|
2024
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
May 14
|
W. Paul Burgess, PG |
"California Geological Survey landslide response: before, during, and after heavy statewide rainfall in the 2023-2024 Winter storm season" |
April 09
|
Hans Hoek, PG, CEG, PhD. |
"The use of photogrammetry (digital photo stitching) in engineering geology" |
February 20
|
Sarah Kalika, PG, CAC, CDPH Lead I/A/S |
"State of the Association" and "The challenges and opportunities for environmental and engineering geologists in professional practice." |
January 09
|
Mr. Nolan Seles, PG |
Mr. Seles will cover an overview of GEOKON and their products, reasons for using instrumentation on geotechnical projects, vibrating wire and MEMs sensor technology, and geotechnical instrumentation and data collection. |
|
2023
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
November 08
|
Mr. Shant Minas, PG, CEG, PMP |
"Everything but the Kitchen Sink": A Multidimensional Geotechnical, Geologic and Environmental Investigation for a Proposed Manufacturing and Office Facility on a Complicated Brownfield Site, Los Angeles, California." |
| October 11 |
Mr. Barry Hibbs, Ph.D. in Hydrogeology |
"IDENTIFYING TERRESTRIAL GROUNDWATER INPUTS TO NEW WETLANDS ON THE SHORES OF THE RETREATING SALTON SEA, CA" |
| June 13 |
Darrin Hasham, PG, CEG |
"Maximizing the Return on Investment from Ground Penetrations." |
May 17
|
Mr. Michael A. Piepenburg, PG, CEG |
"June 24, 1971 Sylmar Tunnel Fire - A Grim Reminder" |
|
2022
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
June 07
|
Richard M Wooten, PG |
Debris Flows, Big Slow Movers, and Rockslides: Assembling the Geospatial Legacy of Landslides using Lidar, Drones and Boots on the Ground |
April 05
|
Dean Francuch, PG, CEG |
BNSF Railway Southern "Transcon" Mainline Dual Track Bridge Replacement over the Mojave River, Victorville, California |
| March 08 |
Virtual (zoom) Meeting |
|
2020
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| April 23 |
STUDENT PRESENTATION NIGHT |
| March 10 |
Jeffrey R. Keaton, PhD, PE, PG |
#1: "Enhanced Geologic Model Complexity Rating System"
#2: "Seismic Refraction Survey Across the San Andreas Fault from Inside Elizabeth Tunnel" |
| February 11 |
Mr. Matthew Hacker |
"Senior Resource Specialist
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California" |
| January 15 |
Shant Minas and Thomas Rockwell |
"A Multi-Phase Fault Rupture Hazard Study in Century City, Los Angeles, California" |
|
2019
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| November 28 |
Janis Hernandez, California Geological Survey |
"The Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence of July 2019" |
| August 28 |
Darrin Hasham, Earth Systems Pacific |
"An Earthy Finish to a Mined Wine Cave in Paso Robles, California" |
| March 14 |
Dean Francuch, Shannon & Wilson |
"The meandering Mundo Mudpot, or how international trade is affected by Salton Sea tectonics" |
| February 11 |
Dr. Keith Porter, University of Colorado at Boulder |
AEG/CalGeo Regional Dinner Meeting |
| January 15 |
Deborah Green, AEG/GSA Jahns Lecturer |
"A Tale of Two Waste Sites" |
|
2018
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| November 1 |
Dr. Elena S. Amador, Cal Tech |
"Reconstructing Mars: Untangling the geologic and environmental history of Mars from 34 million miles away" |
| August 22 |
Dr. Jeff Marshall, Cal Poly Pomona |
"Sizing up the subduction beast: A tale of earthquakes and ancient shorelines in Costa Rica and New Zealand" |
| July 11 |
Sean Wagner, Tensar |
