2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 162 Tuesday, 30 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 503

T72. Debris Flow, Landslide, and Rockfall: Initiation, Prediction, and Warning

Susan Cannon, Paul Santi, John F. Shroder and Abdul Shakoor, Presiding
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162-11:30 PM QUANTITATIVE DEBRIS FLOW RISK ANALYSIS: JAKOB, Matthias, BGC Engineering Inc, 500-1045 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2A9 Canada, mjakob@bgcengineering.ca
162-21:50 PM SOIL ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF LANDSLIDE AND DEBRIS FLOW INITIATION SITES, COAST RANGE, OREGON: MCKENNA, Jonathan P., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, M.S. 966, Denver, CO 80225-0046, jmckenna@usgs.gov and AMBLARD, Xavier, Ecole Polytechnique Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris VI, Scences de la Terre, Tour 56-66 – 2éme étage, case 95, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75232, France
162-32:05 PM NUMERICAL MODELING OF DEBRIS FLOW RUNOUT IN THE SWISS ALPS: MCARDELL, Brian W.1, CESCA, Matteo2, HUGGEL, Christian3, SCHEUNER, Thomas3, GRAF, Christoph1, and CHRISTEN, Marc4, (1) Avalanches, Debris Flows and Rockfall, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zuercherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf, CH-8903, Switzerland, mcardell@wsl.ch, (2) Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali, Department of Land and Agro-Forest Environments, Viale dell'Università, Legnaro (Padova), 35020, Italy, (3) Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, CH-8057, Switzerland, (4) Avalanches, Debris Flows and Rockfall, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Flüelastrasse 11, Davos Dorf, CH-7260, Switzerland
162-42:25 PM USING DEBRIS RETENTION BASIN DATA TO UPDATE MODELS THAT PREDICT SEDIMENT VOLUME FROM DEBRIS FLOWS AND FLOODS: GARTNER, Joseph E., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, jegartner@usgs.gov and CANNON, Susan H.
162-52:40 PM ESTIMATION OF INUNDATION AREAS OF POST-WILDFIRE DEBRIS FLOWS: BERNARD, David R.1, CANNON, Susan H.2, SANTI, Paul M.1, and HIGGINS, Jerry D.1, (1) Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, dbernard@mines.edu, (2) Landslides Hazard Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO 80401
162-62:55 PM STORM RAINFALL CONDITIONS FOR FLOODS AND DEBRIS FLOWS FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: CANNON, Susan H., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, cannon@usgs.gov, GARTNER, Joseph E., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, WILSON, Raymond C., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, BOWERS, James C., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 865, Apple Valley, CA 92307, and LABER, Jayme L., National Waether Service, 520 North Elevar Street, Oxnard, CA 93030
162-73:10 PM LANDSLIDE WARNING CAPABILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES: BAUM, Rex L., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, M.S. 966, Denver, CO 80225-0046, baum@usgs.gov
162-83:25 PM A MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE TRANSITION OF A FLASH FLOOD TO A DEBRIS FLOW CAUSED BY CHANNEL EROSION AND BANK COLLAPSE: KEAN, Jason W., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jwkean@usgs.gov
162-93:40 PM THE VELOCITIES AND IMPACT FORCES OF DIFFERENT SIZE PARTICLES WITHIN DEBRIS FLOWS: PROCHASKA, Adam B.1, SANTI, Paul M.1, HIGGINS, Jerry D.1, and CANNON, Susan H.2, (1) Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, aprochas@mines.edu, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 966, Denver, CO 80225-0046
162-103:55 PM PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A FOLLOW-UP STUDY ON RATES OF SHALE UNDERCUTTING: NIEMANN, William L., Geology, Marshall University, One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755, niemann@marshall.edu
162-114:10 PM USING AIRBORNE LIDAR AND GIS TECHNOLOGIES FOR FIELD VERIFIED VIRTUAL LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING— A NEW APPROACH TO AN OLD PROBLEM WITH EXAMPLES FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND SAN FRANCISCO: HANEBERG, William C., Haneberg Geoscience, 10208 39th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA 98146, bill@haneberg.com
162-124:25 PM THE ROLE OF CEMENTATION VARIABILITY IN COASTAL BLUFF-LANDSLIDE ANALYSIS: COLLINS, Brian D.1, SITAR, Nicholas2, and KAYEN, Robert1, (1) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS-999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, bcollins@usgs.gov, (2) Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 449 Davis Hall, Berkeley, CA 94710
162-134:40 PM CRITICAL ROCK HAZARD RATING COMPONENTS FOR SEDIMENTARY SLOPES IN COLORADO: SANTI, Paul M., SPRIET, Jessica, RUSSELL, Chris, and HIGGINS, Jerry, Dept Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, psanti@mines.edu
162-144:55 PM OVERCONSOLIDATED SHALES AND THEIR ROLE IN TRIGGERING MEGALANDSLIDES IN THE GRAND CANYON SHALES: WATKINS, Conor M., Dept. of Geological Sciences & Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla, 129 McNutt Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409, cwatkin@umr.edu and ROGERS, J. David, Geological Sciences & Enginering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 125 McNutt Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409
162-155:10 PM MODES OF FAILURE AND REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES FOR ROCK CUTS IN SEDIMENTARY STRATA SUBJECT TO DIFFERENTIAL WEATHERING: SHAKOOR, Abdul, Department of Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242, ashakoor@kent.edu

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