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2012
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
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February 16
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Speaker: Fred Burnet, CEG, City of Los Angeles, DWP
Topic: "Avenue 45 Tunnel in Los Angeles - Geotechnical and Geological Investigations"
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North Hollywood
Victorio's Restaurant
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2011
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
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November 8
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Speaker: David L. Perry, Amec Engineering Consulting
Topic: "Subsurface Characterization at LADWP Headworks Reservoir Site, City of Los Angeles"
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Westlake Village
Cisco's Restaurant
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August 9
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Speaker: Dr. Craig Davis, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Topic: "Reconnaissance of Damage to Infrastructure That Occurred During the Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake, February 2011"
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Commerce
Steven’s Steakhouse
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April 12
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Speaker: Jeremy Lancaster, P.G., C.E.G., California Geological Survey
Topic: "Modeling Alluvial Fan Flood Hazards Using Surficial Geologic Maps: Methodology, Tools, and Data"
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Westlake Village
Cisco’s Restaurant
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March 8
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Speaker: Bruce Schell, Schell Geological Consulting
Topic: "SYNTHESIS AND REFLECTIONS ON NEW DATA FOR FAULTS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA"
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Commerce
Steven’s Steakhouse
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February
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No Section Meeting in February
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January 11
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Speaker: Dr. Bill Haneberg
GSA & AEG Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Topic: "Making the Most of Airborne LiDAR for Engineering Geologic Applications"
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Commerce
Steven’s Steakhouse
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2010
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
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December
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No Section Meeting in December
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November 9
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Speaker: Bruce Hilton, AEG President and Chief Engineering Geologist, Kleinfelder
Topic: "Engineering-Geologic Challenges Regarding High Speed Trains through California"
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Commerce
Steven’s Steakhouse
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October
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No Section Meeting in October
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September
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No Section Meeting in September
Attend the AEG Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC
September 20-25, 2010
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August 11
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Speaker: Duane T. Kreuger, P.G, Environmental Group Manager, Geotechnology, Inc. & AEG National President
Topic: "Environmental Consulting – Where We’re at and Where We’re Going"
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North Hollywood
Victorio’s Restaurant
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July 14
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Speaker: Robert E. Tepel, Member California State Mining and Geology Board
Topic: "Political And Scientific Considerations In The Review Of The Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act Of 1972."
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North Hollywood
Victorio’s Restaurant
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June 8
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Speakers: Jeffrey Keaton, Ph.D, P.G., P.E., MACTEC; and Richard J. Roth, Jr., Consulting Insurance Actuary, Huntington Beach, CA
Topic: "An Insurance Perspective of Landslide Inventory Maps and a Simple Engineering Geological Approach Useful for Insuring Landslides"
|
Commerce
Steven’s Steakhouse
|
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May 12
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Speaker: Frank Denison, P.G., C.E.G.
Topic: "A Review of the Literature on Site Effects and Structural Focusing at the I-5 and H 14 bridges in the San Fernando Valley from the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake"
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Westlake Village
Fox Sports Grill
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April 13
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Speaker: Timothy A. Nicely, P.G., C.H.G., Project Hydrogeologist, Fugro West, Inc.
Topic: "Hydrogeologic Studies Related to Effluent Disposal for the Expansion of a Proposed Wastewater Treatment Plant,Nipomo, California"
|
Westlake Village
Fox Sports Grill
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March 17
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Joint Meeting with ASCE
Speaker: Hannes H. Richter, G.E., Geofirm/Stoney-Miller Consultants, Inc.
Topic: "Case History of the June 1, 2005 Bluebird Canyon Landslide"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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March 1
|
Speaker: 2010 GSA/AEG Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Dr. Paul Marinos, National Technical University of Athens
Topic: "Ongoing challenges in Engineering Geology for Tunnelling in Difficult Ground"
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
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Febuary
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NO MEETING
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January
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NO MEETING
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2009
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
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December
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NO MEETING
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November 10
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Speaker: Stephen L. Varnell, P.G., C.E.G., Project Geologist, Fugro West, Inc.
