EAST TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
March 2025 Field Trip
Friday/Saturday,
March 7th/8th, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
March Field Trip - Cancelled
No Meeting
By
Mark Carter
Abstract
Note: due to a limited number of members interested in this field trip (and uncertainties with Federal Travel) this outing is cancelled, but may be rescheduled for later this coming Fall or Winter (TBD).
We are tentatively planning an
Early Spring field trip, in March. The trip will be an overnighter
(Friday, March 7th - Saturday, March 8th) and will require that
participants travel to Sparta, N.C. Friday afternoon/evening, (about
3.5 hours from Knoxville) and stay at a hotel in or near Sparta (at
their expense).
We will spend Saturday morning
and afternoon in the field and wrap up in time for folks to make the
drive back home at a reasonable time. The field trip is intended to
give us a good look at the surface expressions/structures related to
the faulting and rupture which occurred during the 5.1 magnitude
Sparta earthquake of 2020.
To ensure we have "critical mass" in attendees for the trip, we are
soliciting you for a firm commitment to attend, if indeed you desire
to do so. No need to respond if you do not plan to attend. We would
like to have your commitment by this coming Friday (February
14th).
The suggested accommodation is the Alleghany Inn, 341 N. Main St,
Sparta, NC 28675. Telephone is (336) 372-2501 and web site https://alleghanyinn.com/.
Please make your own reservations ahead of time. There are other
accommodations in the general area if you prefer.
Biography
Mark W. Carter has been a professional geologist since
1996. Mark's expertise is geologic mapping throughout the southern
Appalachian crystalline core and Coastal Plain. He has produced
geologic maps and reports in three states (Tennessee, North
Carolina, and Virginia) and from four geologic provinces (Valley and
Ridge, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Coastal Plain). As a USGS Research
Geologist, he is currently project chief of the National Cooperative
Geologic Mapping Program Eastern Piedmont and Upper Coastal Plain,
Virginia to Georgia Project. Mark is mapping in southeastern
Virginia for critical mineral framework studies, and in central
Georgia for resource management.
Greetings, and hope you can make the March
7th/8th Field Trip!
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