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AEG California Central Coast Chapter
Of the Southern California Section
Upcoming Meeting
The Central Coast Chapter of AEG is holding the July meeting at Round Table Pizza Parlor in Santa Maria. Please see the attached newsletter for details. click here for the most recent newsletter
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"Large California Tsunamis from Central Coast Historians and Central Coast Newspaper Records"
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Speaker: |
Eugene (Lou) Blanck, Earth Design, Inc., Cambria, CA
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Meeting Date: |
***Wednesday, July 28, 2010***
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Location: |
Round Table Pizza 2508 South Broadway Santa Maria, CA 93454
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Time: |
6:00 p.m.-Social Hour; 7:00 p.m.-Presentation
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Cost: |
AEG members = $15; non-AEG members = $20; Students = $5
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RSVP: |
Please RSVP by Tuesday July 27. Email: NWilliams.geo@gmail.com. All are welcome!
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Abstract: |
Approximately, 1996, Unocal historian Darwin Sainz mentioned the newly built Union Oil “Oilport” refinery in what is now Shell Beach (between Pismo & Avila Beaches and at 50 to 100 feet elevation) was destroyed by a tsunami in the early 1900’s. July 2009, George Plafker reported, “a bigger earthquake and a more destructive tsunami than the 1964 event are possible in the future”. The 1812 Santa Barbara Channel earthquake produced 5 tsunami waves approximately 50 feet in height to the front of the Santa Barbara Presidio based on a Franciscan Father’s journal. A book on “Shipwrecks, Smugglers, and Maritime Mysteries” by Wheeler & Kallman reports the largest wave was 48-50 feet estimated by the USGS west of Santa Barbara near Goleta. The “History of San Luis Obispo County, California” by Thompson & West (1883) reports 12 feet tsunamis occurred on August 13, 1868 (Peruvian earthquake) and April 16, 1877. On November 22, 1878, turbulent water in the absence of wind produced tsunamis that broke over the Morro Bay sand spit (current quad sheet high elevations 66 to 97 feet N to S), destroyed Avila & Pt. Sal piers, damaging Cayucos pier. A Japanese earthquake resulted in a tsunami at 12:40 PM December 9, 1907, near high tide and in already heavy seas, that stood out from the rest of the storm due to its’ enormous height. It wrecked the Ventura pier (12-13- 1907, SLO Tribune) and the Oilport pier (12-13-1907, SLO Tribune & 12-6-1976 also 12-14-1907, Santa Maria Times & amp;12-10-1907 SLO Telegram) at Shell beach and destroyed the Oilport refinery (Darwin Sainz, personal communication). Before 7 AM on November 26, 1913, tsunamis wrecked the Monterey area including waves 10 to15 feet above the Del Monte wharf. At Seaside, “Immense domes of water and foam shot up above the general height” ... “appearing from here to be higher than the highest sandhills along the shore.”(12-2-1913, SLO Tribune) Current quad sheet high elevations are 120 feet. These reports of historic tsunamis represent wave elevations significantly higher than the 1964 Alaska earthquake tsunami that is typically used for emergency planning for tsunami inundation in California. Since it appears 4 much larger tsunamis occurred in the Central Coast area in 1812, 1878, 1907 and 1913; it appears we may have become complacent during this recent period of tsunami quiescence. Emergency planning for Central Coast tsunamis should be anticipating tsunami waves in the 50 to 100 feet elevation range.
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Driving Directions: |
Driving Northbound on Highway 101:
1. Exit on Santa Maria Way; 2. Continue straight onto Santa Maria Way; 3. Turn right at South Broadway; 4. Round Table is in the shopping center on the right.
Driving Southbound on Highway 101:
1. Exit on Betteravia Rd; 2. Turn right on E Betteravia Rd; 3. Turn left on S Broadway Rd; 4. Turn left on McCoy Ln; 5. Take the first right into the shopping center; 6. Round Table is located in the southeast corner.
