28 Geology and Public Policy II

Thursday, 4 April 2002
1:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Presentations

• 1:20 PM
  THE ROLE OF A STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL HAZARDS FOR LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING
  Kenneth B. Taylor, Div of Land Rscs, Raleigh, NC and Gavin P. Smith, Div of Emergency Mgnt, Raleigh, NC
  32008 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 1:40 PM
  SOIL AMPLIFICATION MAPS FOR ESTIMATING EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS IN THE CENTRAL US
  Robert A. Bauer, Illinois State Geol Survey, Champaign, IL and John Kiefer, Kentucky Geol Survey, Lexington, KY and David Hoffman, Geological Survey and Resource Assessment Division, Rolla, MO and John Hill, Indiana Geol Survey, Bloomington, IN and Steven Cordiviola, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Wen-June Su, Illinois State Geol Survey, Champaign, IL and Norman C. Hester, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN
  31500 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 2:00 PM
  POSSIBLE QUATERNARY FAULTING BENEATH THE CITIES OF MEMPHIS AND GERMANTOWN, TENNESSEE
  Maria Soledad Velasco, Univ of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Roy Van Arsdale, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and James Harris, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
  32059 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 2:20 PM
  SEISMIC HAZARDS, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
  Zhenming Wang, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Edward W. Woolery, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and John D. Kiefer, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  30426 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 2:40 PM
  NATURAL GAS EXPLOSIONS IN HUTCHINSON, KANSAS: A CASE STUDY
  Rex C. Buchanan, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS
  31931 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 3:20 PM
  SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS AND REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES FOR CREEK JUNCTION FAILURE SITE, MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL RECREATIONAL AREA, VA
  S. T. Nicely, Radford University, Radford, VA and C. F. Watts, Radford University, Radford, VA and M. J. Woodard, Radford University, Radford, VA and D. R. Gilliam, Radford University, Radford, VA
  31863 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 3:40 PM
  ESSENTIAL MINERAL RESOURCES VERSUS THE PUBLIC'S VIEW OF QUARRIES
  Garland R. Dever Jr, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and John D. Kiefer, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  30376 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 4:00 PM
  THE ROLE OF SCIENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC POLICY ASPECTS OF MOUNTANTOP REMOVAL MINING (MRTM) IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
  Steven W. McClelland, West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV and Dawn A. Newell, WVGES/USGS-WRD Coop, Charleston, WV and Amanda G. Thomson, West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV and Larry D. Woodfork, retired West Virginia State Geologist, Morgantown, WV
  31117 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 4:20 PM
  TO SELL OR NOT TO SELL: ASSESSMENTS OF UNDISCOVERED HYDROCARBONS - AN EXAMPLE FROM BANGLADESH
  Robert C. Milici, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Craig J. Wandrey, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Peter D. Warwick, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  32111 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 4:40 PM
  CHARLES WESLEY ROLFE AND B. C. JILLSON: GEOLOGY MOVES ON AT ILLINOIS, 1882-1917
  Ralph L. Langenheim, Univ Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL and Ralph L. Langenheim, Univ Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
  30352 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)