Proceedings of 62nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 10th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference (GeoHalifax 2009)

Sessions:

• M1-A Foundation Engineering I
• M1-B Landslides/Slopes Engineering I
• M1-C Soil Mechanics I
• M1-D Risk Assessment
• M1-E Regional Hydrogeology I
• M2-A Rock Mechanics I
• M2-B Reliability-Based Design
• M2-C GeoEnvironmental I - Sustainability
• M2-D Well Hydraulics
• M2-E Regional Hydrogeology II
• M3-A Transportation Geotechnique
• M3-B Marine Geotechniques/GeoHazards
• M3-C Non-textbook Soils/Waste Soils
• M3-D Covers and Liners
• M3-E Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction
• T1-A Foundation Engineering II
• T1-B Landslides/Slopes Engineering II
• T1-C Soil Mechanics II
• T1-D Radioactive Waste Management
• T1-E Groundwater Sustainability I
• T2-A Rock Mechanics II
• T2-B Instrumentation
• T2-C GeoEnvironmental II - Testing and Characterization
• T2-D Soil Mechanics and Brownfields
• T2-E Groundwater Sustainability II / Source Water Protection I
• T3-A Harbour and Shoreline Geotechniques
• T3-B GeoSynthetics/MSE
• T3-D Mine Waters
• T3-E Source Water Protection II
• W1-A Foundation Engineering III
• W1-B Landslides/Slopes Engineering III
• W1-C Soil Mechanics III
• W1-E Source Water Protection III
• W2-B Poster Session
• W2-E Field Techniques in Hydrogeology
• W3-A Cold Regions and Climate Change
• W3-B Computer Applications
• W3-C GeoEnvironmental III
• W3-E Hydrogeology of Fractured Rocks

M1-A Foundation Engineering I


1. Evolution of power plant foundations in Nova Scotia
   Chi Tsen Chen, Michel Larade, Roger Myette, Terry MacIvor
2. Reinforcement of soft soils by means of controlled modulus columns
   Marc Lauzon, Laurie Desgranges, Frédéric Massé
3. An experimental investigation of the bearing capacity of unsaturated sand using cone penetration tests
   Fathi Mohamed, Sai Vanapalli
4. Comparison of static and high strain dynamic tests on driven steel piles at several industrial sites in Alberta
   Robin Tweedie, Renato Clementino, Donald Law
5. Distribution of active earth pressure on vertical shafts
   Tatiana Tobar, Mohamed Meguid
6. Static axial load test on strain gauge instrumented concrete piles
   Baocheng Li, Tony Ruban


M1-B Landslides/Slopes Engineering I


1. Tensile crack zone consideration in stability analysis of slopes using Slide
   Li Li, Serge Ouellet
2. Slopes stabilized by retaining panels - a new dimensioning method based on 3D finite element calculations
   Chris Reinhold, Wolfram Kudla
3. Launched soil nail slope stabilization, Moosonee, Northern Ontario
   Cameran Mirza, Lorne Schnell, Wayne Morsky
4. Application of air launched soil nails to a soft soil landslide
   Jorge Antunes, Moir Haug, Fernando Antunes, Manoj Jogi
5. A comparison between the lateral deformation monitoring data and the output of the FE predicting models of soil nail walls based on case study
   Arya Assadi, Seyyed Shahaboddin Yasrobi, Nasim Nasrollahi
6. Lateral earth pressure analysis of soil-nailed walls under static conditions using finite difference method
   Alimohammad Sheikhbahaei, Amir Halabian, Hamid Hashemolhosseini


M1-C Soil Mechanics I


1. Estimation of SWCCs from grain-size distribution curves for loess soils in China
   Huang Mingbin, D G Fredlund, M D Fredlund
2. Finite element modelling of incompressible problems in geomechanics
   Dieter Stolle, Issam Jassim, Pieter Vermeer
3. An investigation of the cyclic behaviour of tailings using shaking table tests: Effect of a drainage inclusion on porewater development
   Nicolas Pépin, Michel Aubertin, Michael James
4. Settlement prediction using CPT data in the Central Okanagan Valley, Kelowna, BC
   M Cevat Catana, Michael Laws
5. Effect of temperature on the 1-D behaviour of plastic clay
   Hamid Batenipour, David Kurz, Marolo Alfaro, Jim Graham
6. A numerical study of the effects of calibration chamber boundary conditions on pressuremeter test results in sand
   Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi, Pooya Karambakhsh


