Proceedings of 66th Canadian Geotechnical Conference; 11th joint with IAH-CNC (GeoMontréal 2013)

Sessions:

• Rock Engineering and Civil Infrastructures
• Foundations I
• Mine Site Remediation
• Engineering Geology I
• Geosynthetics - Wall Reinforcement
• Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions I
• Isotope Tracing I
• Soil and Rock Mechanics I
• Foundations II
• Mining Geotechnics I
• Engineering Geology II
• Geosynthetics - Landfills and Mining Operations
• Groundwater Management I
• Regional Aquifer Characterization I
• Soil and Rock Mechanics II
• Foundations III
• Mining Geotechnics II
• Geohazards I
• Geosynthetics - Environmental and Transportation
• Contaminated Sites and Remediation I
• Impacts of Climate Change
• Soil and Rock Mechanics III
• Foundations IV
• Mining Geotechnics III
• Geohazards II
• Geosynthetics - Drainage and Soil Filtration
• Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions II
• Isotope Tracing II
• Soil and Rock Mechanics IV
• Foundations V
• Mining Geotechnics IV
• Geoenvironment I
• Instrumentation I
• Groundwater Management II
• Regional Aquifer Characterization II
• Soil and Rock Mechanics V
• Foundations VI
• Transportation Geotechnique
• Geoenvironment II
• Contaminated Sites and Remediation II
• Mineral and Gas I
• Soil Stabilization I
• Landslides I
• Earth Walls and Dams I
• Cold Regions I
• Geoenvironmental Sustainability
• Groundwater Quality
• General Hydrogeology I
• Soil Stabilization II
• Landslides II
• Earth Walls and Dams II
• Cold Regions II
• Slope Stability
• Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions III
• General Hydrogeology II
• Soil Stabilization III
• Landslides III
• Earth Walls and Dams III
• Aging Infrastructure
• Reliability-based Design
• Regional Aquifer Characterization III
• Mineral and Gas II
• Posters - Geotechnical

Aging Infrastructure


1. Performance of buried pipes under different soil and loading conditions
   Ramy Saadeldin, Yafei Hu, Amr Henni
2. The application of polyurethane grout in roadway settlements issues
   Liang Yu, Rocky Wang, Roger Skirrow
3. An overview of infrastructure planning of sustainable buried pipelines
   Ramy Saadeldin, Amr Henni
4. Axial interaction behaviour of offshore pipelines
   M Senthilkumar, J Kodikara, P Rajeev, RJ Dilan
5. Assessing and benchmarking the construction cost of tunnels
   Andreas Benardos, Chrysothemis Paraskevopoulou, Mark Diederichs


Cold Regions I


1. Effects of post-freeze/thaw age hardening on the water stability of natural soil aggregates
   Daryl F Dagesse
2. Heat and mass transfer properties of compacted snow
   Olivier Lachance, Jean Côté, Louis Gosselin, Jean-Marie Konrad
3. Four-Year Performance of an Instrumented Highway Embankment on Degrading Permafrost
   David Flynn, Marolo Alfaro, James Graham, Jeremy Fiebelkorn
4. Évolution du pergélisol dans une digue en terre de la région du Nord-du-Québec
   Marc Lebeau, Jean-Marie Konrad, Pierre Langlois
5. Temperature monitoring and strength testing during construction of a cement bentonite slurry cut-off wall
   Joanna Lea, Michael Richardson, Brett Stephens, Robert Cameron, Steven Day
6. Simulation of shallow geothermal heat exchanger using coupled unsaturated flow / temperature modelling for varied soil profiles
   Chris Mamen, Paul Simms


Cold Regions II


1. Coastal erosion and erosion protection using geosynthetics in the Arctic, field studies in Svalbard
   Magne Wold, Jomar Finseth, Håkon Tangen, Maj Gøril Bæverfjord
2. Advanced analysis of pipe/soil interaction accounting for strain localization
   Kenton Pike, Shawn Kenny, Bipul Hawlader
3. Numerical assessment of potential thermal degradation of permafrost in Northern Canada due to open pit mining and tailings impoundment
   A Booshehrian, R Wan, G Su
4. Modelling ice rubble - Rock berm interaction
   Ryan Phillips, Ken Chi


Contaminated Sites and Remediation I


1. Thermal Enhancement of In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) for Remediation of Groundwater Impacted by Chlorinated Solvents
   Sean Bryck, Michael R West, Bernard H Kueper
2. Remediation of a DNAPL source zone using in situ Electrical Resistive Heating and Multi-phase Extraction
   Sean L Salvatori, Thomas H Grimminck
3. Conceptual model of a NAPL contaminated site: case study
   Miranda Shmanka, John Lametti, Christopher Nielsen, Kourosh Mohammadi
4. Investigation of Co-boiling Behaviour During In Situ Thermal Treatment: Experiments and Modelling
   Cindy Zhao, Kevin G Mumford, Bernard H Kueper
5. Quantitative visualization of gas dynamics during electrical resistance heating
   Paul R Hegele, Kevin G Mumford
6. The impact of censored data on determining the number of soil samples required in site characterization
   Niloofar Shoari, Jean-Sébastien Dubé


