Session: Engineering Geology II - Landslides: Characterization, Mapping, and Monitoring

Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:00 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 310BE

Presiding:

Paul Santi and A. Keith Turner

8:00 AM

177-1

Slope Failure at Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi: There Are No Simple Jobs
Stan J. Galicki, Millsaps College

8:15 AM

177-2

Landslide in Grijalva River, México
Gustavo Arvizu Sr, COMISION FEDERAL DE ELECTRICIDAD; Moises Davila, COMISION FEDERAL DE ELECTRICIDAD; Juan Aleman, COMISION FEDERAL DE ELECTRICIDAD

8:30 AM

177-3

Initiation Zone Characterization of Massive Debris Flows on Mount Hood, Oregon, November, 2006
Rachel Pirot, Portland State University; Scott Burns, Portland State Univ; Thomas Deroo, USDA Forest Service

8:45 AM

177-4

Problematic Slope Stability Units in Colorado: Morrison, Mancos, and Pierre Formations
Paul Santi, Colorado School of Mines

9:00 AM

177-5

The Role of Overconsolidated Shales In Triggering Megalandslides In the Grand Canyon Region
J. David Rogers, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Conor Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology

9:15 AM

177-6

Shallow Landslides In the Tyee Formation of the Coast Range, Oregon
Jonathan P. McKenna, U.S. Geological Survey; Xavier Amblard, Université Paris VI, Scences de la Terre; Jacquelyn Negri; Paul Santi, Colorado School of Mines; Jeffrey A. Coe, U.S. Geological Survey; Jerry D. Higgins, Colorado School of Mines

9:30 AM

Break

9:45 AM

177-7

Susceptibility Map of Landslides Triggered by Rain in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (AMSS)
Carles Fernandez-Lavado, World Geologists; Angel Sanchez Malo, World Geologists

10:00 AM

177-8

Landslide Susceptibility Map for Shallow Landslides for the West Hills of Portland, Oregon Using GIS and Lidar
Marina Drazba, Portland State University; Scott F. Burns, Portland State University

10:15 AM

177-9

Monitoring Landslides In China: Recent Advances
Peter T. Bobrowsky, Geological Survey of Canada; Yueping Yin, Ministry of Land and Resources; Wanmo Zheng, Ministry of Land and Resources; Xiaochun Li, Ministry of Land and Resources; Vern Singhroy, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing; Réjean Couture, Geol Survey of Canada; Baolin Wang, Geological Survey of Canada

10:30 AM

177-10

Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecture: The Formation and Failure of Natural Dams
John J. Clague, Simon Fraser University

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