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A Special Message From Scott Burns, President, IAEG
Welcome to our 8th IAEG Connector! In this issue, we are putting the spotlight on the fourth announced keynote speaker and the four candidates for the Richard Wolters Award.
I would like to introduce another of the eight keynote speakers at our congress in San Francisco, Professor Alessandro Gualtieri from the University of Modena in Italy. On Tuesday of the meeting, there is a very important symposium on naturally occurring asbestos which is major environmental problem not only in the United States, but around the world. The organizing committee told us the top geologist on this topic is Professor Gualtieri, so we invited him to be a keynote. We have keynotes at the meeting in not only the traditional engineering geology areas but also environmental geology, and he will be speaking on this very important topic on Tuesday morning!
One of the top three awards we give at our congress is the Richard Wolters Award given to a young engineering geologist (under the age of 35 years) who has excelled in our profession. Four finalists have been selected and will make presentations at a special session either on Monday or Tuesday of the meeting. The award will be presented at the final closing ceremonies. The candidates are listed below.
Prof. Scott Burns, President, IAEG
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Naturally Occurring Asbestos. A Global Health Concern? State of the Art and Open Issues.
Gualtieri, Alessandro Francesco, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena ITALY
Professor, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
hutchinj@queensu.ca
613 533 3388
Naturally occurring asbestos has raised concern worldwide since the appearance of evidences in the scientific literature of increased risk of malignant mesothelioma in the population exposed to airborne asbestos released from natural occurrences. A striking example is represented by the California case, where residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos was significantly associated with increased risk of mesothelioma (Pan et al., 2005). The risk of mesothelioma decreased approximately 6.3% for every 10 km increase in residential distance from the nearest asbestos source (LaDou et al., 2010). Because NOA is widespread on the Earth’s crust, it represents today a global public health issue. The presence of NOA in the environment affects all the human activities aimed at its modification (e.g. mining activity, tunnels/bridges/dams construction, roads/highways pavement). READ MORE
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The Richard Wolters Prize 2018 competition will be presented at the occasion of the 13th IAEG Congress (Sept. 15-23, San Francisco, USA). We have already received four qualified candidates nominated by national/regional groups China, Chinese Taipei, New Zealand and Russia. The four candidates who have confirmed that will attend the 2018 RWP competition are listed below.
Wen Zhang (China) - nominated by the Chinese NG
Wei-An Chao (Chinese Taipei) - nominated by the Chinese Taipei Regional Group
Sarah Bastion (New Zealand) - nominated by the New Zealand NG
Kazeev Andrey (Russia) - nominated by the Russia NG
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Sept. 15-23
San Francisco
SHORT COURSES (8 PDHs and .8 CEUs will be offered for each course)
*AEG makes no guarantee or warranty as to the accuracy or authenticity of the information provided in each course. Information is provided on the basis that all persons shall be responsible for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content.
Short Course 1: Introduction to Groundwater Geochemistry
Date: Sunday, Sept. 16
Time: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cost (per person): $350 Member Professionals, $400 Non-Member Professionals
This is an introductory geochemistry course for scientists and engineers working in the field of groundwater site characterization, contamination and remediation. It is designed to provide basic information on geochemistry that is necessary to understand natural and contaminated systems and how the composition of groundwater evolves along its flow path in the subsurface. Geochemical processes that will be described and discussed include solution complexation reactions, solution/gas interactions, mineral dissolution/precipitation, oxidation/reduction and adsorption/desorption. Data collection, presentation and interpretation of results will be discussed. Examples that illustrate the concepts are described throughout the class. At the end of this one-day class, attendees will have a better understanding of the types of geochemical processes that affect groundwater composition, the importance of collecting sufficient data to understand site-specific geochemical systems and what the data they have collected mean from the standpoint of contaminant occurrence and mobility.
Instructor:
Bill Deutsch holds a B.S. and M.S. in geological sciences from the University of Washington, Seattle. He has worked at Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Lab in applied research for 13 years and as a consultant for 17 years with Woodward-Clyde/URS and Jacobs Engineering. For the past 5 years, he has been an independent consultant specializing in groundwater geochemistry. His project experience includes environmental assessments and investigations of landfills, refineries, pesticides plants, military bases, mines and mills, federal weapons facilities and a wide variety of additional industrial sites. In addition, he has participated in remedial designs of sites contaminated with metals, radionuclides, pesticides, solvents, petroleum hydrocarbons and ordnance compounds. Since 1985, Bill has instructed more than 150 courses on groundwater geochemistry and geochemical modeling. He is the author of "Groundwater Geochemistry," published by CRC Press, and is a principal scientist at Geochemistry Services LLC.
