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Submissions from 2011
Geoarchaeological Research at St. Catherines Island: Defining the Geological Foundations, Gale A. Bishop, Brian K. Meyer, R. Kelly Vance, and Fredrick J. Rich
Rapid Assessment of Elevational Zonation and Biodiversity in Ecuadorian Butterfly Faunas, Lance A, Durden and Mark R. Welford
Vibracores and Vibracore Transects: Constraining the Geological and Cultural History of St. Catherines Island, Fredrick J. Rich, Gale A. Bishop, David H. Thomas, Matthew C. Sanger, Brian K. Meyer, and R. Kelly Vance
Quaternary Vegetation and Depositional History of St. Catherines Island, Fredrick J. Rich and Robert Klaas Booth
Evolution of Late Pleistocene–Holocene Climates and Environments of St. Catherines Island and the Georgia Bight, Fredrick J. Rich, Anthony Vega, and Frank J. Vento
Sexual Dimorphism of Structures Showing Indeterminate Growth: Tusks of American Mastodons (Mammut americanum), Kathlyn M. Smith and Daniel C. Fisher
Late Pleistocene and Holocene Vegetation Changes in the Sandhills, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Barbara E. Taylor, Fredrick J. Rich, Mark J. Brooks, Andrew H. Invester, and Christopher O. Clement
A State Transformed by Information? Texas Regional Economy in the 1990s, Wei Tu and Daniel Sui
An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis of Low Birth Weight Prevalence in Georgia, Wei Tu, Stuart H. Tedders, and Jie Tian
Application of Ground Penetrating Radar to Investigations of the Stratigraphy, Structure and Hydrology of St. Catherines Island, R. Kelly Vance, Gale A. Bishop, Fredrick J. Rich, Brian K. Meyer, and Eleanor J. Camann
Plenary Paper Discussant Commentary 1, Robert A. Yarbrough
Submissions from 2010
Spatiotemporal Attributes of Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases, Brian H. Bossak and Mark R. Welford
Editorial: Fieldwork Perspectives and Advice, John M. Garihan, Erin Beutel, C. W. Clendenin Jr., James P. Hibbard, James L. Kalbas, Arthur W. Snoke, William A. Ranson, Charles H. Trupe, and Ralph Willoughby
Racialized Places, Racialized Bodies: The Impact of Racialization on Place and Individual Identities, Joshua F. Inwood and Robert A. Yarbrough
Identification of Silicified Wood Samples, Appendix B in Excavation at the "Bead Maker's Midden," Ossabaw Island, Georgia, J. Trainor and Frederick J. Rich
Revisiting the Medieval Black Death of 1347-1351: Spatiotemporal Dynamics Suggestive of an Alternate Causation, Mark R. Welford and Brian H. Hossak
Becoming ‘Hispanic’ in the ‘New South’: Central American Immigrants' Racialization Experiences in Atlanta, GA, USA, Robert A. Yarbrough
Racial Segregation, Robert A. Yarbrough
Submissions from 2009
Did Medieval Trade Activity and a Viral Etiology Control the Spatial Extent and Seasonal Distribution of Black Death Mortality?, Brian H. Bossak and Mark R. Welford
Digital Atlas of St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Version 1.0,, Brian K. Meyer, T. Keith-Lucas, Gale A. Bishop, David H. Thomas, Royce H. Hayes, M. Sanger, and R. Kelly Vance
Detecting Groundwater Contamination of a River Using Baseflow Sampling, James S. Reichard and Chandra M. Brown
Basic Knowledge and Successful Behavior: A Summary of What College-Bound Students Need to Know, Frederick J. Rich and D. Walker
Evolution of Geology Field Education for K-12 teachers from field education for Geology Majors at Georgia Sothern University: Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches, Fredrick J. Rich, Gale A. Bishop, R. Kelly Vance, Brian K. Meyer, Edward J. Davis, Royce H. Hayes, and Nancy B. Marsh
Depositional and Ichnofossil Characteristics of the Meigs Member, Coosawhatchie Formation (Miocene), East Central Georgia, Fredrick J. Rich, Charles H. Trupe, Trevor Z. Slack, and Eleanor Camann
A Warm Thermal Enclave in the Late Pleistocene of the South-Eastern United States, Dale A. Russell, Fredrick J. Rich, Vincient Schneider, and Jean Lynch-Stieglitz