Contaminated Sites and Remediation II


1. Numerical simulation of a coupled persulfate ISCO/IBR treatment train
   Mahsa Shayan, John W Molson, Neil R Thomson, Ivan SP Marin, James F Barker
2. Dual Carbon and Hydrogen Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis to Assess the Performance of Chemical Oxidation of Hydrocarbon Compounds using Persulfate
   Felipe Marques Solano, Ramon Aravena, Massimo Marchesi, Neil Thomson
3. Restauration du site minier abandonné Aldermac : résultats préliminaires du suivi de la nappe surélevée
   Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Mamert Mbonimpa, Bruno Bussière, Jean Dionne
4. Laboratory evaluation of foams for mobility control and enhanced LNAPL recovery in heterogeneous sediment
   Mélanie Longpré-Girard, Richard Martel, Thomas Robert, René Lefebvre, Jean-Marc Lauzon
5. Laboratory investigation for on site chemical oxidation of surface soil contaminated with energetic materials in demolition ranges
   Marie-Claude Lapointe, Richard Martel, Emmanuela Diaz
6. Traitement de sols contaminés par stabilisation et solidification au ciment – Réaménagement du secteur Viau du Port de Montréal
   Jean-Philippe Boudreault, Éric Hardy, Louis D’Amours, Jean-Sébastien Dubé, Hugo Brassard


Earth Walls and Dams I


1. A Comparative Study on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Sartigan’s Dam Till
   Pierre-Alain Konrad, Jean Côté, Jean-Marie Konrad
2. Caractérisation d’assemblages de pierre avec la presse à cisaillement giratoire
   Luc Boisvert, Jean-Marie Konrad
3. Dynamic analysis of an embankment dam subjected to the El Centro earthquake
   Ali Ghandeharioon, Jean-Marie Konrad
4. Comparative response of an embankment dam during the application of different seismic signatures
   Ali Ghandeharioon, Jean-Marie Konrad
5. Application of geotechnical instrumentation in monitoring in-pit dykes performance
   KW Soe Moe, KW Biggar, S Martens, R Hoda
6. SANICLAY-B: a plasticity model for cyclic response of clays
   Gaziz Seidalinov, Mahdi Taiebat


Earth Walls and Dams II


1. Mechanically Stabilized Earth - Vegetated Steepened Slope System 96th Avenue Roadwork’s, Surrey, British Columbia
   Dan MacDonald, German Cajigas
2. Cyclic behaviour of an unsaturated compacted cohesionless till
   Vincent Castonguay, Jean-Marie Konrad
3. Cyclic behavior of high quality glacial till samples
   N Jamin, J.-M. Konrad
4. Geostatistical assessment of the hydraulic conductivity of an embankment dam
   Nicolas Venkovic, Marc Lebeau, Jean-Marie Konrad
5. Case study – Grade seperation of a railway diamond crossing of the Saint-Laurent and Deux-Montagnes subdivisions
   Véronique Lapalme, David Rodger
6. Geosynthetics reinforced MSE wall design and construction on the Southeast Stoney Trail PPP project, Calgary, AB
   Hardwin Zhanhong Zhen


Earth Walls and Dams III


1. A large oedometer cell to study assemblages of rock particles
   Vincent Cormier, Jean-Marie Konrad
2. Centrifuge testing of a rockfill dam with a thin central core
   Ibrahim Soud, Jean-Marie Konrad, Ryan Phillips
3. Behavior of LG4 dam during construction and impoundment
   Mehdi Qoreishi, Jean-Marie Konrad
4. Testing of Cyclone Sand Tailings at High Stresses
   Matthias Busslinger, Howard Plewes, Graham Parkinson
5. Numerical Analysis of the Seismic Response of an Asphalt Core Rockfill Dam to Large Magnitude North American Earthquakes
   Alain Plaisant, Michael James
6. Influence of heterogeneity on the hydro-thermal response of an embankment dam
   Tongchun Qin, Marc Lebeau, Jean-Marie Konrad


Engineering Geology I


1. Effect of Different Types of Pollutant on the Behavior of Swelling Soils
   Adel Hashem Hammam, Mohamed Ayssam Shams
2. The Reduction of Surface Settlement by Employing Umbrella Arch Systems
   J Oke, N Vlachopoulos, MS Diederichs
3. Description des caractéristiques géologiques et géophysiques des sols de Kenscoff-Mahotière (Haïti)
   BJ Jean, D Boisson, J.-F. Thimus, C Schroeder
4. Digital terrain modeling techniques for a better subsurface soil layers representation
   Alexander Mabrich
5. Etude de stabilité des blocs en porte-à-faux dans les mines souterraines : Cas de la mine d’AKKA (Anti Atlas, Maroc)
   Taha Ezzarrouk, Toufik Remmal, Rachid El Hamdouni
6. Impacts of limited spacing and persistence data on DFN modelling of rockmasses
   C Palleske, M Lato, DJ Hutchinson, D Elmo, MS Diederichs


Engineering Geology II


1. Evaluation of ground surface settlement due to excavation of NATM tunnel in soft soil and case study NIAYESH urban tunnel
   Sepehr Alijamshidi, Morteza Jiriyai Sharahi
2. Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Geochemical Model for the Assessment of Groundwater Quality due to Impacts from Geological Sequestration of CO2
   Zhenze Li, Mamadou Fall
3. Cone and ball penetration tests in Ottawa's sensitive marine clays
   N Athir, R Hache, M Fall
4. Long term behaviour in tunnelling: limitations in using creep parameters
   Chrysothemis Paraskevopoulou, Mark Diederichs
5. Archives in Geotechnical Engineering Practice
   MAB Shelbourn, MAJ (Fred) Matich
6. Examining the tensile strength and strain of clay soil using Indirect Diametrical Tensile tests and Digital Image Correlation
   BM Shannon, JK Kodikara


