Board Meeting Notes, April 12th, 2014

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Board Meeting Notes, April 12th, 2014

The meeting was called to order at the home of Rosemary Kenney. Board members in attendance constituting quorum were Sheila Alfsen, Janet Rasmussen, Dawn Juliano, Paul Edison-Lahm, Bev Vogt, Bo Nonn, Marty Muncie, John Piccininni, and Jane Walpole. Also in attendance were GSOC members Dave Olcott, Larry Purchase, Bart Bartels, Carol Hasenberg, Tara Schoffstall, and Doug Rasmussen. The minutes of the February 15, 2014 board meeting were approved.

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Do we need this Aggradation?

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Do we need this Aggradation?

Tom Pierson’s talk to GSOC focused on his study of the aggradation and erosion of volcanic sediment that occurred in the Rio Chaiten valley as a result of the December 2008 and February 2009 eruptions of the Chaiten volcano in the southern region of Chile. Pierson, who has worked at the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory since 1981, has traveled the Pacific rim studying hydrologic and geomorphic responses to volcanic eruptions.

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