The Identification of a Human Skull Recovered from an eBay Sale, Ryan M. Seidemann, Fredrick J. Rich, and Christopher M. Stojanowski
Integrating Ground-Penetrating Radar and Traditional Stratigraphic Study in an Undergraduate Field Methods Course, R. Kelly Vance, Charles H. Trupe, and Fredrick J. Rich
Validation of Inverse Seasonal Peak Mortality in Medieval Plagues, Including the Black Death, in Comparison to Modern Yersinia pestis-Variant Diseases, Mark R. Welford and Brian H. Bossak
Submissions from 2008
Geologic Map of the Prescott National Forest and the Headwaters of the Verde River, Yavapai and Coconino Counties, Arizona, Ed DeWitt, Victoria Langenheim, Eric Force, R. Kelly Vance, P. A. Lindberg, and R. L. Driscoll
Positionality and Active Learning: Confronting Privilege in Field-Exercise Design, Katherine B. Hankins and Robert A. Yarbrough
Strategic Environmental Assessment for Shanghai Municipal Land Use Planning: A System Dynamics Approach, Yanfen Lin, Wei Tu, and Huijuan Han
Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS by Fahui Wang, Wei Tu
Review of: Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America, edited by Ines Miyares and Christopher Airriess (2007), Robert A. Yarbrough
Submissions from 2007
Alleghanian Fault Zones of the Western Blue Ridge Near Asheville, NC-, Jacob B. Ball and Charles H. Trupe
The Walls of Colonial Fort Dorchester: A Record of Structures Caused by the August 31, 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake and Its Subsequent Earthquake History, Mervin J. Bartholomew and Fredrick J. Rich
Preliminary Interpretation of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Fracture Sets in Piedmont Metamorphic Rocks and in Coastal Plain Strata near the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, Mervin J. Bartholomew, Fredrick J. Rich, Sharon E. Lewis, Brendan M. Brodie, Robert D. Heath, Trever Z. Slack, Charles H. Trupe, and Renee A. Greenwell
Landslides in the Tandayapa Valley, Northern Andes, Ecuador: Implications for Landform Development in Humid and Tectonically Active Mountain Ranges, A. P. Dykes and Mark R. Welford
Chemical Mixing Pattern in Scour Pools on the Coastal Plain in Georgia, James S. Reichard
Investigating Potential Artesian Springs in Coastal Rivers in Georgia, James S. Reichard
Effecting Institutional Change in Faculty Roles, Rewards, and Recognition - A Case Study From Georgia Southern University, Frederick J. Rich, C. Chance, and Denise A. Battles
Fracture Orientations 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 Rich
Evidence for Giant Cowbird Molothrus Oryzovorus Brood-Parasitism of Turquoise Jays Cyanolyca Turcosa in Northwest Ecuador and How this Alters our Understanding of Cowbird Brood Parasitism, Mark R. Welford, Andres Vasquez, Paul Sambrano, Tony Nunnery, and Barry Ulman
Review of: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, volume 2: Geography, edited by Richard Pillsbury (2006), Robert A. Yarbrough
Submissions from 2006
An Investigation of Alleghanian Shear Zones North of Asheville, NC, Jacob B. Ball and Charles H. Trupe
Quantifying Groundwater Baseflow and Improving Math Skills through a Stream-Discharge Exercise, James S. Reichard
Fracture Orientations in Miocene Sedimentary Rocks, Southeast Georgia Coastal Plain, Trever Z. Slack, Charles H. Trupe, and Fredrick Rich
Attracting majors through recruitment talks in introductory geoscience classes, Charles H. Trupe
Submissions from 2005
An Investigation of Joint Sets and Their Relation to Occurrences of Rare Biota at the Broxton Rocks Preserve, Altamaha Formation (Miocene), Coffee County, Georgia, L. A. Davis and Fredrick J. Rich
Computer Determination of Aquifer Parameters using Slope- Matching, Robert Pittenger and James Reichard
The Effects of Pore Pressure on the Conductivity of Fractured Aquifers, James Reichard and Darrell I. Leap
Mapping Groundwater Springs within Scour Pools in Coastal Rivers in Georgia, James S. Reichard
Submissions from 2004
