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A Special Message From Scott Burns, President, IAEG
Welcome to the 25th IAEG Connector, our electronic newsletter connecting engineering geologists around the world. Be sure to see the news items at the end of the newsletter for there have been some incredible landslides around the world.
This week I would like to introduce you to another of your new officers for IAEG. He is Professor Bo-An Jang from Korea! We now have two vice presidents from Asia, and he is one of the two new vice presidents from there. His great photo and and a short biography is below. He will be one of the leaders and organizers of the upcoming 12th ARC which will be in Korea this coming year. We will have our annual council meeting there. The meeting is also highlighted in this newsletter.
Enjoy, Scott Burns, President, IAEG
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Bo-An Jang, Vice President for Asia
I am a professor in the Department of Geophysics at Kangwon National University since 1990. My current research topics are fracture development in rock by plasma blasting and characteristics of joint surface. I have served as an Executive Committee Member and an Inspection Committee Member of the Geological Society of Korea, and as an Executive Committee Member, Vice President and President of the Korean Society of Engineering Geology. I have also held the positions of Dean of International Affairs, Dean of Industrial Cooperation and Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at Kangwon National University.
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22 novembre 2018
Les 50 ans du CFGI!
- Un événement international
- Au carrefour de la Géologie et de
I'lngénierie
- Du sénior au junior: des orateurs
passionnés
- Mouvements de terrain, carriéres,
tunnels, eaux souterraines, mines ...
- Un retour sur le passé pour une
vision d'avenir
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 Geology Applied to Engineering represents a thorough and up-to-date textbook for courses in Applied PhysicaI Geology, Geology for Engineers and Engineering Geology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It
contains appropriate information for geologists and engineers who are involved in designing and constructing
engineering structures, as all structures are located either on the Earth or in the Earth, or composed of earth
materials. This textbook also provides the fundamentals of subject material included in the Examination for
Professional Licensure of Geologists, a growing need for geologists who work in the public sector.
Nepal Geological Society
Nov. 19-21
Kathmandu, Nepal
Nepal Geological Society is one of the most dynamic professional organizations in
Nepal and is well-known for its continuing academic and professional activities in national as
well as international level since its establishment. One of the main focuses of this society is to
provide platforms to the national as well as international geoscientists for sharing their
research findings and establishing international networks for the advancement of research and
development in the field of geosciences and engineering. It has more than 800 members out of
which nearly one-third are international scientists.
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The Joint Technical Committee of the FedIGS has organized in Hong Kong the 2nd JTC1 workshop on "Triggering and Propagation of Rapid Flow-like Landslides."
The workshop, which is co-organized by the Hong Kong Geotechnical Society, the Geotechnical Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, will take place at HKUST Dec. 3-5.
As you know, the JTC1 workshops are intended to deal with advanced scientific topics of interest for the geo-engineering community. A goal of these workshops is also to leave room and enhance the activity of young researchers.
The event will include four keynote lectures delivered by outstanding scientists, the Hutchinson Lecture, a Hungr Oration, eight special lectures presented by young researchers and a bechmarking exercise for landslide runout analysis.
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ISEG will organize a three-day National Conference on Prospects and Retrospect in Engineering Geology, Geophysics and Instrumentation at Hyderabad, India, Dec. 3-5 in association with Geological Survey of India on themes of Engineering Geological investigations of various mega civil engineering
works carried out so far and works in progress in the country with a special focus on southern part of the country. As a number of infrastructure projects of national importance are in progress in Southern States, especially
in Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh States, it is apt and pertinent to conduct a National Conference at the moment on related themes at Hyderabad.
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The Korean Society of Engineering Geology
The Korean Society of Engineering Geology and Korea national group of International
Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment would like to present the 12th Asian Regional Conference at Jeju Booyoung Hotel & Resort Sept. 23-27, 2019, in Jeju Island, Korea.
We look forward to welcoming all of you here in Korea.
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We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our session NH3.3/GI4.11/GM7.8/GMPV7.3/SSS13.16 — Rapid mass movements in alpine and volcanic environment. Advances on monitoring, modelling and risk management (co-organized) that will be held at the 2019 EGU General Assembly in Vienna (Austria) from April 7-12, 2019.
Abstract Submission
The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is Jan. 10, 2019, at 13:00 CET.
Travel Support
Participants who wish to apply for travel support must submit an abstract by Dec. 1. For details, click here.
We are looking forward to receiving your contribution!
IAEG
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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The Annual Conference SAGEEP 2019 is in Portland in March 2019 and features a full parallel Geohazards Conference including hazards for manmade structures like dams and levees and also a parallel Shallow Marine and Coastal Geophysics Conference, both of which should be of interest to AEG. AEG participation/contribution would be most welcomed.
Press and Journal
A landslip near Invergarry, Scotland, wiped out the power supply to thousands of islanders Nov. 12 in the Hebrides.
Residents on Skye and the Western Isles experienced the loss of power shortly after 9 a.m.
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Forbes
Teotihuacan, translated from the Aztec language as "birthplace of the gods," or "place where gods were born," was an important religious and cultural center during the Aztec empire. However, the oldest monuments in the city predate the Aztec empire by at least 300 years.
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Smithsonian
On Aug. 4, 1972, dozens of mines seemed to spontaneously explode off the waters of Hon La, Vietnam. The weapons had been planted there as part of Operation Pocket Money, a U.S. plan to block North Vietnam from maritime trade during the Vietnam War, and they were supposed to detonate in the presence of ships.
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The Weather Channel
A magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck southern Mexico on Sept. 7, 2017, not only occurred where existing earthquake modeling said it shouldn't happen, it also broke a tectonic plate, according to scientists. The Tehuantepec quake struck off the Pacific coast of Mexico's Chiapas state, which borders Guatemala.
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Smithsonian
Geologists have done pretty well piecing together the history of plate tectonics, or how sections of Earth’s crust have pinballed across the globe crashing into one another and pulling apart. But there’s one big puzzle piece they still need to figure out: Antarctica.
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The Landslide Blog
On Sept. 6, a M=6.7 earthquake struck Hokkaido in Japan. This event, now known as the Hokkaido Iburi-Tobu Earthquake, was remarkable for the number of landslides that it triggered.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas via ScienceDaily
A geology professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has discovered that a set of 28 footprints left behind by a reptilelike creature 310 million years ago are the oldest ever to be found in Grand Canyon National Park. The fossil trackway covers a fallen boulder that now rests along the Bright Angel Trail in the national park.
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The Landslide Blog
More than 25,000 people have been evacuated as the water levels continue to rise in a landslide-formed barrier lake in Tibet Autonomous Region, local authorities said recently. The municipal government of Changdu in Tibet said the water level has risen 57.44 meters with an estimated 469 million cubic meters of water storage as of 9 a.m. Nov. 11.
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