Foundations I


1. Euler-Bernoulli Beam on Two-Parameter Foundation Subjected to Moving Load
   Dipanjan Basu, NSV Kameswara Rao
2. Performance of Deep Foundation in Sabkha Soil
   Ahmed Alnuaim, Hesham El Naggar
3. Laboratory Measurement of the Load Reduction on Buried Structures overlain by EPS Geofoam
   M Raafat Ahmed, Mohamed Meguid, Jim Whalen
4. Compressive bearing capacity of hollow FRP piles in clay
   Juan Giraldo Velez, Mohammad Rayhani
5. Three dimensional numerical simulation to predict performance of laterally loaded piles on clay-sand layered slope
   Quoc Van Nguyen, Behzad Fatahi, Hadi Khabbaz
6. Matching modulus of subgrade reaction and elastic modulus for equal foundation settlement
   Prapote Boonsinsuk, George Chow, Siva Nadarajah


Foundations II


1. Soil-Geogrid Interaction Analysis Using A Coupled Finite-Discrete Element Method
   Viet DH Tran, Mohamed A Meguid, Luc E Chouinard
2. Investigation of a “loud bang” during caisson installation in a till deposit and/or shale bedrock with high concentrations of methane
   Hafiz Ahmad, Glenn A Wood, Vasantha Wijeyakulasuriya
3. Three dimensionnel modeling of a pile group under lateral loading using finite differences method
   L Hazzar, M Karray, Mahmoud N Hussien, M Bouassida
4. Static and seismic behavior of culverts constructed with TDA inclusion
   Dahlia Hafez, Alper Turan, Hany El Naggar
5. Steel Sheet Piling – A sustainable Answer
   Andrew Verity
6. Assistance for the calculation of settlement
   Suzanne Lacasse, Hans Petter Jostad, Corneliu Athanasiu, Jean Sébastien L'Heureux, Thomas Sandene, Zhongqiang Liu


Foundations III


1. Behaviour of TDA Backfilled Integral Abutments
   Alper Turan, Jason Weck, M Hesham El Naggar
2. Effects of installation disturbance on behavior of multi-helix anchors in sands
   Faraz Bagheri, M Hesham El Naggar
3. Predicted performance of fibre reinforced concrete slabs on grade with subgrade reinforced with geogrids
   O Hernandez, H El Naggar, PH Bischoff
4. Effects of soil-pile-structure interaction on the performance of pile group: centrifuge model tests
   Mahmoud N Hussien, Tetsuo Tobita, Susumu Iai, Mourad Karray
5. Design and Construction of Foundations for the Saint Lawrence River Bridge, A30 Montréal
   Andrew Cushing, Robert Talby, Ivan Hee, Andy Dodds, David Garcia Cueto
6. Innovative seismic resistant helical screw piles (FRP-G-HSP - fiber reinforced polymer grouted and RG-HSP reinforced grouted steel fibers novel systems)
   Yasser Abdelghany, M Hesham El Naggar


Foundations IV


1. Using GIS to Track Dam Barrier Wall Construction
   Jamey Rosen, P Geo, Rob Roff, Robert Bachus
2. A Full Scale Footing Load Test on Tropical Residual Soil
   Somasundaram Sriskandakumar, Greg Hunchuk, Adrian Wightman, Clint Logue
3. Axial capacity of drilled shafts in oil sands
   Osama Safaqa, Subba Rao Gudavalli, Hoyoung Seo
4. Ground improvement and reinforcement in seismic zones by vibrocompaction and stone columns
   Jean-Marc Debats, Claire Mollereau
5. Experimental Investigation of soil confinement impact on RC-pile nonlinearity
   Ahmed Mohammed Youssef Mohammed, Koichi Maekawa
6. Use of polymer Geogrid reinforcement in the foundations of ground supported tanks for control of differential settlement
   Sam Bhat, Jimmy Thomas, Ron Skrobutan


Foundations V


1. Contact Pressure and Stress Distribution in Piled Raft Foundation Subjected to Vertical Loading
   Ahmed Alnuaim, Hany El Naggar, Hesham El Naggar
2. Comparison of Cast-In-Place Concrete Piles and Continuous Flight Auger Piles Founded In Oil Sand
   Robin Tweedie, Renato Clementino, Nagula Suthaker
3. Effects of stress history of sand on the shaft resistance of large displacement piles
   Fabrizio Di Camillo, Rouzbeh Vakili, Adel Hanna
4. Shear modulus reduction and damping ratio of sand and gravel at small stresses
   Abouzar Sadrekarimi
5. Installation torque of helical piles in cohesionless soils
   Mohammed Sakr
6. Temporary differential consolidation compression in uniform clay beds due to variation in horizontal drainage pattern
   Hadi Omran Zaglut Tumi, Enas A AL Musrati