M1-D Risk Assessment


1. The role of correlation length on probability of failure for Soil Liner Systems
   Todd Menzies, Gordon Fenton, Craig Lake
2. Proposed landslide risk tolerance criteria
   Michael Porter, Matthias Jakob, Kris Holm
3. Influence of anisotropy and rotation on probabilistic slope stability analysis by RFEM
   D V Griffiths, R P Schiermeyer, J Huang, G A Fenton
4. Development of Vs30 and fundamental site period maps for seismic hazard estimation in Ottawa, ON
   Heather Crow, J A Hunter, A Pugin, G R Brooks, M Pyne, D Motazedian
5. Integrating empirical and dynamic approaches on prediction of debris flow hazard zone
   Shih-Meng Hsu, C H Chao, H Y Wen, S Y Chi, C Y Ku


M1-E Regional Hydrogeology I


1. Microbial methane generation in organic-rich shales linked to Pleistocene glacial recharge: Southwestern Ontario, Canada
   Jennifer McIntosh, Stephen Osborn, Stephen Grasby
2. Groundwater flow and salinity in the Illinois Basin
   Abouzar Sadrekarimi, Kashif Muhammad
3. A proposed classification system of aquifers in Alberta
   Grant Nielsen
4. Targeting fault aquifers on Cape Breton Island 
   Fred Baechler
5. Hydrogeological investigation of stacked quaternary and late cretaceous bedrock aquifers, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
   Gypsy Fisher, Vic Levson, Diana Allen


M2-A Rock Mechanics I


1. Oedometric compression of an assemblage of crushed particles
   Vahid Abbasi, Jean-Marie Konrad
2. Geotechnical issues during construction of Athletic Centre at UNB in Fredericton, NB
   Rodney McAffee, Arun Valsangkar
3. Geotechnical properties of a weak mudstone in downtown Calgary
   Kwan Yee Lo, Silvana Micic, Thomas Lardner, Matthew Janes
4. Plugging wellbore fractures: Limit equilibrium of a Bingham drilling mud cake in a tensile crack
   Dmitry Garagash
5. Modelling progressive failure in rock-slopes
   Maria Güell i Pons, Michel Jaboyedoff


M2-B Reliability-Based Design


1. Consequence factors for use in shallow foundation reliability-based design
   Gordon Fenton, Olaide Ojomo, D V Griffiths
2. Resistance factors for design of deep foundations in undrained soils
   Mehrangiz Naghibi, Gordon Fenton
3. Effects of soil variability on settlement of a shallow foundation
   Mohamad Nazieh Jlilati
4. Limit states design calibration for geogrid pullout in reinforced soil walls
   Bingquan Huang, Richard Bathurst
5. SPT-LPT correlation with consideration of grain size effects
   Chris Daniel, John Howie


M2-C GeoEnvironmental I - Sustainability


1. Ability of the geo-environment and oceans to support the global population
   C A Coles
2. Permeability of Ottawa sand specimens containing R-11 gas hydrates
   Carlos Ordonez, Jocelyn Grozic, Wanjun Chen
3. Application of a sustainability decision support tool in site remediation
   Robert Noël-de-Tilly, Benoit Bourque
4. Sustainable remediation of contaminated sediments
   Catherine Mulligan, Masaharu Fukue, Yoshio Sato
5. Sustainable use of alternative, "non-soil" backfills for MSE walls
   Bill Brockbank, Peter Wu
6. Application of anaerobic bioreactor landfilling as an energy production alternative in developing countries
   Majid Sartaj, Mehdi Ahmadifar


M2-D Well Hydraulics


1. A general method for using recovery data for pumping tests in complex hydrogeological settings
   Christopher Neville, Garth van der Kamp
2. Some numerical experiments with the finite element method to determine the shape factors for field permeability tests
   Francois Duhaime, Robert Chapuis
3. Using a leaky swimming pool for a huge falling-head permeability test
   Robert Chapuis
4. Overcoming screen collapse in a test well
   Kent Wiezel, Gil Violette, Brett Macaulay, Terry Matheson
5. Measuring the hydraulic response due to aquifer clogging in the vicinity of municipal pumping wells
   Sylvie Marie Morton, Kerry MacQuarrie, Dennis Connor
6. Pumping a large diameter well in an unconfined aquifer: Finding the hydraulic parameters
   Robert Chapuis


