227 Recent Advances in Engineering Geology

Wednesday, 3 November 2010
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2AB/3AB

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  THE PREDICTION OF THE EXCESS PORE WATER PRESSURE GENERATION AND THE VERTICAL STRAIN IN DIFFERENT CYCLIC STRESS RATIO LOADINGS UNDER ANISOTROPIC UNDRAINED CONDITION
  Koray Ulamis, Ankara, N/A and Horng-Jyh Yang, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV
  180234 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:15 AM
  BATCH LEACHING TESTS VERSUS COLUMN LEACHING TESTS: WHICH METHOD IS BETTER FOR EVALUATING THE GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES?
  Anita Thapalia, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX and David M. Borrok, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA and Jose Garibay, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX and Soheil Nazarian, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
  181704 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  SIMULATING THE FIELD DISINTEGRATION BEHAVIOR OF CLAY-BEARING ROCKS
  Tej P. Gautam, Kent State University, Kent, OH and Abdul Shakoor, Kent State University, Kent, OH
  180858 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY OF THE DALLAS FLOODWAY, DALLAS, TX
  Carla Roig-Silva, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers- Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS and Richard S. Olsen, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers- Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS and Benjamin D. Haugen, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers- Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS and Ashley R. Manning, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers- Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS and Joseph B. Dunbar, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers- Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS and Danny W. Harrelson, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers- Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS and Monte L. Pearson, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers- Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
  181930 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  GEOLOGIC ASSESSMENTS OF THE LAKE MEAD AREA FOR THE BOULDER CANYON PROJECT
  J. David Rogers, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO
  179110 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  EVAPORITE-KARST PROCESSES AND ENGINEERING/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN THE UNITED STATES
  Kenneth S. Johnson, Oklahoma Geological Survey (Emeritus), Norman, OK
  176255 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  EVAPORITE KARST SUBSIDENCE HAZARDS IN COLORADO
  Jonathan L. White, Colorado Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  181174 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  BUILDING ABOVE SUBSURFACE CAVITIES – A CASE HISTORY FROM BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO
  William H. Koechlein, Koechlein Consulting Engineers, Inc, Lakewood, CO and Robert James Irish, R J Irish Consulting Engineering Geologist, Inc, Denver, CO
  178558 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  GYPSUM KARST AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN SITING WIND TURBINES IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  Kenneth S. Johnson, Oklahoma Geological Survey (Emeritus), Norman, OK and William J. Bangsund, Barr Engineering Co, Minneapolis, MN and Neal A. Hines, Barr Engineering Co, Minneapolis, MN
  179331 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTHROPOGENIC SINKHOLES IN THE DELAWARE BASIN REGION, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS
  Lewis A. Land, NM Tech, Carlsbad, NM
  178847 (Technical Sessions)