Topic: "Geologic Studies and Seismic Source Model for a Proposed New Ocean Outfall, San Pedro Shelf, California"
|
Westlake Village
Cisco’s Mexican Restaurant
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August 11
|
Speaker: Eldon Gath, Earth Consultants International
Topic: "The Santa Ana Moutains: Indenter-Driven Seismotectonics of The OC"
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North Hollywood
Victorio's Restaurant
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July 14
|
Speaker: J. David Rogers, Dept. of Geological Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Topic: "Reassessment of the St. Francis Dam Failure"
|
Commerce
Steven’s Steak House
|
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July 24-25
|
California REG REVIEW Courses
Click here for more information
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June 10
|
Speaker: Mark P. Molinari, P.G., C.E.G., C.H.G., Principal Geologist, URS Corporation, 2008-2009 AEG President
Topic: "Practical Applications of Airborne LiDAR Data for Environmental and Engineering Geology Projects"
|
Commerce
Steven’s Steak House
|
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May 12
|
Speaker: Marshall Lew, PhD, GE, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Topic: "Earthquake Reconnaisance In China"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
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April 14
|
Speaker: George Dunfield, PG, California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists
Topic: "Public-Private Partnerships: Functional Application of the Shared Responsibility principle for UTILIZING Professional Standards"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
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March 10
|
Joint Meeting with ASCE
Speaker: Edmund Medley, Ph.D., P.E., C.E.G., F.ASCE, Senior Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants
Topic: "The Comforts of Ignorance and the Benefits of Arrogance - Lessons of the Failure Kind for the Geopractitioner"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steak House
|
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February 10
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Jeffrey R. Keaton, Ph.D., P.E., P.G., F.ASCE, F.GSA, Senior Principal Engineering Geologist, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Topic: "Guidelines for Evaluating Scour at Bridge Foundations on Rock: Status of NCHRP Project 24-29"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steak House
|
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January 15
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: George Dunfield, California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists
Topic: "Public-Private Partnerships: Functional Application of the Shared Responsibility principle for UTILIZING Professional Standards"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio’s Ristorante
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2008
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
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November 11
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Phil Hogan, P.G., C.E.G., Fugro West, Inc.
Topic: "Geohazard Challenges of the Woodside OceanWay LNG Development, Offshore Southern California"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio’s Ristorante
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October 14
|
**Joint Meeting with South Coast Geologic Society**
Speaker:Dr. Jeffrey A. Johnson, P.G., C.E.G.
Topic: "A Preliminary Case for Secondary Tectonic Distress in the Epicentral Region of the M6.7 1994 Northridge Earthquake"
|
Santa Ana
Double Tree Club Hotel
|
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September
|
No Dinner Meeting In September
See you in New Orleans, LA
for the AEG Annual Meeting
September 15-20, 2008
|
New Orleans
|
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August 12
|
Section Meeting
Speakers: William C. Tracy and James R. Steele
Topic: "Paleocurrent Indicators and Fault Related Folding, Mission Ridge Fault, Santa Barbara Coastal Plain, Santa Barbara County, California"
|
Thousand Oaks
Courtyard by Marriott
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July 15
|
Section Meeting
No Speaker. Discussion of Section issues: revising Section Bylaws, activating committees, field trip ideas, a proposed committee regarding guidelines for performing Residential Geologic Evaluation for ownership transfer, and student participation and support
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
June 10
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Antony Martin, P.GP., Technical Director, GEOVision Geophysical Services, Corona, California
Topic: "Application of Surface and Borehole Shear Wave Geophysical Techniques to Engineering Investigations"
|
Woodland Hills
Pizza Cookery
|
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May 13
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Eldon Gath, Tom Rockwell, and Tania Gonzalez, Earth Consultants International
Topic: "Tectonic Geomorphic and Paleoseismic Investigations for the Panama Canal Expansion Project"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio’s Ristorante
|
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April 8
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Hugh Robertson, R.G., C.E.G., President and Principal Geologist, Robertson Geotechnical, Inc.