M2-E Regional Hydrogeology II


1. Flow system dynamics: Isotopic tracer studies, South-Central Ontario
   Richard Gerber, Steve Holysh, Mike Doughty, Shaun Frape, Emily Henkemans, Wendy Kemp
2. Hydrogéochimie du bassin versant de la rivière Chaudière, Québec
   Nicolas Benoit, Miroslav Nastev, Daniel Blanchette, Nadine Roy
3. Mapping Cape Breton's waterscape - Approach and challenges 
   Fred Baechler, Lynn Baechler
4. Hydrogeologic characterization of Nova Scotia's groundwater regions 
   Gavin Kennedy, John Drage
5. Heterogeneity definition of a deltaic aquifer system using multiple-point statistics
   Martin Blouin, Richard Martel, Erwan Gloaguen
6. Buried valley aquifer - promising new water supply for Port Perry, Ontario
   Joanne Thompson, Beata Golas


M3-A Transportation Geotechnique


1. Effect of embedment ratio on buried pipelines subject to combined loading
   Hiva Mahdavi, Shawn Kenny, Ryan Phillips, Radu Popecsu
2. Slope stabilization efforts along Highway 744:04, Judah Hill Road, Peace River, Alberta
   Neil Kjelland, Roger Skirrow, A James Morgan, Edward Szmata
3. Effect of vegetation on the long-term stability of road and rail cuttings in glacial tills
   M McLernon, L Carse, D A B Hughes, S L Barbour, N Dixon
4. Mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls, Overlander Bridge access improvements, Kamloops
   D MacDonald, J Kerr, J Lockwood
5. Improvements in global stability, bearing capacity and settlement control using the Rammed Aggregate Pier System
   Ken Andrews, Michael Pockoski
6. Risk to linear infrastructure associated with large landslides in sensitive clay
   Pete Quinn, Jean Hutchinson, Mark Diederichs, Kerry Rowe, Tim Keegan


M3-B Marine Geotechniques/GeoHazards


1. Modelling the behaviour of pervious foundation of a dyke and its treatment with relief wells
   Mohamed Zahra, Joseph Chahde, Jacques d'Astous, Hélène Tremblay
2. Submarine debris flow impact on pipelines: Recent advances in the state-of-the-art and future outlook
   Arash Zakeri
3. Geotechnical conditions and ice loading for an offshore drilling platform in the Canadian Beaufort Sea
   Scott Martens, Arash Eshraghian, Brian Rogers
4. Finite element modeling of offshore anchor piles under mooring forces
   Mohamed Ramadan, Stephen Butt, Radu Popescu
5. Overview of gas hydrates in submarine slopes
   Jocelyn Grozic
6. Laboratory determined shear modulus values for Beaufort Sea clay
   Jade Chung, Kevin MacKillop


M3-C Non-textbook Soils/Waste Soils


1. Evaluation of the impact of pore fluid properties on the 1D consolidation behaviour of clay based sealing material
   Sumi Siddiqua, James Blatz
2. Shear strength behaviour of recycled glass-biosolids mixtures
   Mahdi Miri Disfani, Arul Arulrajah, Visvalingam Suthagaran, Myint Win Bo
3. The geotechnical testing of municipal solid waste (MSW)
   Arvid Landva, Simon Dickinson, Geoff Dickinson
4. Swell-shrink-consolidation behaviour of expansive Regina clay
   Maki Ito, Shahid Azam
5. Effect of fly ash on the hydration process in cemented paste backfill at early stages
   Dragana Simon, Murray Grabinsky
6. Physical and numerical modeling of 1-D infiltration in sand-geotextile layers
   Greg Siemens, Richard Bathurst


M3-D Covers and Liners


1. Transient hydrogeological behaviour of the LTA cover with capillary barrier effects
   A Maqsoud, B Bussière, M Mbonimpa, M Aubertin, J Zhan
2. Design and implementation of a field pilot study on using coal fly ash to prevent oxidation of reactive mine tailings
   H L Wang, J Q Shang, N Hmidi, Y Q Xu, E K Yanful
3. Utilization of coal/biomass fly ash and bentonite as a low permeability barrier for the containment of acid-generating mine tailings
   Kevin Penney, Eltayeb Mohamedelhassan, Lionel Catalan
4. Contaminant isolation by cutoff walls: Reconsideration of mass fluxes
   Christopher Neville
5. Potential use of bentonite-paste tailings mixtures as engineering barrier material for hazardous waste containment facilities: Experimental results
   Mamadou Fall, Jean Célestin, Fa Han
6. Measuring net percolation rates for waste storage facility cover systems
   Greg Meiers, Mike O'Kane, Lee Barbour