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Officers 2010 Central Coast Chapter Officers:
- Chair
Robert J. Urban
URS Corporation
2625 South Miller St., Suite 104
Santa Maria, CA 93455
Phone: 805.361.1109
robert_urban@urscorp.com
- Vice Chair
Anthony Schuetze
2625 South Miller St., Suite 104
Santa Maria, CA 93455
Phone: 805.361.1130
anthony_schuetze@urscorp.com
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- Chapter Secretary
Natalie Williams
2625 South Miller St., Suite 104
Santa Maria, CA 93455
Phone: 805.361.1115
nwilliams.geo@gmail.com
- Chapter Treasurer
Andy Evans
2625 South Miller St., Suite 104
Santa Maria, CA 93455
Phone: 805.361.1111
andrewariel@hotmail.com
- Student Liaison
Darry Berberi-Hill
Student at Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo, CA
Phone: 805.704.3518
d.funcheon@gmail.com
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Announcements
Meeting Calendar
2010 |
Date |
Speaker(s) |
Topic(s) |
Newsletter |
July 28 |
Eugene (Lou) Blanck, Earth Design, Inc., Cambria, CA
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"Large California Tsunamis from Central Coast Historians and Central Coast Newspaper Records"
[location: Round Table Pizza, Santa Maria, CA] |
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April 28 |
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3rd Annual Student Night $500 Scholarship To Be Awarded
[location: Santa Maria] |
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March 31 |
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Topic to be announced
[location: Santa Maria] |
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2007 |
Date |
Speaker(s) |
Topic(s) |
Newsletter |
Sept 24-28 (M-F) |
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50th AEG Annual Meeting
Golden Anniversary in the Golden State
Click here for more information on the Los Angeles meeting |
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July 10 |
Dr. Senro Kuraoka, the Research and Development Center, Nippon Koei. Co. Ltd & John Duffy, Caltrans |
"Rockfall Analysis and Mitigation Symposium" |
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May 17 |
John Moylan |
2007 AEG & GSA Distinguished Jahns Lecturer “Geologic Influences on Mid-continent Dams” |
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April 25 |
Student Presentations- Grace Giles
- Sheila K. Morrissey
- Shawna Von Stockhausen
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2nd ANNUAL AEG STUDENT NIGHT 2007- Geochemical Signatures of Rapid Carbonate Crystallization in Well Scales
- Groundwater flowpaths and aquifer interactions in the Floridan aquifer system, southern Florida
- Optimization of Landfill Compaction Practices
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March 28 |
Julie Moore,SPL |
"Laboratory Quality Assurance and Quality Control Practices, Reviewing Laboratory Data and Basic Unit Conversions for Air, Soil, and Water."
sponsored by: Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc. (SPL) |
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February 26 |
Dr. Peter Robertson,Gregg Drilling
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Note: This is a MONDAY Meeting
“70Years of the Cone Penetrometer Test – How Far Have We Come?” |
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January |
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No Meeting
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2006 |
Date |
Speaker(s) |
Topic(s) |
Newsletter |
Dec, 2006 |
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No Meeting
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Nov 29, 2006 |
Dr. Jordan Clark University of California at Santa Barbara |
Tracing recharge water from spreading ponds: Insights from a decade for studies
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Oct 30 - Nov 4 |
AEG 49th Annual Meeting - Boston, MA Northeast Engineering Geology - From Till to Fill
Click here for more information
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Oct, 2006 |
Dr. Alan Jeffrey ZymaX Forensics/DPRA
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ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS: PETROLEUM FUELS
sponsored by: |
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Sept, 2006 |
Julius Carstens Oilfield Environmental Compliance |
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Analytical Methods And How They Work
sponsored by: |
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Aug, 2006 |
James R. Steele TetraTech, Inc. |
In-Situ Enhanced Bioremediation of Freon 11/Freon 113 Groundwater Contamination Using Hydrogen Release Compount |
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July, 2006 |
Dr. Robb Moss |
Geotechnics, Geomorphology, and Geology of Recent Earthquakes
sponsored by: |
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June, 2006 |
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No Meeting in June
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May, 2006 |
Mr. James Steele |
In-Situ Enhanced Bioremediation of Freon 11/Freon 113 Groundwater Contamination Using Hydrogen Release Compound.
sponsored by: |
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Apr, 2006 |
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AEG Student Night 2006
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Mar, 2006 |
Mr. William C. Tracy and Mr. James R. Steele |
Geologic Mapping of Paleocurrent Indicators and Implication for Tectonic Significance to Fault Related Folding, Mission Ridge Fault Santa Barbara Coastal Plain, Santa Barbara County, California
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Feb, 2006 |
John Powell and John Minch |
Tom Dibblee......... Giant Leaps in Map Making Progress........
