T120 Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Geology and Risk Assessment in the 21st Century

Wednesday, 7 November 2001
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  DAM FAILURE IN SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
  Robert J. Carson, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
  14224 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF OIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION
  William W. Weiss, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Ronald F. Broadhead, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Robert S. Balch, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Shaochang Wo, Lasso Innovations, Dallas, TX and Tongjun Ruan, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
  17186 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ESTIMATING LANDSLIDE HAZARD ON COASTAL BLUFFS NEAR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
  Rex L. Baum, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and William J. Roberds, Golder Associates, Inc, Redmond, WA and Edwin L. Harp, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and John A. Michael, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  17781 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE ROLE OF THE GEOLOGIST IN EARTHQUAKE LOSS ESTIMATION: A CASE STUDY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
  Patricia Grossi, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA
  19791 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  DEPOSITS OF THE ~5000 Y B.P. SCIARA DEL FUOCO TSUNAMI, STROMBOLI VOLCANO, ITALY
  Lawrence H. Tanner, Bloomsburg Univ, Bloomsburg, PA and Sonia Calvari, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Catania, N/A
  20799 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  AN APPROACH FOR RAPIDLY ASSESSING RELATIVE POST-WILDFIRE DEBRIS-FLOW AND FLOOD HAZARDS FROM RECENTLY BURNED BASINS
  Susan H. Cannon, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and J. Andrew Gleason, Colorado Geol Survey, Denver, CO
  22907 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE EXPECTED EFFECT OF LOCAL SURFICIAL GEOLOGY ON THE GROUND MOTIONS OF FUTURE EARTHQUAKES IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
  John E. Ebel, Boston College, Weston, MA and Alfredo Urzua, Boston College, Weston, MA
  23680 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED PROBABILISTIC LANDSLIDE HAZARD MODELING AS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT
  William C. Haneberg, Haneberg Geoscience, Port Orchard, WA
  26937 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  IMPLICATIONS OF NATURAL LEVELS OF METALS IN SOILS TO CDC'S EXPOSURE REPORT CARD RESULTS
  Teresa S. Bowers, Gradient Corporation, Cambridge, MA
  27814 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  GET READY FOR TOP DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY
  Torben Riis, Caesar Petroleum Systems, Houston, TX and Jerry S. Blinten, Caesar Petroleum Systems, Houston, TX and Victor H. Koosh, Caesar Petroleum Systems, Houston, TX
  28018 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  RETHINKING LANDSLIDE MODELS FOR DECISIONS SUPPORT
  Scott B. Miles, U.S. Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA and David R. Montgomery, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA and David K. Keefer, U.S. Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  28142 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  A PORTFOLIO APPROACH TO EVALUATING NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION POLICIES: AN APPLICATION TO LATERAL-SPREAD GROUND FAILURE IN COASTAL CALIFORNIA
  Richard L. Bernknopf, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Laura B. Dinitz, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Sharyl J.M. Rabinovici, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Alexander M. Evans, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  28167 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  RICHARD H. JAHNS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: REALISM IN VOLCANO HAZARD ZONATION: DOES GEO-ENGINEERING HELP PROVIDE A MORE ACCURATE ASSESSMENT?
  Robert J. Watters, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV
  29477 (Technical Sessions)