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Submissions from 2014
Measurement of Rainfall Partitioning in an Afforested Landscape: The Chitgar Forest Park, North of Iran, Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi, Pedram Attarod, Thomas G. Pypker, David Dunkerley, and John T. Van Stan
Identifying Patterns of Forest Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Fluxes Using Weather Map Classification in a Mid-atlantic Deciduous Forest, Courtney M. Siegert, Delphis F. Levia, Daniel Leathers, John T. Van Stan, and Myron J. Mitchell
Continuous Electrical Resistivity Survey of Bull River, Lazaretto Creek, and Oyster Creek Near Savannah, Georgia, Jake P. Swanson, Cody Mahaffey, and Jacque L. Kelly
Forest Canopy Structural Controls Over Throughfall Affect Soil Microbial Community Structure in an Epiphyte-laden Maritime Oak Stand, John T. Van Stan, Carl L. Rosier, Joshua O.S. Schrom, Tiehang Wu, James S. Reichard, and Jinjun Kan
Submissions from 2013
The Late Pleistocene Thermal Enclave: New Evidence From an American Mastodon Site in South Carolina, USA, Christine M. Brussell, Frederick J. Rich, Kathlyn M. Smith, and K. Mace Brown
Evaluation of an Instrumental Method to Reduce Error in Canopy Water Storage Estimates via Mechanical Displacement, Jan Friesen, John T. Van Stan, Kael Martin, Matthew T. Jarvis, Jessica D. Lundquist, and Delphis F. Levia
Sustainable Resilience: Past, Present and Future Case Study of Human Ecodynamics From Barbuda, WI, Sophia Perdikaris, Rebecca Boger, Amy E. Potter, Katherine Hejtmanek, and Jennifer D. Adams
Qualitative Mental Mapping: Methodological Considerations for Migration Studies, Amy E. Potter
“This Is How It Was and These Are the Facts”: Docent Agency and Slavery in Louisiana Plantation Tours, Amy E. Potter
Using Online Resources in Interactive and Meaningful Ways Through Her ‘Geography Matters’ Units, Amy E. Potter
Forest Ecohydrology: Past Research & Future Directions for Precipitation Partitioning on the Coast, John T. Van Stan
Urban Forest Design: An Example of Stem Education in Action, John T. Van Stan
Differential Stemflow Generation Due to Crown Structural Interactions with Wind-driven Rainfall, John T. Van Stan, Courtney M. Siegert, Delphis F. Levia, and Carrie E. Scheick
Comparison of Tillandsia Usneoides (Spanish Moss) Water and Leachate Dynamics Between Urban and Pristine Barrier Island Maritime Oak Forests, John T. Van Stan, Aron Stubbins, Thais Bittar, James S. Reichard, K. Wright, and R. B. Jenkins
Submissions from 2012
Pleistocene Shoreline and Coastal Rivers: Sensitive Potential Indicators of Quaternary Tectonism Along the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Mervin J. Bartholomew and Frederick J. Rich
Hybrid POGIL Methodology in a Place-based Geoscience Program, Gale A. Bishop, R. Kelly Vance, Frederick J. Rich, Nancy B. Marsh, Martha Schriver, Brian K. Meyer, and Royce H. Hayes
Submarine Groundwater in the Hawaiian Islands: Upscaling and Downscaling Water and Nutrient Fluxes From Land, Sea and Air, Craig R. Glenn, Jacque L. Kelly, Henrieta Dulaiova, and Paul G. Lucey
Quantifying Groundwater Discharge From the Largest Spring Complex in the Hawaiian Islands, Jacque L. Kelly, Henrieta Dulaiova, and Craig R. Glenn
Practical Applications of Infrared Imagery for Investigating Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Other Thermal Anomalies in Coastal Zones, Jacque L. Kelly, Craig R. Glenn, and Paul G. Lucey
Saltwater Intrusion in the Upper Floridan Aquifer on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, James S. Reichard, Brock R. Nelson, Brian K. Meyer, R. Kelly Vance, and John T. Van Stan
Radiocarbon Dates and the Genesis of Phytogenic Near-shore Sediments on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Frederick J. Rich, L. Newsome, and R. Kelly Vance
Instrumental Method to Reduce Error in Canopy Water Storage Estimates via Mechanical Displacement, John T. Van Stan, Kael Martin, Jan Friesen, Matthew T. Jarvis, Jessica D. Lundquist, and Delphis F. Levia
Effects of Wind-driven Rainfall on Stemflow Generation Between Two Codominant Tree Species With Differing Crown Characteristics, John T. Van Stan, Courtney M. Siegert, Delphis F. Levia, and Carrie E. Scheick
Submissions from 2011
Investigation of a Holocene Accretionary Terrain on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Kimberly S. Hargett, R. Kelly Vance, Brian K. Meyer, Frederick J. Rich, and Gale A. Bishop