sponsored by: |
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Nov, 2005 |
Frank De Marco |
PCBs at the Shell Hercules Gas Plan Superfund Site
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Oct, 2005 |
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cancelled due to speaker cancellation |
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Sept, 2005 |
James Slosson & Frank E. Denison |
TESTING OF THE SITE AMPLIFICATION HYPOTHESIS ON EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DURING THE 1994 NORTHRIDGE EARHQUAKE AS RELATED TO THE UNDERLYING GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF FAULTS AND SYNCLINAL FOLDS |
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Aug, 2005 |
L. D. Gurrola & E. A. Keller |
PREHISTORIC LANDSLIDES IN THE LANDSCAPE AND THE HAZARDS THEY PRESENT: LA CONCHITA, CALIFORNIA |
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July, 2005 |
Mr. William (Bill) Tracy |
"PCBs in the Environment from a Site Along the Gaviota Coast" and "Environmental Investigation of an Airplane Crash" |
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June, 2005 |
Robert J. Urban |
THE DEBRIS FLOW ORIGIN OF THE MISSION DIAMICTON AND ASSOCIATED GEOHAZARDS TO THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA |
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AEG - CA Central Coast Chapter
Dr. John W. Williams Scholarship
The CA Central Coast Chapter offers the Dr. John W. Williams Scholarship to students in the Central Coast region as a means of developing ties between professional practice and academia as well as bringing to the attention of students the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists and Its role as a professional society in the professional community. Your support of the scholarship through monetary contributions will help in achieving these tasks and eventually provide for a self-sustaining scholarship fund. All scholarship donors will be recognized on our Chapter website. Individuals and companies are welcome to make contributions. Scholarship donors are also welcome to submit logos for placement on the Chapter website. You may send either digital media with your logo or email the logo for webposting. Any contribution is greatly appreciated! See additional information about the Williams Scholarship fund below.
If you or your company would like to make a donation to the scholarship fund either: (1) bring a donation to a monthly meeting and specify that the money is for the scholarship fund or (2) mail only checks, with a memo designating the donation to the scholarship fund, to:
AEG CA Central Coast Chapter
ATTN: Robert Urban
1933 Estriga Court
Santa Maria, CA 93458
Awardees of the Dr. John W. Williams Scholarship
- 2007 Shawna Von Stockhausen, Graduate student at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, Presentation titled, “Optimization of Landfill Compaction Practices”.
- 2006 Ms. Jeni McDermott and Mr. Garret Bean were both awarded the 1st Annual 2006 Williams Scholarship by the AEG Central Coast Chapter; the awards consisted of annual memberships to AEG and $500 in cash. Ms McDermott is a Master of Science student at UC Santa Barbara and is conducting research into "Groundwater residence times and flow paths utilizing tracer experiments with tritium/3 HE". Mr. Bean, also a Master’s student at UC Santa Barbara, is conducting research of the "Geologic controls on river channel morphology and habitat for trout".
Dr. John W. Williams Scholarship Donors(*$0-250 **+$250)
The "2007 List of Donors" includes:
Dr. John W. Williams**
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Urban*
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stout*
2006 List of Donors
Dr. John W. Williams **
Ms. Diane Love *
TetraTech, Inc.*
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Urban *
Chapter Sponsors
URS Corporation
130 Robin Hill Road, Suite 100
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
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Michael F. Hoover
Consulting Geologist - Hydrologist
Santa Barbara, CA
phone: 805.569.9670
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Oilfield Environmental and Compliance
Environmental, Laboratory and Geoprobe Services
307 Roemer Way, Suite 300
Santa Maria, CA 93454
phone: 805.922.4772 email: info@oecusa.com website: oecusa.com
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Tetra Tech - Santa Barbara Office
4213 State St., Ste. 100
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
phone:(805) 681-3100 fax: 805) 681-3108 website: www.tetratech.com
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STL Los Angeles
1721 South Grand Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Phone: 714-258-8610 Fax: 714-258-0921
ATTN: Wendy Pierce
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71 Zaca Lane, Suite 110
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
(805) 544-4696
www.zymaxforensics.com
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SPL
322 B West Carrillo Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: (805) 708-6154
Sales Contact: Julie Moore
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We Are Official!
Charles Nestle (left), AEG Southern California Section Chair, presents a certificate from AEG National, which officially recognizes the California Central Coast Chapter of the Southern California Section, to Robert Urban (right), Chapter Chair and founding member.
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