2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 196
Wednesday, 30 October 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T21. Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems in the New Millennium: Their Use in Environmental and Engineering Geology

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division

 

Norman S. Levine and Robert K. Vincent, Advocates
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8:00 AM
COLORADO LATE CENOZOIC FAULT AND FOLD DATABASE AND INTERNET MAP SERVER: USER-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPLEX INFORMATION
MORGAN, Karen S.1, MORGAN, Matthew L.2, WIDMANN, Beth L.1, PATTYN, Gerald J.3, KIRKHAM, Robert M.1 and PHILLIPS, Randal C.1, (1)Colorado Geological Survey, 1313 Sherman St. #715, Denver, CO 80203, (2)Colorado Geol Survey, 1313 Sherman St. #715, Denver, CO 80203, (3)Farragut Systems Inc, 1455 Dixon Ave, Suite 310, Lafayette, CO 80026, karen.morgan@state.co.us, karen.morgan@state.co.us
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8:15 AM
USING GIS FOR INTEGRATED WATERSHED-SCALE MODELING OF WASTEWATER POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO
LEMONDS, Paula Jo and MCCRAY, John E., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, pmudd@mines.edu, pmudd@mines.edu
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8:30 AM
A TOPOGRAPHIC SOLAR RADIATION TRANSFER MODEL FOR GEOSCIENCE APPLICATIONS IN HIGH-MOUNTAINS
BISHOP, Michael P., Department of Geography and Geology, Univ of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, bishop@data.unomaha.edu, bishop@data.unomaha.edu
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8:45 AM
MINING DISTRICTS DATABASES OF NEW MEXICO
KRUEGER, Christian B.1, MCLEMORE, Virginia T.2, HOFFMAN, Gretchen K.3, JONES, Glen R.3 and WILKS, Maureen2, (1)Environmental Science with hydro option, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Rscs, P.O. Box 3177 C/S, Socorro, NM 87801, (2)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, (3)New Mexico Bureau Mines, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, oldjayhawk@hotmail.com, oldjayhawk@hotmail.com
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9:00 AM
SATELLITE GAGING REACHES: A TECHNIQUE FOR STREAMFLOW MEASUREMENTS FROM SPACE
BRAKENRIDGE, G. Robert1, ANDERSON, Elaine2 and CARLOS, Heather1, (1)Dartmouth Flood Observatory, Dept. Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755-3571, (2)Dartmouth Flood Observatory, Dept. Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, Heather.Carlos@dartmouth.edu, Heather.Carlos@dartmouth.edu
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9:15 AM
A METHODOLOGY FOR ENGINEERING GEOLOGY TERRAIN ANALYSIS WITHIN THE BOREAL FOREST REGION OF THE CANADIAN SHIELD
BARNETT, P.J.1, SHIROTA, J.1, LENEY, S.J.2 and SINGHROY, V.H.3, (1)Sedimentary Geoscience, Ontario Geol Survey, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5, Canada, (2)Geomatic Service Centre, Ministry of Nat Rscs, 300 Water Street, Peterborough, ON K9J 8M5, Canada, (3)Applications Division, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, 588 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y7, Canada, peter.barnett@ndm.gov.on.ca, peter.barnett@ndm.gov.on.ca
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9:30 AM
USING GIS TO CHARACTERIZE THE SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY OF FRACTURE SYSTEMS IN LAYERED ROCKS
GHOSH, Kajari1, GROSS, Michael R.2, FINN, Martin D.3 and WHITMAN, Dean2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Florida Int'l Univ, PC 344, Miami, FL 33199, (2)Florida Int'l Univ, Dept Geology, PC 344, Miami, FL 33199-0001, (3)1501 Holleman Dr Apt 53, College Station, TX 77840-3220, kghos001@fiu.edu, kghos001@fiu.edu
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9:45 AM
HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELATIONAL DATABASES FOR MANAGING SUBSURFACE GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOLOGIC DATA
VEEGER, Anne I., MURRAY, Daniel P., BOOTHROYD, Jon C., HERMES, O. Don and HAMIDZADA, Nasir A., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, veeger@uri.edu, veeger@uri.edu