Foundations VI


1. The Applications and Benefits of Dynamic Testing on Piled Foundations for Uplift Designs
   David A Lee, Robert Brady, Tong Liu
2. Evaluation of strength and pre-consolidation pressure of clay deposits in Northern Alberta
   M Etezad, H Batenipour, DE Becker, S Yazdanpanah
3. Displacement and effective stresses changes underneath strip footing on stiff ground with single and double voids
   Reem Sabouni


General Hydrogeology I


1. Detecting preferential seepage along casings installed in fractured rock aquifers
   Sandra K Richard, Romain Chesnaux, Alain Rouleau
2. Challenges Applying Calibration-Constrained Subspace Monte Carlo Methodology to Uncertainty Assessments
   Louis-Charles Boutin
3. Using vertical head profiles to constrain the geostatistical representation of heterogeneity in a shallow granular aquifer
   Patrick Brunet, Daniel Paradis, René Lefebvre, Erwan Gloaguen
4. Essai de perméabilité à niveau variable entre les étapes de consolidation œdométrique: résultats expérimentaux et modélisation numérique
   Marion Perez, François Duhaime, Robert P Chapuis
5. Measuring pore pressure change in the Lachenaie clay deposit, Quebec
   Vahid Marefat, François Duhaime, Robert P Chapuis
6. Simulation of horizontal well depressurization - MODFLOW versus FEFLOW
   Karl P Lawrence, Willy Zawadzki, Ashley Mathai, Jeff Randall, Rob McLaren, Michel Mailloux


General Hydrogeology II


1. Effet de l'anisotropie et de l'hétérogénéité sur le calcul du temps de transfert
   Djaouida Chenaf, Sarah Boukemidja, Ahmed Kettab
2. The Engineer’s Continuum Mechanics versus Force Potential: an excursion into the physics of subsurface flow
   K Udo Weyer
3. Is groundwater “recharge” a useful concept?
   Garth van der Kamp, Andrew Ireson, Alan Barr
4. Physical meaurements of groundwater contributions to a large lake
   Nicole Pyett, Craig Nichol
5. Estimating recharge from observation well hydrographs combined with meteorological data
   Jean-Sébastien Gosselin, Christine Rivard, Richard Martel, Claudio Paniconi, René Lefebvre
6. Thoughts on groundwater level variations in Southern Ontario
   Mezmure Haile-Meskale, Steve Holysh


Geoenvironment I


1. Non-uniform distribution of biogas under a biocover due to capillary barrier effect: case studies
   Philippe Tétreault, Alexandre R Cabral, Amir M Abdolahzadeh
2. Effect of the Resuspension of Contaminated Sediment on Distribution of the Heavy Metals in Water and Suspended Particulate Matter
   Mehdi Pourabadehei, Catherine N Mulligan
3. Complex permittivity of lead contaminated soil
   Samer Al Martini, Julie Q Shang
4. Evaluating the use of biosurfactants in the removal of arsenic from mine tailings
   Fereshteh Arab, Catherine N Mulligan
5. Experimental studies on coupled mechanical and chemobiological (MC-B) processes in compost biocover
   Afshin Khoshand, Mamadou Fall
6. Coupled thermal hydraulic and mechanical (THM) evolution of compost materials in column
   Tariq M Bajwa, M Fall


Geoenvironment II


1. CO2 consumption test for the quantification of the mineral carbonation potential of mine waste rock
   Akué Sylvette Awoh, Benoît Plante, Bruno Bussière, Mamert Mbonimpa
2. Effect of daily thermal cycles on hydraulic performance of compacted clay liners
   AA Aldaeef, MT Rayhani
3. The residual-state condition and the permeability function
   N Ebrahimi-Birang, DG Fredlund
4. Consolidation and Hydraulic Conductivity of Oil Sands Mature Fine Tailings Dewatered by using Super Absorbent Polymer
   A Farkish, M Fall
5. Methodological development for the estimation of bentonite content in rock-bentonite blends
   O Peyronnard, J Knidiri, B Bussière, H Bouzahzah
6. Occurrence and mobilization of uranium in groundwater in Nova Scotia
   John Drage, Gavin W Kennedy


Geoenvironmental Sustainability


1. A Brief Overview of Sustainability and its Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering
   Dipanjan Basu
2. Attenuation of ground vibrations due to vibratory pile driving using EPS geofoam wave barriers
   SD Ekanayake, DS Liyanapathirana, CJ Leo
3. Generating Meaningful and Easy-To-Interpret Sustainability Data to Support Decision Making: A Method and A Case Study
   Matt Vanderkooy, Gary Wealthall, Michaye McMaster, John Vidumsky
4. Performance and Time-Dependent Compression Behavior of Highway Fill Material Constructed Using Tire Derived Aggregate
   Daniel Meles, Alireza Bayat, Somayeh Nassiri, Roger Skirrow
5. Investigation of Natural Fibres Reinforced Cemented Paste Backfill (NFR-CPB)
   Babak Koohestani, Tikou Belem, Ahmed Koubaa, Bruno Bussière
6. Investigation of Traction and Deicing Properties of Used Coffee Grounds
   Alexander Kramer, Haley Vermes, Adam F Sevi


