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To coordinate a short course or for more information contact George Ford shortcourse_chair@aegsf.org

Soil Stratigraphy for Trench Logging

Dr. Glenn Borchardt, Ph.D (Principal Soil Scientist at Soil Tectonics, Berkeley, CA) and the San Francisco Section of AEG are pleased to announce a short course, “Soil Stratigraphy for Trench Logging”.  The course will be presented June 18 and 19, 2010 at Preservation Park in Oakland, California.  Friday June 18 consists of classroom lectures and Saturday June 19 is a field trip to exposures at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline.  Topics to be discussed include:

  • ABCs of soils: soil horizons from simple to complex
  • CTPOT: the factors of soil formation
  • Climate: how water improves rocks
  • Topography: how gravity helps water improve rocks
  • Parent material: how rocks control soils
  • Organisms: construction and destruction in soils
  • Pedochronology: perspective and bookkeeping for the ages
  • Relative dating methods: chronosequences
  • Absolute dating methods: U/Th, C-14 and others
  • Laboratory methods: PSD and soil mineralogy
  • Recognizing important soil features
  • Soil Tectonics: what faults do to soils; what soils do to faults

    Dr. Borchardt is a recognized authority on soil stratigraphy and earthquake hazards. He has a Ph.D in Soil Mineralogy from Oregon State University, an M.S. in Clay Mineralogy from the University of Wisconsin and a B.S. in Soil Science from the University of Wisconsin.

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    Where: Preservation Park, Park Way (Martin Luther King Junior Way between 12th and 14th Streets, Oakland, 94606. There is parking at the City Center Garage across the street.

    When: 8am to 5 pm Friday, June 18 (classroom, lunch on your own at restaurants in Oakland City Center area) and 8am to 5 pm Saturday, June 19 (field trip to Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, lunch will be provided)

    Registration: Email expressions of interest to George Ford
    (shortcourse_chair@aegsf.org)

    Cost: $350 for AEG members, $400 for non-members
    Make checks payable to AEG-SF, send checks to:

    AEG San Francisco Section
    c/o AIS Construction, Inc.
    Attention: George Ford, AEG Short Course Chair
    6420 Via Real, Suite 6
    Carpinteria, CA 93913
    FAX 805-566-6534
    CELL 415-310-6872

    Payment in full must be received by June 1.
    Cancellations received by June 7 will receive a refund.