The NCGS meets each last Wednesday of the month in Orinda at the Masonic Center, 9 Altarinda Rd. There is a social period at 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m. a talk (no dinner). Cost is $5 per regular member; $1 per student member, and $1 per K – 12 teachers.
NCGS 2009-2010 Calendar
(Please click on the available links to view the abstract and speaker biographies; for previous yearly calendar of events see bottom of page)
The Start of the NCGS Year!!
Wednesday September 30, 2009
Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region – Photos That Didn’t Make it Into the Book; Dr. John Karachewski, Dept. Toxic Substances Control
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Center
Thursday October 1, 2009 AAPG Distinguished Lecturer!
The Sedimentary Record of Human Evolution
Dr. Gail Ashley, Rutger University, New Brunswick, N.J.
7:00 pm at Lafayette Veteran’s Memorial Building, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd
Wednesday October 28, 2009
The Loma Prieta Earthquake Turns 20; What we Have Learned From Seismology, Engineering & Politics; Dr. Jack Boatwright, U.S.G.S, Menlo Park
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
Wednesday November 18, 2009
EARLY DATE!! Dr. Friedman Freund could not make it due to unforeseen circumstances)
Air Ionization at Rock Surfaces and Pre-Earthquake Signals
Dr. Robert Dahlgren, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
December 2009 - As usual no meeting!
Wednesday January 27, 2010
The Earthquake of 1868 and the Birth of Seismically Resistant Architecture in California
Dr. Stephen Tobriner, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, UC-Berkeley
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
Wednesday February 24, 2010
The Evolution of Eocene Highlands and the Climate of the Western U.S. Cordillera
Dr. C. Page Chamberlain, Professor, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford, CA
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
Wednesday March 31, 2010
Structural Model for the Interpretation of the Central Basin and Range Province of Utah and Nevada
Dr. Mel Erskine, Consulting Geologist
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
Wednesday April 28, 2010
Mars Dust and Ice: A Voyage to the Poles with Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Dr. Adrian Brown, SETI Institute & NASA Ames Research Center
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
Wednesday May 26, 2010
SPECIAL DINNER MEETING!! EARLY!!
The Haiti Earthquake of 12 January 2010: A Geologic Perspective
Dr. Carol Prentice, USGS, Menlo Park
6:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge (EARLY)
Wednesday June 30, 2010
Dr. Jacob Covault; Chevron Clastic Stratigraphy R&D, San Ramon, CA
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
Our usual summer break
NCGS 2010-2011 Calendar
Wednesday September 29, 2010
TBA
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
Wednesday October 27, 2010
Dr. Geoffrey W. Marcy; Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley (Tentative)
TBA
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
Wednesday November 17, 2010 (Early Date!)
TBA
7:00 pm at Orinda Masonic Lodge
2009 - 2010 NCGS Events and Field Trips
(When available, click on the following links to download field trip applications)
October 23, 2009
A Tour of New Bay Bridge Construction - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Seismic Safety Projects
(Please contact Tridib Guha as there is no sign up form)
Caltrans Personnel
April 25, 2010
Mammoth Rocks and the Geology of the Sonoma Coast;
E. Breck Parkman, Senior State Archaeologist, California State Parks, and
Rolfe Erickson, Emeritus, Sonoma State University
Do you have a place you’ve wanted to visit for the geology? Let us know. We’re definitely interested in ideas. For those suggestions, or for questions regarding, field trips, please contact our Field Trip Coordinator John Christian (see About the NCGS page).
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Older Calendar of Events
2003 - 2004 Calendar of Events
2004 - 2005 Calendar of Events
2005 - 2006 Calendar of Events
2006 - 2007 Calendar of Events
2007 - 2008 Calendar of Events
2008 - 2009 Calendar of Events
(Including NCGS 1906 Earthquake Centennial Observance Events)