Geohazards I


1. Geotechnical behaviour and properties of selected soils from a semi-arid zone
   M Dafalla, A Al Mahbashi, M Abbas, M Abdalfattah, M Al-Shamrani, A Nimnim
2. Behaviour of walls and frames on expansive soils
   M Dafalla, M Al-Shamrani
3. A hypothetical geomechanics model for the assessment of potential environmental impact of shale gas fracking – Part II: implication for induced seismicity
   Baolin Wang
4. Low strain measurement of shear modulus with resonant column and bender element tests – Frequency effects
   Hassan Ali, Syed Bijan Mahbaz, Giovanni Cascante, Murray Garbinsky
5. Carte morphostructurale et mouvements de terrain le long de la façade maritime de Charlevoix : intégration des levés LiDAR, interférométriques et mult
   J Locat, A Fontaine, D Turmel, F Noël, P Lajeunesse, G Joyal
6. Application des outils RockyFor3D et Rockfall Analyst à une analyse préliminaire de chutes de blocs dans Charlevoix, Québec
   F Noël, D Turmel, J Locat


Geohazards II


1. Effect of underground cavities on surface waves: 3D – Numerical modeling
   Hassan Ali, Giovanni Cascante, Ali Nasseri-Moghaddam, Rob Harrap
2. A critical appraisal of some r_d relationships for liquefaction analyses in Eastern Canada with the simplified procedure
   Didier Perret, Priscilla Desgagnés, Sophie Pelletier
3. Using Hazus for geohazard risk assessment in Canada
   Miroslav Nastev
4. Le logiciel Flow-R comme outil d’analyse du danger coulées de débris le long de la façade maritime de Charlevoix, Québec
   A Fontaine, J Locat, F Noël, D Turmel
5. The 2007 Chehalis Lake landslide, British Columbia: A landslide-generated surge wave (tsunami) with implications for dam safety
   Martin S Lawrence, Nicholas J Roberts, John J Clague
6. Statistical analysis of rainfall-triggered landslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh
   Imteaz Ferdoush Bhuiyan, Shahid Azam


Geosynthetics - Drainage and Soil Filtration


1. Case study of water evacuation from a waste cover via evapotranspiration and a drainage geocomposite
   Melissa Chappel, Eric Blond, Pascal Saunier
2. Percent light penetration of woven geotextiles and its relationship to soil slurry retention
   Shobha K Bhatia, Mahmoud Khachan, Kartheek Shivalingappa
3. Dewatering behavior of fly ash slurry with woven geotextiles
   Mahmoud M Khachan, Shobha K Bhatia
4. Assessment of the effect of specimens dimensions and shape factor on the measured transmissivity of planar tubular drainage geocomposites using a large scale transmissivity apparatus
   Eric Blond, Pascal Saunier, Tarik Daqoune, Stephane Fourmont


Geosynthetics - Environmental and Transportation


1. Use of a Wicking Geosynthetic to Help Prevent Frost Boils on the Dalton Highway, Alaska
   Brett Odgers, René Laprade, Xiong Zhang
2. Diffusive transport of multiwall carbonnanotubes through an HDPE geomembrane
   P Taghizadeh-Saheli, EJ Petersen, DM O’Carroll, R. Kerry Rowe
3. Drainage performance of geosynthetic layers in a double lined containment application utilizing flexible geomembranes
   Rohit Sati, Mark Simpson
4. Design and construction of Geogrid reinforced access roads and drill platforms over peat deposits in Northern Alberta
   R Manwaring, K Birkett, J Kerr, R Anderson, W Douglas, P Tarrant
5. Passive sediment control bmps. How do they rank over time?
   Brian H Whitaker, Kevin B Wolfe


Geosynthetics - Landfills and Mining Operations


1. Aging of HDPE geomembranes used as bottom liner and cover for storage of soil contaminated with PCBs
   R Awad, E Safari, R. Kerry Rowe
2. Durability and long-term strength of seams in HDPE geomembranes
   Mohamad Shoaib, R. Kerry Rowe
3. A discussion on issues pertaining to the containment of nanomaterials in landfills
   Patricia Dolez, Éric Blond
4. Evaluation of geosynthetics used in barrier systems to contain hydrocarbon-contaminated soils in Antarctica
   Daniel Jones, Rebecca McWatters, Greg Hince, Daniel Wilkins, Tim Spedding, Malek Bouazza, Will Gates, Ian Snape, R. Kerry Rowe
5. New leak location technology introduced to Asia
   Abigail L Beck
6. Available geoelectrical leak location techniques on Geomembranes and related ASTM standard guides of practice
   Arnaud Budka, André Rollin, Carl Charpentier, Thierry Jacquelin


Geosynthetics - Wall Reinforcement


1. Pullout performance of strip reinforcements used in mechanically stabilized earth walls
   John Sankey, Robert Lozano
2. Durability of geogrid reinforcement: exhumation of a geogrid after 25 years
   RJ Fannin, VS Quinteros, J Vaslestad
3. Geosynthetic reinforced granular soil mattresses used as foundation support for mechanically stabilised earth walls
   Pietro Rimoldi, Michael J Simons
4. The importance of an efficient drainage behind mechanically stabilized earth walls
   Pascal Saunier, S Fourmont
5. Estimation of tensile loads in geogrid specimens tested in a transparent granular soil
   Fawzy Ezzein, Richard J Bathurst
6. Effects of direct shear box dimensions on shear strength parameters of geogrid-reinforced sand
   Hamed Mirzaeifar, Ashkan Abouzar, Mahmood Reza Abdi


