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INTRODUCING THE 2023 - 2024 MBGS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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President: Andrea Munoz-Hernandez, Ph.D., GISP. Mich. Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy
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Vice President: vacant
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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, Michigan Geological Survey
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Newsletter Editor: Arlene Anderson-Vincent, Blue Triton Brands
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Webmaster: John Esch, Michigan Geological Survey
MBGS has monthly meetings typically on the 2nd Wednesday
of each month from September - May
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2023 MBGS E.Z. MANOS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Michigan Basin Geological Society will award two scholarships up to $500 each to students conducting graduate or undergraduate research in geology related to Michigan. The scholarships will be awarded at an upcoming MBGS meeting and the winner(s) will be notified In December. We hope recipients can attend a spring MBGS meeting to present their research topic. Candidates should complete and submit the MBGS scholarship application form by December 20, 2024 to John A. Yellich, MBGS Secretary, at jasty98@aol.com with subject Line: MBGS Scholarship 2024. Applications can be found on MBGS’s Scholarship Page
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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MBGS MEMBERSHIP DUES
MBGS continues to strive to provide a platform for geologist and environmental professionals to connect and offer learning and field trip opportunities. For 2024-2025, 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.
Professional Membership Dues
Opportunity for Members: MBGS is seeking members who are interested in getting involved. We need a Vice President, Treasurer, and a Secretary for the 2024-2025 year. If you are interested in these opportunities, please reach out to any of the executive committee members.
Opportunity for Presenters: MBGS is seeking presenters for Michigan Basin geologically-related topics for our 2024-2025 membership meetings. If interested, please contact Andrea Muno-Hernandez at munozhernandeza@michigan.gov.
Michigan Basin Geological Society Historical Publications Disk 5
Reissue on CD-ROM of five out-of-print Field Guidebooks, $50
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
Oil & Gas Fields Symposium, Volume 1 April 1969 200 pp., maps, illus., second printing with updates
Includes field descriptions from 18 fields in Michigan. Each Field listed below includes: written
description of field history and reservoir geology, tabled general field data and reservoir details
(updated to 1991 figures). Each field may contain one or more of the following: structural maps,
logs, stratigraphic sections and cross-sections.
• Index Map – Oil & Gas Fields of Michigan (updated in 1991): Mississippian and younger, Devonian,
• Silurian, Ordovician and older.
• Proration of Michigan Gas Production (updated in 1991), Oil and Gas Producing Zones in Michigan Field Descriptions (alphabetical – all with 1991 updates):
• Albion-Scipio Trend
• Belle River Mills
• Columbus
• Deep River
• East Norwich
• Enterprise
• Headquarters
• Northville
• Overisel
• Porter
• Ray
• Reed City
• Salem
• Six Lakes
• Stony Lake
• Wayland
• Winterfield
Oil & Gas Fields Manual of the Michigan Basin, Volume 2 1992 520 pp., maps, illus.
Includes field descriptions from 51 fields in Michigan and Ontario. Each Field listed below
includes: written description of field history and reservoir geology, tabled general field data
and reservoir details. Each field may contain one or more of the following: structural maps,
logs, cross-sections, seismic sections, color plates, and photographs. Each chapter (geologic
period) includes an introduction.
• Mississippian: Berea: New Lothrup, Williams
• Devonian: Antrim: Charlton 19 Project; Traverse: Chesaning 20, Peacock, Sauble; Dundee:
• Oil Springs, South Buckeye Richfield: Winterfield
• Silurian: Northern and Western Niagaran: Bear Lake 22, Blue Lake 18, South Chester 21,
• Claybanks 2, Manistee 24, South Vienna 30, North Chester 18 Southwestern, Central
• and Southeastern Niagaran: Capac, Chatham A, Eaton Rapids 7, Fowlerville, Handy 27,
• Iosco 20, Iosco 24, Kimball-Collinville, Lyon 34, Onondaga 21A, Pennfield 35, Petrolia East,
• Unadilla 2, White Oak 15
• Ordovician: Trenton/Black River: Deerfield, Hillman, Stony Point Glenwood and Pre-Glenwood:
• Akron, Burdell, Ensley, Falmouth, Fletcher Pond, Goodwell, Hardwood Point, Leroy, Reed City,
• South Buckeye, West Branch, Woodville, Clayton, Kawkawlin, Rose City
• Small-but-Significant Production: Sylvania, Marshall-Michigan, Mt. Simon-Trempeauleau, Prairie
• du Chien (Hillsdale & Jackson): Calvin 28, Lime Lake, Shaver.
Glacial Geology of Southwestern Michigan 1989
53 pp. by A. Kehew, L. J. Schmaltz, and W. T. Straw
• Late Wisconsinian drift stratigraphy of the Lake Michigan Lobe in southwestern Michigan by
• G. W. Monaghan, G. J. Larson, G. D. Gephart
• Late Wisconsinian and Holocene History of the Lake Michigan Basin by A. K. Hansel, D. M.
• Mickelson, A. F. Schneider and C. E. Larsen
• Geophysical Properties of Pleistocene Overburden in the Michigan Basin by K. R. Johnson
Geology of the Lake Erie Islands and Adjacent Shores 1971 65pp., maps, illus. by Jane L. Forsyth
• Stratigraphic Section in the Lake Erie Islands by Jane Forsyth
• Geology of the Lake Erie Islands and Adjacent Shores by Jane Forsyth
• Road Log, by Jane Forsyth Bedrock Geology of Ottawa County, Ohio by Dale R. Sparling
• Preliminary Report on the Stratigraphy of Upper Silurian Rocks of Western Ohio by A. Janssens
• Silurian and Middle Devonian Stratrigraphy of the Michigan Basin: A View from the Southwest
• Flank by R. H. Shaver, E. J. Doheny, J. B. Droste, J. D. Lazor, R. W. Orr, C. A. Pollock and
• C. B. Rexford
Glacial Geology of Southwestern Michigan, Landforms of the Lake Michigan Lobe, Southwestern Michigan 2001
AAPG Eastern Section Meeting Field Trip
32 pp., maps, illus. by A. Kehew and A. Kozlowski
• Landforms and Sediments of the Lake Michigan Lobe, Southwestern Michigan by A. Kehew,
• and A. Kozlowski
• Road Log by A. Kehew, and A. Kozlowski