"Sensible Slopes: Reinforcing Earth with Sub-premium Soils" |
| June 13 |
Student Night |
Present Your Research and Projects |
| May 08 |
Dr. John Wakabayashi
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, California |
"Evolution of step-overs and bends along strike-slip faults: Implications for seismic hazards assessment" |
|
2017
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| June 13 |
William F. Kane
President and Principal Engineer and
Mallory Jones
Staff Geologist and Project Manager
Kane GeoTech Inc., Stockton CA |
"Geohazard Mitigation Methods with a Focus on Debris Flow" |
| May 23 |
Dr. Scott A. Anderson
GSA AEG Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer for 2016-2017 |
"Future opportunities for site and event characterization using remote sensing and social media
" |
 |
March 8
|
Professor George Fitz, Ph.D., PE |
"Deep Mixing Method for Support of Embankments" |
February 15
|
Steve Miller, Jensen Precast Retaining Wall Products Group |
"Introducing ultra-largepre-cast concrete, gravity and reinforced soil retaining structures and concrete fences" |
| January 11 |
Dr. Bruce Carter, Retired Dean of Natural Sciences, Pasadena City College |
"Enormous Megaflood on Santa Cruz Island" |
|
2016
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| November 9 |
AEG Southern California Chapter Student Night |
| August 2 |
Paul Santi, Colorado School of Mines and 2016 President of AEG |
"Debris Flows Following Wildfire in the Western U.S." |
| June 11 |
AEG FIELD TRIP:
SANTA MONICA AND MALIBU FAULT ZONE |
| April 26 |
Jerome De Graff, 2016 AEG-GSA Jahns Distinguished Lecturer |
"What does it take to effectively monitor for environmental and engineering geology projects?" |
| March 23 |
Laurie Racca, Senior Registrar & Geologist, PG, California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG) |
"Evolution of Geology Licensing Requirements in California: Defining a Geological Sciences Degree" |
| February 10 |
Jeffrey Keaton, PhD, Principal, Amec Foster Wheeler |
"The Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER) Association response to
recognition of important geotechnical effects of the Oso Landslide" |
| January 13 |
Todd Roberts, Roctest Ltd. |
"Geotechnical Instrumentation" |
|
2015
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| October 14 |
Tanya Leffler and Mile Elliott, REHS
Wastewater systems designers with Jensen Precast Corporation |
"On-Site Wastewater Treatment" |
| August 11 |
Mr. John Diehl, PE
GEOVision Geophysical Services, Corona, California |
"Most Useful Geophysical Methods for Measuring an S-wave Profile" |
| May 13 |
Kim M. Bishop ,PhD, PE, PG, EG
Professor of Engineering Geology, California State University, Los Angeles |
"The Kohala Landslide - A Newly Recognized Mega-Landslide on the Big Island of Hawaii Discovered by the Use of Topographic Analysis and Balanced Cross-Section Concepts" |
| April 06 |
Dr. Kenneth Hudnut, USGS & Caltech, Pasadena, CA |
"Fault Rupture and Afterslip in the South Napa Earthquake (M 6.0 on 24 August 2014)" |
| March 10 |
Desmond Chung, Geobrugg North America, LLC |
"Being Flexible With Slope Stability And Rockfall Solutions" |
| February 10 |
Dr. Barry Hibbs, California State University, Los Angeles |
"Geological and Anthropogenic Imprints on Ground Water Quality - Beware of the Anecdotal Models" |
| January 14 |
Ken Fergason, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona and the 2014-2015 President of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) |
"Someone is Paying Me to do This!