Extent and Significance of Alleghanian Faulting Near the Grandfather Mountain Window, Northwestern North Carolina, Mark Adams and Charles H. Trupe
Teaching Structural Geology in the 21st Century: Web-based Learning Activities to Integrate Structural Geology, Petrology, Tectonics and Geochronology to Investigate Earth System Problems, Thomas J. Kalakay, Delores Robinson, Joseph Reese, David Mogk, Michael Williams, John P. Hogan, Robert Badger, Stephen Harlan, Mary Hubbard, and Charles H. Trupe
Field Experiences for Undergraduates at Georgia Southern University: Opportunities and Challenges of a Coastal Plain Setting, Charles H. Trupe and Dallas D. Rhodes
Deciphering the Grenville of the Southern Appalachians through the Post-Grenville Tectonic History in Northwestern North Carolina, Charles H. Trupe, Kevin G. Stewart, Mark G. Adams, and John P. Foudy
Submissions from 2003
Environmental Literacy for All Students: Evaluation of Environmental Science Courses Developed for a New Core Curriculum, Denise A. Battles, Melvin E. Franks, Alison I. Morrison-Shetlar, Jessica N. Orvis, Fredrick J. Rich, and Tony J. Deal
Paleoecology of Mid-Wisconsinan Peat Clasts from Skidaway Island, Georgia, Robert Klaas Booth, Fredrick J. Rich, and Stephen T. Jackson
Investigating the Relationship of Critical Sturgeon Habitat to Groundwater Springs in the Coastal Plain of Southeast Georgia, James S. Reichard
The Burnsville Fault: Evidence for the Timing and Kinematics of Acadian Dextral Transform Tectonics in the Southern Appalachians, Charles H. Trupe, Kevin G. Stewart, Mark G. Adams, Cheryl L. Waters, Brent V. Miller, and Lauren K. Hewitt
Early Successional Habitats and Bird-Related Ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Andes, Mark R. Welford and Sharon M. DeFalco
Submissions from 2002
Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur Ruficollis) Predation on a Hummingbird, A. Nunnery and Mark R. Welford
Use of Water-Quality Data to Evaluate Stream-Aquifer Interaction in the Canoochee River, James Reichard and C. Brown
Palynology and Paleoecology of Strata Associated With the Ohoopee River Dune Field, Emanuel County, Georgia, Fredrick J. Rich, Fredric L. Pirkle, and Eric Arenberg
An Evaluation of the Post-Grenville Tectonic History of the Rocks of Western North Carolina: Implications for Understanding the Grenville Orogeny in the Southern Appalachians, Charles H. Trupe, Kevin G. Stewart, Mark Adams, and John P. Foudy
Submissions from 2001
Geologic Mapping of Carolina Slate Belt Rocks at Clark Hill Reservoir, Woodlawn, GA Quadrangle, Anna J. Austin, Cori Cowan, Bilal M. Harris, Stephen M. Harris, Sara F. Helfrich, Kresha A. Jones, Russel A. Lyon, Ashley R. Moore, Angela L. Page, Jason C. Stringer, Tracey A. Tapley, Charles A. Tingle, Brandi H. Walzer, Johnathan E. Wink, Charles H. Trupe, and R. Kelly Vance
Structural and Kinematic Analysis of the Eastern-western Blue Ridge Contact in the Weaverville Quadrangle, Western North Carolina, Cori Cowan and Charles H. Trupe
Birding the Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador: Easy Access to Choco Endemics, Tony Nunnery and Mark R. Welford
Relative Importance of Surface and Subsurface Nitrogen Inputs to the Water Quality of a River in Coastal Georgia, James S. Reichard and Chandra Brown
Vertical-Flow Rates Through Miocene Sediments in South- Central Georgia, James S. Reichard and Anthony J. Gonzales
Occurrence and Paleoecology of Marsilea from the Eocene Wasatch Formation, Johnson County, Wyoming, Fredrick J. Rich, David M. Johnson, and Thomas V. Durkin
Diversity of basement rocks along the eastern-western Blue Ridge contact in northwestern North Carolina, Charles H. Trupe, Mark G. Adams, and Kevin G. Stewart
The Importance of Early Successional Habitats to Rare, Restricted-range, and Endangered Birds in the Ecuadorian Andes, Mark R. Welford
Behavior and Use of Human Trail by Giant Antpitta (Grallaria Gigantea), Mark R. Welford and A. Nunnery