M3-E Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction


1. Quantifying groundwater discharge at various spatial and temporal scales
   Megan Henley, G Ferguson, F Baechler
2. Variability of streamflow temperature in two groundwater-fed streams, Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer, British Columbia
   Mary Ann Middleton, Diana Allen
3. Microscopic particulate analysis as a means of assessing river bank filtration in granular and fractured rock aquifers
   Craig Johnston, Lesley Veale, Tammy Middleton, Eric Hodgins
4. Échanges nappe-rivière dans la zone de recharge du Mont Covey-Hill (Québec, Canada) 
   Sylvain Gagné, M Larocque, S Pellerin
5. Quantification of groundwater discharge to two small estuaries in Prince Edward Island 
   Serban Danielescu, Kerry MacQuarrie, Russell Faux
6. Screening of groundwater contaminants discharging to urban streams
   Greg Bickerton, James Roy, John Voralek


T1-A Foundation Engineering II


1. A simple method to estimate the bearing capacity of unsaturated fine-grained soils
   Won Oh, Sai Vanapalli
2. Experimental investigation of displacement field around an uplifting anchor
   Liu Liu, Mingliang Liu, Zhende Zhu
3. Numerical investigation on the neutral plane in a negative skin friction pile
   Hongmei Gao, Jinyuan Liu, Hanlong Liu
4. Analysis of the influence of foundation compressibility on the behaviour of reinforced soil walls using PIV
   F Ezzein, R J Bathurst, W A Take
5. Lateral resistance of helical monopole bases
   Mohammed Sakr
6. Etude expérimentale sur les déplacements verticaux à l'interface d'une fondation soumise à des sollicitations dynamiques
   Faouzi Meribout, Ahmed Boumekik


T1-B Landslides/Slopes Engineering II


1. Experimental and numerical study on soil reinforcement by vetiver grass root system in bioengineering stabilization of soil slopes
   Cheng Zhou, Jie Long, Xiao-hong Chen, Jose Marcel, Bustamante Bedoya
2. Downie Slide - Interpretations of complex slope mechanics in a massive, slow moving, translational landslide
   K S Kalenchuk, D J Hutchinson, M S Diederichs
3. The magnitude and variation of pore pressures in glacial till slopes and their effect on slope stability
   L Carse, M McLernon, D A B Hughes, V Sivakumar, S L Barbour
4. Preliminary three-dimensional numerical analyses of South Peak area, Turtle Mountain, Alberta
   Marc-André Brideau, Andrea Pedrazzini, Doug Stead, Michel Jaboyedoff, Corey Froese
5. Mechanisms and kinematics of three translational slides along the North Saskatchewan River Valley, Edmonton
   K W Soe Moe, D M Cruden, C D Martin, Don Lewycky, P R Lach
6. Slope stabilization at Mt. Alberta View SE, Calgary, Alberta
   Luis Martinez, Dennis Becker, Victor Cui


T1-C Soil Mechanics II


1. A transparent medium to provide a visual interpretation of saturated/unsaturated hydraulic behaviour
   S B Peters, G A Siemens, W A Take, F Ezzein
2. Coefficient of consolidation of soils from the Mackenzie Valley, Canada
   Bhuwani Paudel, Baolin Wang
3. Site response analysis of high contrast shear wave velocity soil profiles using the generalized reflection/transmission method
   Kasgin Khaheshi Banab, Siva Sivathayalan, Dariush Motazedian
4. The Impact of the groundwater table level on the Influence zone depth - experimental analysis
   Miroslav Broucek, Pavel Kuklik
5. Modeling sand behavior using a critical state model implemented in FLAC
   Rashid Zandian, Reza Imam, Arash Azizi
6. Factors affecting sand behavior in constant deviatoric stress loading
   Reza Imam, Arash Azizi, Rashid Zandian


T1-D Radioactive Waste Management


1. Ontario Power Generation's proposed L&ILW Deep Geologic Repository: An overview of geoscientific studies
   Mark Jensen, Tom Lam, Dylan Luhowy, Jim McLay, Branko Semec, Robin Frizzell
2. Regional and site geological frameworks - proposed Deep Geologic Repository, Bruce County, Ontario
   Kenneth Raven, Sean Sterling, Steven Gaines, Andrew Wigston, Robin Frizzell
3. Hydraulic testing to characterize low permeability sedimentary formations - proposed Deep Geologic Repository, Tiverton, Ontario
   John Avis, Randall Roberts, David Chace, Nate Toll
4. Diffusive anisotropy in low-permeability Ordovician sedimentary rocks from the Michigan basin in Southwest Ontario
   Yan Xiang, Lisa Cavé, Diana Loomer, Tom Al
5. Hydrogeologic modelling in support of a proposed Deep Geologic Repository in Canada for low and intermediate level radioactive waste 
   Jonathan Sykes, Stefano Normani, Yong Yin, Eric Sykes, Mark Jensen