Topic: "Homeowner Slope Repairs-Professional Duty or Liability Snake Pit?"
|
Van Nuys
Airtel Plaza Hotel
|
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March 19
|
Joint Meeting: ASCE-Geotechnical Group-Los Angeles Section and the Southern California Section of AEG
Speaker:Paul Somerville, Ph.D., Principal Seismologist, URS Corporation
Topic: "Basin Effects on Strong Ground Motions, and their Representation in the NGA Models"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
February 12
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: David L. Perry, C.E.G., Senior Engineering Geologist, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Topic: "Locating the Raymond Fault at Two Developed Urban
Sites in the Highland Park District of Los Angeles, California"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
January
|
NO MEETING THIS MONTH
|
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2007
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
December
|
***NO MEETING THIS MONTH***
Happy Holidays
|
|
|
November 13
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Mark Johnsson, Senior Engineering Geologist, California Coastal Commission
Topic: “Geohazard Criteria for Development and Redevelopment Attop Coastal Bluffs in California"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
October
|
No Meeting
|
|
September
24-28 (M-F)
|
|
Los Angeles
|
|
August 14
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Mark G. Olson, President Advanced Geoscience, Inc.
Topic: "Applications of Seismic Reflection, Refraction, and MASW Profiling for Subsurface Geologic Investigations from Lake Elsinore to Hawaii"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
July 10
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: John E. Newby, P.E., G.E., Senior Vice President, CDM
Topic: "Geotechnical Aspects of the King County Brightwater Conveyance System"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
June 12
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Ory Dor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
Topic: "Pulverized rocks and the depth of dynamic damage generation along the Mojave section of the San Andreas Fault"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
May 8
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Lorraine Leon, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
Topic: "Borehole and high-resolution seismic reflection evidence for Holocene activity on the Compton blind-thrust fault, Los Angeles basin, California"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
April 10
|
Section Meeting
Joint Meeting with South Coast Geological Society
Speaker: Bruce A. Schell, PG, CEG
Topic: Feasibility of Tunneling to Complete the 710 Freeway from Interstate 10 in Alhambra to Interstate 210 in Pasadena
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
May 21
|
The 2nd Annual AEG Southern California Section Golf Tournament is tentatively scheduled for Monday, May 21st. More details to follow…
|
|
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March 13
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Jeffrey R. Keaton, PhD, PE, PG, F.ASCE, Senior Principal Engineering Geologist, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc
Topic: Shaking Things Up with a Modified ‘Active Fault’ Definition: A Case History of a School Site near the 1971 San Fernando Fault
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
February 8
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Terry West, AEG National President
Topic: Solid Waste Disposal, Past, Present and Future
|
Van Nuys
|
|
January 16
|
Section Meeting
Speakers: Charles Nestle, LA County & Roz Munro, Mactec
Topic: New Orleans, Louisiana and Southwestern Coast, Mississippi: An Informal Pictorial Tour of Recent Conditions in the Aftermath of Hurrican Katrina
|
Commerce
|
|
2006
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
December
|
No Meeting in December
Next meeting: Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
|
|
|
November 14
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Morton Price, City of Los Angeles
Topic: Mitigation Measures for Tunneling Through a Groundwater Gallery with a Hard Rock Shielded Tunnel Boring Machine, Los Angeles, California
|
Commerce
|
|
November 5
|
REG Review
Certified Engineering Geology Course
8am-12noon
Hydrogeology Course
1pm-5pm
|
Santa Ana
Best Western Orange County Airport North
|
October 30 -
November 4
|
AEG 49th Annual Meeting
Northeast Engineering Geology
From Till to Fill
Click here for more information
|
Boston MA
|
|
October 10
|
Joint Meeting, South Coast Geological Society
Presenter: Dr. Gary Peterson, San Diego State University
Topic: Evolution of Granitic Landscapes
|
Commerce
|
|
September 5
|
“No meeting due to speaker cancellation”
|
Commerce
|
|
August 15
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Jerry Treiman, CGS
Topic: The Long-Awaited Parkfield Earthquake, September 28, 2004
|
Commerce
|
July 29
8am-4pm
|
REG Review – ASBOG Course
|
Corona
Best Western Kings Inn.
