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Activity

2021

• A NEW 1:24,000-SCALE BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OLD FORT 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, MCDOWELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA
  15 Geologic Maps, Geophysical Maps, 3D Geological Models, Digital Mapping Techniques, Map Derivatives, and Digital Map Preparation (Posters)
  Friday, 2 April 2021

  10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

  Syn Terra Corporation Room

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2020

• ENHANCED EROSION AND SLOPE INSTABILITY OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT ALONG FRACTURE-CONTROLLED TOPOGRAPHIC LINEAMENTS: A CASE STUDY FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
  T144 Advances in Tectonic Geomorphology: Building It up and Tearing It Down
  Wednesday, 28 October 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Meeting Rooms
• LINKING TOPOGRAPHIC LINEAMENTS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TO ACTIVE FAULTS
  Current Understanding of Intraplate Seismicity and Surface Deformation Associated with the August 9th, 2020 Mw 5.1 Earthquake Near Sparta, North Carolina
  Wednesday, 28 October 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Auditorium
• SURFACE RUPTURE FROM THE 9 AUGUST 2020, MW 5.1 SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA EARTHQUAKE AND CONNECTIONS WITH BEDROCK GEOLOGY
  Current Understanding of Intraplate Seismicity and Surface Deformation Associated with the August 9th, 2020 Mw 5.1 Earthquake Near Sparta, North Carolina
  Wednesday, 28 October 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Auditorium
• SURFACE DEFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MW 5.1 SPARTA, NC, EARTHQUAKE
  Current Understanding of Intraplate Seismicity and Surface Deformation Associated with the August 9th, 2020 Mw 5.1 Earthquake Near Sparta, North Carolina
  Wednesday, 28 October 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Auditorium
• BLOCKY BEDROCK BREAKDOWN ALONG POST-OROGENIC FRACTURES SETS: A CASE STUDY FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
  51 D5. Geomorphology & Quaternary Geology
  Sunday, 22 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Lake Thoreau
• THE SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 SUNNY DAY LANDSLIDE IN WARRENSVILLE, ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: DISASTER NARROWLY AVERTED FOLLOWING A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
  49 Geologic Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, Geophysical Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters)
  Saturday, 21 March 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D
• DEBRIS FLOWS TRIGGERED BY AUGUST 24, 2019 STORM IN THE NANTAHALA GORGE, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA; DID THE UNDERLYING BEDROCK AND THE 2016 WILDFIRES INCREASE LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY?
  49 Geologic Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, Geophysical Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters)
  Saturday, 21 March 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D
• HOW THE NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAPS LANDSLIDES IN 2020: LIDAR, DRONES, SATELLITES, AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND
  49 Geologic Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, Geophysical Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters)
  Saturday, 21 March 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D

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2019

• RELIC APPALACHIAN UPLANDS: LANDSCAPES THAT MAY HAVE EVOLVED FROM THE FRONT- AND BACK-SIDES OF RIFTING
  47 Sedimentary Systems of the Post-Alleghanian Eastern U.S. Atlantic Margin: Implications for Geologic Evolution, Resource Potential, and Carbon Sequestration
  Friday, 29 March 2019

  2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  Pinckney Room
• A NEW 1:24,000-SCALE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT MITCHELL 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, YANCEY AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA
  4 Gondwana vs. Laurentia: Terrane Accretion and Crustal Growth in the Southeastern United States (Posters)
  Thursday, 28 March 2019

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Carolina Ballroom
• A NEW 1:24,000-SCALE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SHINGLE HOLLOW 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, RUTHERFORD AND POLK COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA
  4 Gondwana vs. Laurentia: Terrane Accretion and Crustal Growth in the Southeastern United States (Posters)
  Thursday, 28 March 2019

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Carolina Ballroom

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2018

• COMMUNICATING HAZARDS AND RISK IN REACTIVE AND PROACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS: EMERGENCY LANDSLIDE RESPONSE AND LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING
  T148 Communicating Geologic Hazard and Risk: Sharing Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned
  Tuesday, 6 November 2018

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 134
• BEDROCK CONTROLS ON QUATERNARY DEBRIS DEPOSIT MORPHOLOGY, COMPOSITION AND PROCESSES: SWANNANOA MOUNTAINS, OTEEN AND BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
  32 Geomorphic Anomalies and Underlying Geologic Controls Identified from Surficial and Bedrock Mapping, Southeastern United States
  Friday, 13 April 2018

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 300 D
• A NEW 1:24,000-SCALE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE SHINGLE HOLLOW 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, RUTHERFORD AND POLK COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA
  19 Geologic Mapping from the Appalachians to the Planets (Posters)
  Thursday, 12 April 2018