Heavy-mineral Mining in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of Florida and Georgia and What Deposit Locations Tell Us About Ancient Shorelines, Fredric L. Pirkle, William A. Pirkle, and Frederick J. Rich
Investigation of Surficial Sandy Strata Near Middleground in Bulloch County, Georgia, Kathlene J. Ricketts, Fredrick J. Rich, and R. Kelly Vance
St. Catherines Island, Georgia: Sag Structures, Hydrology and Rising Sea Level, R. Kelly Vance, Gale A. Bishop, Brian K. Meyer, Fredrick J. Rich, and James S. Reichard
Submissions from 2010
A palynological investigation of the Central Depression on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Shannon M. Ferguson, Frederick J. Rich, and R. Kelly Vance
Sag Structures on St. Catherines Island, Georgia: Implications for Barrier Island Hydrology and Coastal Water Resources, R. Kelly Vance, Gale A. Bishop, Fredrick J. Rich, Brian K. Meyer, and James S. Reichard
Submissions from 2009
Evolution of Field-based Education for Geology Majors Into Place-based Education for K-12 Teachers, Gale A. Bishop, R. Kelly Vance, Frederick J. Rich, Brian K. Meyer, Martha Schriver, Kenneth F. Clark, Edward J. Davis, Royce H. Hayes, Thomas R. Koballa Jr., and Terry Norton
Shallow Geophysical Investigation of Trail Ridge, Georgia, Thomas M. Brezina, Jose Pujol, Mervin J. Bartholomew, and Frederick J. Rich
Quaternary Evolution of an Incising Piedmont River: the Catawba River Near Charlotte, NC, John A. Diemer, Martha C. Eppes, Andy R. Bobyarchick, Frederick J. Rich, John B. Freyer, Joel Hardison, Anthony Layzell, Joe Smino, and Michael Wolfe
Depositional History of an Oxbow Lake: Duck Cove of the Catawba River, Charlotte, NC, John A. Diemer, Martha C. Eppes, Frederick J. Rich, Jordan Sedlock, and Sam Wright
A Geophysical, Stratigraphic and Palynological Investigation of the Central Depression on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Shannon M. Ferguson, Jesse C. Delamater, Nicholas J. Wieclaw, R. Kelly Vance, Frederick J. Rich, and Gale A. Bishop
Paleoecology and Ancient Depositional Systems of St. Catherines Island, as Interpreted Using Palynology and Radiocarbon Chronology, Frederick J. Rich and Robert Klaas Booth
Integrating Ground Penetrating Radar and Traditional Stratigraphic Study in an Undergraduate Field Methods Course, Robert K. Vance, Charles H. Trupe, and Frederick J. Rich
Submissions from 2008
Coffee Bluff: Stratigraphy, Palynology, and Plant Macrofossils from a Late Pleistocene deposit in Middle Georgia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Dorothy Peteet, Frederick Rich, Donald Thieme, and Dennis Blanton
Rewarding Faculty (COE & A&S) Work in Schools: Creating a Positive Climate for Teacher Education, Frederick Rich, Denise Battles, and L. Chance
Sedimentological and Trace Fossil Evidence, Environments of Deposition of the Meigs Member, Coosawhatchie Fm. Georgia, Fredrick Rich, Charles H. Trupe, Trever Slack, and Eleanor Camann
The St. Catherines Island Sea Turtle Conservation Program: Eighteen Years of Innovation in Teacher Education, R. Kelly Vance, Gale A. Bishop, Fredrick J. Rich, Martha Schriver, and Kenneth F. Clark
Submissions from 2007
Holistic Integration: Building Toward Consensus in Georgia Sea Level History, Gale A. Bishop, R. Kelly Vance, Brian K. Meyer, Frederick J. Rich, David Hurst Thomas, H. B. Rollins, and Royce H. Hayes
Rewarding Faculty (COE & A&S) Work in Schools: Bridges to Positive Climates for Teacher Education, L. Chance, Frederick J. Rich, and Denise A. Battles
Investigating Possible Structural Control on the Interaction of Surface and Ground Water at a site on the Georgia Coastal Plain, Jordan L. Copeland and James Reichard
Evidence for a Long-Lived Pleistocene Lake, Carrizo Plain, California, Rob Negrini, Dallas Rhodes, Randall Stephenson, Gabriela Noriega, Lisa Grant Ludwig, Dirk Baron, Peter E. Wigand, and Fredrick J. Rich
Fracture Orientation in Miocene Sedimentary Rocks of the Southeast Georgia Coastal Plain and Their Influence on Stream Segment Orientation, Trever Z. Slack, Charles H. Trupe, and Fredrick J. Rich
Mineral Resource Education at Georgia Southern University: Filling the Void, R. Kelly Vance, Frederick J. Rich, Pranoti M. Asher, and Gale A. Bishop
Submissions from 2006
Teaching Hydrogeology in the 21st Century: Resources Demonstrating the Interface Between Hydrogeology and Other Scientific and Social Disciplines, Martin Appold, Richard L. Enright, Stanley J. Galicki, Solomon Isiorho, Danita LaSage, Ken Lepper, James S. Reichard, William Jay Sims, Herbert Wang, and Joe C. Yelderman Jr.
