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Cascade Subduction Zone

Bill Burgel, The Lower Columbia Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute and Tualatin Historical Society present:

"Cascade Subduction Zone & Crustal Earthquakes in The Pacific Northwest”

 March 23rd at 7:00 PM Pacific Time

ZOOM LINK : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89236343741?pwd=YjJFVGl0MExyUHJlMEZ0ejRpdG1TQT09

Join Bill and others via Zoom as he discusses this very important geographical feature of the Northwest including earthquake preparedness in the Portland/Vancouver Area"

Bill retired from the railroad industry after a successful 40 year career. He worked for several railroads in the engineering and operating departments. His interest and training in geology was often called upon to resolve landscape issues and rerouting studies, implement early earthquake warning strategies and conduct numerous long railroad tunnel analyses. He has given many talks on rail issues as well as earthquake preparedness and topics pertaining to regional geology to local audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest. Bill is a graduate of The University of Michigan, BS in Engineering and MS in Structural Geology from Idaho State University.

   

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