T93 Evaporite Karst and Engineering and Environmental Problems in the United States

Monday, 28 October 2002
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  EVAPORITE KARST PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES
  Kenneth S. Johnson, Oklahoma Geol Survey, Norman, OK
  37818 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF EVAPORITE TECTONISM, WEST-CENTRAL COLORADO
  Robert M. Kirkham, Alamosa, CO and Jonathan L. White, Denver, CO and Matthew A. Sares, Denver, CO
  39283 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  IMPACT OF SALT DISSOLUTION ON THE TRANSMISSIVITY OF THE CULEBRA DOLOMITE MEMBER OF THE RUSTLER FORMATION, DELAWARE BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
  Robert M. Holt, Univ of Mississippi, University, MS and Dennis W. Powers, Anthony, TX
  46313 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  INTEGRATED SUBSURFACE IMAGING TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING CAVITIES IN OKLAHOMA EVAPORITE KARST
  Aondover Tarhule, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Todd Halihan, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK and Thomas Dewers, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Roger Young, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Alan Witten, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
  45070 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  CORRELATING THE LOCATION OF A CAVE PASSAGE IN GYPSUM KARST TO A HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY USING A CAVE RADIO
  Scott Christenson, National Speleological Society, Edmond, OK and Curtis Hayes, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Edmond, OK and Earl Hancock, National Speleological Society, House Springs, MO and John McLean, Consulting Hydrologist, Franktown, CO
  42800 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  ENGINEERING PROBLEMS OF GYPSUM KARST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR IN THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
  Arden D. Davis, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Frank Beaver, Univ of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
  44752 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  STINK SINKS AND PERPETUAL POT HOLES: LIVING WITH GYPSITE KARST IN LARAMIE, WYOMING
  Peter Huntoon, N/A, Boulder City, NV and Todd Jarvis, MWH Americas, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT
  41690 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  A COMPOUND BRECCIA PIPE IN EVAPORITE KARST; MCCAULEY SINKS, ARIZONA
  James T. Neal, Prescott, AZ and Kenneth S. Johnson, Oklahoma Geol Survey, Norman, OK
  37927 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  THE MECHANISM OF SINKHOLE FORMATION IN GLACIAL SEDIMENTS ABOVE THE RETSOF SALT MINE
  Samuel W. Gowan, Alpha Geoscience, Clifton Park, NY and Steven M. Trader, Alpha Geoscience, Clifton Park, NY
  38767 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  GYPSUM KARST OF THE LYKINS FORMATION AND EFFECTS FOR COLORADO FRONT RANGE WATER PROJECTS; HORSETOOTH AND CARTER LAKE RESERVOIRS
  Ronald M. Pearson, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Denver, CO and Douglas R. Hurcomb
  44387 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  SEEPAGE EVALUATION OF QUAIL CREEK SOUTH DAM IN SOUTHWEST UTAH
  Michael N. Hansen, RB&G Engineering, Inc, Provo, UT
  45813 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  GYPSUM KARST IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN SITING OF A PROPOSED DAM IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
  Kenneth S. Johnson, Oklahoma Geol Survey, Norman, OK
  40278 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  THE MONEY PIT: KARST FAILURE OF ANCHOR DAM, WYOMING
  Todd Jarvis, MWH Americas, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT and Peter Huntoon, N/A, Boulder City, NV and Kathy Herbst Lindholm, Boulder, CO
  42030 (Technical Sessions)