AGS & Geoscience News
We are sorry to announce that long-time AGS member Robert Lee Bluntzer, age 83, passed away on December 2, 2016. AGS extends condolences to the Bluntzer family. More information can be found here.
In 2006 Bob wrote an AGS Bulletin paper about his work on the water well on the Texas State Capitol grounds. Click here to read the paper.
AGS members John Mikels, Jim Sansom, and Brian Hunt spoke to the 8th grade science classes from the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders on November 17th and 18th. Central Texas geologic history, processes, landscapes, and its influence on humans were discussed from the hill top.
Group shot from one of the 8th grade science classes from the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders. November 18, 2016.
Thank you letter from student after the trip.
Tom Ewing will be present at our meeting on December 5th to say a few words about his book “Texas through Time” The book is published by BEG, and will be for sale in the lecture theatre before the meeting. Tom will be there to autograph the book. Softback $35.00, Hardbound $50.00 plus tax.
Explore the landscapes, rocks, and resources of Texas and 1.7 billion years of Earth history in Texas Through Time by noted geoscientist Thomas E. Ewing. Visit the ancient rocks of the Llano and Van Horn areas, the legacy of now-eroded Himalaya-type ranges that initially rose more than 1 billion years ago. Marvel at the giant West Texas Basin, so prolific in oil and gas, and the enigmatic Marathon and Ouachita Mountains. Watch North America separate from the supercontinent Pangea and create the enclosed, salt-rich Gulf of Mexico in its wake. Discover the vast carbonate platform that today makes up the Edwards Plateau and Texas Hill Country. And witness the complex story of mountain building, uplift, and delta building that formed today's Texas landscapes. Special chapters consider Texas resources and geologic hazards, as well as the impact of geology on human settlement during the last 15,000 years. Texas Through Time contains more than 500 full-color photos, illustrations, and maps, all showing the state’s development through geologic “deep time.”