Earth Science Teacher Development at Georgia Southern University, Fredrick J. Rich, Gale A. Bishop, Nancy Marsh, and R. Kelly Vance
Fracture Orientations in Miocene Sedimentary Rocks, Southeast Georgia Coastal Plain, Trever Z. Slack, Charles H. Trupe, and Fredrick J. Rich
Geology and Mineral Resource Education at Georgia Southern University: A Seventeen Year Retrospective and a Bright Outlook, R. Kelly Vance, Fredrick J. Rich, and Pranoti M. Asher
Geology and Mineral Resource Education at Georgia Southern University: A Seventeen Year Retrospective and a Bright Outlook, R. Kelly Vance, Fredrick J. Rich, and Pranoti M. Asher
Mineral Resource Education at Georgia Southern University, R. Kelly Vance, Fredrick J. Rich, Gale A. Bishop, and Pranoti M. Asher
Submissions from 2005
On Experiential Pedagogies in the Sciences: From Practice to PRAXIS, A. Morrobel-Sosa, Bret S. Danilowicz, and Fredrick J. Rich
Interaction of Surface and Ground Water Systems in Coastal Georgia, James S. Reichard
Submissions from 2004
Luminescence Dating and Palynology of the Soda Lake Clay Dune Complex, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, Dallas D. Rhodes and Fredrick J. Rich
Combining Undergraduate Research and Upper Level Environmental Chemistry: Monitoring Mercury Content in Sediment and Aquatic Life of a Contaminated Coastal Plain, Jeanette Rice, J. David Jenkins, Fredrick J. Rich, and S. K. Langley
Submissions from 2003
Broxton Rocks - A Geological and Ecological Island in Southern Georgia, Luke A. Davis and Fredrick J. Rich
Mercury Content in Soil, Sediment, and Aquatic Life: Long Term Effects of Industrial Contamination of a Coastal Plain, Jeanette Rice, J. David Jenkins, and Frederick J. Rich
Microfossil Biostratigraphy of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, Georgia, USA, Fredrick J. Rich
Birds, Landslides and Pastures: A Biogeographic Conundrum, Mark R. Welford
Submissions from 2002
Pleistocene Shorelines and Coastal Rivers: Sensitive Indicators of Quaternary Faults, Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA, Mervin J. Bartholomew and Frederick J. Rich
Hydrogeology and Groundwater Resources of coastal Georgia, James S. Reichard
The Interaction between Surface and Subsurface Waters, James S. Reichard
Correlation of Mercury and Total Organic Carbon in Coastal Georgia Sediment, J. C. Smith, Jeanette Rice, E. Rochio, Frederick J. Rich, and J. David Jenkins
Correlation of Mercury and Total Organic Carbon in Coastal Georgia Sediment, J. C. Smith, Jeanette Rice, E. Rochio, Fredrick J. Rich, and J. David Jenkins
Submissions from 2001
A New Method for Locating Possible Active Faults Beneath the Lower Coastal Atlantic Plain, Southeastern USA, Mervin J. Bartholomew and Fredrick J. Rich
Environmental Literacy for All Students: Assessment of Environmental Science Courses in a New Core Curriculum, Denise A. Battles, James S. Reichard, Fredrick J. Rich, and Matt Franks
Isolating Non-Point Sources of Nitrogen in a Black Water River in Coastal Georgia, Chandra Brown and James Reichard
Submissions from 2000
Using Combined Geophysical and GIS Techniques to Define the Ancient Savannah River Channel, J. T. Lennane and Frederick J. Rich
The Harbor-Deepening Project and its Relationship to Savannah’s Water Supply, James S. Reichard
The New Old Frontier of the Georgia Coastal Plain - Palynological Investigations Across the Tertiary-Quaternary Divide, Fredrick J. Rich
