Session: Mapping Active Surface Faults and Areas of Coastal Subsidence along the Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Technologies New and Old I (South-Central Section

Session No. 9

Saturday, 2 April 2005: 8:50 AM-12:00 PM

S1. Mapping Active Surface Faults and Areas of Coastal Subsidence along the Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Technologies New and Old I

Association of Engineering Geologists - Texas Chapter

Robert J. Traylor and Roy K. Dokka, Conveners

Paper #

Start Time

8:50 AM

Introductory Remarks

9:00 AM

IMPEDIMENTS TO UNDERSTANDING ACTIVE FAULTING ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO BASIN

TRAYLOR, Robert J., Texas Commission of Environmental Quality, PO Box 13087, MC-151, Austin, TX 78711-3087 and DOKKA, Roy K., Center for GeoInformatics and Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, rtraylor@tceq.state.tx.us, rtraylor@tceq.state.tx.us

9:30 AM

FINDING SURFACE FAULTS USING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND GEOPHYSICALLY-LOGGED BOREHOLES

NORMAN, Carl E., 12625 Memorial Drive #77, Houston, TX 77024 and HOWE, Richard G., Terrain Solutions, Inc, 1778 W. Sam Houston Parkway North, Houston, 77043, DOD895@aol.com, DOD895@aol.com

10:00 AM

Break

10:30 AM

A GEOFORENSIC APPROACH FOR IDENTIFICATION AND DATING OF FAULT AND EARTHQUAKE EVENTS: NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO

GAGLIANO, Sherwood M., sgagliano@coastalenv.com, sgagliano@coastalenv.com

11:00 AM

THE EFFECTS OF ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTING ON THE MODERN-DAY SUBSIDENCE OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA

DOKKA, Roy K., Center for GeoInformatics and Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, rkdokka@c4g.lsu.edu, rkdokka@c4g.lsu.edu

11:30 AM

Discussion

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South-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (April 1–2, 2005)

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