South-Central Section - 36th Annual Meeting (April 11-12, 2002)

Session No. 11
Friday, 12 April 2002: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Environmental/Economic Geology/Engineering/Geomicrobiology/Hydrogeology/Paleontology

 

Norbert T. Rempe and John M. Sharp, Jr, Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:50 PM
APPLICATION OF A PARTNERSHIP IN PALEONTOLOGY FOR BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
FIORILLO, Anthony R., Paleontology Dept, Dallas Museum of Nat History, P.O. Box 150349, Dallas, TX 75315, CORRICK, Donald W., Big Bend National Park, P.O. Box 129, Big Bend National Park, TX 79834, FINLAYSON, Heather and MAIN, Derek, Dallas Museum of Nat History, P.O. Box 150349, Dallas, TX 75315, fiorillo@mail.smu.edu, fiorillo@mail.smu.edu
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2:10 PM
A GOOD NEIGHBOR: DEEP GEOLOGIC WASTE ISOLATION
REMPE, Norbert T., 1403 N Country Club Cir, Carlsbad, NM 88220-4115, rempent@yahoo.com, rempent@yahoo.com
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2:30 PM
DEEP PERMEABLE STRATA GEOTHERMAL ENERGY AS A NEW ENERGY SOURCE IN THE DELAWARE AND VAL VERDE BASINS OF WEST TEXAS
SWIFT, Douglas B., Petroleum Consultant, Midland, TX 79701 and ERDLAC, Richard J., Univ of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX 79703, rcerdlac@cleansed.net, rcerdlac@cleansed.net
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2:50 PM
DETERIORATION OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES CAUSED BY INTERNAL DISTRESS MECHANISMS
PATTY, Tom S., Wiss, Janney Elstner Associates, Inc, 13581 Pond Springs Rd Ste 107, Austin, TX 78729-4423, tsp@wje.com, tsp@wje.com
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
EFFECTS OF THE EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MOJAVE DESERT
DOKKA, Roy K., Center for GeoInformatics and Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State Univ, 3222 CEBA Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and MACALUSO, Kristine Y., Minerals Mgnt Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70123-2394, rkdokka@c4g.lsu.edu, rkdokka@c4g.lsu.edu
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3:50 PM
MAPPING LAND USE CHANGES IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF SOUTH TEXAS
PAULL, Gene1, LOPEZ, Andrea1, GOVEA, Danny1, SALAZAR, Maria Isabel1 and TREMBLAY, Tom2, (1)Physical Sciences Dept, Univ of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX 78520, (2)Bureau of Economic Geology, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713, paullgj@utb1.utb.edu, paullgj@utb1.utb.edu
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4:10 PM
HYDROGEOLOGICAL TRENDS IN THE EDWARDS-TRINITY AQUIFER SYSTEM, EDWARDS PLATEAU, TEXAS
NANCE, H. Seay, Geological Sciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 and SHARP Jr, John M., Department of Geological Sciences, The Univ of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1101, Seay.Nance@beg.utexas.edu, Seay.Nance@beg.utexas.edu
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4:30 PM
REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS
SHARP Jr, John M., Department of Geological Sciences, The Univ of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1101, ULIANA, Matthew M., Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY, College at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY 12561 and MAYER, James R., Department of Geology, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, jmsharp@mail.utexas.edu, jmsharp@mail.utexas.edu
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4:50 PM
USE OF A HIGH-SHEAR STRESS MOBILE FLUME TO DETERMINE CRICITAL STESSES FOR RIO GRANDE CHANNEL SEDIMENTS
LANGFORD, Richard P.1, JEPSEN, Richard2, ROBERTS, Jessie2 and GAILANI, Joseph3, (1)Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968, (2)Soil and Sediment Transport Lab, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuqureque, NM 87185-1395, (3)Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS 39180, langford@geo.utep.edu, langford@geo.utep.edu