Groundwater Management I


1. ATES: une application pour l’intégration de l’eau souterraine en aménagement du territoire
   Roxane Lavoiea, Florent Joerinb, Manuel Rodrigueza
2. Risk Management Measures Catalogue for Drinking Water Source Protection
   Donald Ford, Jamie Duncan, Clara Tucker, Peter Rider
3. The Challenges and Benefits of Maintaining a High Quality Municipal Groundwater Monitoring Network
   Mike Fairbanks
4. Sustainable groundwater resources indicators applied to the Montérégie Est regional aquifer system, Quebec, Canada
   René Lefebvre, Marc André Carrier, Alex Martin, Joshua Bleser, Christine Rivard, Roxane Lavoie, Édith Bourque, Michel Ouellet
5. A status report on aquifer monitoring activities in the Valley East municipal well field
   P Richards, A Naik
6. Nouvelles exigences pour la gestion des eaux souterraines au Maroc
   Fouad Amraoui, Jalal Moustadraf


Groundwater Management II


1. An application of groundwater source protection concepts to well cluster communities
   P Richards, S Miller, K Green
2. Physically-based assessment of intrinsic groundwater resource vulnerability in an urban catchment
   T Graf, R Therrien, J-M Lemieux, J Molson
3. Don’t shoot the messenger! Communicating the science and implementation of source protection
   Angelika K Masotti, Don Goodyear
4. Preliminary assessment approach for groundwater sustainability – case study: the Abbotsford-Sumas aquifer
   Jo-Ann Aldridge, Cecilia Wong, Gwyn Graham


Groundwater Quality


1. Trace element mobility and the role of subsurface heating
   Jon Fennell
2. Removal of arsenate from contaminated water by Granular Activated Carbon embedded with nano scale zero-valent iron
   Rashadul Islam Chowdhury, Catherine N Mulligan
3. Hydrogeochemical Characterization of Groundwater in the Outaouais Region (Québec, Canada) – A Regional Scale Study
   N Montcoudiol, J Molson, J.-M. Lemieux
4. Geologic controls on geochemistry and disposal of excess soil from construction
   Keith G Lesarge, Storer J Boone
5. Monitoring groundwater quality due different land uses in an outcrop area of Guarani Aquifer System (GAS) in Brotas/SP-Brazil
   Rodrigo Lilla Manzione, Edson Wendland
6. Nitrate sources and factors controlling its distribution in agricultural lands and groundwater in two small catchments in southern Quebec, Canada
   R Thériault, C Rivard, MM Savard, R Lefebvre


Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions I


1. Mapping Permafrost Under the Linear Disturbance with Ground-Penetrating Radar
   Michael Braverman, William L Quinton
2. Spatially-detailed assessment of phosphorus discharge with groundwater to an urban stream
   Alexander Fitzgerald, James W Roy, James E Smith
3. Simulating Rapid and Localized Recharge to a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer
   O Miles, K Novakowski
4. The Interaction between groundwater and surface water - The Concept, instrumentation and application to the Rideau Valley Watershed
   Mezmure Haile-Meskale
5. A new methodology for identifying Ecologically Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas
   MA Marchildon, PJ Thompson, SE Cuddy, KN Howson, JDC Kassenaar, EJ Wexler


Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions II


1. Physical interpretation of time series models calibrated using water table depths and climatological monitoring data
   Bruna Camargo Soldera, Rodrigo Lilla Manzione, Edson Wendland
2. Modeling of a tile drainage network in glacial clayey tills
   G De Schepper, R Therrien, JC Refsgaard
3. Using EC for baseflow separation in a discontinuous permafrost watershed: Crooked Creek, Alaska
   N Utting, W Wade, C Thompson, T Wolley, RN Enos
4. Groundwater modeling including climate change scenarios for an ecohydrological study in Covey Hill, Québec
   Jana Levison, Marie Larocque, Marie-Audray Ouellet, Lisa van Waterschoot
5. Groundwater-surface water interactions in the western boreal plain of Alberta
   C Thompson, CA Mendoza, KJ Devito


Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions III


1. Geochemical tracers of recharge-discharge functions in southern Quebec aquifer-peatland systems
   Miryane Ferlatte, Marie Larocque, Vincent Cloutier
2. Applications of integrated surface water/groundwater modelling - Techniques and perspectives
   PJ Thompson, MA Marchildon, EJ Wexler, JDC Kassenaar
3. Assessment of low impact design (LID) strategies using integrated and distributed surface water/groundwater models
   JDC Kassenaar, MA Marchildon
4. Simulating groundwater-peatland interactions in southern Quebec
   Anne Quillet, Marie Larocque, Claudio Paniconi


