PRESIDENT'S CORNER:
Join us THURSDAY, July 17th for our joint meeting with the San Diego Chapter of Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG) at Marina Village for a special presentation by the national president of AEG (and former president (1983) of SDAG) Dorian E. Kuper, will present "Highwalls to Highways - Engineering Geology Case Studies of Aggregate Mining and Reclamation". The social hour will start at 5:30 and the presentation at 7:00. To bring in this great speaker, we'll have to break with SDAG tradition (since the Pleistocene) of Wednesday night meetings for a special Thursday evening. Were back to Wednesdays again for our August meeting when Sumer Hasenin will discuss the geotechnical implications for compliance with low impact requirements for the City of San Diego. Stay tuned and mark your calendars for the 2008 SDAG Annual Field Trip to the Coachella Valley on the weekend of October 18th & 19th. Keep those ideas for One Stop Wonders coming and have a great summer.
-- Sarah
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ONE STOP WONDER, SAN VICENTE DAM
On Saturday, May 10, 2008, 25 SDAG members and guests gathered at San Vicente Dam in
Lakeside (actually nearer the former settlement of Foster) to examine an apparent shear zone
near the left abutment of the dam.
Professors Tom Rockwell and Gary Girty of San Diego State
presented the results of their research to the group, presiding over a lively discussion of the shear
zone, and its implications for regional and local geologic history and structure. We would like to
thank Dr. Rockwell and Dr. Girty for their time and effort to bring us a fascinating presentation in
the field. Thanks also to Mr. Steve Jacobs for describing ongoing subsurface geologic work in the
tunnel that will connect San Vicente with the pumping facility at Mercy Road. This OSW trip would
not have been possible without the time and support of the City of San Diego Water Operations
Division, particularly Mr. Brian Ikeda. Following the trip, a few dedicated geologists gathered at
Greg Cranham's Lakeside residence for a barbecue lunch. A final word of thanks to Mr. John
Teasley, who gathered last-minute provisions for the very pleasant afternoon of beer and BBQ.
Thanks to all for attending and participating - we're already looking forward to the next One Stop
Wonder!
John Shelton Exhibit at the SD Natural History Museum - May 11 to November 2, 2008
The photography exhibition, a retrospective of Shelton's work, marks the first time works by the legendary geologist will
be exhibited to the public. A geologist filled with a love for music and machines, John Shelton is best known for his
pioneering aerial photography. Formerly an associate professor of geology at Pomona College, he has always been
intensely interested in the process of learning. Shelton's love and knowledge of flying enabled him to reveal geologic
features and processes through his aerial photographs of wondrous landscapes. His aerial photographs of North
America are especially invaluable today, when diminishing air quality makes some of his shots irreplaceable.
Rocks with Provenance Needed for a Reference Collection for Typing and Sourcing San Diego Co. Artifacts
The San Diego Archaeological Center and local archaeologists need a county-wide reference collection of local rocks
from outcrops. The collection will be an important resource for archaeologists involved in typing and sourcing stone
artifacts from the San Diego area.
Norrie Robbins, adjunct faculty in the Dept. of Geological Sciences at SDSU, is spearheading this volunteer effort. She
notes that geologists use a much wider variety of descriptors for rocks than do archaeologists. One of the objectives of
this project is to cross-reference archaeological categories with geological ones to help develop a mutually
understandable terminology and to improve sourcing. Rock specimens in the reference collection will be identified by
spatial coordinates and both geological and archaeological descriptors.
Please contact Norrie (nrobbins@geology.sdsu.edu, 619-303-9095) with any questions and to arrange pick up
of specimens. Specimens may also be placed in her mailbox at SDSU or dropped off at the Center (please
indicate Attention: Rebecca Nathan). In addition, Dr. Robbins or Dr. Tim Gross will be available at most
meetings of the San Diego County Archaeological Society (SDCAS) and San Diego Association of
Geologists (SDAG) to accept specimens. Building the reference collection is a long-term project. There is
no time limit for making your contributions.
International Low Impact Development (LID) Conference, November 16-19, 2008, Seattle, Washington. For information:
www.asce.org/conferences/lid08
Last Wednesday of every month - Sunbelt Publications's El Cajon warehouse will be open for shopping until 7:00 pm.
Shop our unique selection of regional history and guidebooks, children's books, pictorials, and more. All merchandise discounted for warehouse shoppers - clearance items up to 80% off cover prices!
Local reporter gets the scoop on shopping at Sunbelt!
Sunbelt Publications, 1256 Fayette Street El Cajon, CA 92020
phone: 619-258-4911 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am - 4:30 pm or visit our Web site at www.sunbeltbooks.com
SDAG NEWSLETTER IS DIGITAL! If we don't have your e-mail address, or your email address changes, or if you have problems with the electronic format please contact
Scott Snyder
SDAG Wear - Monte (Murbach) has a variety of shirts, hats, visors and even a nice vest with the SDAG logo. A small selection is available for purchase at the meetings; all SDAG wear can be ordered from Monte.
2008 SDAG Membership Please consider renewing for 2008. It is our active membership that makes SDAG able to do what we do: monthly presentations at dinner meetings, annual field trip, student scholarships, publications, education sponsorship, half-day and full-day field trips and other activities.
DO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT?? Do you have an event, job opening, field trip or other announcement you would like to share with our members??
Just call or email our SDAG Secretary.
Wednesday seminars, 1 - 2 pm, SDSU in the Chemistry-Geology Building, room CSL-422. Check http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/seminars/ for details.
Department of Geological Sciences
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-1020
FAX (619) 594-4372 VOICE (619) 594-6394
*****Parking near campus is limited. There are two lots of meters on the SE side of campus off College, for example and it would be about a 5 minute walk from there. The first lot is meters, and the deeper lot is less expensive ticket machine. *****
The Gordon Gastil Endowed Scholarship Fund continues to seek donations of any amount. Gifts of $ 500.00 or more will be recognized on a plaque to be placed in the remodeled Geology Building. Donations can be sent through SDAG, or contact Pia or Marie, Department of Geological Sciences, SDSU, at (619) 594-5586.
Meetings are generally held the 4th Thursday of the month at 11:30AM at the Grand at Willow (check their website http://www.labgs.org/ for their newsletter, for more details, and to make a reservation). Reservations Are Essential.
The SCGS usually meets on the first Monday of every month, in Orange County. For more SCGS information, visit their website at: http://www.southcoastgeo.org, or contact this year's SCGS President, Tom Devine.
Check the West Coast Petroleum Technology Transfer Council website http://www.westcoastpttc.org/ for workshop date and location.
Our website manager, Carolyn Glockhoff, can create a link from any Corporate Sponsor's listing on the SDAG website to its company website, if one exists. Also, please send the URLs of your favorite geology sites to carolyn@caro-lion.com for listing on the Geologic Links page. These could be data resources, schools, useful government contacts, geologic software, contractors, laboratories, your own company's website, or anything you think would be useful to your colleagues.
DO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT?? Do you have an event, job opening, field trip or other announcement you would like to share with our members?? Just call or email our SDAG Secretary, Bryan Miller-Hicks at (619) 579-1547 OR 2008 SDAG Secretary. Any news regarding upcoming events that may be of interest to the Association or news of your business can be submitted.
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