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

Session No. 54
Sunday, 18 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
B116 (Oregon Convention Center)

T1. Geological Mapping: Key to Successful Management of Water and Land Resources II

GSA Geology and Society Division; Association of American State Geologists; U.S. Geological Survey; British Geological Survey; GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee; International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment [IAEG]; Engineering Geology Division

 

Richard C. Berg, Holger Kessler, E. Donald McKay III, H.A.J. Russell, David R. Soller, L. Harvey Thorleifson and Linda Jacobsen, Advocates
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1:30 PM
THE USE OF GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY OF ENGLAND AND WALES
FARRELL, Rolf, Water Resources Technical Services, Environment Agency of England and Wales, Rivers House, 21 Park Square South, Leeds, LS1 2QG, United Kingdom, HART, Alwyn, Science Department, Environment Agency of England and Wales, Olton Court, 10 Warwick Rd, Solihull, B92 7HX, United Kingdom and SEYMOUR, Keith, Water Resources Technical Services, Environment Agency of England and Wales, Richard Fairclough House, Knutsford Road, Latchford, Warrington, WA4 1HT, United Kingdom, rolf.farrell@environment-agency.gov.uk, rolf.farrell@environment-agency.gov.uk
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1:45 PM
A GIS-BASED APPROACH TO MODELING THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOLOGY OF NEAR-SURFACE GLACIAL MORPHOSEQUENCES: HUNTERTOWN FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN INDIANA
LETSINGER, Sally L.1, NAYLOR, Shawn1 and OLYPHANT, Greg A.2, (1)Center for Geospatial Data Analysis, Indiana University, Indiana Geological Survey, 611 N. Walnut Grove Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, (2)Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Center for Geospatial Data Analysis, 1001 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, sletsing@indiana.edu, sletsing@indiana.edu
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2:00 PM
MAPPING CARBONATE BEDROCK SURFACES IN GLACIATED LANDSCAPES
MAUEL, Stephen W., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, MADISON, Frederick W., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705 and BRADBURY, Kenneth, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin - Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705, smauel@wisc.edu, smauel@wisc.edu
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2:15 PM
FROM 2D CROSS-SECTIONS TO A 3D HYDROGEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK MODEL: A STREAMLINED TOOLSET FOR INTEGRATED DATA MANAGEMENT, MODELING, ANALYSIS, AND VISUALIZATION
VOORHIES, Nat1, BOWEN, Scott2, BATTENHOUSE Jr, Thomas3, PORGES, Robert3 and FOX, Tad C.3, (1)SAIC, 1000 Broadway, Suite 675, Oakland, CA 94607, (2)CIV 72 ABW/CEVPE, Tinker Air Force Base, 7701 Arnold St. Suite 204, Oklahoma City, OK 73145, (3)SAIC, 8866 Commons Blvd, Twinsburg, OH 44224, voorhiesn@saic.com, voorhiesn@saic.com
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2:30 PM
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF MEAN ANNUAL AND MONTHLY RAINFALL IN SAUDI ARABIA
ALSAARAN, Nasser, Department of Geography, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2456, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia, alsaaran@ksu.edu.sa, alsaaran@ksu.edu.sa
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2:45 PM
EXTRACTING STREAMS FROM DEM USING TERRAIN OPENNESS
LUO, Wei, Department of Geography, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 and STEPINSKI, Tomasz F., Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, wluo@niu.edu, wluo@niu.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
TOWARDS ATTRIBUTED, PARAMETERISED AND FULLY INTEGRATED 3D GEOSCIENCE MODELS AND RELATED GIS DATASETS FOR LARGE URBAN REGENERATION PROJECTS IN THE UK
CAMPBELL, S. Diarmad G.1, MERRITT, Joanne E.1, MONAGHAN, Alison A.1, LOUGHLIN, Susan C.1, MANSOUR, Majdi2, O'DOCHARTAIGH, Brighid E.1, FORDYCE, Fiona M.1, ENTWISLE, David C.3, PRICE, Simon3 and ROYSE, Katherine3, (1)British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3LA, United Kingdom, (2)British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, United Kingdom, (3)British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, sdgc@bgs.ac.uk, sdgc@bgs.ac.uk
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3:30 PM
TEMPORAL VISUALIZATION WITHIN A SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC CONTEXT
PACK, Skip, Dynamic Graphics, Inc, 1015 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501, skip@dgi.com, skip@dgi.com
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3:45 PM
NONDESTRUCTIVE, MOBILE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE TECHNOLOGY FOR GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION
TOMBOKAN, Xenia and GHOSH, Supriyo, Bruker Optics Inc, 2700 N Crescent Ridge Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77381, xenia.tombokan@brukeroptics.com, xenia.tombokan@brukeroptics.com
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4:00 PM
MAPPING TO INFORM MODELING OF TURBIDITY IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS OF THE MINNESOTA BASIN
JENNINGS, Carrie E.1, BELMONT, Patrick2, BLUMENTRITT, Dylan3, DAY, Stephanie S.4, ENGSTROM, Daniel R.5, GRAN, Karen B.6, JOHNSON, Andrea L.6, LAUER, J. Wesley7, PARKER, Gary8, SCHOTTLER, Shawn9, VIPARELLI, Enrica8 and WILCOCK, Peter10, (1)Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2642 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 55114, (2)National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota, 2 Third Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, (3)Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Nation Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota 2-3rd ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, (5)St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Sci Museum of Minnesota, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047, (6)Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1114 Kirby Dr, Duluth, MN 55812, (7)Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seattle University, Engineering Building - Room 522, Seattle University, Seattle, WA 98122, (8)Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Dept. of Geology and NCED, University of Illinois, 205 N Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, (9)St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047, (10)National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, carrie@umn.edu, carrie@umn.edu
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4:15 PM
FRACTURE TRACE-STRUCTURES: KEY TO DISCOVERY AND PRESERVATION OF TOMBS, VALLEY OF KINGS AND QUEENS, EGYPT
PARIZEK, Katarin A., Department of Integrative Arts, Pennsylvania State University, 30 Borland Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 and PARIZEK, Richard R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 340 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, kap5@psu.edu, kap5@psu.edu
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4:30 PM
ITERATIVE GEOLOGICAL MAPPING AND 3D STRUCTURAL MODELING TO IDENTIFY SPATIAL INCONSISTENCIES AND CREATE ACCURATE VISUALIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS: MT. LYKAION (GREECE) SANCTUARY OF ZEUS CASE STUDY: PART 1, MAPPING
DAVIS, George H., Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson 326, Tucson, AZ 85721, REIFSCHNEIDER, Meredith A., School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona, Emil W. Haury Building, P.O. Box 210030, Tucson, AZ 85721, BORRACCINI, Francesco, Edison Spa, Foro Bonaparte, 31, Milano, 20121, Italy and SIMILOX-TOHON, Dominique, Midland Valley Exploration Ltd, 144 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2HG, United Kingdom, gdavis@email.arizona.edu, gdavis@email.arizona.edu
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4:45 PM
ITERATIVE GEOLOGICAL MAPPING AND 3D STRUCTURAL MODELING TO IDENTIFY SPATIAL INCONSISTENCIES AND CREATE ACCURATE VISUALIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS: MT. LYKAION (GREECE) SANCTUARY OF ZEUS CASE STUDY: PART 2, MODELING
SIMILOX-TOHON, Dominique1, SCHERRENBERG, Arne1, CLELLAND, Steven2 and DAVIS, George H.3, (1)Midland Valley Exploration Ltd, 144 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2HG, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Kings College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson 326, Tucson, AZ 85721, dominique@mve.com, dominique@mve.com
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