|
|
July 13
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Dr. Darrel Schmitz
Topic: Katrina Hurricane
Note: Thursday Night Meeting
|
Commerce
|
|
June 13
|
CCGO FUNDRAISER
Presenter: Bill Cotton, Cotton Shires & Associates
Topic: Earthquake-Induced Ground Failures: A Historical Perspective Using the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 as a Starting Point
|
Commerce
|
|
May 9
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Dr. Jeffrey R. Keaton
Topic: Consensus Definition of Earth Fissures and Overview of AEG Shlemon Specialty Conference
|
Commerce
|
|
April 11
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Woodrow Higdon
Topic: Bluebird Canyon Landslides: Past, Present, & Future
|
Commerce
|
|
March 14
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Dr. Jerry Higgins-Jahns Lecturer
Topic: Rock-Fall Analysis and Mitigation
|
Commerce
|
| February 15 |
Section Meeting
Presenter: Miles D. Kenney, PhD
Topic: Late Quaternary deformation and sedimentation history, Coachella fan area........
|
Commerce |
| January 10 |
Section Meeting
Presenter: Bruce A. Schell
Topic: Faulting and Earthquake Hazards in the Los Angeles Basin Area
|
Commerce |
|
2005
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
| December |
No Meeting
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month.
|
|
| November 7 |
Section Meeting
Presenter: Dr. Randall Jibson
Topic: The La Conchita Landslides of 1995 and 2005
|
Santa Ana |
| October 11 |
Section Meeting
Student Night
Presenter:Dr. John Foster
Topic: Echo Landslide
|
Commerce |
September
17-25 |
AEG Annual Meeting
48th Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists
|
 |
|
Las Vegas, NV |
| September |
No Meeting
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month.
|
|
| August 1 |
Joint meeting with South Coast Geological Society
Presenter:John Parrish
Topic: California Geologic Survey
|
Santa Ana |
|
July 12
|
Section Meeting
Presenter:Matt Werner
Topic: Dealing With Uncertainty Regarding The Chemistry of Drinking Water Wells—An Example From the City of Riverside
|
Commerce |
|
June 21
|
Joint Meeting with the Coast Geological Society
Presenters:Dale S. Kunitomi
Topic: “Climate Change: The Paradox of Global Warming Causing A New Ice Age"
|
Ventura |
|
May 10
|
Section Meeting
Presenters:Dr. Joyce Blueford
Topic: AEG-CCGO joint meeting and CCGO Fundraiser & Earthquake History Preserved in Tyson Lagoon: A New Environmental Wetland Center that Happens to be Right on the Hayward Fault!
|
Commerce |
|
April 12
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Tom Heaton
Topic: “How will high-rise buildings respond in very large earthquakes?”
|
Commerce |
|
March 15
|
Section Meeting
Presenters: Gary Luce & Dave Bieber
Topic: "Reconstruction of the Historic Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Lyon, Storey, and Carson Counties, Nevada"
|
Commerce
|
|
February 8
|
Section Meeting
Presenters: Richard C. Slade
Topic: "Regional Hydrogeologic Conditions in the Alluvial and Saugus Formation Aquifer Systems, Santa Clarita Valley, Los Angeles County"
|
Commerce
|
|
January 11
|
Section Meeting
Presenters: Mark McLarty and Jeffrey Geraci
Topic: "Stabilization of a Southern California Coastal Bluff Using Ultrafine Cement Grout and Cement-Treated Soil"
|
Commerce
|
|
2004
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
| December |
No Meeting
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month.
|
|
| November 16 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Roy J. Shlemon
Topic: “The 32nd International Geological Congress, August 2004, Florence, Italy: Geology, Renaissance Culture and Much Fun”
|
Commerce |
| October 12 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Benjamin T. Benumof, Ph.D., Esq.
