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Special Welcome Message from Scott Burns
Welcome to the 208th IAEG Connector, the electronic newsletter connecting environmental and engineering geologists around the world!
Our Vice President for South America, Dr. Jorge Bejerman, sent us great news that a new book has been published by one of the great engineering geologists of our profession, Dr. Sergio Mora Castro, in Argentina! Congratulations to Dr. Castro and our friends in Argentina.
Today was the Mediterranean lecture by Dr. Vassilis Marinos - we are sure that it went well!
Lots of news items are also found! A very interesting landslide in the quick clays happened in Quebec, Canada, a landslide in Argentina killed three people, and an interesting article on household radon (a major environmental geology hazard around the world) in Ireland.
Enjoy
Scott Burns, now Past President, IAEG, and editor, IAEG Connector
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.IAEG NEWS
Joint Greece-Canada graduate field course
This is one of the photos taken over the span of 2 decades in Greece as part of the Joint Greece-Canada graduate field course concerning Design and Construction of Underground Works. The Graduate Course was spearheaded and organized by the late, missed and beloved Dr. Paul Marinos from the National Technical University of Athens. The joint field trip included professors and graduate students from the Royal Military College (university) of Canada, Queen’s University, Canada, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and the Democritus University of Thrace in Xanthi, Greece. These students had an unprecedented front row seat to large-scale construction projects and access to contractors, geological engineers, professors, geologists, and other subject matter experts and professionals.
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Prof. A. Keith Turner, Colorado School of Mines, USA, passes away
Colorado Community Media
Professor A. Keith Turner of the Colorado School of Mines recently passed away at the age of 80 years old. He was twice a finalist for the Hans Cloos Medal of IAEG. He was internationally famous, having joint positions in the United States and also with Delft Technical University in the Netherlands. He was a specialist in computer and spatial information technologies related to geological issues. He had written books on landslides, rockfall, and 3-D modelling. He was born in Scotland and raised in the UK and Canada, and educated in Canada and the United States. Our profession has lost a good friend and a wonderful educator.
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EEGS / AEG / ASRS 2022 Virtual Symposium on 'Life of Mine — Maintaining Sustainability Through Geoscience' November 14-17, 2022, Virtual Conference
EEGS, AEG, ASRS
The symposium topics plan to cover this broad sweep (6Rs and 4Ms) with presentations on state-of-the-art aspects of principles, methodologies and case histories of the role of geoscience (geology, geophysics, hydrogeology, geotechnical, geochemistry, soil science etc.) to assist and facilitate mine engineering, environmental, geotechnical, water and soil management and regulatory approaches. The aim is to demonstrate the contribution of integrated geoscience to responsible progressive mine operation and monitoring, ore-winning optimization and waste limitation, rehabilitation, re-purposing of historical mines (e.g. re-processing of mine wastes for critical minerals) and closure and reclamation planning and implementation.
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SLGS Workshop on Eurocode 7 for Geotechnical Designs
SLGS
Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society (SLGS) is conducting a full day Workshop / Course on Eurocode 7 - EN 1997 (EC7): "Geotechnical Designs" on 16th June 2022 on Zoom.
“Eurocode 7-EN 1997 (EC 7): Geotechnical Design” describes how to design geotechnical structures, using the limit state design philosophy. EC 7 is applied to the geotechnical aspects of the design of buildings and civil engineering works, and it is concerned with the requirements for strength, stability, serviceability and durability of structures.
This workshop will cover an introduction to Eurocode 7 (both testing and design) concepts, differences between the design concepts of the earlier foundation code BS 8004 and EC 7, and the application of EC7 in shallow and deep foundations and retaining structures.
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Electronic newsletter number 1 for 2022 from IAEG
IAEG
Four times a year, the home office of IAEG puts out a comprehensive newsletter for IAEG. Click on the link below to get this latest edition. The opening photo from the Mendoza Province of Argentina of the Payunia region (high density of volcanoes) is excellent. There are lots of news items from the executive committee of IAEG. The membership listings are only about one half of our membership as some large countries did not report membership numbers. There are nine pages of excellent news from national groups with lots of photos. Also, the number of upcoming conferences in our profession is incredible — see all of them!
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MINEX Europe 2022 Mining & Exploration Forum
MINEX Europe Forum
Tirana, Albania, from 5 to 7 July 2022.
Conducted in English, with simultaneous translation to Albanian, the forum will address major developments in Mining and Extractive Industries in the countries of the Western Balkans region and across the European continent.
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Committee undertakes revision of bylaws and statutes for IAEG
IAEG
A working group has been set up by the Executive Committee to review the Bylaws and Statutes for IAEG. The committee has been working diligently and has their second major zoom meeting this week. The committee is composed of Vassilis Marinos (VP for Europe), Jean Hutchinson (VP for North America), Jorge Bejerman (VP for South America), Doug Johnson (VP for Oceana), Scott Burns (Past President) and Mark Eggers (consultant to the committee and past VP for Oceana). The committee is really working hard to update these two major items. Their report will go to the Executive Committee which will probably have a mid-year meeting in order to pass the recommendations onto the IAEG Council next October at their meeting. Good luck to this committee!
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Call for nominations for officers of IAEG Executive Committee for 2023-2026
IAEG
All National Groups and members of the Executive Committee and the Council, this is a call for nominations for officers of IAEG Executive Committee for 2023-2026, including president, vice presidents for geographic regions, secretary general and treasurer. Please send the following materials to the Secretary General before June 15th, 2022:
1) A formal recommendation letter signed by the recommender;
2) A CV of the candidate;
3) A statement of the candidate for his/her plan of performance.
For more detailed information please refer to the IAEG Bylaws Part A 4.0.
