GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 178
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 303 (Colorado Convention Center)

Recent Advances in Engineering Geology

Deryk Jay Forster, Chair
8:00 AM
A MINERALOGICAL STUDY OF ROCK FRACTURE PATTERNS UNDER THERMAL LOADING
NICCO, Marion1, HOLLEY, E.2, KAUNDA, Rennie B.3, HARTLIEB, Philipp4, ARORA, Shrey1 and NELSON, Priscilla1, (1)Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois street, GOLDEN, CO 80401, (2)Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois Street, GOLDEN, CO 80401, (3)Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St Brown Building, Lakewood, CO 80401, (4)Department of Mining Engineering, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Franz-Josef-Strasse 18, Leoben, 8700, Austria, mnicco@mymail.mines.edu
Handouts
  • PrésentationGSA.pdf (1.7 MB)
  • 178-2
    8:30 AM
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    8:15 AM
    CLASSIFICATION OF ROCK MASSES FOR FOUNDATION ENGINEERING: A NEW SYSTEM - ROCK CONDITION NUMBER
    FORSTER, Deryk Jay, Geologique, PO Box 1550, CAPALABA, Queensland, 4157, Australia, deryk@geologique.net
    8:45 AM
    2013 RIM FIRE INVESTIGATION – ORIGIN GEOLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF ROCK FALL POTENTIAL AS CAUSE OF RIM WILDFIRE
    GALLEGOS, Alan J., USDA Forest Service, 1600 Tollhouse Road, Clovis, CA 93611, ajgallegos@fs.fed.us
    9:00 AM
    DAM-BREACH HYDROLOGY OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD OF 1889 – CHALLENGING THE FINDINGS OF THE 1891 INVESTIGATION REPORT
    COLEMAN, Neil1, WOJNO, Stephanie2 and KAKTINS, Uldis1, (1)Dept. of Energy & Earth Resources, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 450 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA 15904, (2)Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO 64468, ncoleman@pitt.edu
    9:15 AM
    VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT INDEX OF GEOMEDIA AGAINST SPILLED ACIDS
    HA, Seonjin, Dept. of Groundwater, KIGAM, Gwahak-ro 124, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34132, Korea, Republic of (South) and HYUN, Sung Pil, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, 124 Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34132, Korea, Republic of (South), sha@kigam.re.kr
    Handouts
  • 20160923 GSA VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT INDEX OF GEOMEDIA AGAINST SPILLED ACIDS.pptx (12.1 MB)
  • 178-6
    9:30 AM
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    9:45 AM
    SUSTAINABLE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTIONS INCLUDING TUNNELS FOR DHAKA CITY, BANGLADESH: A GEOLOGICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL INSIGHT
    KARIM, Mir F., Geocomp Corporation, Geotesting Express Inc., 125, Nagog Park, Acton, MA 01720, RAHMAN, Md Zillur, School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, EME 3255, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada, KAMAL, ASM Maksud, Department of Disaster Science and Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, HASSAN, Muhammad Qumrul, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh and SIDDIQUA, Sumi, School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, EME 4281, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada, mkarim@geotesting.com
    10:00 AM
    GSA ENGINEERING GEOLOGY DIVISION’S RICHARD H. JAHNS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER: THE CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING LANDSLIDE INFORMATION DURING AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE
    DE GRAFF, Jerome V., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, California State University, 5339 N. Orchard Street, Fresno, CA 93710, jdegraff@csufresno.edu
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