Submissions from 1999
What Fault Caused the August 31, 1886 Charleston Earthquake? An Old Fort’s Answer After a Century, Mervin J. Bartholomew and Frederick J. Rich
Tectonic Fracture Sets in Late Pleistocene Strata Along Sapelo Sound, Georgia, Mervin J. Bartholomew, Fredrick J. Rich, Amanda Whitaker, and Brendan M. Brodie
Enhancement of Geology Curriculum and Research and Service Activities through the Installation of an On-Campus Piezometer Network, Denise A. Battles, James S. Reichard, J.D. Darrell, and K.V. Vance
In Pursuit of Environmental Literacy: Development of the Environmental Geology Component in a New Core Curriculum, Denise A. Battles, James S. Reichard, Fredrick J. Rich, and J. H. Darrell
Groundwater Withdrawals and their Effects on Surface Systems, James S. Reichard
From Deepstep to Waycross: A Review of the Tertiary-Quaternary Boundary in Georgia, Fredrick J. Rich
Paleoecological Assessment of a Peridinium-Bearing Horizon in Sediments From Ulmers Pond, Valdosta, Georgia, Fredrick J. Rich, H. W. Markewich, and J. McGeehin
Palynology and Paleoecology of a Wood-Bearing Clay Deposit From Deepstep, Georgia, Fredrick J. Rich, A. H. Semratedu, J. Elzea, and Lee A. Newsom
Submissions from 1998
The Hydrology of the Floridan Aquifer System, James S. Reichard
Submissions from 1997
Neogene/Quaternary Deformational Sequence, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Mervin J. Bartholomew, Fredrick J. Rich, S. E. Lewis, and Brendan M. Brodie
Palynology and Environments of Deposition of Shell-Bearing Pleistocene Strata at the Jones Girls Site, Skidaway Island, Georgia, Robert Klaas Booth, A. L. Davis, and Fredrick J. Rich
Identification and Paleoenvironmental and Paleoecological Implications of a Late Pleistocene Fossil Fern Spore From St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Robert Klaas Booth, D. J. Drapalik, and Fredrick J. Rich
U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain Late Quaternary Geochronology: TIMS U-Series Coral Dates Continue to Indicate 80 Kyr Sea Level at or Above Present, J. F. Wehmiller, D. E. Krantz, K. Simmons, K. R. Ludwig, H. W. Markewich, Fredrick J. Rich, and R. C. Hulbert Jr.
Submissions from 1995
Palynological and Depositional History of Pleistocene Sediments From Ulmers Pond, Valdosta, Georgia, USA, Fredrick J. Rich
Submissions from 1994
Steinkerns as Pollen Traps, Fredrick J. Rich
Submissions from 1993
Climatic Change and the Hydrologic Cycle, James S. Reichard
Palynological Characteristics and Taphonomy of Near-Shore Shell-Bearing Pliocene Sediments, Florida and South Carolina, Fredrick J. Rich
Submissions from 1992
Chronostratigraphic and Paleoclimatic Data for Quaternary Loess and Fluvial Deposits in the Mississippi River Valley of Arkansas and Tennessee, H. W. Markewich, H. T. Millard, D. T. Rodbell, Fredrick J. Rich, E. M. Rutledge, L. Ward, S. Van Valkenberg, and D. Wysocki
Petrography and Depositional Environment of a Lignite From Lauderdale County, Tennessee, Bruce G. Sterns and Fredrick J. Rich
The Eisenhower Program and Development of In-Service Teacher Training in Geology at Georgia Southern University, R. Kelly Vance and Fredrick J. Rich
Submissions from 1988
Paleoecological Interpretation of the Trail Ridge Sequence, Based on Pollen Sedimentation and Clastic Sedimentology, Fredrick J. Rich and Fredric L. Pirkle
