, $15
Note: This CD is for sale. If you are interested in one of them please contact Publication Sales.
Prices include postage, handling and any applicable sales tax.
Orders for publications should be prepaid in U.S. Funds and addressed to:
MBGS — Publications
P.O. Box 14044
Lansing, MI 48901
CONTENTS
The Stratigraphy of Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada June 19-20, 1954
• Introduction by J. T. Sanford and J. R. Moseley
• The North Shore of Lake Huron by G. E. Suffel
• Ordovician of Manitoulin Island by Bruce A. Liberty
• Silurian of Manitoulin Island by Thomas E. Bolton
• Notes on the Correlation of the Silurian of Manitoulin with the Silurian of Michigan, by W. A. Kelley
• Stratigraphic Notes by J. T. Sanford and J. E. Moseley
• Stop Descriptions
The Devonian and Silurian Rocks of Parts of Ontario, Canada and Western New York, June 22-23, 1951
• Stop and fossil descriptions
The Traverse Group of the Northern Part of the Southern Peninsula of Michigan June 16-17, 1949
• Stop descriptions and well logs
Geology of Central Ontario, Canada 1965
• Chairman’s Remarks by B. A. Liberty
• The Clare River (Precambrian) Syncline by P. A. Peach
• Precambrian-Paleozoic Contact Relationships in Eastern Ontario by D. F. Hewitt
• Middle Ordovician Stratigraphy of the Lake Simcoe Area, Ontario, by B. A. Liberty
• Some Middle Ordovician Fossils From Central Ontario, G. Winston Sinclair
• Upper Ordovician Stratigraphy of the Toronto Area by B. A. Liberty
• Pre-Guelph, Silurian Formations of the Niagaran Peninsula, Ontario by Thomas E. Bolton
• Pleistocene Geology, Toronto-Scarborough Area by P. F. Karrow
• Pleistocene Features of South-Central Ontario, Lake Simcoe to Moira River by E. Mirynech
• Itinerary and stop descriptions
The Devonian Strata of the London-Sarnia Area, Southwestern Ontario Compiled by Erwin C. Stumm, Lewis B. Kellum and Jean Davies Wright June 9-10, 1956
• Introduction by F. W. Terwilliger
• Itinerary and stop descriptions
The Ordovician Rocks of the Escanaba-Stonington Area Led by R. C. Hussey June 2-3, 1950
•Stop and fossil descriptions
The Niagara Escarpment of Peninsular Ontario, Canada June 18-19, 1955
• Introduction by Andrew J. Mozola
• Silurian Stratigraphy of the Niagaran Escarpment, Ontario, Thomas E. Bolton and Bruce A. Liberty
• Detailed Description of Stops by Thomas E. Bolton and Bruce A. Liberty
• The Surface Features of Peninsular Ontario by Donald F. Putnam
• Stop descriptions
Lower Paleozoic and Pleistocene Stratigraphy Across Central Wisconsin Compiled by C. E. Prouty, Led by L. M. Cline, J. L. Hough and R. F. Black 1960
• Itinerary and stop descriptions
Classic Silurian Reefs of the Chicago Area by Donald G. Mikulic and Joanne Kluessendorf June 27, 1998
•Detailed stop descriptions