The Professional Geologist INSIDE THIS ISSUE


Volume 55 Number 3 FEATURES Annual Conference Schedule & Registration


The Beauty of Natural Gas Vincent Matthews, Ph.D., CPG 11610


34


Reflections on Geoscience Age Distributions 2001-2018 David Abbott, Jr., CPG-04570 and R. Douglas Bartlett, CPG-08433


Student Scholarships Essays “Why I want to be a Geologist...” AGI Student Exit Survey


AIPG Attends EFG Meeting in Cesme, Izmir, Turkey


Of Rocks and Robots - Automation and Geology Cortney Cameron, YP-0359


Foundation of the AIPG Silent Auction 612


Tales from the Field David Abbott, Jr., CPG-04570


The Significance of Undergraduate Research Experience Lenora Perkins, SA-8533


Molecular Analysis of Flood Deposits from the Tennessee River Valley: Insight into Carbon Cycle and Dating


Emily Blackaby, SA-8483, Owen Craven, SA-8485, William Hockaday, Steve Forman, Gary Stincomb, and Stewart Lance


33 58 4 8


10 12 23 32


33 54


54 57


Jul.Aug.Sep 2018


On the Cover: Helicopter overflight of Kilauea Volcano’s Lower East Rift Zone shows fountain- ing at Fissure 22. on May 21, 2018. Source: U.S. Geological Survey.


Right: Kilauea crater in December 2017 prior to recent active eruptions. Photo courtesy of Robert Font, CPG-03953.

Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64