Session: These Old Mountains Still Got It: Natural Hazards of the Evolving Appalachian Mountain Belt (GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Session No. 55

Sunday, 15 October 2023: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

317 / 318 (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T50. These Old Mountains Still Got It: Natural Hazards of the Evolving Appalachian Mountain Belt

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division Landslide Committee; GSA Karst Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division

Corey Scheip, Matthew Crawford, Charles Shobe and Mark Zellman, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

55-1

1:35 PM

GRAVITY, STRESS ANALYSES, AND AFTERSHOCKS OF THE 2020 M5.1 SPARTA, NC EARTHQUAKE REVEAL REACTIVATED SECONDARY FAULT SYSTEMS AT MULTIPLE SCALES

LEVANDOWSKI, Will, Tetra Tech, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

55-2

1:50 PM

UAS EVALUATION OF A 2020 DEBRIS FLOW THAT LED TO A FIERY TRAIN DERAILMENT IN PIKE COUNTY, KENTUCKY

WATTS, Chester and MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth, Department of Geology, Radford University, P.O. Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142

55-3

2:05 PM

PROLONGED INFLUENCE OF URBANIZATION ON LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY (Invited Presentation)

ROHAN, Tyler¹, SHELEF, Eitan¹ and MIRUS, Benjamin², (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, 4107 O'Hara St., Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225

55-4

2:25 PM

DOES “GEOLOGIC SETTING” HAVE A PLACE IN LANDSLIDE INVENTORIES?

BAUER, Jennifer, FUEMMELER, Stephen J., PRINCE, Philip, LATHAM, Rebecca S. and HILL, Jesse S., Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC, PO Box 5516, Asheville, NC 28813

55-5

2:40 PM

INVESTIGATING LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MODEL VARIATION FROM DISTRIBUTED OR SUBSET INVENTORY DATA, EASTERN KENTUCKY, USA

KOCH, Hudson, CRAWFORD, Matthew and DORTCH, Jason M., University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey, 228 Mining and Minerals Resources Bldg., 310 Columbia Ave, Lexington, KY 40506

55-6

2:55 PM

EVALUATING ROOT STRENGTH INDEX AS AN INDICATOR OF LANDSLIDE-PRONE SLOPES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY

SWALLOM, Meredith¹, KOCH, Hudson², DORTCH, Jason M.³ and CRAWFORD, Matthew², (1)Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg., Lexington, KY 40506, (2)University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey, 228 Mining and Minerals Resources Bldg., 310 Columbia Ave, Lexington, KY 40506, (3)Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 310 Columbia Ave, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107

55-7

3:10 PM

LIDAR, LANDSLIDES, AND THE (RAPID?) CONSUMPTION OF TRANSIENT TOPOGRAPHY IN THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT ZONE, SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS (Invited Presentation)

PRINCE, Philip, Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC, PO Box 5516, Asheville, NC 28813

3:30 PM

Break

55-8

3:45 PM

THE ISOTOPIC SIGNATURE OF LANDSLIDES: MODELING THE EFFECT OF VARYING LANDSLIDING RATES ON THE IN SITU 14C AND 10BE COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE CONCENTRATIONS

GUERRERO-LEWIN, Benjamin and HOKE, Gregory, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244

55-9

4:00 PM

USING SCHMIDT HAMMER AND TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE DATING TO UNRAVEL THE TIMING AND MECHANISMS OF ROCKFALL DEPOSITS IN THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT, NORTH CAROLINA

KHASHCHEVSKAYA, Daria¹, OWEN, Lewis¹, MORENCY, Michelle¹, FIGUEIREDO, Paula¹, WEGMANN, Karl W.¹ and SCHEIP, Corey², (1)Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, (2)BGC Engineering, Inc., Suite 300 – 600 12th Street, Golden, CO 80401

55-10

4:15 PM

UNCOVERING CENTURY OLD SECRETS FROM A CLUSTER OF LARGE LANDSLIDES TRIGGERED DURING NORTH CAROLINA’S GREAT FLOOD OF 1916

SAS, Robert¹, JURGEVICH, Jeremy², KORTE, David¹ and LANGILLE, Jackie³, (1)North Carolina Geological Survey, 2090 US HWY 70, Swannannoa, NC 28778, (2)North Carolina Geological Survey, 2090 US 70 Hwy, Swannanoa, NC 28778-8211, (3)Department of Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina - Asheville, CPO 2330, 1 University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804

55-11

4:30 PM

ACCESSING RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF INTERACTING DRIVING FORCES THAT HAVE CAUSED SMALL SLOPE FAILURES ON LA VETA PASS, COLORADO

CRAIG, Cody and LAHIRI, Chayan, Earth Science, Adams State, Alamosa, CO 81101

4:45 PM

Concluding Remarks

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