EAST TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
October 2026 Virtual Meeting
Monday,
October 12, 2026
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Note: ETGS members will receive an email with info for logging into the meeting.
October Presentation
Will Be Posted Soon
By
Gareth Davies, TDEC (Retired)
The abstract will be posted soon.
Biography
Gareth grew up in South Wales in a coal-mining community, next to a major karst area, and thus was interested in caves from the age of 15. He spent many years traveling in Asia, Europe, North America and Mexico exploring caves before marrying and moving to the US. He was awarded a BS degree from Millsaps College and an MS degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. His thesis dated speleothems from Tennessee cave using the uranium-thorium method. He moved to Oak Ridge and spent a couple of decades running his own company doing multiple tracer work from Puerto Rico to the US Rocky Mountains. After being a contractor, he later joined TDEC (now retired). He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.
Greetings, and welcome to the October 12, 2026 ETGS
virtual meeting.
This meeting will be attended via Zoom and as a courtesy please mute your cell phone or the microphone in your laptop/tablet to minimize background noise and feedback echos. We will also make an effort to mute all participants - at least until the presentation is finished. Please use the chat feature to type any comments or questions you may have. We recommend that you send questions for the speaker to "everyone" so all participants can see the question. In the interest of time, we may hold the Q&A at the end of the presentation.
We will create a virtual attendance list. It is not always possible
to tell who is participating on-line, especially for those joining by phone,
so please email
etgs@etgs.us
to be listed on the attendance sheet. Let us know exactly how your
name should appear on the list. We will add a note explaining the
lack of signatures due to remote participation and have an ETGS officer sign as usual.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue with this online
format. As always, we welcome and appreciate your feedback and
suggestions for improvement.
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We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting.
ETGS is a volunteer organization. We need your help to
continue serving those interested in the geology of East
Tennessee and beyond. Please email us at
etgs@etgs.us
if you would consider assisting in one of the following open
positions. It is a great opportunity to expand your personal
and professional network.
President
Tony McClain
Vice
President
David Carlone
Secretary
J.
Brad Stephenson
Treasurer
Seaira Stephenson
Webmaster/Social Media Coordinator
Bob
Gelinas
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