The Geologic, Geohazard, and Geotechnical Field Investigation for the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge" |
|
2014
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| November 12 |
James Chinchiolo, Project Development Director, Geostabilization International |
"New Tools and Technologies for Geohazards Mitigation" |
| October 14 |
Dr. Jeffrey Keaton, AMEC, Los Angeles |
"The March 22, 2014, Oso Landslide: an Overview of the GEER Response" |
| August 12 |
Gary Luce, AEG President 2013-2014, PE, Senior Geologist and Geotechnical Engineer, Resource Concepts, Carson City, Nevada |
"Virginia and Truckee Railway Historic Tunnel Construction and Reconstruction of Tunnel No. 2 and Proposed Reconstruction of Tunnel No. 6"
"Discussion On Proposed Changes To The Constitution Regarding The Governance Structure Of AEG" |
| June 18 |
Dr. Tarek H. Abdoun
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
"Recent advancements in remote sensing technology and physical modeling leading to a new reality for health assessment of soil-structure systems" |
| July 8 |
Eldon Gath, PG, CEG
Earth Consultants International |
"Paleoseismology of the North Panamá Deformed Belt from Uplifted Coral Platforms"
"Updating California's Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act for the New Millennium" |
| June 18 |
Dr. Tarek H. Abdoun
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
"Recent advancements in remote sensing technology and physical modeling leading to a new reality for health assessment of soil-structure systems" |
| April 9 |
Christopher W. Goetz PG, EG,
URS Corporation |
"Fault Rupture Hazard Assessment for North Haiwee Dam No. 2, Owens Valley, California" |
| February 25 |
2013-2014 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Gregory (Greg) L. Hempen
PhD, PE, RG,
URS Corporation |
"Mitigating Blasting Impacts without Dimishing Effectiveness" |
| January 22 |
Dr. Jeff Keaton, C.E.G., P.E.,
Principal Engineering Geologist
AMEC, Los Angeles, CA |
"Seismic Enhancements for Delivering Water to the City of Los Angeles
across the San Andreas Fault in the Elizabeth Tunnel" |
|
2013
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| December |
No Section Meeting in December |
| November 13 |
Dean G. Francuch, P.G., C.E.G., Associate Geologist
Shannon & Wilson, Inc.
|
"The November 2011 White Point Landslide, Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro, California" |
| October 8 |
Sean P. Harvey, PG, CEG
BRIERLEY ASSOCIATES
|
"Tunnel Mapping and Comparison of Design vs. Actual Ground Conditions,
Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore, Oakland, California" |
| August 13 |
Ben Turner,
UCLA, PhD Student |
"Geologic Aspects of Two Ongoing Research Projects: Friction Losses in Tieback Anchors used for Landslide Stabilization, and Deep Foundation Performance in Laterally Spreading Ground" |
| July 9 |
Miles Kenney, PhD, PG
Kenney GeoScience |
"Late Quaternary stratigraphic and structural development of the Cheviot Hills / Century City area" |
| April 10 |
E. D. Michael, CEG
Consultant Geologist |
"Translational Sheet Landsliding in the Pacific Palisades and its Relevance to Safety Factor Calculation" |
| May 6 |
Mohammed A. Hasan, PE., F.ASCE |
Joint Meeting with SCGS
"Directional Drilling in a Megaslide" |
| April 10 |
E. D. Michael, CEG
Consultant Geologist |
"Translational Sheet Landsliding in the Pacific Palisades and its Relevance to Safety Factor Calculation" |
| March 12 |
Michele Chimienti, PE
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
"Retrofit of the Big Tujunga Dam for seismic safety and water conservation" |
| February 12 |
Dr. Jeffrey Keaton,
AMEC |
#1: "Approaching Geologic Variability with Outcrop Confidence, Geotechnical Complexity, and Quality Levels"
#2: "Reconnaissance-level terrestrial photogrammetry of rock slopes" |
|
2012
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| November 14 |
Dr. Jonathan Bray
UC Berkeley |
"Building Near Faults" |
| October 9 |
Woodrow (Woody) Higdon
President, Geo-Tech Imagery |
"Computer Based Stereo Photo Analysis for Geologists" |
| September 4 |
Dr. Scott Burns
Portland State University and the GSA/AEG 2011 Jahns Distinguished Lecturer |
"Urban Landslides, Challenges to Forensic Engineering Geologists" |
| August 14 |
Mr. Richard Slade
Upper Los Angeles River Area (ULARA) Watermaster |
"Watermastering the ULARA Groundwater Basins" |
| June 12 |
Dr. Egill Hauksson
Senior Research Associate in Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology |
"The Goldilocks Seismicity of Southern California" |
| April 10 |
Jeffrey R Keaton,PhD, PE, PG
AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc., Los Angeles, CA |
"Scour at Bridge Foundations on Rock: NCHRP Project 24-29 Overview" |
| March 21 |
AEG & ASCE LOS ANGELES SECTION GEOTECHNICAL GROUP JOINT MEETING
Joseph Wartman,Ph.D., P.E.
