PGS INTRODUCTION

NEWS

President's welcome letter and new membership form added August 2018
Starting September, 2018, PGS meetings are being held on the second Thursday each month, with two exceptions (December and May), so as to overlap less with our fellow professional society meetings.
- Please see our meeting schedule below
PGS officers are chairing a session at the December, 2018 AGU meeting in Washington, DC:
- T13E: Geology and Geophysics of the National Capital Region - Posters
- Monday, 10 December 2018 13:40 - 18:00
- Convention Center - Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
- Join us for a post-session HH at a location TBA
Convenient website for other geology events in the DMV

Updated November 2018

September 13, 2018:
- House building, subdivision development and farming in (and below) the active volcanic rift zones of Kilauea and Mauna Loa, island of Hawaii: What could possibly go wrong? by Michael P. Ryan, PhD
- Click here for presentation abstract and speaker biography
October 11, 2018:
- How holes in Iceland’s rocks help us understand the ocean on Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus
- Dr. Emily Martin, Smithsonian CEPS
- Click here for presentation abstract and speaker biography
November 8, 2018:
December 6, 2018 (NB: First Saturday of the month):
- David Johnston and Emma Hudson-Doyle, Massey University, New Zealand
- Understanding human behaviour during and immediately following earthquake shaking
- Click here for presentation abstract and speaker biographies
January 10, 2019: Speaker TBD
February 14 ♥ 2019: Speaker TBD
March 14, 2019:
- Phillip Goodling
- The University of Maryland, Department of Geology
- Talk on using seismic methods to study hydrogeologic processes including the Orville Dam spillway erosion crisis
April 11, 2019:
- Peter Hutchinson, PhD, PG
- THG Geophysics, Ltd.
- Talk about geophysical methods for void detection (i.e. karst and sinkholes)
May 16, 2019: Joint meeting with AEG DMV Chapter: Speaker TBD

DoubleTree by Hilton McLean Tysons
1960 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA 22102
Hotel is located within one-half mile of the Tysons Corner Metro station, near I-495 and Rt. 123, and has free parking garage available
Our private meeting room is located at the back of the Harvest Café restaurant on the second floor of the hotel
Social time is typically held in O’Malley’s Pub on the first floor of the hotel

Members and guests may attend any presentation after dinner for no charge
The optional three course dinner cost is discounted to $30 for members in good standing (having paid dues) and for students, is $40 for non-members, and is inclusive of iced tea, coffee, tax and gratuity
Alcoholic beverages may be purchased in the private meeting room on a cash basis
Dinner service begins at 7 PM and we estimate that the presentation begins at about 8:15 PM. For attendees who arrive early, social time begins about 6 PM
To RSVP, please write to dcgeophys@gmail.com

2018–19 Meeting Year