T50 Practical Applications of Environmental and Engineering Geology

Sunday, 4 November 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
211AB

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  CANADIAN BEST PRACTICE HAZARD GUIDELINES FOR PROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTISTS
  Peter Bobrowsky, Ottawa, ON and Rejean Couture, Ottawa, ON and Heather Crow, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON and David Boteler, Ottawa, ON
  205997 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  GEOSCIENCE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES - EXPERIENCES FROM CANADA IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF A COLLECTIVE GUIDELINES FRAMEWORK FOR THE GEOSCIENCE PROFESSION
  Oliver Bonham, Geoscientists Canada, Burnaby, BC
  206598 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  NON-TECHNICAL LANDSLIDE GUIDES – A TOOL FOR ADVANCING LANDSLIDE SCIENCE
  Lynn M. Highland, Denver, CO
  208254 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  SLOPE MOVEMENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON A HYDROELECTRIC PLANT IN THE CORDILLERA BLANCA REGION, PERU
  Malcolm F. Schaeffer, HDR Engineering, Inc, Charlotte, NC
  209539 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  GEOLOGIC, GEOMORPHIC AND GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF DEBRIS FLOW INITIATION SITES IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AT STUDY LOCATIONS IN BUNCOMBE, HAYWOOD, HENDERSON, JACKSON, MACON, TRANSYLVANIA AND WATAUGA COUNTIES
  Richard M. Wooten, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Thomas J. Douglas, Horseshoe, NC and Jennifer B. Bauer, Appalachian Landslide Consultants, Asheville, NC and Stephen J. Fuemmeler, Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC, Asheville, NC and Kenneth A. Gillon, Kershaw, SC and Anne Witt, Charlottesville, VA and Rebecca S. Latham, Newport News, VA
  211007 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  BUILDING ON KARST - A BRIEF HISTORY OF GATHRIGHT DAM
  Robert Cannon, Schnabel Engineering, Greensboro, NC and Marcus Kim, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA and Alex Rutledge, Schnabel Engineering, Greensboro, NC and Philip Wunderly, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA and Gerald Robblee, Schnabel Engineering, Greensboro, NC and Raymond Dridge, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA and Fred Snider, Schnabel Engineering, Greensboro, NC
  210267 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  “HOLEY GROUND” – AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SAFETY OF GATHRIGHT DAM WITH RESPECT TO SEEPAGE AND INTERNAL EROSION
  Alex Rutledge, Schnabel Engineering, Greensboro, NC and Robert Cannon, Schnabel Engineering, Greensboro, NC and Marcus Kim, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA and Philip Wunderly, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA and Raymond Dridge, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA and Fred Snider, Schnabel Engineering, Greensboro, NC and Gerald Robblee, Schnabel Engineering, Greensboro, NC
  210293 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  EXAMINING PATHWAYS FOR WATER LOSS FROM MOUNTAIN LAKE, GILES COUNTY, VA
  William L. Joyce, Blacksburg, VA, Blacksburg, VA
  212976 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  ENGINEERING WATER AND SEDIMENT DIVERSIONS ALONG THE LOWERMOST MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR COASTAL WETLAND MITIGATION EFFORTS IN LOUISIANA: NEW INSIGHTS PROVIDED BY THE 2011 MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD AND THE OPENING OF THE BONNET CARRé SPILLWAY
  Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Rice University, Houston, TX and James Best, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Urbana, IL and Christopher Brantley, Bonnet Carre Spillway Office, Norco, LA and Ronald Cash, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL and Matthew Czapiga, University of Illinois at Urbana-Ch, Urbana, IL and Praveen Kumar, 205 North Mathews Avenue # 3215 DCL, Urbana, IL and Gary Parker, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
  212680 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  NATURALLY OCCURRING ARSENIC CONTAMINATION OF LOCAL GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA, USA, AND A BIOMARKER ASSESSMENT IN EXPOSED POPULATIONS
  Brittany R. Merola, Duke University, Durham, NC and Avner Vengosh, Duke University, Durham, NC
  211492 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  A GEOCHEMICAL AND HYDROLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF COAL MINE DRAINAGE IN GLACIATED EASTERN OHIO
  Gregory L. Aaron, Kent State University, Kent, OH and E.M. Griffith, Kent State University, Kent, OH and David B. Hacker, Kent State University, Kent, OH
  210337 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  VULNERABILITY OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINE LIFE DUE TO DUPITILA AQUIFER WATER SYSTEM IN BARAPUKURIA, BANGLADESH
  Md Golam Kibria, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS and Chowdhury Quamruzzaman, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, N/A and Saugata Datta, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
  212807 (Technical Sessions)