Possible Connections Among Frequent Shallow Landslides, Sub-surface Geology and Intense Weathering, and Tropical Montane Trees, Mark R. Welford and Charles H. Trupe
The Paleoecology and Depositional Environments of the Mcclelland Sandpit Site, Douglas, Georgia, Tracy Zayac, Fredrick J. Rich, and Lee A. Newsom
Submissions from 2000
An Assessment of Combined Academic Geology and Geography Departments Based on a Survey of Department Chairs, Denise A. Battles and Mark R. Welford
Fracture patterns in the Coosawhatchie Formation of the Georgia-South Carolina Coastal Plain, Colin O. Berry and Charles H. Trupe
Palywhat?, Frederick J. Rich
Palynology and Paleoecology of a Wood-Bearing Clay Deposit From Deepstep, Georgia, Frederick J. Rich, A. H. Semratedu, J. Elzea, and Lee A. Newsom
Structural Relationships and Sense of Shear in the Burnsville Fault, Mars Hill Quadrangle, Western North Carolina, Issac D. Standard and Charles H. Trupe
The Eastern-western Blue Ridge Contact in Western North Carolina: Evolving Interpretations of a Complex Structure, Charles H. Trupe, Kevin G. Stewart, and Mark G. Adams
Submissions from 1999
The association of eclogite and ultramafic rocks in the Blue Ridge thrust complex, North Carolina, Mark G. Adams, Kevin G. Stewart, and Charles H. Trupe
Identification and Paleoecological Implications of a Late Pleistocene Pteridophyte-dominated Assemblage Preserved in Brown Peat From St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Robert Klaas Booth and Fredrick J. Rich
Palynology and Depositional History of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene Coastal Sediments From St. Catherines Island, Georgia, U.S.A., Robert Klaas Booth, Fredrick J. Rich, and Gale A. Bishop
Evolution of a Freshwater Barrier Island Marsh in Coastal Georgia, USA, Robert Klaas Booth, Fredrick J. Rich, Gale A. Bishop, and Nancy A. Brannen
Setting Up a Smart Classroom for Introductory Geoscience Courses, James S. Reichard
Paleozoic structural and metamorphic history of the eclogite-bearing Fries thrust sheet and adjacent thrust sheets of the Blue Ridge thrust complex, North Carolina, Kevin Stewart, Mark Adams, Charles Trupe, Lauren Hewitt, and Cheryl Waters
Evidence of high ductile strains and high fluid pressures in the Tablerock thrust sheet, western North Carolina, Charles H. Trupe
New Record of Swallow-Tailed Nightjars for Pichincha Province and the West Slope of the Andes in Ecuador, Mark R. Welford
Submissions from 1996
Integrated Taphonomy of an Avian Death Assemblage in Marine Sediments From the Late Pliocene of Florida, Steven D. Emslie, Warren D. Allmon, Fredrick J. Rich, John H. Wrenn, and Susan D. De France
Experiences, Reflections and Recommendations of a Teaching Assistant in the U.S., Mark R. Welford
The Combined Geology and Geography Department, Mark R. Welford and Denise A. Battles
Submissions from 1995
A Simple Soil Moisture Index to Forecast Crop Yields, Scott A. Isard, Mark R. Welford, and Steven E. Hollinger
Paleopedology Plus, Tl, 10Be and 14C Dating as Tools in Stratigraphic and Paleoclimatic Investigations, Mississippi Valley, USA, H. W. Markewich, D. A. Wysocki, M. J. Pavich, E. M. Rutledge, H. T. Millard Jr., Fredrick J. Rich, P. B. Maat, Meyer Rubin, and J. P. McGeehin
Palynological Characteristics of Near-Shore Shell-Bearing Pliocene Through Holocene Sediments of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, Fredrick J. Rich
Palynostratigraphy and Environment of Deposition of Brown Coal From Beneath the Trail Ridge Ore Body, Florida, Fredrick J. Rich
Preliminary Palynological and Macrobotanical Report for the Leisey Shell Pits, Hillsborough County, Florida, Fredrick J. Rich and Lee A. Newsom
Survey of Nitrate Contamination in Shallow Domestic Drinking Water Wells of the Inner Coastal Plain of Georgia, Maureen A. Stuart, Fredrick J. Rich, and Gale A. Bishop
Submissions from 1994
Paleoecological Interpretation of the Trail Ridge Sequence, and Related Deposits in Georgia and Florida, Based on Pollen Sedimentation and Clastic Sedimentology, Fredrick J. Rich and Fredric L. Pirkle
