GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 234
Wednesday, 13 October 2021: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 254 (Hybrid Room) (Oregon Convention Center)

T39. Engineering Geology for the Betterment of Society: Honoring the Legacy of Jerome V. De Graff

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division

 

Dennis Staley, Alan Gallegos and Christopher Pluhar, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
GEOETHICS IN ENGINEERING GEOLOGY – A TRIBUTE TO JERRY DE GRAFF
CRONIN, Vincent S., International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Rome, 00143, Italy; Geoscience Department, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76655
Handouts
  • SupplementalResources-Cronin20211013.docx (12.7 kB)
  • 1:50 PM
    RAINFALL TRIGGERING OF POST-FIRE DEBRIS FLOWS OVER A 28-YEAR PERIOD NEAR EL PORTAL, CALIFORNIA, USA
    DE GRAFF, Jerome V.1, STALEY, Dennis2, STOCK, Greg3, TAKENAKA, Kellen4, GALLEGOS, Alan4 and NEPTUNE, Chad5, (1)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, California State University, 5339 N. Orchard Street, Fresno, CA 93710, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO 80401, (3)National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA 95318, (4)USDA Forest Service, 1600 Tollhouse Road, Clovis, CA 93611, (5)Earth & Environmental, Fresno, 1874 ELLERY AVE, CLOVIS, CA 93611
    2:05 PM
    SIXTY YEARS OF POST-FIRE ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING ON NON-FEDERAL LANDS IN CALIFORNIA: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
    SHORT, William, California Geological Survey, 801 K St Ste 1324, Sacramento, CA 95814, CAFFERATA, Peter H., California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, P.O. Box 944246, Sacramento, CA 94244 and COE, Drew B.R., California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 6105 Airport Road, Redding, CA 96002
    234-4
    2:20 PM
    Withdrawn
    2:35 PM
    RAINFALL THRESHOLDS FOR POST-FIRE DEBRIS FLOW GENERATION, WESTERN SIERRA NEVADA, CA
    NEPTUNE, Chad1, DEGRAFF, Jerome1, PLUHAR, Christopher1, LANCASTER, Jeremy2 and STALEY, Dennis3, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept, California State University, Fresno, 2576 E. San Ramon Ave., Mail Stop ST-24, Fresno, CA 93740, (2)California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey, 801 K Street, MS 12-32, Sacramento, CA 95814, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CA 80225
    2:50 PM
    ASSESSMENT OF LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL PERFORMANCE AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS ON 1-9-2018 DEBRIS FLOWS, THOMAS FIRE, CALIFORNIA
    SWANSON, Brian1, LUKASHOV, Stefani2, SCHWARTZ, Jonathan3, LINDSAY, Donald4 and LANCASTER, Jeremy2, (1)California Geological Survey, 320 W. 4th Street, Suite 850, Los Angeles, CA 90013, (2)California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey, 801 K Street, MS 12-32, Sacramento, CA 95814, (3)US Forest Service, 1190 East Ojai Ave., Ojai, CA 93023, (4)California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey, 6105 Airport Rd, Redding, CA 96002
    3:05 PM
    ROCKFALL KINEMATICS FROM MASSIVE ROCK CLIFFS: OUTLIER BOULDERS AND FLYROCK FROM WHITNEY PORTAL, CALIFORNIA ROCKFALLS (Invited Presentation)
    COLLINS, Brian1, CORBETT, Skye C.1, HORTON, Elizabeth J.2 and GALLEGOS, Alan3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, P.O. Box 158, Moffett Field, CA 94035, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (3)USDA Forest Service, 1600 Tollhouse Road, Clovis, CA 93611
    3:25 PM
    FIELD RECONNAISSANCE OF GEOLOGY AND ROCK MASS QUALITY ASSOCIATED WITH LANDSLIDES AT BARRY ARM FJORD, PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA
    COE, Jeffrey1, COLLINS, Brian2 and STALEY, Dennis1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO 80401, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, P.O. Box 158, Moffett Field, CA 94035
    3:55 PM
    RESPONSES TO LANDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDE MAPPING ON THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT, POLK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, USA (Invited Presentation)
    WOOTEN, Richard1, SCHEIP, Corey M.2, HILL, Jesse3, DOUGLAS, Thomas J.4, KORTE, David M.3, CATTANACH, Bart5, BOZDOG, G. Nicholas6 and ISARD, Sierra J.7, (1)North Carolina Geological Survey (retired), Fletcher, NC 28732, (2)Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, (3)North Carolina Geological Survey, 2090 US-70, Swannanoa, NC 28788, (4)North Carolina Geological Survey (retired), Arden, NC, (5)North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC 28778; North Carolina Geological Survey, 2090 US Hwy 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778; North Carolina Geological Survey, 2090 US-70, Swannanoa, NC 28788, (6)North Carolina Geological Survey, 2090 US Hwy 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778, (7)North Carolina Geological Survey, 2090 US Hwy 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778; North Carolina Geological Survey, 2090 US-70, Swannanoa, NC 28788
    4:15 PM
    GEOTHERMAL SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS OF MONO HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
    PLUHAR, Christopher, Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept, California State University, Fresno, 2576 E. San Ramon Ave., Mail Stop ST-24, Fresno, CA 93740 and DEGRAFF, Jerome V., Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept, California State University, Fresno, 2576 E. San Ramon Ave., Mail Stop ST-24, Fresno, CA 97340
    4:30 PM
    ROCK FALL AS POTENTIAL FOR CAUSE OF THE 2013 RIM WILDFIRE CLAVEY RIVER, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
    GALLEGOS, Alan, USDA Forest Service, 1600 Tollhouse Road, Clovis, CA 93667
    4:45 PM
    CONSIDERING ENGINEERING GEOLOGY INPUT FOR PROBABILISTIC FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENTS
    KEATON, Jeffrey, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, 6001 Rickenbacker Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90040
    5:00 PM
    STABILIZATION OF A LANDSLIDE PRONE SLOPE IN LOESS SOIL WITHOUT GRADING AND WALLS
    BURNS, Scott, Portland State UnivDept Geology, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751
    5:15 PM
    TECTONIC AND GEOTECHNICAL REVIEW OF BENGAL BASIN FOR SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT IN BANGLADESH
    FAZLUL KARIM, Mir, Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB), Former, 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Apt. 3, Boxborough, MA 01719, KAYAL, Jnana Ranjan, Geological Survey of India, GSI, Kolkata, 700001, India, SHANKER, Daya, Department of Earthquake Engineering,, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee,, Uttarakhand, India, Roorkee, 700009, India, KHANDAKER, Nazrul, York College of CUNY, 9420 Guy R Brewer Blvd, AC-2F09, Jamaica, NY 11451-0001, SIKDER, Arif, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)Center for Environmental Studies (CES), 1000 W Cary St, Richmond, VA 23284-9013, RAHMAN, M. Zillur, Department of Disaster Science and Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh and HASSAN, Muhammad Qumrul, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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