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GMS MEMBERSHIP MEETING
7:30 PM - Monday, September 15, 2008
Chamblee Library, 4115 Clairmont Road, Atlanta, GA 30341
THE INFLUENCE OF GEOLOGY ON THE
ATLANTA CAMPAIGN OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Guest Speaker: Dr. Stephen W. Henderson
The
integration of geology and Civil War history is an exciting way for
geologists to present aspects of their discipline to the public, as
illustrated by the Atlanta campaign.
From the fall of 1863, when the
Federal army broke out of Chattanooga, through the summer of 1864, the
campaign through north Georgia was strongly influenced by the geologic
structure of the Appalachian Mountains and encompassed all of the
geologic provinces. It began in the Cumberland Plateau, continued
through the Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, and terminated in the
Piedmont at
Atlanta. The nature of the Appalachians, combined with
aspects of differential weathering and erosion produced the ridges and
valleys that were so important for defensive positions and movement of
armies.
Come hear Dr. Henderson, Associate Professor of Geology at
Oxford College of Emory University, tell the tales of triumph and woe
in what Julian Gray likes to call “The War of Northern
Aggression”.
Anita Westlake,
Program Chair
GMS Dinner Meeting
Monday October 6, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Colonnade Restaurant
1879 Cheshire Bridge Rd, Atlanta 30324
Cost = $20.00/person
RSVP 770-979-8331 Kim Cochran
We
will again have our annual dinner meeting at the Colonnade. At this
meeting we will swear in the new officers and hand out awards for this
fiscal year. Please contact me to make reservations. I need to know by
Friday September 26th if you are planning to attend. You may pay me
ahead or at the door. If you make reservations and do not attend you
will owe that money to GMS as we will be charged. Please plan to join
us.KIM
programs@gamineral.org
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GEORGIA MINERAL SOCIETY, INC.
generally meets the first Monday of the month.
If this date
falls on a holiday, the Society will meet on the THIRD
Monday
of the month. The meeting takes place at 7:30 PM.
In the month of October, the society holds a banquet in place of its
general
meeting. June brinqgs the annual GMS picnic and auction in
place
of the general meeting.
If you would
like to join the Georgia Mineral Society,
please fill out our membership
form page and send
it to the following address:
THE GEORGIA
MINERAL SOCIETY, INC.
P.O. BOX 15011
ATLANTA, GA
30333-5011
or download one of the following
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(Please allow a minimum of one month for your new membership
to be incorporated
into our database system. If you join after the tenth of the
month,
your membership will not show on our mailing list until the middle of
the
following month.)
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GMS
Meeting Location Maps:
Chamblee Library meeting location
4114 Clairmont Road
DIRECTIONS:
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From I-285
Northbound / I-85 Southbound:
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From I-285,
take I-85 South (Exit 33) at Spaghetti
Junction. Take first exit at Chamblee-Tucker Rd. (Exit 94) and turn
right.
Continue on Chamblee-Tucker Rd. past Shallowford Rd. (road bares to
left
at light) Buford Highway and DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. Turn left on New
Peachtree Rd. and make next left on Clairmont Rd. at next light.
Library
is on left.
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From I-85
Northbound:
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Get off at
Clairmont Road Exit (91) and turn left
to go North on Clairmont. Library is on right about 1 1/2 miles North
of
Buford Highway.
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From I-285
Southbound:
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Take
Peachtree Industrial Blvd. (Exit 31) and
turn right. Go about 2 miles and turn left onto Clairmont Rd. Library
is
on left about 1/2 mile.
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From South
(Decatur):
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Take
Clairmont Road North. Library is on right
about 1 1/2 miles North of Buford Highway.
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From
West:
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Take
Peachtree Industrial Blvd. to Clairmont Road
and turn right. Library is on left about 1/4 mile past railroad
overpass.
Dunwoody
Library meeting location.
5339
Chamblee-Dunwoody Road
Dunwoody,
Georgia 30338
 
The
Dunwoody Library
is located in northern DeKalb County on Chamblee-Dunwoody
Road, just
South of the intersection of Mount Vernon Road.
DIRECTIONS:
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From
I-285 Westbound:
Take
North Peachtree Rd. (Exit 31). At end of exit ramp continue straight on
access road (Cotillion Dr.) At second light, turn right onto North
Shallowford
Rd. At first major intersection, North Shallowford Rd. becomes
Chamblee-Dunwoody
Rd. Continue straight for about 1 1/2 mile. Library is on right just
after
light at Womack Rd.
- From
I-285 Eastbound:
Get
off at Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd. (Exit 30) and turn left. About 3/4 mile at
intersection with North Shallowford Rd. and Peeler Rd. turn left to
stay
on Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd. Library is on right about 1 1/2 mile, just
after
light at Womack Rd.
- From
Perimeter Mall:
Take
Ashford Dunwoody Road until it deadends at the Mount Vernon Rd. and
turn
right. At next intersection, turn right onto Chamblee-Dunwoody Road.
Turn
left onto Library parking lot just before first light.
- From
South (Chamblee):
Take
Chamblee-Dunwoody Road North. About 3/4 mile after crossing over I-285,
at intersection with North Shallowford Rd. and Peeler Rd. turn left to
stay on Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd. Library is on right about 1 1/2 mile,
just
after light at Womack Rd.
Maps
by
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