Short Course 2: geoDRONEology©: Geoscientific Mapping by Drone
Date: Sunday, Sept. 16
Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cost (per person): $290 Member Professionals, $350 Non-Member Professionals
High-quality data, low cost per data and rapid delivery are primary reasons for using deploying drones to collect geoscientific data for environmental site characterization, resource exploration and management of infrastructure development and resource extraction projects. This one-day short course is designed for engineers and scientists seeking practical knowledge on how to integrate drone enabled photogrammetry, LiDAR, remote sensing and geophysical mapping into their project workflows. In addition, there will be a segment on the identifying and reducing the risks associated with drone flight operations. Several industry experts will present case histories on the practical application of drones to engineering and environmental problems. The course wraps up with open question and answer session presentations immediately following presentations by several UAS services companies.
Instructor
Ronald S. Bell is a consulting geophysicist with more than 35 years of experience in the application of ground and airborne geophysical methods to environmental subsurface characterization, groundwater resource investigations and the exploration for mineral, hydrocarbon and geothermal resources. In 2016, Mr. Bell taught a webinar and two short courses on the integration of drones into the engineering and environmental workflows. In addition, he has been an invited speaker at numerous professional association meetings and several universities on the application of small UAS to resource exploration, environmental site characterization and subsurface infrastructure detection and delineation. Mr. Bell is President of International Geophysical Services LLC, a geophysical consulting and services firm based in Lakewood, Colorado, providing ground geophysical data acquisition as well as UAS photogrammetry, thermal infrared imaging and magnetometry services. In 2014, he formed Aerobotic Geophysical Systems LLC to develop innovative UAS solutions for subsurface characterization. Mr. Bell holds a B.S. in Applied Physics from Michigan Technological University.
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Abstract submission is now open for the 7th International Conference on Debris Flow Hazards Mitigation. Convened by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, the conference will be held in Golden, Colorado, June 10-13, 2019. With the beautiful Rocky Mountains covering half the state, Colorado shares the problem of debris-flow hazards with other mountainous areas of the world. Against this backdrop, scientists, engineers and policy makers from around the world will be able to share new research and ideas in the field of debris flows. Field trips will take place both before and after those dates.
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GeoMEast 2018 will provide a showcase for recent developments and advancements in design, construction and safety inspections of transportation infrastructures and offer a forum to discuss and debate future directions for the 21st century. Conference topics cover a broad array of contemporary issues for professionals involved in geosynthetics, geotechnical, geo-environmental, geomechanics, geosciences, geophysics, tunnel, water structures, bridge, pavement, railway and emerging techniques for safety inspections. You will have the opportunity to meet colleagues from all over the world for technical, scientific and commercial discussions.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
An iceberg the size of a hill has drifted close to a tiny village on the western coast of Greenland, prompting fears it could swamp the settlement with a tsunami if it splits.
Video posted on social media shows the iceberg towering over houses on a promontory in the village of Innaarsuit, when a massive chunk of ice slides off into the water sending big waves towards the village.
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Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Geophysicists examining glacier changes in the Russian Arctic have found that the rate of ice mass loss has nearly doubled over the last decade when compared to records from the previous 60 years, according to Cornell-led research published April 24 in Remote Sensing of Environment.
The scientists focused on Franz Josef Land, a glaciated Russian archipelago in the Kara and Barents seas — among the northernmost and most remote parcels of land on Earth.
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Forbes
On July 6, additional Chinese tariffs came on nearly $35 billion of U.S. products in retaliation to U.S. tariffs on an equal value of Chinese exports. Indeed, a heightening trade war with China is once again exposing a very dangerous energy and national security vulnerability for the U.S.: the need to import high levels of critically important minerals.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The United States Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck near Castro Valley, California, July 15.
The quake hit at 10:52 a.m., local time at a depth of 5 kilometers.
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Nature.com
Hominins reached Asia at least 2.1 million years ago, researchers assert in a July 11 Nature paper. Stone tools they found in central China represent the earliest known evidence of humans or their ancient relatives living outside Africa.
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CNN
Lava that's still flowing from the Kilauea volcano has now created a tiny new island off the coast of Hawaii.
The island of lava appeared recently, just offshore from the northern edge of the Big Island, the United States Geological Survey said.
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The Mainichi
The widespread flooding and landslide damage triggered by torrential rains in western Japan has disrupted public transport systems and distribution networks, while seriously damaging agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries, dealing a serious blow to regional economies in areas around the Seto Inland Sea and elsewhere.
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