Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 320ABC

Presiding:

Michael F. Sheridan , Giulio G.R. Iovine , Manuel Pastor and Marcus Bursik

1:30 PM

270-1

Earthquake Damage Assessment of Lifeline System In Wenchuan Earthquake China on May 12, 2008, M= 8.0

Aiping Tang Sr, Harbin Institute of Technology

1:45 PM

270-2

Monitoring and Modeling Active Volcanoes Using near-Continuous Fumarole Temperature Measurements

Sophie C.P. Pearson, University of South Florida; Charles B. Connor, University of South Florida; Ward E. Sanford, U.S. Geological Survey

2:00 PM

270-3

FLOWGO - a Thermo-Rheological Model for Determining the Lengths of Channelized Lava Flows

Scott K. Rowland, University of Hawai'i; Andrew J.L. Harris, University of Hawai'i; Harold Garbeil, University of Hawai'i; Robert Wright, University of Hawai'i

2:15 PM

270-4

A 1D Numerical Code to Simulate Sediment Transport in Alluvial Channels

Donatella Termini, University of Palermo

2:30 PM

270-5

The Effect of Pixel Size on Cartographic Representation of Shallow and Deep-Seated Landslide, and Its Collateral Effects on the Forecasting of Landslides by SINMAP and Multiple Logistic Regression Landslide Models

Gabriel Legorreta-Paulin, Washington State; Marcus Bursik, SUNY at Buffalo; José Lugo Hubp, Instituto de Geografía, UNAM; José Juan Zamorano Orozco, Instituto de Geografía, UNAM

2:45 PM

Break

3:00 PM

270-6

Mobility, Runout and Inundation Zone Analyses of Hazardous Gravity-Driven Volcanic Phenomena: Preliminary Results from Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica

Rodrigo del Potro, OVSICORI; Marcel Hürlimann, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC); François Robichaud, University of Sherbrooke

3:15 PM

270-7

Landslide Susceptibility and Hazard Assessment for Lined Structures: Railway Kralovany – Liptovsky Mikulas (Slovak Republic) Case Study

Martin Bednarik, Comenius University; Barbora Magulová, Comenius University; Mirko Matys, Comenius University

3:30 PM

270-8