Dear members and friends,
This month’s HAGS/AEG talk will be at Dickinson College 4/23. Thanks to Noel Potter and AEG for getting this organized!
Urban Landslides -- Challenges to Forensic Engineering Geologists, 1PDH
By 2012 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Engineering Geology,
Dr. Scott Burns, Professor of Geology, Portland State University
Monday, April 23, 7:00 PM, Dickinson College, Althouse Hall, Room 106
Scott is the author or co-author of two books, over 80 articles, and over 200 published abstracts. He was president of AEG in 2002-2003, chair of the Engineering Geology Division of GSA, treasurer of the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division of GSA, and has received numerous awards.
The Jahns Lectureship is sponsored by AEG and the GSA Engineering Geology Division. Its purpose is to provide funding for distinguished engineering geologists to present lectures at colleges and universities in order to increase awareness of students about careers in engineering geology.
Althouse, on the Dickinson campus, is 3 blocks west of the square in the center of Carlisle. It is in the block south of W High Street and east of N College Street. Althouse is #13 on the campus map at: http://dickinson.edu/uploadedFiles/dickinson_campus_map.pdf
We are not at this time coordinating a dinner, so hope to just see you at the talk!
Business:
HAGS officer elections are in May. Nominations are being accepted. Nominations to date:
President: Bill Roman
Vice-president:Jeb Baxter and Konrad Crist
Treasurer: Joan Anderson
Secretary: Rose-Anna Behr
Upcoming HAGS/AEG Events:
May 12th field trip:
Bill Roman, Gannett Fleming, Inc. is organizing the HAGS May Canoe/Kayak Dellville to Duncannon field trip, 3PDH. Note the date is May 12th (previously I said 5th). 10:00AM-5:00PM. The 2012 spring field trip of the Harrisburg Area Geological Society intends to explore the lower reach of Sherman’s Creek from Dellville to Duncannon in Perry County, Pennsylvania. Should water conditions on Sherman’s Creek be unfavorable (too low), an alternative trip is available on the Susquehanna River from Duncannon to Marysville. Both trips cover a distance of approximately 7.5 miles. No formal stops are planned; however, a field trip guidebook with stream log and geologic maps will be provided. The trip will provide great opportunities for participants to observe a myriad of fluvial and mass-wasting processes as we follow the water’s course through the deformed and eroded strata of the Cove syncline. Please let us know if you are tentatively planning to attend, a.s.a.p., and then fill out the form before our drop-dead deadline of 4/30.
June 14, 2012 – Dr. Robert Jackson, Duke University, “Methane Contamination of Drinking Water Accompanying Gas-Well Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing” at RCSOB
July 21, 2012 – annual summer picnic
September 13, 2012 – Dr. Richard Alley, Penn State University, “Geologic Record of Climate Change” (tentative)
October 13, 2012 – field trip to St. Clair fossil pit and Whaleback at Bear Valley Strip Mine (tentative)
November 2012 – Bill Sevon on diabase boulder transport in the Susquehanna River
December 2012 – annual holiday party
Job Openings:
We received information on several jobs, including AWK in Camp Hill and Penn E&R, and we continue to update our HAGS jobs website so, job hunters, be sure to visit http://www.fcopg.org/HAGS/JobOpenings.htm
And other events:
April 14th, Richard Whiteford speaks on effects of global warming on bio-diversity. 7:15 p.m., at the Harrisburg Monthly
Meeting (Quakers) located at 1100 N. 6th Street (at Herr) in Harrisburg. Questions? pwalsh@gwater.com
April 26th, a day-long FREE tensioned slope and rock stabilization systems workshop at HACC for consulting engineers
and geologists. Register with deborah.johnson@geobrugg.com
May 12th, South Penn Rock Swap, South Mountain Fairgrounds
May 22-23, AIPG The Marcellus Shale: Energy Development and Enhancement by Hydraulic Fracturing 3rd Annual
Conference, Pittsburgh, go to www.aipg.org for more details.
September 12th and 13th, 47th Annual Gem, Mineral, and Jewelry Show at Zembo Shrine
October 18-20, Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, Journey along the Taconic Unconformity, http://fcopg.org/
October 27th, South Penn Rock Swap, South Mountain Fairgrounds.
Gear: HAGS wear: http://www.cafepress.com/hags1965 and http://www.cafepress.com/harrisburgareageologicalsociety
Membership: Please support our organizations by becoming a member. Thank you!
tp://fcopg.org/hags/hagsappl.pdf
and http://www.aegweb.org/files/public/Membership2009.pdf
We have new membership cards, please be sure to pick yours up at the next meeting. If your card is missing, please let us know. Gerry, I will have yours this month! J
Thanks, and hope to see you all soon!
Rose-Anna Behr, P.G. |Senior Geologic Scientist
DCNR Topographic and Geologic Survey
3240 Schoolhouse Road|Middletown, PA 17057
Phone 717-702-2035| Fax 717-702-2065
Email: rosbehr@pa.gov
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/index.aspx