Monday, 20 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Vancouver Convention Centre-West 213
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program

 

Dennis M. Staley, Scott F. Burns, Terry R. West and Jerry Higgins, Advocates
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1:00 PM
CALIBRATING A 2D ROCKFALL MODEL USING VIDEO FOOTAGE TO REEVALUATE ROCKFALL HAZARD IN POST EARTHQUAKE CHRISTCHURCH
RINGLER, Rebecca A., Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, rringler@oberlin.edu and VICK, Louise, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
1:15 PM
PRELIMINARY LANDSLIDE INVENTORY & SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING OF DRIFT CREEK WATERSHED, OREGON, USING LIDAR DATA
DIRRINGER, Sebastian, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall Kent State University 325 S. Lincoln St, Kent, OH 44240, sdirring@kent.edu and SHAKOOR, Abdul, Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240
1:45 PM
SLOPE STABILITY OF THE LA PAZ BASIN, BOLIVIA
ROBERTS, Nicholas J., Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, nickr@sfu.ca, HERMANNS, Reginald L., Geological Survey of Norway, Leiv Erikssons vei 39, Trondheim, NO-7491, Norway, GUZMÁN, Marco Antonio, Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Av. Villazón 1995, Monoblock Central, La Paz, Bolivia, RABUS, Bernhard, 3vGeomatics, 202-2339 Columbia Street, Vancouver, BC V5Y 3Y3, MINAYA, Estela, Observatorio San Calixto, Indaburo 944, La Paz, 12656, Bolivia, and CLAGUE, John, Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
2:00 PM
RANKING TRAILS BASED ON NATURAL HAZARDS INSTEAD OF DIFFICULTY: A CASE STUDY OF STARVED ROCK STATE PARK
ROSS, Julia K., Olivet Nazarene University, One University Ave #8215, Bourbonnais, IL 60914, jkross1@olivet.edu and REAMS, Max W., Physical Sciences, Olivet Nazarene University, One University Avenue, Bourbonnais, IL 60914
2:15 PM
FIRE HISTORY SINCE THE MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD IN THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA LOWLANDS, SOUTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
MURPHY, Sinead, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC V5N 1H6, sineadm@sfu.ca, PELLATT, Marlow G., Parks Canada, Ecological Restoration, 300 - 300 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B4, Canada, and KOHFELD, Karen E., Simon Fraser University, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Vancouver, BC V5A1S6, Canada
2:30 PM
MITIGATING PERMAFROST DEGRADATION DUE TO LINEAR DISTURBANCES IN SUB-ARCTIC PEATLANDS
MOHAMMED, Aaron A., Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, amohamme@ucalgary.ca, SCHINCARIOL, Robert A., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada, QUINTON, William L., Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada, and NAGARE, Ranjeet M., Water Business Unit, WorleyParsons Canada Services Ltd, Suite 700, 4445 Calgary Trail, Edmonton, AB T6H 5R7, Canada
 
2:45 PM
Break
3:00 PM
THE EFFECT OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ON DRILLABILITY - A STUDY LOOKING AT MECHANICAL SPECIFIC ENERGY, BINGHAM INDEX AND ALTERATION STRENGTH INDEX
WYERING, Latasha Deborah1, VILLENEUVE, Marlene C.1, and WALLIS, Irene C.2, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand, latasha.wyering@pg.canterbury.ac.nz, (2) Mighty River Power, 283 Vaughan Road, P.O. Box 3040, Rotorua, 3040, New Zealand
3:15 PM
ESTIMATING HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN AN ALLUVIAL SYSTEM IN MATLAB, BANGLADESH
ALAM, Md. Samrat, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, mdsamrat@ualberta.ca, AHMED, Kazi Matin, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, HASAN, M. Aziz, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, and HOSSAIN, Mohammed, KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden
3:30 PM
GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER CONTRIBUTION FOR A PROPOSED RESERVOIR IN GEORGE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
KILLIAN, Courtney, Geology, Mississippi State University, 21 Ace Ave Apt 106B, Starkville, MS 39759, ck695@msstate.edu, SCHMITZ, Darrel W., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, STEWART, Hannah, Geosciences, Mississippi State University, 320 Beezer Road, Starkville, MS 39759, and POUNDERS, Deborah, Columbus Middle School, 175 HW 373, Columbus, MS 39705
3:45 PM
SIMULATION OF GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEM IN ALLUVIUM AND FRACTURED WEATHERED BEDROCK ZONE;SAND LICK WATERSHED,BOONE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, USA
SAFAEI JAZI, Ramin, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, #101-10820 78 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E1P8, Canada, saafaeif@ualberta.ca and ECKSTEIN, Yoram, P.O. Box 3026, Kent, OH 44240
4:00 PM
ATTENUATION OF NITRATE AND PHOSPHATE IN UTAH LAKE WETLANDS THAT RECEIVE INPUTS FROM URBAN RUNOFF AND TREATED WASTEWATER
RANDALL, Matt and CARLING, Gregory T., Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, mattrandall3@gmail.com
4:15 PM
SYNTHESIS OF VARIOUS APATITE AND APPLICATION FOR URANIUM REMOVAL
KIM, HyunJu, CHANG, Seeun, and UM, Wooyong, Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, POSTECH, 1st LAB Bldg, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, 790-784, South Korea, hyunju1157@postech.ac.kr
4:30 PM
SEAWATER INTRUSION EFFECT ON RADIOACTIVE STRONTIUM MOBILITY
CHANG, Seeun, KIM, HyunJu, and UM, Wooyong, Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, POSTECH, 1st LAB Bldg, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, 790-784, South Korea, seeun@postech.ac.kr
4:45 PM
UTILIZING OXIDANT-DOPED GEOPOLYMERS FOR REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED RUNOFF: A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR SOURCE MANAGEMENT
COTTER, Z.M.K.1, SOLPUKER, U.1, and SCHWARTZ, F.W.2, (1) School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, Cotter.66@buckeyemail.osu.edu, (2) School Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
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