Impacts of Climate Change


1. Climate change impacts on groundwater recharge in the Chiba catchment, Cap-Bon peninsula (Tunisia)
   Asma Chemingui, Faten Jarraya Horriche, Sihem Ben Abdallah, Mauro Sulis, Claudio Paniconi
2. Assessment of Climate Change Impact: Use of a Groundwater and Surface Water Model in a Highly-Urbanized Catchment
   F Cochand, R Therrien, P Therrien, J.-M. Lemieux, J Molson
3. Étude des impacts des changements climatiques sur les eaux souterraines dans un bassin versant pergélisolé près d’Umiujaq au Québec nordique
   Richard Fortier, Jean-Michel Lemieux, John Molson, René Therrien, Michel Ouellet
4. Numerical simulation of the impact of expected climate change on the groundwater resources of the Magdalen Islands, Québec
   Jean-Michel Lemieux, Jalil Hassaoui, John Molson, René Therrien, Michel Ouellet, Michel Chouteau
5. Salt Dynamics in prairie wetlands under changing climate
   Uri Nachshon, Andrew Ireson, Howard Wheater, Garth van der Kamp, Samuel Ryan Davies
6. A physically-based modelling approach to assess the impact of climate change on Canadian surface and groundwater resources
   EA Sudicky, J Chen, J Gula, WR Peltier, Y.-J. Park, M Ross


Instrumentation I


1. Laboratory Study on the Performance of In-Place-Inclinometer
   Adam Hammerlindl, Jitendra S Sharma
2. Ground-penetrating radar instruments for high-resolution 3D imaging of the shallow subsurface
   Alexandre Novo
3. Thermal loading applied on an interface testing apparatus
   Z Fu, JA Infante Sedano, E Evgin
4. Measuring down-hole shear waves from a vibrating perpetual source during Cone Penetration Testing
   Mark A Styler, David Woeller, John A Howie
5. Rockfill size evaluation using digital image analysis
   Judith Bouchard, Marc Smith, Jean-Marie Konrad
6. Prototype testing of a poroelastic suction sensor
   P Jayasinghe, P Simms


Isotope Tracing I


1. Groundwater dating in the Great Artesian Basin (GAB) using radioactive noblegas isotopes (Kr-85, Ar-39, Kr-81)
   R Purtschert, AJ Love, Z-T Lu, W Jiang, P Mueller, G-M Yang, P Shand, D Wohling, S Fulton, W Aeschbach-Hertig, L Broder
2. 3H-3He groundwater dating and geochemical tracers to identify TCE origins and migration paths in a valley-fill aquifer
   Samantha EM Murphy, René Lefebvre, Thomas Ouellon, Jean-Marc Ballard, Ian D Clark
3. Dating shallow groundwater using the 3H/3He method at the Bécancour River basin (Québec, Canada)
   Marion Saby, Geneviève Vautour, Emilie Roulleau, Daniele L Pinti, Marie Larocque, Maria Clara Castro
4. Combining 3H, 14C, and lumped parameter models to characterize modern groundwater residence time in a highly anthropized watershed
   Paul Baudron, Florent Barbecot, Marina Gillon, Yves Travi, José Luis García Aróstegui, Francisco Gomariz Castillo, David Martinez-Vicente, Christian Leduc
5. Dating groundwater resources in central Québec using noble gases, 14C and water chemistry
   Genevieve Vautour, Guillaume Meyzonnat, Daniele Luigi Pinti, Florent Barbecot, Marie Larocque, Maria Clara Castro, Chris M Hall, Jean-François Hélie


Isotope Tracing II


1. Pore water geochemistry for the Lachenaie clay deposit, Québec
   François Duhaime, El Mehdi Benabdallah, Robert P Chapuis
2. Determination of groundwater impact on runoff by a hydro(geo)logical and isotopic approach in the glaciated Austrelovén watershed (Spitsbergen)
   Mélanie Quenet, Christelle Marlin, Aurélie Noret, Gaël Monvoisin, Madeleine Griselin, Florian Tolle, Corinne Le Gal La Salle, Patrick Verdoux, Jean-Michel Friedt
3. Evaluating the use of stable isotopes of water to characterize oil sands mine waste
   T Baer, SL Barbour
4. Kinetic isotope fractionation in rich CO2 spring travertine – An experimental study
   Léonora Fleurent, Elisabeth Gibert-Brunet, Florent Barbecot
5. Comparison of ²²²Rn - δ¹³C investigations to calibrate groundwater discharge in rivers
   Karine Lefebvre, Florent Barbecot, Marie Larocque, Marina Gillon, Elisabeth Gibert-Brunet, François Hardy


Landslides I


1. An investigation of the slope stability of unsaturated waste rock piles
   M Maknoon, M Aubertin
2. Failure behaviour of bedrock and overburden landslides of the Peace River Valley near Fort St. John, British Columbia
   Kristen Van Esch, Oldrich Hungr
3. Radar Interferometry (InSAR) applied to Slope and Critical Infrastructure Stability Monitoring
   Pierre-Jean Alasset, Joseph Chamberland, Jerry English, Madlena Hakobyan, Rodney McAffee, Des Power, Bob Allan
4. A Novel Framework for the Analysis of Low Factor of Safety Slopes in the Highly Plastic Clay Shales of the Canadian Prairies – A Case History of the Battlefords Bridges
   Jasyn A Henry, Jitendra S Sharma, Allen J Kelly, Harpreet S Panesar
5. An evaluation of strain softening of glacial tills as a result of pore pressure dynamics
   Ruth Harley, Laura Carse, Kaine Lynch, David Hughes, S Lee Barbour
6. Using random discrete fractures for representing preferential flow in waste rock piles with compacted layers
   Stefan Broda, Eugenia Hirthe, Daniela Blessent, Michel Aubertin, Thomas Graf