T1-E Groundwater Sustainability I


1. Climate effects on groundwater levels in the Bow River Basin, Alberta 
   David Toop
2. Groundwater use in the Annapolis Valley
   Colin Walker, Gavin Kennedy, John Drage
3. Groundwater withdrawal sustainability, Sydney Wellfield, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada
   Robert McCharles, Lanying Zhao
4. Pumping-induced regional land subsidence: Calibrating a flow and compaction model with remote sensors and field data
   Angus Calderhead, Richard Martel, Alfonso Rivera, René Therrien, Jaime Garfias
5. Potential impacts of climate change on aquifer recharge in Canada: Historical data versus modeling
   Christine Rivard, H Vigneault, G Carrer, M Muma, R Turcotte, C Poirier, A N Rousseau, A R Piggott, M Larocque, F Anctil, D Chaumont
6. Sustainable groundwater development in Trinidad and Tobago: Issues and challenges
   Muin Husain, Esmaeil Khazaei, Derek Brunner


T2-A Rock Mechanics II


1. Estimation of scale effects of intact rock using dilatometer tests results
   Richard Simon, Desheng Deng
2. The role of rear release surfaces, block size and lateral confinement on rock slope failure mechanisms
   Marc-André Brideau, Doug Stead
3. A method to evaluate the size of backfilled stope barricades made of waste rock
   Li Li, Serge Ouellet, Michel Aubertin
4. Characterization and numerical modelling of intermittent slope displacements and fatigue in deep-seated fractured crystalline rock slopes
   M Smithyman, E Eberhardt, O Hungr
5. Remediation of the lube land slope instability at Highland Valley Copper Mine
   Sebastien Fortin, Carl Diederichs, Rod Kostaschuk, Ganan Gananathan
6. Numerical analysis of a stone column group
   Abbas Soroush, Saeedeh Tabarsaz


T2-B Instrumentation


1. An evaluation of ShapeAccelArray (SAA) Performance for dam monitoring
   Jason Bond, Lee Danisch, John Fletcher, Phillip Gilks
2. An internal sand displacement field around a laterally loaded pile
   Jinyuan Liu, Mingliang Liu, Ranga Arachchi
3. A new matric suction sensor based on volume change
   Adedeji Dunmola, Paul Simms, Manuel Padilla
4. Sensor installation for field monitoring in expansive soils
   Shahid Azam, Yafei Hu, Rudaba Chowdhury
5. Evaluation of first mode of vibration, base fixidity, and frequency effects in resonant-column testing
   Zahid Khan, Giovanni Cascante, Hesham El-Naggar, Carlo Lai
6. Soil classification using CPTu in Fort McMurray
   Mahmoud Elbanna, Makram El Sabbagh, James Sharp


T2-C GeoEnvironmental II - Testing and Characterization


1. Effect of microwaves on solubilization of organic fraction of municipal solid waste
   Haleh Shahriari, Mostafa Warith, Kevin Kennedy
2. On the inclusion of high temperature effects in the behaviour of buffer material
   Sumi Siddiqua, H R Thomas, S C Seetharam
3. Characterization of shallow soil profiles using geophysical tests
   Paul Groves, Giovanni Cascante, Dave Dundas, P K Chatterji
4. Geophysical applications for oil sand mine tailings management
   Dan Parker, Paul Bauman
5. Characterization of oil sands naphthenic acids in oil sands process-affected waters using fluorescence technology
   Lisa Brown, Moh'd Alostaz, Ania Ulrich
6. A modified GIS-based procedure for HWTC site selection of Tehran Province
   Amir Soltanmohammadlou, Kazem Fakharian, Soroush Modabberi


T2-D Soil Mechanics and Brownfields


1. Short-term stability of an excavation in marine clay
   A Fasano, A Nikolic, J Cook, P Scott
2. Deformation performance of Waba Dam
   Tareq Salloum, Vivek Bhardwaj, Peter Hassan, Chris Cragg
3. Design guide lines in the form of peak response of piles in saturated sand
   Mohammad Talukder, Stephen Butt, Radu Popescu
4. The behavior of free flowing granular drains
   Huyen Nguyen, Moir Haug
5. The migration and monitoring of viscous NAPLs (coal tar & creosote) in the subsurface
   Richard Jackson
6. Amélioration de la représentativité lors du prélèvement d'échantillons de sols contaminés : Description d'une méthode alternative d'échantillonnage
   Jean-Philippe Boudreault, Jean-Sébastien Dubé, Mirela Sona, Éric Hardy


