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Our Staff


Charles William (Bill) Clendenin, Jr.
State Geologist, Chief, Geological Survey

Degree: B.S. Southeast Missouri State University

   M.S. Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology

   Ph.D. University of the Witwatersrand

Expertise and Interest: Structural styles of Faulting and Reactivation, Depositional Systems and Sequence Stratigraphy, Regional Basin Analysis and Studies of Syndepositional Tectonics with emphasis on Rifting and Basin Inversion, Movement of Fluids in Sedimentary Basins.

State of South Carolina Service: 1995 to present

Tele: 803.896.7702
Fax: 803.896.7695

Paul G. Nystrom, Jr. Retired
Project Leader, Geologic Mapping

Degree: B. S. University of Virginia

M. S. University of South Carolina

Expertise: Stratigraphy, Structural Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping

State of South Carolina service: 1974 to 2008

Tele: 803.896.7708

Ralph H. Willoughby
Project Leader, Coastal Plain Stratigraphic Structure

Degree: B.A. West Georgia College

M.S. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Expertise and Interest: Geologic Mapping and Stratigraphy of the South Carolina Coastal Plain; Stratigraphy and Macropaleontology, especially Cenozoic, of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain.

State of South Carolina Service: 1981 to present

Tele: 803.896.7716
Fax: 803.896.7695

C. Scott Howard
Project Leader, Structural Framework Studies

Degree: B.S. Washington and Lee University

M.S. University of Delaware

Ph.D. University of Delaware

Expertise: Structural Geology, Appalachian Piedmont framework, GIS

State of South Carolina service: 2000 to present

Tele: 803.896.7712
Fax: 803.896.7695

William R. Doar, III
Field Geologist, Geologic Mapping

Degree: B.S. East Carolina University

M.S. East Carolina University

Expertise: Field mapping, Coastal Stratigraphy, Piedmont Geology

State of South Carolina service: 1996 to present

Tele: 803.896.7989
Fax: 803.896.7695

Gary L. Taylor
Senior Geologic Technician

Degree: B.S. Benedict College

State of South Carolina Service: 1977 to present

Tele: 803.896.7708
Fax: 803.896.7695

Joseph Koch
Project Coordinator / Drill Crew Leader

State of South Carolina Service: 2000 to present

Tele: 803.896.4167
Fax: 803.896.7695

Erin E. Hudson
Cartographer II / GIS Technician / Webmaster

Degree: B.A. University of South Carolina

State of South Carolina Service: 2000 to present

Tele: 803.896.7714
Fax: 803.896.7695

Jennifer Krauser
Digitizer II

Degree: B.S. Montana Tech

State of South Carolina Service: 2004 to present

Tele: 803.896.7931
Fax: 803.896.7695

Melissa Clare Beaty
Temporary Geologist I

Part-time Temporary grant employee

Tele: 803.896.7708
Fax: 803.896.7695

Kimberly Meitzen
Geologic Technician

Part-time Temporary grant employee

Tele: 803.896.7708
Fax: 803.896.7695

Morgan Scott and Aaron Keitt
Drilling Crew

Temporary grant employees

Tele: 803.896.4167
Fax: 803.896.7695


South Carolina Geological Survey
5 Geology Road
Columbia, SC 29212
phone 803.896.7708 -or- fax 803.896.7695

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