University of Washington |
"UNCERTAINTY IN SEISMIC SLOPE DEFORMATION MODEL PREDICTIONS" |
| February 16 |
Fred Burnet, CEG
City of Los Angeles,
Department of Public Works |
"EPB Tunnel Drive of Avenue 45 and Arroyo Drive Relief Sewer, City of Los Angeles" |
|
2011
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| November 8 |
David L. Perry
Amec Engineering Consulting |
"Subsurface Characterization at LADWP Headworks Reservoir Site, City of Los Angeles" |
| August 9 |
Dr. Craig Davis,
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
"Reconnaissance of Damage to Infrastructure That Occurred During the Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake, February 2011" |
| April 12 |
Jeremy Lancaster, P.G., C.E.G.,
California Geological Survey |
"Modeling Alluvial Fan Flood Hazards Using Surficial Geologic Maps: Methodology, Tools, and Data" |
| March 8 |
Bruce Schell,
Schell Geological Consulting |
"SYNTHESIS AND REFLECTIONS ON NEW DATA FOR FAULTS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA" |
| February |
No Section Meeting in February |
| January 11 |
Dr. Bill Haneberg,
2011 GSA/AEG Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
|
"Making the Most of Airborne LiDAR for Engineering Geologic Applications" |
|
2010
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| December |
No Section Meeting in December |
| November 9 |
Bruce Hilton,
AEG President and Chief Engineering Geologist, Kleinfelder |
"Engineering-Geologic Challenges Regarding High Speed Trains through California" |
| October |
No Section Meeting in October |
| September |
No Section Meeting in September
Attend the AEG Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC
September 20-25, 2010 |
| August 11 |
Duane T. Kreuger, P.G,
Environmental Group Manager, Geotechnology, Inc. & AEG National President |
"Environmental Consulting - Where We're at and Where We're Going" |
| July 14 |
Robert E. Tepel, Member California State Mining and Geology Board |
"Political And Scientific Considerations In The Review Of The Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act Of 1972." |
| June 8 |
Jeffrey Keaton, Ph.D, P.G., P.E., MACTEC and
Richard J. Roth, Jr., Consulting Insurance Actuary, Huntington Beach, CA
|
"An Insurance Perspective of Landslide Inventory Maps and a Simple Engineering Geological Approach Useful for Insuring Landslides" |
| May 12 |
Frank Denison, P.G., C.E.G. |
"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" |
| April 13 |
Timothy A. Nicely, P.G., C.H.G., Project Hydrogeologist, Fugro West, Inc. |
"Hydrogeologic Studies Related to Effluent Disposal for the Expansion of a Proposed Wastewater Treatment Plant,Nipomo, California" |
| March 17 |
Hannes H. Richter, G.E., Geofirm/Stoney-Miller Consultants, Inc. |
Joint ASCE/AEG Meeting
"Case History of the June 1, 2005 Bluebird Canyon Landslide" |
| March 1 |
2010 GSA/AEG Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Dr. Paul Marinos, National Technical University of Athens |
"Ongoing challenges in Engineering Geology for Tunnelling in Difficult Ground" |
| February |
NO MEETING THIS MONTH |
| January |
NO MEETING THIS MONTH |
|
2009
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| December |
NO MEETING THIS MONTH |
| November |
Stephen L. Varnell, P.G., C.E.G., Project Geologist, Fugro West, Inc. |
"Geologic Studies and Seismic Source Model for a Proposed New Ocean Outfall, San Pedro Shelf, California" |
| August |
Eldon Gath, Earth Consultants International |
"The Santa Ana Moutains: Indenter-Driven Seismotectonics of The OC" |
| July |
J. David Rogers, Dept. of Geological Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology |
"Reassessment of the St. Francis Dam Failure" |
| June |
Mark P. Molinari, P.G., C.E.G., C.H.G., Principal Geologist, URS Corporation, 2008-2009 AEG President |
"Practical Applications of Airborne LiDAR Data for Environmental and Engineering Geology Projects" |
| May |
Marshall Lew, PhD, GE, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. |
