Yearly Archives: 2015

2014-2015 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecture

Our next meeting will be held Wednesday  September 9, 2015 at SunUp Brewing Company located on Camelback Road between Central Avenue and 7th Street in Phoenix (Google Map). We will start off at 5:30 pm with a hosted happy hour, followed by dinner at 6:30 pm and the presentation starting shortly after dinner.

Our speaker is Eldon Gath, Engineering Geologist and the 2014-2015 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer. His presentation is titled “Tectonic Geomorphic and Paleoseismic Investigations for the Panama Canal“. See September 2015 AEG Meeting flyer for additional details.

Space is limited, so please RSVP to Zachary Shafer by latest Friday, September 4, if you would like to attend. If you would like to sponsor a student dinner for an additional $10, please let us know in your RSVP as well.

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More information about the Richard H. Jahns award can be found here.

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July 2015 Dinner Meeting

Our next meeting will be held Thursday  July 23, 2015 at SunUp Brewing Company located on Camelback Road  between Central Avenue and 7th Street in Phoenix (Google Map). We will start off at 5:30 pm with a hosted happy hour, followed by dinner at 6:30 pm and the presentation starting shortly after dinner. The meeting sponsor is Geomechanics Southwest, Inc.

Our speaker is Ken Fergason, Senior Geologist at Amec Foster Wheeler and current President of AEG. His presentation is titled “The Geologic, Geohazard, and Geotechnical Field Investigation for the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge“. See July 2015 AEG Meeting flyer for additional details.

Please RSVP to Zachary Shafer by Friday, July 20, if you would like to attend. If you would like to sponsor a student dinner for an additional $10, please let us know in your RSVP as well.

 

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Oak Creek-Mormon Lake Graben

The Geologic Field Trip Guide: Oak Creek-Mormon Lake Graben, North-Central Arizona by Paul Lindberg

This geologic field trip guide circumnavigates a loop of ~120 miles from Flagstaff to Sedona along Highway 89A and returns to Flagstaff along the Lake Mary Road.

The 12 geologic stops focus on recent faulting and the encroachment of Basin and Range extensional structures on the Colorado Plateau. Each stop is detailed in the text, which is amply illustrated with photographs and colored geologic sketches.

The guide is made available to the public courtesy of Paul Lindberg and the Arizona Geological Society.

 

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Cross section of the Oak Creek – Mormon Lake Graben (PL)

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Schnebly Hill sandstone deformed along Laramide-age, reverse Oak Creek fault

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Basalt lava flow capping volcanic tephra at junction of Stoneman Lake and Lake Mary Road

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Geologist Paul Lindberg at exposure of the Lake Mary Fault on Marshall Road adjacent to Upper Lake Mary

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Grand Canyon – Geologic Tour of Central and Northern Arizona

The AEG 57th Annual Meeting Field Trip to the Grand Canyon Guidebook.

The authors and field trip leaders:
Phil Pearthree (Arizona Geological Survey)
Wayne Ranney (Geologist, Author, and Guide)
Guidebook Edited By: Chase White
Field Trip Sponsored By: Duane Kreuger

Grand Canyon National Park - Image credit: National Park Service

Grand Canyon National Park – Image credit: National Park Service

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June 2015 AEG & AIPG Joint Dinner Meeting

Our next meeting will be held Wednesday June 3, 2015 at SunUp Brewing Company located on Camelback Road  between Central Avenue and 7th Street in Phoenix (Google Map). We will start off at 5:30 pm with a hosted happy hour, followed by dinner at 6:30 pm and the presentation starting shortly after dinner.

Our speaker is Jeffrey R. Keaton,Principal Engineering Geologist at Amec Foster Wheeler. His presentation is titled “The March 22, 2014, Oso Landslide: An Overview of the GEER Response“. See June 2015 AEG Meeting flyer for additional details.

Please RSVP to Zachary Shafer by Friday, May 29, if you would like to attend. If you would like to sponsor a student dinner for an additional $10, please let us know in your RSVP as well.

PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW MEETING LOCATION
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10th Annual Arizona AEG Student Night

Please join the Arizona Section of the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG), the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), the Arizona Hydrological Society (AHS), and Geo-Institute (ASCE) at the 10th Annual Arizona AEG Student Night meeting on Thursday, April 30, 2015.

The event will begin at 6:00 pm and will be held in the Mohave Meeting Room of the Student Memorial Union on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University. For more information about Student Night, please see the Student Night Flyer.

RESERVE A SLIDE TO MARKET YOUR COMPANY!

Companies and agencies interested in a continuously running PowerPoint slide for advertising may reserve a slide for a cost of $100. The $100 cost will cover the display slide and dinner for one representative attending the meeting, and the much needed
support to help cover costs for student dinners.

PROFESSIONALS, SPONSOR A STUDENT DINNER!

You may sponsor a student for dinner at the time of the meeting or in advance for $30/student. Please extend your generosity and support to the next generation of professionals in our field.

The RSVP form for professionals can be found here. For reservations and to submit an abstract contact Tiana Rasmussen no later than Friday, April 17, 2015 Monday, April 20, 2015.

Student abstracts must be submitted by April 17, 2015.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 20!

DINNER FOR STUDENTS IS FREE!

Please contact Tiana Rasmussen or Nasser Hamdan with any questions.

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ASU Presents: Great Debate Extinctions: Tragedy to Opportunity

If anyone is interested, ASU is having a talk, February 7th, on the the nature of extinction, from biology, and the great past extinctions, to culture, language, technology and the future of both our species and the Earth’s biosphere.  For more information about the event, please visit the event page

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