T2-E Groundwater Sustainability II / Source Water Protection I


1. Zone selection for floodwater spreading using DDS, RS and GIS techniques
   Mirmassoud Kheirkhah Zarkesh, A A Kolahchi, A M J Meijerink
2. Sustainable groundwater diversion near lake
   Q L Dai, T S Chau
3. Saltwater intrusion and coastal aquifer sustainability
   E C Underwood, G A Ferguson, J Drage
4. Groundwater vulnerability study - March/Nepean Formation Aquifer 
   Stephen Wilson, Anthony West, Jaime Oxtobee, Brian Stratton
5. Nitrate in well water - results from 20 years of monitoring in Nova Scotia
   John Drage, Nerissa Mulligan, Alan Tattrie, Charlie Williams
6. Incorporating local experiential knowledge and societal values in source water protection through a broader risk analysis
   Hugh Simpson, R C de Löe, D L Rudolph


T3-A Harbour and Shoreline Geotechniques


1. Vibro-replacement and dynamic compaction ground improvement for a marine container terminal berth expansion - A case history
   Nelson Beaton, Jeff Scott, Samuel Briet, Elodie Delgrange
2. The effects of wave loading on sandbag dike stability
   Ray Offman, James Blatz
3. Modeling nearshore sediment transport along the Canadian Beaufort Sea coast
   Azharul Hoque, Steven Solomon, William Perrie
4. Reservoir shorelines: A methodology for evaluating operational impacts
   Martin Lawrence, Jason Braund-Read, Bruce Musgrave
5. Micropile and low-mobility grouting foundation remediation for a coastal development in Barbados
   J P Dittrich, T G Carter, JL Carvalho, D A Bruce
6. Behaviour of loose silty sands
   Chamika Haththotuwa, Jocelyn Grozic


T3-B GeoSynthetics/MSE


1. On the 3D modelling of soil-geogrid interaction
   GadElRab Hussein, Mohamed Meguid, Yousry Mowafy
2. Vibration scattering using GeoFoam material as vibration wave barriers
   Ashref Alzawi, M Hesham El Naggar
3. Performance evaluation of a geosynthetic reinforced pile-supported highway embankment over soft clay
   D S Liyanapathirana
4. Palm leaf geosynthetics
   R W Sarsby, R Kugan
5. Geosynthetic Cellular Systems (GCS) for coastal protection
   Hossein Ghiassian, Robert Holtz


T3-D Mine Waters


1. A numerical investigation of the influence of internal structure on the unsaturated flow in a large waste rock pile
   Ihssan Dawood, Michel Aubertin
2. Design of open pit dewatering system - Minago Project, Grand Rapids, Manitoba
   Connie Romano, Willy Zawadzki, Don Chorley, Matthew Neuner, David Mchaina, Toivo Pallop, Jason Yuke
3. Mine-water leaching of nitrogen species from explosive residues
   Kevin Morin, Nora Hutt
4. Modelling water flow and transport of contaminants from mine wastes stored in open pits within fractured rock
   Farouk Ben Abdelghani, Richard Simon, Michel Aubertin, John Molson, René Therrien
5. Cesium residue leachate migration in the tailings management area of a mine site: predicted vs. actual
   Patrick Solylo, Doug Ramsey


T3-E Source Water Protection II


1. Predicting effects of agricultural beneficial management practices on water supply wells using numerical modelling
   Marcelo Sousa, David Rudolph, Brewster Conant Jr., Neil Thomson
2. City of North Battleford water well capture zone study
   Harry Rohde, Bob Stewart, John Lawrence, George Swerhone, Len Wassenaar, Darren Korber, Prabhakara Medihala, Kerry MacQuarrie, Dennis Connor, Sylvie Morton
3. GUDI wells: A challenge in developing safe drinking water supply, Republic of Tobago
   Muin Husain, Derek Brunner, Esmaeil Khazaei
4. Performance comparison of large diameter residential drinking water wells
   Paul Javor, Neil Thomson, Brent Wootton
5. Groundwater vulnerability mapping in North Eastern Alberta - preliminary results
   Ward van Proosdij, Margaret Klebek, Jon Fennel, Chris Pooley
6. Evaluation of nitrate impacts at a municipal well in an agricultural setting using mass balance modeling techniques
   C T Johnston, M Fraser, Jane Sadler-Richards, D L Rudolph, R Wootton, E Hodgins