"Earthquake Reconnaisance In China" |
| April |
George Dunfield, PG, California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists |
"Public-Private Partnerships: Functional Application of the Shared Responsibility principle for UTILIZING Professional Standards" |
| March |
Edmund Medley, Ph.D., P.E., C.E.G., F.ASCE, Senior Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants |
Joint Meeting with ASCE
"The Comforts of Ignorance and the Benefits of Arrogance - Lessons of the Failure Kind for the Geopractitioner" |
| February |
Jeffrey R. Keaton, Ph.D., P.E., P.G., F.ASCE, F.GSA, Senior Principal Engineering Geologist, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. |
"Guidelines for Evaluating Scour at Bridge Foundations on Rock: Status of NCHRP Project 24-29" |
| January |
George Dunfield, California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists |
"Public-Private Partnerships: Functional Application of the Shared Responsibility principle for UTILIZING Professional Standards" |
|
2008
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| November |
Dr. Phil Hogan, P.G., C.E.G., Principal Marine Engineering Geologist, Fugro West, Inc. |
"Geohazard Challenges of the Woodside OceanWay LNG Development, Offshore Southern California" |
| October |
**Joint Meeting with South Coast Geologic Society**
Dr. Jeffrey A. Johnson, P.G., C.E.G |
"A Preliminary Case for Secondary Tectonic Distress in the Epicentral Region of the M6.7 1994 Northridge Earthquake" |
| September |
No Dinner Meeting In September,
See you in New Orleans, LA for the AEG Annual Meeting,
September 15-20, 2008 |
| August |
William C. Tracy, PG, CEG, CHg, Gp
James R. Steele, PG, CEG, CHg (Co-author) |
"Paleocurrent Indicators and Fault Related Folding, Mission Ridge Fault, Santa Barbara Coastal Plain, Santa Barbara County, California" |
| July |
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 |
| June |
Antony Martin, P.GP., Technical Director, GEOVision Geophysical Services, Corona, California |
"Application of Surface and Borehole Shear Wave Geophysical Techniques to Engineering Investigations" |
| May |
Eldon Gath, Tom Rockwell, and Tania Gonzalez,
Earth Consultants International |
"Tectonic Geomorphic and Paleoseismic Investigations for the Panama Canal Expansion Project" |
| April |
Hugh Robertson, R.G., C.E.G, President and Principal Geologist, Robertson Geotechnical, Inc. |
"Homeowner Slope Repairs-Professional Duty or Liability Snake Pit?" |
| March |
Paul Somerville, Ph.D., Principal Seismologist, URS Corporation |
"Basin Effects on Strong Ground Motions, and their Representation in the NGA Models " |
| February |
David L. Perry, C.E.G., Senior Engineering Geologist, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. |
"Locating the Raymond Fault at Two Developed Urban Sites in the Highland Park District of Los Angeles, California" |
| January |
NO MEETING THIS MONTH |
|
2007
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| December |
***NO MEETING THIS MONTH***
Happy Holidays |
| November |
Mark Johnsson, Senior Engineering Geologist, California Coastal Commission |
"Geohazard Criteria for Development and Redevelopment Attop Coastal Bluffs in California" |
| August |
Mark G. Olson, President Advanced Geoscience, Inc. |
"Applications of Seismic Reflection, Refraction, and MASW Profiling for Subsurface Geologic Investigations from Lake Elsinore to Hawaii"
|
| July |
John E. Newby, P.E., G.E., Senior Vice President, CDM
|
"Geotechnical Aspects of the King County Brightwater Conveyance System"
|
| June |
Ory Dor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California |
"Pulverized rocks and the depth of dynamic damage generation along the Mojave section of the San Andreas Fault"
|
| April |
Bruce A. Schell, PG, CEG |
"FEASIBILITY OF TUNNELING TO COMPLETE THE 710 FREEWAY FROM INTERSTATE 10 IN ALHAMBRA TO INTERSTATE 210 IN PASADENA"
|
| May |
Lorraine Leon, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California |
