GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 225
Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 224B, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T136. Evaporite Karst in the Greater Permian Evaporite Basin of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado

GSA Karst Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental & Engineering Geology Division

 

Kenneth S. Johnson, Lewis Land and David D. Decker, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
OVERVIEW OF EVAPORITE KARST IN THE GREATER PERMIAN EVAPORITE BASIN
JOHNSON, Kenneth S., Oklahoma Geological Survey (Emeritus), 1321 Greenbriar Dr., Norman, OK 73072
1:45 PM
EVAPORITE KARST IN THE GREATER PERMIAN BASIN OF TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, AND COLORADO: AN OVERVIEW AND AN UPDATE ON USGS NATIONAL KARST MAPPING
WEARY, David J., U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center,12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192 and DOCTOR, Daniel H., U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192
2:00 PM
GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GYPSUM KARST GEOHAZARDS IN THE DELAWARE BASIN, WEST TEXAS (Invited Presentation)
STAFFORD, Kevin W., Geology, Stephen F. Austin State University, P.O. Box 13011, SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962 and BROWN, Wesley, Department of Geology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962
2:15 PM
APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES FOR GYPSUM KARST GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT IN THE GYPSUM PLAIN, WEST TEXAS
STAFFORD, Kevin W. and SHIELDS, Jessica, Geology, Stephen F. Austin State University, P.O. Box 13011, SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962
2:30 PM
AERIAL SPELEOLOGY: USING HYPERSPATIAL UAV IMAGERY TO IDENTIFY KARST RESOURCES IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
WHITEHEAD, William1, BANDY, Matthew1 and DECKER, David D.2, (1)SWCA Environmental Consultants, 5647 Jefferson St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, (2)Southwest Geophysical Consulting, LLC, 5117 Fairfax Dr. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114
2:45 PM
ORIGIN AND MANIFESTATIONS OF EVAPORITE KARST GEOHAZARDS OF THE DELAWARE BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
SHIELDS, Jessica, Geology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75961 and STAFFORD, Kevin W., Geology, Stephen F. Austin State University, P.O. Box 13011, SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962
3:00 PM
DETERMINING ANNUAL TO DECADAL SUBSIDENCE RATES AND AREAS USING AIRBORNE LIDAR, GPS, AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AT THE WINK SINKHOLES, WEST TEXAS
PAINE, Jeffrey G., ANDREWS, John R., COLLINS, Edward W., COSTARD, Lucie, AVERETT, Aaron R., SAYLAM, Kutalmis and HUPP, John R., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924
3:15 PM
WINK SINKHOLES IN TEXAS OBSERVED BY SATELLITE SAR IMAGERY
KIM, Jin Woo and LU, Zhong, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas, TX 75275
 
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
CHARACTERIZATION OF PLAYA LAKES IN THE GYPSUM KARST OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS, USA
DECKER, David D., Southwest Geophysical Consulting, LLC, 5117 Fairfax Dr. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114, LAND, Lewis A., NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and National Cave & Karst Research Institute, New Mexico Tech, 400-1 Cascades Ave, Carlsbad, NM 88220 and LUKE, Barbara, Applied Geophysics Center and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015
4:00 PM
KARST IN PERMIAN EVAPORITES AT RED BLUFF DAM ON THE PECOS RIVER IN LOVING AND REEVES COUNTIES, TEXAS
SHOEMAKER, Richard A., P.E. (Retired), 30709 Stampede Run, Buena Vista, CO 81211, JOHNSON, Kenneth S., Oklahoma Geological Survey (Emeritus), 1321 Greenbriar Dr., Norman, OK 73072, CHARLTON, John, HDR Engineering, Inc., 1670 Broadway, Suite 3400, Denver, CO 80202 and PARKER, Cris, HDR Engineering, Inc., 4401 West Gate Blvd., suite 400, Austin, TX 78745
4:15 PM
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A GROUT PROGRAM IN AN EVAPORITE-KARST FOUNDATION, RED BLUFF DAM, ORLA, TEXAS
CHARLTON, John1, BOEHM, Rollie1 and JOHNSON, Kenneth S.2, (1)HDR Engineering, Inc., 1670 Broadway, Suite 3400, Denver, CO 80202, (2)Oklahoma Geological Survey (Emeritus), 1321 Greenbriar Dr., Norman, OK 73072
4:30 PM
SINKHOLES AS TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE GEOHAZARDS IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
LAND, Lewis, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, 400-1 Cascades Ave., Carlsbad, NM 88220
4:45 PM
EVAPORITE DEPOSITION, DISSOLUTION, AND THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP)
HOLT, Robert M. and POWERS, Dennis W., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Oxford, MS 38677
5:00 PM
HIDDEN BENEATH THE SURFACE: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN SURFICIAL AND BURIED PERMIAN STRATA ARE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING EVAPORITE KARST PROCESSES IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA (Invited Presentation)
BENISON, Kathleen C.1, ANDESKIE, Anna Sofia1, KNAPP, Jonathan P.2, SCHULMEISTER, Marcia K.3 and ZAMBITO IV, James J.4, (1)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, (2)Bruker Nano Analytics, Berlin, 12489, Germany; Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, (3)Earth Science Department, Emporia State University, 1 Kellogg Circle, Emporia, KS 66801, (4)Department of Geology, Beloit College, 700 College St., Beloit, WI 53511
 
5:15 PM
Discussion of all papers
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