W1-A Foundation Engineering III


1. Calculating settlement for irregularly shaped rigid foundations
   Jim Hazzard, Thamer Yacoub, Sinnathurai Vijayakumar, John Curran
2. Analyse du comportement de barrages en remblai pendant et apres leur mise en eau
   Michel Massiéra, Anna Szostak-Chrzanowski, Maciej Bazanowski, Cecilia Withaker
3. Comparison of shear-wave velocity measurements by crosshole, downhole and seismic cone penetration test methods
   Nagula Suthaker, Robin Tweedie
4. The effect of subsurface volume loss on the bearing capacity of reinforced granular material
   M Raafat Ahmed, Mohamed Meguid
5. Non-linear analysis of pullout tests on inflatable anchors in sand
   Y Liang, S D Hinchberger, T A Newson
6. A case study of ground improvement using Impact^TM Piers method
   Alireza Afkhami Aghda, Troy Issigonis


W1-B Landslides/Slopes Engineering III


1. Analysis of field performance of landslide repair using a pile wall
   CK Gräpel, AF Ruban, A Azizian, R Skirrow, E Szmata
2. No walk in the park for Discovery Parks Bldg 12 - Shoring design in slickensided silts
   Tyler Trudel, Wayne Quong
3. Analysis of a full-scale field test of rockfill columns
   Kendall Thiessen, Marolo Alfaro, James Blatz
4. Assessment of soil variability structure at McArthur Falls generating station
   Michael Van Helden, James Blatz, Kent Bannister
5. Reliability based analysis of stability in homogeneous earth dams by means of neural network and Monte Carlo simulation
   Mojtaba Heidari, Mehrzad Tahamouli Roudsari
6. Analyse de cinq cas de glissements au Liban : Causes, effets et mesures correctives
   Emile Youssef, Rouba El Dalati, Yusam Kazan, Pierre Matar


W1-C Soil Mechanics III


1. Evaluating the liquefaction potential of silty sands in a centrifuge
   Hesham Dief, David Zeng
2. A unified constitutive model for variably saturated soils including hydraulic and mechanical hystereses
   S Zargarbashi, N Khalili, M A Habte
3. Strain path controlled tests using a new hollow cylinder torsional shear apparatus
   P Logeswaran, S Sivathayalan
4. Experimental device and testing procedures to determine the hydraulic conductivity anisotropy of compacted tills
   Jean-Simon Brault, Jean-Marie Konrad
5. Small scale physical model tests evaluating the settlement of vibrated stone columns
   Jonathan Black
6. Shear wave velocity measurement of kaolin during undrained unconsolidated triaxial compression
   Jonathan Black, Samuel Stanier, Samuel Clarke


W1-E Source Water Protection III


1. The vulnerabitiy assessment of Ardabil Plain by using DRASTIC and GIS
   A A Kolahchi, Y Mirzaei, Shahid Chamran
2. Numerical modeling of the dynamics of multisource nitrate generation and transfer, PEI
   Jean-Marc Ballard, Daniel Paradis, René Lefebvre, Martine Savard
3. Stable isotopes of nitrate reveal the role of soil organic matter in mediating nitrogen transfer to groundwater with implications for climate change 
   George Somers, Martine Savard
4. Impact of surfactant solutions on conventional technologies efficiency for gasoline contaminated aquifer remediation
   Maxime Grenier, Richard Martel, Thomas Robert, Uta Gabriel, Jean-Marc Lauzon
5. Determining the influence of surface, unsaturated and saturated processes on source water protection strategies: a multi-model study
   Jon Paul Jones, Marcelo Sousa, Emil Frind, David Rudolph


W2-B Poster Session


1. Geocomposites for the improvement of long term trafficability
   Carsten Lesny, Michelle Jenkins, Tracy Tanner
2. Discrete element modeling for two-dimensional irregularly-shaped particles and effects of particles shape on mechanical behavior
   S Abedi, A A Mirghasemi
3. A case study on the dynamic-static drainage consolidation method
   Li-juan Zhang, Zhang-ming Li, K Tim Law
4. Sealing a complex flowing well in the Manitoba Interlake: A Case study of the silver flowing well
   J J Bell, R N Betcher
5. Experimental evaluation of the subgrade reaction and soil modulus profiles for granular backfills
   M GadElRab Hussein
6. Integrated application of borehole GPR and borehole imaging for geological survey
   Chuanying Wang, Sheng Zhong, K Tim Law
7. Seepage assessment of Hattian Bala landslide dam using hydrological data
   Fawad Niazi, Tayyeb Akram, Sajjad Haider
8. A methodology for evaluation of the performance of soil liners using the mechanics of saturated and unsaturated soils
   Joel Mateo, Sai Vanapalli, Mostafa Warith
9. Distinct element and finite element analyses of underground excavations in jointed rock mass
   E Evgin, Z Fu
10. Modeling the flow of oil sands process-affected water in clay till formation
    Abimbola Ojekanmi, Lisa Brown, Moh'd Alostaz, Ania Ulrich


