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FEBRUARY MEETING NOTICE
***Wednesday, February 10, 2016***

Greetings AEG Southern California Section Member
We hope you will join us for the AEG Southern California Section's February meeting, to be held at Victorio's Ristorante, in North Hollywood, on Wednesday, February 10th. The presentation will be by Dr. Jeff Keaton, Principal with Amec Foster Wheeler, Los Angeles, California, who will be presenting some new information on the Oso Landslide.

Topic: "The Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance GEER) Association response to recognition of important geotechnical effects of the Oso Landslide"

Speaker: Jeffrey Keaton, PhD
Principal, Amec Foster Wheeler

Location: Victorio's Ristorante
10901 Victory Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91606
818-762-9000

Date/Time: Wednesday, February 10, 2016
5:45pm - Social Hour
6:45pm - Dinner
7:45pm - Program

Reservations: Please email Edmond Lee at: edmond.lee@lacity.org
or call 213-482-0488
Please make reservations by e-mail prior to 5 pm,
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016


Abstract
The Oso Landslide in Snohomish County, Washington, is among the most significant geologic disasters in recent U. S. history. The landslide occurred on a valley slope with documented history of intermittent landslide movement dating back to the 1940s; recent slope movement in 2006 blocked the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River and caused shallow flood damage to some of the nearby homes. The Oso Landslide is one of many landslides that have occurred on valley slopes above the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River.

The 22 March 2014 Oso Landslide became a rapidly moving, unchannelized debris flow that spread out as it travelled about 1 km across the valley, damming the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, destroying and carrying away about 50 homes, taking the lives of 43 people, and burying about 1.5 km of State Highway 530.

Recent geomorphological research on landslides in the vicinity of Oso published in February 2016 Geology is based on radiocarbon dates. Ongoing research by the author uses radar rainfall to document variability in local intensity that may have been important as a triggering mechanism for the 22 March 2014 Oso Landslide.
 
Speaker Biography
Dr. Keaton specializes in quantifying hazardous natural processes for siting and design of all types of facilities in all geologic environments. He has degrees in Geological Engineering, Engineering (Geotechnical), and Geology. He is registered in several states as an Engineer and as a Geologist; he is a Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering of the Academy of Geo-Professionals and hold the Evision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) credential from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.

Dr. Keaton has been employed by consulting firms for over 40 years, and in Amec Foster Wheeler's Los Angeles office of since July 2005 where he is a Principal Engineering Geologist.

He has remained active in professional societies throughout his career, serving as chair of two committees and a section at Transportation Research Board, chair of the Engineering Geology Division of GSA, president of AEG, and chair of the Technical Coordination Council of ASCE's Geo-Institute. Currently, he is a member of the ASCE Committee on Sustainability, chair of IAEG Commission No 1,Engineering Geological Characterisation and Visualisation, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.