Topic: The Foreseeability of “Unforeseen” Geologic Conditions
|
Commerce |
Sept 26-
Oct 2 |
|
AEG Annual Meeting
|
 |
|
Dearborn, MI |
| September 14 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Dr. John Parrish – Executive Officer, State Mining and Geology Board, and
Mr. Paul Sweeney – Executive Director, Board of Registration for Geologists and Geophysicists
Topic: "California Performance Review Report as it Pertains to our Profession"
|
Commerce |
| August 10 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Robert D. Jackson
Topic: “Maximum Magnitude for a Fault?”
|
Commerce |
| July |
No Meeting
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month.
|
|
| June 8 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Maria Teresa Ramirez
Topic: “Active tectonics, the Mexican subduction zone and the Pacific coast of Mexico: the Guerrero Gap and Jalisco Coast”
|
Commerce |
| May 12 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Tanya Atwater, U.C.S.B.
Topic: "Plate Tectonics of Western North America"
|
Commerce |
| April 1-3 |
Shlemon Conference on Earth Fissures |
El Paso, TX |
| April 13 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Ali Bastani, Ph.D,. GE, Leighton Consulting, Inc.
Topic: "Bam, Iran Earthquake of December 26, 2003"
|
San Juan Capistrano |
| March 9 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Paul Frost & Mark Gamache, Engineers, California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources
Topic: "Urban Development of Oil Fields in the Los Angeles Basin Area, 1983 to 2001"
|
Commerce |
| February 10 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Mr. David Simon, AEG President
Topic: "A Truly Viable Association Once Again” and “Holocene Faulting Near Piute Dam, Piute County, Utah”
|
Commerce |
|
January 13
|
Section Meeting
Speakers: Ted Wolfe (Pacific Soils Engineering) & Steve Yurosek (Sukut Construction)
Topic: “Key Issues for Feasibility and Due Diligence Studies” or “Is Your Next Project Feasible”
|
Commerce
|
|
2003
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
| December 16 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Student Presentations |
Commerce |
| November 18 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan D. Bray
Topic: Developing Mitigation Measures for the Hazards
Associated with Earthquake Surface Fault Rupture. Click here to read
Dr. Bray's paper on fault rupture mitigation. |
Commerce |
| October 14 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Ms. Amanda Elioff (Parsons Brinckerhoff) & Mr. Carl Kim (Mactec)
Topic: Geotechnical Issues During Design of the East-Side Light Rail Transit System in East Los Angeles |
Commerce |
| Sept 15-20 |
AEG
Annual Meeting
 |
|
Vail, CO |
| August 12 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Shari Christofferson
Topic: Determination of Paleoearthquakes, Slip per Event Data, and a Holocene Slip Rate for the Puente Hills Blind-Thrust Fault, Los Angeles, California |
Commerce |
| July 15 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Eldon Gath
Topic: Uplift of the Puente Hills and Santa Monica Mountains |
Costa Mesa |
| June 17 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Kerry Sieh
Topic: The Denali, Alaska Earthquake of 2002 |
Ventura |
| May 12 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Chester F. (Skip) Watts
Topic: Rockslides: Case Histories and Common Misconceptions |
Commerce |
| April 8 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Christopher M. Diaz and Allen M. Yourman, Jr.
Topic: Pier T and Pier 400
Container Terminal Buildings Ground Improvement |
Commerce |
| March 11 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Jeff Keaton
Topic: Ground motion for design of the Hoover Dam
Bypass Bridge in Arizona-Nevada. |
Commerce |
| February 11 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Tom Anderson
Title: Mineral Resource Scarcity Confronting the
Construction Industry in California
|
Woodland Hills |