"Borehole and high-resolution seismic reflection evidence for Holocene activity on the Compton blind-thrust fault, Los Angeles basin, California"
|
| April |
Bruce A. Schell, PG, CEG |
"FEASIBILITY OF TUNNELING TO COMPLETE THE 710 FREEWAY FROM INTERSTATE 10 IN ALHAMBRA TO INTERSTATE 210 IN PASADENA"
|
| March |
Jeffrey R. Keaton, PhD, PE, PG, F.ASCE
Senior Principal Engineering Geologist
MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc |
"Shaking Things Up with a Modified 'Active Fault' Definition:
A Case History of a School Site near the 1971 San Fernando Fault"
|
| February |
Terry West, AEG National President
|
"Solid Waste Disposal, Past, Present and Future"
|
| January |
Charles Nestle, LA County
Roz Munro, Mactec
|
"New Orleans, Louisiana and Southwestern Coast, Mississippi: An Informal Pictorial Tour of Recent Conditions in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina"
|
|
2006
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| December |
No Meeting in December
Next meeting: Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
|
| November |
Morton Price, City of Los Angeles
|
"Mitigation Measures for Tunneling Through a Groundwater Gallery with a Hard Rock Shielded Tunnel Boring Machine, Los Angeles, California"
|
| October |
Dr. Gary Peterson
|
"Evolution of Granitic Landscapes"
(Joint Meeting, South Coast Geological Society)
|
| September |
|
"No meeting due to speaker cancellation"
|
| July |
Darrel W. Schmitz, Ph.D., P.G.
|
"Katrina: Geologic, Disaster, and Personal Perspectives"
|
| August |
Jerry Treiman
|
"The Long-Awaited Parkfield Earthquake, September 28, 2004"
|
| July |
Darrel W. Schmitz, Ph.D., P.G.
|
"Katrina: Geologic, Disaster, and Personal Perspectives"
|
| June |
Bill Cotton
|
"Earthquake-Induced Ground Failures: A Historical Perspective Using the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 as a Starting Point"
|
| May |
Dr. Jeffrey R. Keaton
|
"Consensus Definition of Earth Fissures and Overview of AEG Shlemon Specialty Conference"
|
| April |
Woodrow Higdon
|
"Bluebird Canyon Landslides: Past, Present, & Future "
|
| March |
Dr. Jerry Higgins-Jahns Lecturer
|
"Rock-Fall Analysis and Mitigation"
|
| February |
Miles D. Kenney, Ph.D.
|
"Late Quaternary deformation and sedimentation history, Coachella fan area........"
|
| January |
Bruce A. Schell
|
"Faulting and Earthquake Hazards in the Los Angeles Basin Area"
|
|
2005
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| December |
***No Meeting this Month***
|
|
| November |
Dr. Randall Jibson
|
"The La Conchita Landslides of 1995 and 2005"
|
| October |
Dr. John Foster
|
"Echo Landslide"
|
| September |
|
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month
|
| August |
Mr. John Parrish
|
"California Geological Survey"
|
| July |
Matt Werner
|
"Dealing With Uncertainty Regarding The Chemistry of Drinking Water Wells-An Example From the City of Riverside"
|
| June |
Dale S. Kunitomi
|
"Climate Change: The Paradox of Global Warming Causing A New Ice Age"
|
| May |
Dr. Joyce Blueford
|
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!
|
| April |
Thomas Heaton
|
"How will high-rise buildings respond in very large earthquakes?"
|
| March |
Gary Luce & Dave Bieber
|
"Reconstruction of the Historic Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Lyon, Storey, and Carson Counties, Nevada"
|
| February |
Richard C. Slade
|
"Regional Hydrogeologic Conditions in the Alluvial and Saugus Formation Aquifer Systems, Santa Clarita Valley, Los Angeles County"
|
| January |
Mark McLarty and Jeffrey Geraci
|
"Stabilization of a Southern California Coastal Bluff Using Ultrafine Cement Grout and Cement-Treated Soil"
|
|
2004
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| December |
|
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month
|
| November |
Roy J. Shlemon
|
"The 32nd International Geological Congress, August 2004, Florence, Italy: Geology, Renaissance Culture and Much Fun"
|
| October |
Benjamin T. Benumof, Ph.D., Esq.