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Forming a national group
IAEG
The organisation of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the
Environment is generally conducted through National Groups although individual
membership is also permitted. Associate membership is encouraged and wherever
possible associate members will form part of a National Group. Groups of engineering geologists wishing to form a National Group should contact the Secretary General who will
assist them in preparing their application for consideration by the Executive Committee and Council.
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14th IAEG Congress postponed to September 2023
IAEG
In response to the COV1D19 pandemic and the need for social distancing, the local organizing
committee has to make the difficult decision to postpone the XIV Congress of the International
Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG XIV Congress 2022) to ensure the
safety and the well-being of multinational conference's attendees.
Following the regulations and advisories from governments and public health organizations banning
large gatherings of people, representatives from the international association for engineering
geology discussed the postponement. The final agreement is that the IAEG XIV Congress 2022 will be
shift from September 2022 to September 2023.
The full-length paper submission system will continue to open, and the paper reviewing work will
proceed as normal. The Extended Abstract submission system will open at the beginning of 2022. We
will announce the deadlines at the appropriate time. I hope that experts will continue to support
the conference actively.
The organizing committee of the XIV Congress of the International Association for Engineering
Geology and the Environment (IAEG XIV Congress 2022) looks forward to continuing to work with you
and sending you sincere thanks for your renewed and essential support. Apologize for the
inconvenience caused by the postponement of the meeting.
The annual ExCom and Council meetings will be arranged online this year. The election of President and Executive will also be arranged online at the proper time this year, not postponed. Judgement and competition of awards may be arranged before congress in 2023.
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Spotlight on sustainable initiatives in geosynthetics
International Geosynthetics Society
Recycling, smarter use of energy and a shared drive toward a circular economy are spearheading environmental gains in geosynthetics globally.
Innovative companies are raising the bar on the use of recycled content in the manufacture of high-quality geosynthetic materials. Others are implementing new methods to offset carbon emissions, while still more are developing new techniques for the greener disposal of geosynthetics.
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Submit a photo of engineering geology in action to the IAEG Connector
IAEG
The executive committee of IAEG at our recent meeting in Athens suggested we need to have a good photo at the beginning of every IAEG Connector about engineering geology. We have to be careful about publishing photos because of copyright laws. So, we are asking our members to submit photos that they will allow us to use in our newsletter. The photos will show the diversity of what we do! They can be photos of something geological or engineering geologists working on some project. The photographer will get credit for the photo in the newsletter.
If you would like to submit a photo for us to review, send it to Scott Burns, Editor at burnss@pdx.edu.
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7th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetic and 2021 IGS ACC Young Engineers Conference (GeoAsia7)
GeoAsia7
It is our great pleasure to inform you that the 7th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetic and 2021 IGS ACC Young Engineers Conference (GeoAsia7) will be held on Oct. 31-Nov. 4 in 2022 at Taipei International Convention Center (TICC), Taipei, Taiwan.
On behalf of the GeoAsia7 Committees, we would like to invite you and Portland Satate University to participate in GeoAsia7. Do not miss out on the largest conference of geosynthetics in Asia!
This conference takes place annually in Europe, America and Asia. This year, Taiwan has the great honor to held this conference. The main theme of the GeoAsia7 is Hazard’s Risk Management, Innovation, and Sustainability. Several subjects on modern geosynthetic technologies and activities will be covered up to match up the main theme, the GeoAsia7 will definitely become the most astonishing event for the worldwide geosynthetic societies in 2022.
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3rd JTC1 Workshop on Impact of global changes on landslide risk
NGI
The Joint Technical Committee on Natural Slopes and Landslides (JTC1) of FedICGS is delighted to invite you to join us at the 3rd JTC1 Workshop on Impact of global changes on landslide risk, to be held in Oslo, Norway, on 7-10 June 2023. Anthropogenic impacts and related climate change are unquestionably changing the landslide risk and impacting how we assess and manage the risk(s).
The aim of the workshop is to promote discussion between scientists and engineers on whether we are capable of predicting and quantifying the expected changes in landslide risk and how we could implement the knowledge gained from academic research on landslide risk management into practice.
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.LINKS TO NEWSLETTERS OF OUR SISTER SOCIETIES
.GEOLOGY NEWS
'Sensitive clay' behind massive northern Quebec landslide
CBC
Landslide sent approximately 45 million cubic metres of liquefied clay into Great Whale River. A landslide expert says a massive slide along the Great Whale River in northern Quebec was not caused by the effects of climate change. It was made bigger because of something called "sensitive clay."
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Landslide at Argentina hotel kills 3
The Weather Channel
At least three people were killed in a landslide at a hotel in San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina's Patagonia region on Monday.
The victims were a 78-year-old Uruguayan tourist and his sister and brother-in-law, all visiting Argentina on a family vacation, local news source Clarín reported. Authorities confirmed that up to 50 guests were staying at the hotel when the landslide struck.
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Up to 170,000 Irish homes at radon risk
BBC
The number of homes in Ireland at risk from radon is significantly higher than previously thought, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned.
Radon is a cancer-causing gas linked to 250 new lung cancers each year.
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Why Washington's Rainier is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the US
Discover Magazine
When you try to look at the volcanoes of the United States with these lenses, a list can begin to form. The US Geological Survey publishes a "Threat Assessment" for US volcanoes, the last one in 2018. Using their rankings, Hawaii's Kīlauea is considered the most hazardous thanks to a mix of people living near the volcano and how frequently it erupts. Mount St. Helens comes in second because it is the only Cascade volcano to have erupted over the past 100 years.
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Landslide threat may be growing in Nashville
WKRN
The Nashville Metro is no stranger to natural disasters. Historic flooding in May of 2010 and a devastating tornado in March of 2020 often come to mind.
As heavy rainfall events increase in frequency and rapid growth continues, landslides may soon become an even bigger concern.
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