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Session No. 207
Tuesday, 2 November 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4AB (Colorado Convention Center)

T29. Landslides, Debris Flow, and Rock Fall: Reaching New Peaks in Research and Monitoring

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; U.S. Geological Survey

 

Rex L. Baum and Brian D. Collins, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
POST-FIRE DEBRIS-FLOW MONITORING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: OBSERVATIONS FROM IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS OF 28 DEBRIS FLOW EVENTS
KEAN, Jason W. and STALEY, Dennis M., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, jwkean@usgs.gov, jwkean@usgs.gov
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2:00 PM
CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS on LANDSLIDES ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
JAKOB, Matthias, BGC Engineering Inc, 1100 Melville Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6, Canada and LAMBERT, Steven, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment Canada, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Victoria, V8W 2Y2, mjakob@bgcengineering.ca, mjakob@bgcengineering.ca
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2:20 PM
THE STATUS OF THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S LANDSLIDE INVENTORY
CRAWFORD, Matthew M., Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506 and ANDREWS Jr., William, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining & Mineral Resources Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, mcrawford@uky.edu, mcrawford@uky.edu
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2:35 PM
TESTING A RAPID, GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED LANDSLIDES
GODT, Jonathan W.1, JIBSON, Randall W.2, HEARNE, Michael G.1, WALD, David J.1, MARANO, Kristin D.1 and HARP, Edwin L.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jgodt@usgs.gov, jgodt@usgs.gov
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2:50 PM
THE 2009 RHOMBUS WALL ROCK FALLS IN YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: PROGRESSIVE FAILURE DUE TO FRACTURE PROPAGATION
STOCK, Greg M., National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA 95389, COLLINS, Brian D., U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, MARTEL, Stephen J., University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 and HARP, Edwin L., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225-0046, greg_stock@nps.gov, greg_stock@nps.gov
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3:10 PM
DECONSTRUCTING WATER-SYSTEM TRIGGERING HYPOTHESES FOR ROCK FALLS FROM GLACIER POINT, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
BORCHERS, James W., Hydrogeologist, 1315 Locust Place, Davis, CA 95618, SNYDER, James B., National Park Service (retired), Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, CA 95389, BALES, Roger C., Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California, PO Box 2039, Merced, CA 95306, SITAR, Nicholas, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley, 449 Davis Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, HARP, Edwin L., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and STOCK, Greg M., National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA 95318, jimborchers@sbcglobal.net, jimborchers@sbcglobal.net
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3:25 PM
ON HYDRAULICS OF JOINTS AND ROCK FALL INITIATION IN YOSEMITE
SITAR, Nicholas, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley, 449 Davis Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, sitar@ce.berkeley.edu, sitar@ce.berkeley.edu
 
3:40 PM
Discussion
 
3:55 PM
Break
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4:10 PM
SECONDARY EFFECTS OF LANDSLIDES IN NORTH AMERICA (UNITED STATES AND CANADA)
EVANS, Stephen G. and DELANEY, Keith B., Landslide Research Programme, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, sgevans@uwaterloo.ca, sgevans@uwaterloo.ca
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4:25 PM
LANDSLIDE DAMS: FACILITATORS OR FOILERS OF VALLEY EROSION?
O'CONNOR, Jim E., U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th, Portland, OR 97216, SAFRAN, Elizabeth, Lewis & Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR 97219, ELY, Lisa L., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926, HOUSE, P. Kyle, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557 and GRANT, Gordon E., Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331-8550, oconnor@usgs.gov, oconnor@usgs.gov
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4:45 PM
Withdrawn
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5:00 PM
PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH DESCRIBING THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF LANDSLIDES CAUSED BY THE MAY 12, 2008 WENCHUAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE
HIGHLAND, Lynn M., U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Team, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and SUN, Ping, Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, No. 11, Minzu Daxue Nanlu, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China, highland@usgs.gov, highland@usgs.gov
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5:15 PM
MODERN OIL GENERATION AND PYROLYSIS AT >800ºC FROM SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IN A LANDSLIDE OF MIOCENE SHALE, CALIFORNIA
BOLES, James R., Earth Science, University of California, Webb Hall, BLDG 526, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, MILLER, Grant F., Advanced Earth Sciences, Inc, 9307 Research Drive, Irvine, CA 92618 and WRIGHT, Thomas D., Orange County Waste and Recycling, Central Regional Landfill Operations, 300 N. Flower Street, Suite 400, Santa Ana, CA 92703, boles@geol.ucsb.edu, boles@geol.ucsb.edu
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