Session No. 205
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)

T72. Debris Flows

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division

 

Jason W. Kean, Brian W. McArdell and Richard M. Iverson, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
COMPENSATIONAL BEHAVIOR OF DEBRIS FLOW FANS IN SOUTHERN COLORADO
PEDERSON, Christopher A., Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, SANTI, Paul M., Dept Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and PYLES, David R., Geology and Geological Engineering--Chevron Center of Research Excellence, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, cpederso@mymail.mines.edu
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8:20 AM
FROM HAZARD TO RISK - THE MORBID ART OF QUANTIFYING DEBRIS-FLOW RISK TO LOSS OF LIFE
JAKOB, Matthias, BGC Engineering Inc, 1100 Melville Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6, Canada, mjakob@bgcengineering.ca
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8:40 AM
REPORT ON THE FIRST COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOLLOWED THE PUYEHUE ERUPTION IN JUNE 2011 AT VILLA LA ANGOSTURA, NEUQUéN, ARGENTINA
NULLO, Francisco, Buenos Aires, 1004, Argentina, RISSO, Corina, Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, 1002, Argentina and NÉMETH, Károly, Massey University, CS-INR, Massey University, CS-INR, Palmerston North, 20459, New Zealand, nullo@newphoenixsrl.com
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8:55 AM
BED-SEDIMENT ENTRAINMENT BY DEBRIS FLOWS:  JUMP CONDITIONS THAT CONSTRAIN DEPTH-INTEGRATED MODELS
IVERSON, Richard M., Cascades Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, 1300 SE Cardinal Ct. #100, Vancouver, WA 98683, riverson@usgs.gov
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9:10 AM
DEBRIS FLOWS AND CONSTRICTIONS: A COMPARISON OF HYDRAULIC THEORY AND DEBRIS FLOW OBSERVATIONS
KIEFFER, Susan W., Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 245 Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 and PETLEY, David N., Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, Durham University, Department of Geography, Lower Mountjoy, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, England, s1kieffer@gmail.com
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9:25 AM
THE EFFECTS OF CHANNEL TOPOGRAPHY AND DISCONTINUITIES ON BEDROCK EROSION BY DEBRIS FLOW
COE, Jeffrey A.1, KEAN, Jason W.2, SMITH, Joel B.3, BAUM, Rex L.1, JONES, Eric S.2 and GODT, Jonathan2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Sciences Center, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, jcoe@usgs.gov
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
IMPROVING OUR ABILITY TO PREDICT THE PROBABILITY OF DEBRIS-FLOW OCCURRENCE IN RECENTLY BURNED AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
STALEY, Dennis M.1, KEAN, Jason W.1, GARTNER, Joseph E.2 and CANNON, Susan H.3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 966, Denver, CO 80225-0046, dstaley@usgs.gov
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10:15 AM
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-LEVEL FLOOD/DEBRIS FLOW WARNING SYSTEM IN A HIGH ENERGY ENVIRONMENT
WEIRICH, Frank H., Department of Geosciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, frank-weirich@uiowa.edu
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10:30 AM
A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH TO POST-WILDFIRE DEBRIS-FLOW VOLUME MODELING
DONOVAN, Ian P., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and SANTI, Paul, Department of Geology & Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, idonovan@mymail.mines.edu
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10:45 AM
WILDFIRE-INDUCED DRY RAVEL AND DEBRIS-FLOW INITIATION IN STEEP, BEDROCK LANDSCAPES
LAMB, M.P.1, PRANCEVIC, Jeffrey P.2 and DIBIASE, Roman A.2, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, mpl@gps.caltech.edu
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11:05 AM
CHARGING THE SEDIMENT CAPACITOR: EXPLORING A MODEL FOR THE TRANSITION OF WATER RUNOFF INTO DEBRIS FLOW
KEAN, Jason W.1, MCCOY, Scott W.2, TUCKER, Gregory E.3, STALEY, Dennis M.1 and COE, Jeffrey A.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)CIRES and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, jwkean@usgs.gov
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11:20 AM
PREDICTING LOCATIONS OF POSTFIRE DEBRIS-FLOW INCISION AND DEPOSITION IN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
GARTNER, Joseph E., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, CANNON, Susan H., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 966, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and SANTI, Paul M., Dept Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, jegartner@usgs.gov
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11:35 AM
POSTFIRE DEBRIS FLOW MODELING FROM A PRE-FIRE PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
LANCASTER, Jeremy T. and SHORT, William R., California Geological Survey, 801 K Street, MS 13-40, Sacramento, CA 95814, Jeremy.Lancaster@conservation.ca.gov
 
11:50 AM
Discussion
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