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2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 11
Sunday, 2 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T15. Characterizing Complexity in Geomechanics, Engineering Geology, and Hydrogeology

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division

 

William C. Haneberg and Edmund Medley, Advocates
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8:00 AM
PROCESSES OF FAULT DEVELOPMENT IN A LAYERED SANDSTONE AND SHALE SEQUENCE: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE MOAB FAULT, UTAH
DAVATZES, Nicholas C. and AYDIN, Atilla, Geological and Environmental Science, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, davatzes@pangea.stanford.edu, davatzes@pangea.stanford.edu
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8:15 AM
USING GEOMECHANICAL MODELING TO CONSTRAIN THE 3-D FAULT GEOMETRY WITHIN THE WESTERN MARMARA SEA, TURKEY
MULLER, Jordan R. and AYDIN, Atilla, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305, mullerj@pangea.stanford.edu, mullerj@pangea.stanford.edu
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8:30 AM
COMPACTION BANDS AS ANTICRACKS IN SANDSTONE: TAMING COMPLEXITY THROUGH INTEGRATED OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENTATION AND PROCESS-BASED SIMULATION
STERNLOF, Kurt, POLLARD, David and CHOPRA, Gaurav, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, kurtster@pangea.stanford.edu, kurtster@pangea.stanford.edu
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8:45 AM
DEFORMATION BANDS IN NONWELDED IGNIMBRITES: PETROPHYSICAL CONTROLS ON FAULT-ZONE DEFORMATION AND EVIDENCE OF PREFERENTIAL FLUID FLOW
WILSON, Jennifer E., Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, GOODWIN, Laurel B., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 and LEWIS, Claudia J., Earth & Environmental Sciences Division (EES-9), Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, jenw@nmt.edu, jenw@nmt.edu
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9:00 AM
FIELD-BASED ANALYSIS OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC CONTROLS ON FAULT-ZONE DEFORMATION PROCESSES IN POORLY LITHIFIED MATERIALS, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR HYDROLOGIC STUDIES
GOODWIN, Laurel B.1, WILSON, Jennifer E.1 and RAWLING, Geoffrey C.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (2)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, lgoodwin@nmt.edu, lgoodwin@nmt.edu
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9:20 AM
APPLYING POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIPS IN GEOTECHNICAL CHARACTERIZATION
KEATON, Jeffrey R., AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc, 1290 North Hancock Street, Suite 102, Anaheim, CA 92807-1924 and RUCKER, Michael L., AMEC Earth & Environmental, 3232 West Virginia Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009, jeff.keaton@amec.com, jeff.keaton@amec.com
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9:35 AM
STOCHASTIC MODELS OF FRACTURE NETWORKS BASED ON MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY
COOKE, Michele, Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, UNDERWOOD, Chad, Montgomery-Watson, Madison, WI, SIMO, Toni, Dept. Of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 and MULDOON, Maureen, UW-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, cooke@geo.umass.edu, cooke@geo.umass.edu
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9:55 AM
MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF 3-D BLOCK POPULATIONS TO CHARACTERIZE BOREHOLE AND OUTCROP SAMPLING BIAS
HANEBERG, William C., Haneberg Geoscience, 4434 SE Land Summit Court, Port Orchard, WA 98366, bill@haneberg.com, bill@haneberg.com
 
10:10 AM
Break
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10:25 AM
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHARACTERIZING TECTONIC MELANGE FOR TUNNELLING
BUTTON, Edward A., Institute For Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling, Graz Univ of Technology, Rechbauerstrasse 12, Grazt, A-8010, Austria, button@tugraz.at, button@tugraz.at
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10:40 AM
CONFIRMATION OF SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS OF THE UC BERKELEY STANLEY HALL REPLACEMENT PROJECT BY CONSTRUCTION FIELD OBSERVATIONS
GODWIN, William H.1, SHAFER, John Ryan2 and MULLER, Christian P.2, (1)Novato, (2)Oakland, CA, whgodwin@mactec.com, whgodwin@mactec.com
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10:55 AM
INCREASES IN SLOPE STABILITY OF ROCK/SOIL MIXTURES DUE TO TORTUOSITY OF FAILURE SURFACES AROUND ROCK BLOCKS
MEDLEY, Edmund W., Exponent Failure Analysis Association, 149 Commonwealth Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025-1133, emedley@exponent.com, emedley@exponent.com
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11:10 AM
GEOMECHANICAL MODELLING OF COMPLEX ROCK FAILURE MECHANISMS
STEAD, Douglas, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser Univ, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, COGGAN, John, Camborne School of Mines, Univ of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE, United Kingdom and EBERHARDT, Erik, Engineering Geology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), ETH Hoenggerberg, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland, dstead@sfu.ca, dstead@sfu.ca
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11:25 AM
STATE-OF-THE-PRACTICE IN CHARACTERIZATION OF LANDSLIDE PRONE TERRAIN USING REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS, GLOBAL POSITIONING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
ROGERS, J. David and JAMES, Kevin L., Department of Geological Engineering, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, 129 McNutt Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409, rogersda@umr.edu, rogersda@umr.edu
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11:45 AM
CHARACTERIZING THE LANDSLIDE HAZARD OF NORTHEASTERN KANSAS USING MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION
OHLMACHER, Gregory C., Kansas Geological Survey, Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047 and DAVIS, John C., Davis Consultants Inc, Box 353, Baldwin City, KS 66006, ohlmac@kgs.ukans.edu, ohlmac@kgs.ukans.edu
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