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10:00 AM
FIELD REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY AS A TOOL FOR DETERMINING THE SWELL POTENTIAL OF SMECTITIC SOILS
GOETZ, Alexander F.H.1, GUTIERREZ, Angel1, OLSEN, Harold W.2, HUMBLE, Jessica P.2, NOE, David C.3 and EBERL, Dennis D.4, (1)CSES/CIRES, Univ of Colorado, UCB216, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Division of Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, George Brown Building, 1610 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, (3)Colorado Geol Survey, 1313 Sherman St., Rm. 715, Denver, CO 80203, (4)U. S. Geol Survey, 3215 Marine St, Boulder, CO 80303-1066, goetz@cses.colorado.edu, goetz@cses.colorado.edu
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10:15 AM
QUANTIFYING RAPID CHANGES IN COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY USING MODERN MAPPING TECHNIQUES AND GRASS GIS
MITASOVA, Helena1, DRAKE, Thomas G.1, HARMON, Russell S.2, BERNSTEIN, David3 and MCNINCH, Jesse E.4, (1)Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, 1125 Jordan Hall, NCSU Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, (2)US Army Rsch Office, PO Box 12211, Durham, NC 27709-2211, (3)Center For Marine and Wetland Studies, Coastal Carolina Univ, 1270 Atlantic Avenue, Conway, SC 29526, (4)Department of Physical Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, PO Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346, hmitaso@unity.ncsu.edu, hmitaso@unity.ncsu.edu
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10:30 AM
APPLYING BAND RATIOS TO HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY DATA
PENN, Brian S., Boeing-Autometric, 1330 Inverness Drive, Ste. 330, Colorado Springs, CO 80910, brian.s.penn@boeing.com, brian.s.penn@boeing.com
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10:45 AM
IDENTIFICATION OF GYPSY MOTH DEFOLIATION IN OHIO USING LANDSAT DATA
HURLEY, Angela1, WATTS, Doyle1, BURKE, Brian2 and RICHARDS, Chris2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Wright State Univ, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, (2)Gypsy Moth Program, Division of Plant Industry, Ohio Department of Agriculture, 8995 E. Main St, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068, angelahurley@hotmail.com, angelahurley@hotmail.com
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11:00 AM
ALGORITHM FOR MAPPING BARE SOIL FROM LANDSAT TM DATA IN AGRICULTURAL TERRAIN
WU, Xiaowen, VINCENT, Robert K. and LEVINE, Norman S., Dept. of Geology, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0218, wxu@bgnet.bgsu.edu, wxu@bgnet.bgsu.edu
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11:15 AM
SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH AND APPLICATIONS USING REMOTE SENSING (SOARS)
ROGERS, John R.1, ROBERTS, Steve P.1, ISHMAEL, Christina2, STEGER, Dustin2, GAINES, Jason3, LARSEN, Karen A.4, SULLIVAN, Marie T.4 and MAY, Dave5, (1)Geological Sciences, Wright State Universtiy, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, (2)Dept of Geography, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, (3)City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, (4)Environmental Science, Cleveland State Univ, 2131 Euclid Ave, Clevelan, OH 44115, (5)Dept of Geography, Ohio Universtiy, Athens, OH 45701, banzoni@yahoo.com, banzoni@yahoo.com
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11:30 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING AND GIS AS COUNTER-TERRORISM TOOLS: A RETROSPECTIVE CASE STUDY OF THE ZHAWAR KILI REGION OF EASTERN AFGHANISTAN
BECK, Richard, Geography, Univ of Cincinnati, 401i Braunstein Hall, Cincinnati, OH 45221, richard.beck@uc.edu, richard.beck@uc.edu
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11:45 AM
FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR GEOLOGICAL REMOTE SENSING AND GIS EDUCATION
VINCENT, Robert K. and LEVINE, Norman S., Dept. of Geology, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0218, rvincen@bgnet.bgsu.edu, rvincen@bgnet.bgsu.edu
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