W2-E Field Techniques in Hydrogeology


1. Using borehole flowmeter data to optimize hydraulic conductivity characterization in heterogeneous unconsolidated aquifers
   Daniel ParadisÂ
2. Étude par éléments finis de la propagation d'une onde de pression sinusoïdale dans un aquifère à nappe captive
   Marc Dufour, Robert Chapuis
3. Thermal response test with variable heat injection rates
   Jasmin Raymond, René Therrien, Louis Gosselin, René Lefebvre
4. Field and laboratory investigation in support of the application of the magnetic resonance sounding method in granular aquifers in the Grenville Province
   Julie Menier, Jean Roy, Alain Rouleau
5. Numerical simulation of observed pore-pressure changes in an aquitard due to changes of total soil moisture
   Collins Ifeanyichukwu Anochikwa, Garth van der Kamp, S Lee Barbour
6. Estimation of specific surface areas of coarse-grained materials with grain-size curves represented by two-parameter lognormal distributions 
   Mamert Mbonimpa, Michel Aubertin, R P Chapuis, A Maqsoud, B Bussière


W3-A Cold Regions and Climate Change


1. Thermal numerical modeling of transmission tower foundations in Northern Manitoba
   David Kurz, Marolo Alfaro, Kent Bannister
2. Geotechnical and cold regions aspects: the Giant Mine Remediation Project
   Fred Matich, Jean-Marie Konrad, L J Connell, W S Mitchell
3. Laboratory studies of near surface temperature and moisture conditions of permafrost soils
   Jacqueline Cormier, Baolin Wang


W3-B Computer Applications


1. Settlement prediction using the hyperbolic method and finite element analysis in the Central Okanagan Valley, Kelowna, BC
   Michael Laws, M Cevat Catana
2. Effect of penetration rate on piezocone tests in soft clay
   D S Liyanapathirana
3. Multiphase simulation of DNAPL migration for site characterization
   Richard Jackson
4. Estimation of soil distribution coefficient using artificial neural networks modelling for chromium contaminated water
   Mostafa Abolfazlzadehdoshsnbehbazari, Amin Falamaki, Ania Ulrich
5. A numerical approach for electro osmotic consolidation in soft soils
   V Jeyakanthan, C T Gnanendran, S R Lo


W3-C GeoEnvironmental III


1. Étude de l'infiltration dans un remblai hétérogène urbain
   Mwamba Tshibi-Tshiabu, Jean-Sébastien Dubé
2. New fractional hydro-geochemical model for simulating solutes transport in the soils at unsteady state
   Ihssan Dawood, Laurent Lancelot, Isam Shahrour
3. Hydrogeophysical characterization of an unconfined aquifer at the sub-watershed scale
   Christine Bélanger, Erwan Gloaguen, René Lefebvre, Bernard Giroux, Daniel Paradis, Jean-Marc Ballard, Laurie Tremblay
4. A physical model study of a horizontal riverbed filtration system design for the Montmorency River, Quebec, Canada
   Cintia Racine, René Lefebvre, Richard Martel, Claudio Paniconi
5. Compressibility of a residual soil when percolated by acidic waters
   Alexandre Knop, Lidiane da Silva Ibeiro Knop, Nilo Cesar Consoli
6. Subsurface thermal anomalies from low temperature geothermal systems
   K Watters, G Ferguson


W3-E Hydrogeology of Fractured Rocks


1. Anaerobic microbial processes in a petroleum plume in fractured rock, Northern Canada 
   Dale Van Stempvoort, John Spoelstra, Greg Bickerton, Susan Brown, John Voralek
2. Evaluation of an oxygen injection technology for in-situ hydrocarbon bioremediation in a fractured bedrock environment
   Karen Greer, J Barker, J Molson, C R Donaldson
3. Estimation of fracture transmissivities from borehole data collected in the Laxemar Area, Oskarshamn, Sweden 
   Anthony West
4. Numerical simulations of groundwater age in discretely fractured porous rock
   John Molson, E O Frind
5. Influence of fracture aperture on solute transport in porous media
   H M Nick, A Paluszny, S K Matthai, M J Blunt
6. Tetrahedral meshes to model discretely-fractured media: application to the Olkiluoto site (Finland)
   Daniela Blessent, René Therrien