Corpus Christi Geological Society

Geology is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the study of the composition, structure, physical properties, dynamics, and history of Earth materials, and the processes by which they are formed, moved, and changed. The field is a major academic discipline, and is also important for mineral and hydrocarbon extraction, knowledge about and mitigation of natural hazards, some engineering fields, and understanding past climates and environments with reference to present-day climate change.

Etymology
The word "geology" was first used by Jean-André Deluc in the year 1778 and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure in the year 1779. The science was not included in Encyclopædia Britannica's third edition completed in 1797, but had a lengthy entry in the fourth edition completed by 1809.[1] An older meaning of the word was first used by Richard de Bury to distinguish between earthly and theological jurisprudence.

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Corpus Christi Geological Society
P.O. Box 1068
Corpus Christi, TX 78403

Coastal Bend Geophysical Society
P.O. Box 2471
Corpus Christi, TX 78403

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President's Letters - Dan From My Generation To Yours How They Got Into Geology Monthly Astronomy President's Letters - Owen (2006-2007) Lessons Learned - Owen

Teacher Resources CCGeo YouTube Good Reads Climate Change Employment Links

Maps in Schools Bones in Schools Boulders in Schools Student's Thank You Letters

SouthWest Elementary School:

The towel slowly descends down the map in our simulation of a glacier, slowly moving south across North America during the Ice Ages. We tell the students that Global Cooling started 2,000,000 years ago and Global Warming started 18,000 years ago.

Col Hopkins, my father, was my geology assistant. I told the students he was a jet fighter pilot in the United States Air Force and flew in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Well, after each presentation, the kids surrounded him wanting HIS autograph. He has been retired for thirty-four years, and this was a real treat for him. It was fun to do this with my Dad in our hometown in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Ms. Tressia Meeks, Principal of Southwest Elementary School in Chickasha, Oklahoma, accepts a mammoth tooth and poster from CCGS member Owen Hopkins on October 27, 2008. It is the first school to receive a mammoth bone in the Corpus Christi Geological Society Bones in School project.

The school was very proud to accept this mammoth bone because in 1999 a curved, eleven foot long mammoth tusk was found close to this school in an ancient stream bed. The bone was taken to Norman, Oklahoma where the Archeological Survey of the University of Oklahoma determined it to be at least 10,000 years old, but nothing was returned to Chickasha.

This mammoth tooth and all the bones used in this Bones in Schools Project were contributed from the collected samples of Dr. Jon Baskin and Ronnie Thomas from Texas A&M Kingsville Department of Geology. The bones were donated by the Wright family of Nueces County, Texas.

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