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 301 DE/Henley Concourse
• A NEW 1:24,000-SCALE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE MOUNT MITCHELL 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, YANCEY AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA
  19 Geologic Mapping from the Appalachians to the Planets (Posters)
  Thursday, 12 April 2018

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 301 DE/Henley Concourse

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2017

• A NEW 1:24,000-SCALE BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTREAT 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, BUNCOMBE, MCDOWELL, AND YANCEY COUNTIES, NC
  20 Tectonics of Blue Ridge and Piedmont Terranes: Insight from Integrated Studies (Posters)
  Friday, 31 March 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  James River Ballroom
• A NEW 1:24,000-SCALE BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PEA RIDGE 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, RUTHERFORD AND POLK COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA
  20 Tectonics of Blue Ridge and Piedmont Terranes: Insight from Integrated Studies (Posters)
  Friday, 31 March 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  James River Ballroom

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2016

• HISTORICALLY DESTRUCTIVE LANDSLIDES OF THE HICKORY NUT GORGE NEAR CHIMNEY ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA
  29 Geohazards along the East Coast of the U.S. (Posters)
  Friday, 1 April 2016

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall
• A NEW BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE MONTREAT 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, BUNCOMBE, MCDOWELL, AND YANCEY COUNTIES, NC
  27 Structural Geology and Tectonics (Posters)
  Friday, 1 April 2016

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall
• A NEW 1:24,000-SCALE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PEA RIDGE 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, RUTHERFORD AND POLK COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA
  9 Evolving Perspectives on Piedmont Geology: Terrane Studies, Structural Analyses, New Mapping, and Complementary Studies (Posters)
  Thursday, 31 March 2016

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall

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2015

• OBSERVATIONS ON DEBRIS DEPOSITS IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: FERTILE GROUND FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH
  13 In Honor of Hugh H. Mills: Geomorphology and Earth Surface Processes in the Southern Appalachians: Landscape Evolution and Practical Applications II
  Thursday, 19 March 2015

  1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

  Rose
• A NEW GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OTEEN QUADRANGLE, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NC
  20 Geologic Maps, Geophysical Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters)
  Thursday, 19 March 2015

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Ballroom
• NEW BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 1:24,000-SCALE QUADRANGLE, BUNCOMBE AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES, NC
  20 Geologic Maps, Geophysical Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters)
  Thursday, 19 March 2015

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Ballroom

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2014

• THE NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY’S RESPONSE TO LANDSLIDE EVENTS IN 2012 AND 2013 IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: USING A GEODATABASE, LIDAR AND ORTHO-IMAGERY IN A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TO AUGMENT FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND MAP PRODUCTION
  13 Geohazards: Methods for Mapping, Monitoring, and Mitigating
  Thursday, 10 April 2014

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Solitude
• A NEW BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF THE LANDRUM 1:24,000-SCALE QUADRANGLE
  8 Geologic Maps, Geophysical Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters)
  Thursday, 10 April 2014

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Latham A/B/C
• NEW BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAGGY PINNACLE 1:24,000-SCALE QUADRANGLE, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NC
  8 Geologic Maps, Geophysical Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters)
  Thursday, 10 April 2014

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Latham A/B/C

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2013

• HYDRO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND STABILITY ANALYSIS OF FOUR LANDSLIDE-PRONE HILLSLOPES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  T312 Advances in Principles and Practice of Engineering Geology During the Past 50 Years
  Wednesday, 30 October 2013

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 203

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2012

• DEBRIS FLOW AND LANDSLIDE HAZARD STUDIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 2004-2012: FINDINGS, LESSONS LEARNED, AND CHALLENGES
  T138 Landslides and Debris Flows: Global Problems, Local Solutions
  Tuesday, 6 November 2012

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  207BC
• LIDAR AND GIS: TOOLS TO AUGMENT LANDSLIDE AND FAULT MAPPING IN METAMORPHIC ROCKS IN THE BLUE RIDGE GEOLOGIC PROVINCE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  T195 Insights into Geological Processes and Hazards Acquired through Recent Technological Advances
  Tuesday, 6 November 2012

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  211AB
• USING A SPATIALLY DENSE, HIGH ELEVATION RAIN GAUGE NETWORK AND A HYDROLOGIC MODEL TO ENHANCE PREDICTABILITY OF LANDSLIDES IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
  T167 Landslides and Debris Flows: Global Problems, Local Solutions (Posters)
  Tuesday, 6 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall B
• A NEW BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PISGAH FOREST QUADRANGLE, TRANSYLVANIA AND HENDERSON COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA
  T96 Geologic Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters)
  Monday, 5 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall B
• 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
  T50 Practical Applications of Environmental and Engineering Geology
  Sunday, 4 November 2012

