2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 240
Wednesday, 21 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
E147/148 (Oregon Convention Center)

T143. Debris Flows I

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Richard M. Iverson, Jonathan Godt and William Schulz, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF DEBRIS FLOWS AT CHALK CLIFFS, COLORADO: PART 1, MONITORING STATION DATA FROM A 2 JUNE 2009 EVENT
KEAN, Jason W.1, MCCOY, Scott W.2, COE, Jeffrey A.3, STALEY, Dennis M.3, TUCKER, Gregory E.2 and WASKLEWICZ, Thad.A.4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, M.S. 966, Denver, CO 80225, (4)Department of Geography, East Carolina University, A-227 Brewster Building, Greenville, NC 27858, jwkean@usgs.gov, jwkean@usgs.gov
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8:25 AM
FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF DEBRIS FLOWS AT CHALK CLIFFS, COLORADO: PART 2, CHANGES IN CHANNEL MORPHOMETRY OBTAINED FROM TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING
WASKLEWICZ, Thad.A.1, STALEY, Dennis M.2, COE, Jeffrey A.2, KEAN, Jason W.2 and MCCOY, Scott W.3, (1)Department of Geography, East Carolina University, A-227 Brewster Building, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3)CIRES & Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, wasklewiczt@ecu.edu, wasklewiczt@ecu.edu
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8:45 AM
FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF DEBRIS FLOW PROPERTIES AT THE ILLGRABEN CATCHMENT, SWITZERLAND
MCARDELL, Brian W., WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zuercherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf, CH-8903, Switzerland and GRAF, Christoph, Avalanches, Debris Flows and Rockfall, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zuercherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf, CH-8903, Switzerland, mcardell@wsl.ch, mcardell@wsl.ch
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9:05 AM
ELEMENTS OF AN IMPROVED MODEL OF DEBRIS-FLOW MOTION
IVERSON, Richard M., GEORGE, David L. and HENDERSON, Scott, Cascades Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, 1300 SE Cardinal Ct. #100, Vancouver, WA 98683, riverson@usgs.gov, riverson@usgs.gov
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9:25 AM
AN EXTENDED SHALLOW FLOW THEORY FOR NATURAL DEBRIS FLOWS
KOWALSKI, Julia, Avalanches, Debris flows and Rockfalls, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flueelastr. 11, Davos Dorf, CH-7260, Switzerland and BUGNION, Louis, Avalanches, Debris flows and Rockfalls, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Fluelastr. 11, Davos Dorf, CH-7260, kowalski@slf.ch, kowalski@slf.ch
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9:45 AM
A LOAD MODEL FOR THE DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE DEBRIS FLOW BARRIERS
WENDELER, Corinna, Geobrugg AG, Aachstrasse 11, Romanshorn, 8590, Switzerland, BARTELT, Perry, Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastr. 11, Davos, 7260, Switzerland and SHEVLIN, Tim, Geobrugg North America, LLC, Salem, OR 97302, OR 97302, corinna.wendeler@geobrugg.com, corinna.wendeler@geobrugg.com
 
10:05 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
AN EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS FOR TESTING THE PROPENSITY OF SOIL TO FLOW
MCKENNA, Jonathan P., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, M.S. 966, Denver, CO 80225-0046, SANTI, Paul, Department of Geology & Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, JEZEK, John J., Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and GARTNER, Joseph E., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, jmckenna@usgs.gov, jmckenna@usgs.gov
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10:40 AM
MEASURING VELOCITY PROFILES IN LARGE SCALE DEBRIS FLOW EXPERIMENTS
KAITNA, Roland, Earth and Planetary Science, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Vienna, Austria and DIETRICH, William, Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, roland.kaitna@boku.ac.at, roland.kaitna@boku.ac.at
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11:00 AM
BEDROCK EROSION BY DEBRIS FLOWS: EXPERIMENTS IN A LARGE ROTATING DRUM
HSU, Leslie, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Earth & Marine Sci, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, DIETRICH, William E., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 and SKLAR, Leonard S., Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, lhsu@pmc.ucsc.edu, lhsu@pmc.ucsc.edu
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11:20 AM
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHANNEL EROSION BY DEBRIS FLOWS, CENTRAL COAST RANGE, OREGON
COE, Jeffrey A. and MICHAEL, John A., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, M.S. 966, Denver, CO 80225-0046, jcoe@usgs.gov, jcoe@usgs.gov
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11:40 AM
ENTRAINMENT OF BED SEDIMENT BY DEBRIS FLOWS: LARGE-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
REID, Mark E.1, IVERSON, Richard M.2, LAHUSEN, Richard G.2, LOGAN, Matthew2, GODT, Jonathan W.3, GRISWOLD, Julia P.2, SWINFORD, Kelly J.2 and DENLINGER, Roger P.2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)Cascades Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, 1300 SE Cardinal Ct. #100, Vancouver, WA 98683, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, M.S. 966, Denver, CO 80225, mreid@usgs.gov, mreid@usgs.gov
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