|
The Foreseeability of "Unforeseen" Geologic Conditions
|
| September |
Dr. John Parrish - Executive Officer, State Mining and Geology Board, and
Mr. Paul Sweeney - Executive Director, Board of Registration for Geologists and Geophysicists
|
"California Performance Review Report as it Pertains to our Profession"
|
| August |
Dr. Robert D. Jackson
|
"Maximum Magnitude for a Fault?"
|
| July |
|
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month
|
| June |
Dr. Maria Teresa Ramirez
|
"Active tectonics, the Mexican subduction zone and the Pacific coast of Mexico: the Guerrero Gap and Jalisco Coast"
|
| May |
Dr. Tanya Atwater, U.C.S.B.
|
"Plate Tectonics of Western North America"
|
| April |
Ali Bastani, Ph.D,. GE, Leighton Consulting, Inc.
|
"Bam, Iran Earthquake of December 26, 2003"
|
| March |
Paul Frost and Mark Gamache, Engineers, California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources
|
"Urban Development of Oil Fields in the Los Angeles Basin Area, 1983 to 2001"
|
| February |
Mr. David Simon, AEG President
|
"A Truly Viable Association Once Again" and "Holocene Faulting Near Piute Dam, Piute County, Utah"
|
| January |
Ted Wolfe (Pacific Soils Engineering) and
Steve Yurosek (Sukut Construction)
|
"Key Issues for Feasibility and Due Diligence Studies"
or "Is Your Next Project Feasible" |
|
2003
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| December |
Student Presentations |
11-15 Students from Local Universities |
| November |
Dr. Jonathan D.
Bray, Ph.D., P.E. |
Developing Mitigation
Measures for the Hazards Associated with Earthquake Surface Fault
Rupture
Click here to read
Dr. Bray's paper on fault rupture mitigation. |
| October |
Ms. Amanda Elioff
(Parsons Brinckerhoff) & Mr. Carl Kim (Mactec) |
Geotechnical Issues During
Design of the East-Side Light Rail Transit System in East Los Angeles |
| September |
|
This month's dinner meeting
will not be held, in light of the AEG National Meeting in Vail, Colorado. |
| August |
Shari Christofferson |
Determination of Paleoearthquakes,
Slip per Event Data, and a Holocene Slip Rate for the Puente Hills
Blind-Thrust Fault, Los Angeles, California |
| July |
Eldon Gath |
Uplift of the Puente Hills
and Santa Monica Mountains |
| June |
Dr. Kerry Sieh
|
The Denali, Alaska Earthquake
of 2002 |
| May |
Dr. Chester F.
(Skip) Watts |
Rockslides: Case Histories
and Common Misconceptions |
| April |
Christopher M.
Diaz and Allen M. Yourman, Jr. |
Pier T and Pier 400 Container
Terminal Buildings Ground Improvement |
| March |
Jeff Keaton
Amec Earth & Environmental |
Ground motion for design
of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge in Arizona-Nevada. |
| February |
Tom Anderson
California Division of Mines & Geology
|
Mineral resource scarcity
confronting the construction industry in California |
| January |
Woodrow “Woody”
Higdon
Geo-Tech Imagery
|
MapInfo GIS Software Applications |
|
2002
|
| Meeting |
Speaker |
Topic |
| October |
Mark G. Olson
Advanced Geoscience, Inc.
|
Recent examples of seismic
reflection and refraction surveys for Southern California engineering
geology projects |
| September |
Hugh Robertson
Robertson Geotechnical
David Seymour
Petra
Buzz Spellman
Mike Hart
|
Robertson:
“If I could do it over again,” some simple tips to stay
out of trouble in Malibu
Seymour: Lessons learned in the Norco Dairyland
Spellman: How 3 degree bedding in La Habra can ruin your day
Hart: When is a stream terrace a landslide, and how not to determine
the difference
|
| June |
Joshua Feffer
Exponent Failure Analysis Associates
|
History of construction
of the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. |
| April |
Bob Watters
Univ.of Nevada-Reno
|
Jahns Lecturer
Realism in volcano hazard zonation: Does geo-engineering help provide
more accurate assessment? |