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  211AB
• RECENT ROAD CUT ON U.S. 221 IN MCDOWELL COUNTY, NC REVEALS A NEW EXPOSURE OF THE LINVILLE FALLS FAULT
  24 Outstanding Field Trip Stops in the Carolinas and Beyond for Professionals and Teachers (Posters)
  Monday, 2 April 2012

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Grand Ballroom
• USING LIDAR AND GEOLOGIC MAPPING TO LOOK AT BRITTLE AND DUCTILE FAULT ZONES - NEW AND OLD TOOLS TO AUGMENT SITE INVESTIGATIONS
  3 Practical Applications of Engineering Geology
  Sunday, 1 April 2012

  8:00 AM - 11:40 AM

  Grand Ballroom, Salon C2
• USING LAHARZ TO MODEL POTENTIAL DEBRIS FLOW INUNDATION ZONES IN AN EMERGENCY: THE GHOST TOWN DEBRIS FLOW, MAGGIE VALLEY, N.C
  3 Practical Applications of Engineering Geology
  Sunday, 1 April 2012

  8:00 AM - 11:40 AM

  Grand Ballroom, Salon C2
• THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB: THE NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPS
  3 Practical Applications of Engineering Geology
  Sunday, 1 April 2012

  8:00 AM - 11:40 AM

  Grand Ballroom, Salon C2
• A NEW BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BREVARD QUADRANGLE, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY NC AND GREENVILLE COUNTY, SC
  8 Geologic Maps, Digital Geologic Maps and Derivatives (Posters)
  Sunday, 1 April 2012

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Grand Ballroom

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2011

• A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD STORM: THE LANDSLIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE JULY 15-16, 1916 STORM IN NORTH CAROLINA
  5 From the Mason-Dixon to the Caribbean: The Historic Development of Geology in the American South
  Thursday, 24 March 2011

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Salon C

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2009

• DEVELOPMENT, MASS MOVEMENT AND WEATHERING PROFILES: A SLOW MOVING WEATHERED ROCK SLIDE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  244 Geomorphology (Posters)
  Wednesday, 21 October 2009

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall A
• PUBLIC POLICY, RESPONSE, AND PERCEPTION: EXAMPLES FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING PROGRAM
  T92 Applications of Landslide Inventories: Creating Hazard Maps and Guiding Policy
  Monday, 19 October 2009

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  E147/148

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2008

• LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING IN WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: METHODS AND RESULTS
  3 Practical Applications of Geology in the Southeast I
  Thursday, 10 April 2008

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• ZONE OF POTENTIAL ROCK SLOPE INSTABILITY IN WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
  3 Practical Applications of Geology in the Southeast I
  Thursday, 10 April 2008

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING METHODOLOGY AND EXAMPLES FROM NORTH CAROLINA
  9 Geologic Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic Maps (Posters)
  Thursday, 10 April 2008

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
• THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF LIDAR TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LINEAMENTS, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND LANDSLIDE OCCURRENCE IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA
  3 Practical Applications of Geology in the Southeast I
  Thursday, 10 April 2008

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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2007

• LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING IN NORTH CAROLINA - GEOLOGY IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFORMED DECISION MAKING
  26 Geology in the Public Interest
  Friday, 30 March 2007

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• LIFE, DEATH AND LANDSLIDES: THE AUGUST 13-14, 1940 STORM EVENT IN WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
  26 Geology in the Public Interest
  Friday, 30 March 2007

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• DUCTILE-BRITTLE EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION ALONG THE NORTHERN DEEP RIVER RIFT BASIN TERMINATION IN THE NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT
  6 Recent Developments in Piedmont Geology and Beyond
  Thursday, 29 March 2007

  8:00 AM - 12:20 PM

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2006

• LANDSLIDE HAZARDS AND LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING IN NORTH CAROLINA
  19 Surficial Geology and Geomorphology in the Appalachians: Progress and Applications
  Thursday, 23 March 2006

  1:30 PM - 5:50 PM
• SLOPE STABILITY ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA SECTION OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
  19 Surficial Geology and Geomorphology in the Appalachians: Progress and Applications
  Thursday, 23 March 2006

  1:30 PM - 5:50 PM
• “IT RAINETH A RAINY RAIN:” A BRIEF HISTORY OF DEBRIS FLOWS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1847 TO 2004
  1 Geoscience Education and the History of Geology
  Thursday, 23 March 2006

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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2005

• PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2004 DEBRIS FLOW AT PEEKS CREEK, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
  18 Hydrology, Environmental Geology, and Geomorphology (Posters)
  Friday, 18 March 2005

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Date Unknown

• Migration to a Geospatial Database to Improve Data Management In the N.C. Geological Survey's Landslide Hazard Mapping Program
  T155 Landslide Inventories, Landslide Hazards, Databases, and Mapping: Status of Information and Progress toward a Shared Standard (Posters)