T38 Geohazards and Transportation Routes

Sunday, 27 October 2002
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Presentations

• 1:00 PM
  PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATING EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS ALONG EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
  Paul M. Santi, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  38391 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:20 PM
  FROM MODELING TO MONITORING: STREAM BED SCOUR AT HIGHWAY CROSSINGS IN ALASKA
  Jeffrey S. Conaway, U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK
  40317 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:40 PM
  LANDSLIDE HAZARD ASSESSMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION FOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
  Jerry D. Higgins, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  43444 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  DERAILMENTS DUE TO LANDSLIDES AND GEOTECHNICAL FAILURE IN CANADA'S RAILWAY SYSTEM
  Stephen G. Evans, Geol Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  46202 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  GEOHAZARDS AND RAILROADS
  John F. Shroder, Univ of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
  37071 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  NEAR-REAL-TIME MONITORING PILOT PROJECT FOR REDUCING LANDSLIDE HAZARD IN THE SEATTLE-EVERETT, WASHINGTON, RAIL CORRIDOR
  Rex L. Baum, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Edwin L. Harp, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Steven R. McMullen, Shannon and Wilson, Inc, Seattle, WA and Jonathan P. McKenna, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and John D. Kibler, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  35780 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  LANDSLIDES ON THE PANAMA CANAL -- RECENT ACTIVITY IN THE GAILLARD CUT
  Maximiliano De Puy, Engineering Div, Balboa, N/A and Manuel Barrelier, Engineering Div, Balboa, N/A and Jose F. Garcia, Engineering Div, Balboa, N/A and Carlos A. Reyes, Engineering Div, Balboa, N/A and Robert L. Schuster, Golden, CO
  43167 (Technical Sessions)