Landslides II


1. Investigation géotechnique de l’étalement de 1986 à Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Québec
   Ariane Locat, Serge Leroueil, Denis Demers, Denis Robitaille
2. Design of the flexible structural facing in soilnailing
   Alberto Grimod, Barth Peirone, Giorgio Giacchetti
3. A new design approach to design pin drapery systems
   Alberto Grimod, Barth Peirone, Giorgio Giacchetti
4. Kehiwin Lake landslides, Hwy 41:23 near Elk Point, Alberta: Historical development and remedial measures
   Tarek Abdelaziz, Donald Proudfoot, Roger Skirrow
5. The development of a large scale flume for landslide runout experiments
   SK Bryant, WA Take
6. Observed transition from slide to flow in physical model landslide tests
   RA Beddoe, WA Take


Landslides III


1. Influence de la succion dans le sol sur la stabilité des talus: glissement de Kenscoff-Mahotière (Haïti)
   BJ Jean, D Boisson, J.-F. Thimus, C Schroeder
2. A method for quantifying the probability of the depth of a landslide failure surface and of quaternary valley infilling
   Michel Jaboyedoff, Marc-Henri Derron
3. Development of a centrifuge tilt-table device to investigate instability phenomenon under simulated infinite slope conditions
   Eric Wolinsky, W Andy Take, Greg Siemens
4. Failure of two sensitive clay slopes observed at Mud Creek, Ottawa
   J.J Potvin, J.M Foster, D Woeller, W. Andy Take


Mine Site Remediation


1. Recommendations to improve the hydrogeotechnical behaviour of waste rock piles
   Michel Aubertin, Michael James, Maryam Maknoon, Bruno Bussière
2. Geotechnical Benefits of Flocculation in Dewatering Oil Sands Mature Fine Tailings
   Adedeji Dunmola, Navdip Dhadli, Gavin Freeman, Dale Kolstad, Todd Fasking, Jason Song, James Langseth
3. In situ evaluation of the elevated water table technique combined with a monolayer cover on reactive tailings: monitoring strategy and preliminary results
   Marie-Pier Ethier, Bruno Bussière, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Isabelle Demers, Michel Aubertin, Robert Lacroix
4. Rheology of cemented paste backfill incorporating superplasticizers
   Drissa Ouattara, Ammar Yahia, Mamert Mbonimpa, Tikou Belem
5. Laboratory investigation of the large strain consolidation behavioiur of oil sands fluid fine tailings treated with DuPont Particlear™
   Trempess Moore, Chenxi Zhang, John Sobkowicz, Robert H Moffett
6. Geotechnical characteristics of the mature fine tailings in a 30-year 10-m standpipe experiment
   Louis Kabwe, Don Scott, Amarebh Sorta, Ward Wilson, Ania Ulrich, Silawat Jeeravipoolvarn, Macoura Kone


Mineral and Gas I


1. Seepage pathway assessment for natural gas to shallow groundwater during well stimulation, production and after abandonment
   Maurice Dusseault, Richard Jackson
2. Caractérisation des conditions hydrogéologiques au-dessus du réservoir pétrolier d’Haldimand, Gaspé, Québec
   Mélanie Raynauld, Heather Crow, Nathalie Fagnan, René Lefebvre, John W Molson, Erwan Gloaguen, Nicolas Benoit
3. Geologic and hydrogeologic understanding of caprock strata overlying the Utica Shale in the St. Lawrence Lowlands (Québec, Canada)
   Stephan Séjourné, René Lefebvre, Denis Lavoie, Xavier Malet
4. ⁴He and ²²²Rn in shallow aquifers as potential indicators of fluid migration in shale gas exploration areas within the St. Lawrence Lowlands (Québec, Canada)
   DL Pinti, D Barnetche, S Retailleau, M Larocque, A Valadez, C Boucher, J.-F. Hélie, A Moritz, Y Gélinas
5. Spatial distribution of natural gas concentrations and isotopic signatures in shallow aquifers of the St. Lawrence Lowlands (Québec, Canada)
   Diogo Barnetche, Daniele L Pinti, Marie Larocque, Yves Gélinas, René Lefebvre, Jean-François Hélie, Anja Moritz, Châtelaine Beaudry, Sophie Retailleau
6. Hydrogeological assessment of western anticosti island related to shale oil exploration
   Morgan Peel, René Lefebvre, Erwan Gloaguen, John Molson, Jean-Marc Lauzon


Mineral and Gas II


1. Hydrogeological assessment for a large aggregate extraction facility on the BC coast
   Willy Zawadzki, Don Chorley, Mark Johannes, Michel Mailloux, Leslie Smith
2. Remediation of Natural Gas Contamination of Potable Groundwater
   Richard Jackson, Dru Heagle, Glen Briscoe, Sean Sterling
3. Heavy metal attenuation and mobility in the Wood Creek Sand Channel aquifer: Correlation of experimental and field study
   Macoura Koné, K Ulrich Mayer, Ania C Ulrich
4. Numerical investigation of methane and formation fluid leakage along shale gas extraction wells: Application to the St-Lawrence Lowland basin
   A Nowamooz, JM Lemieux, J Molson, R Therrien
5. Modelling the impacts of shale gas extraction on groundwater and surface water resources
   Romain Chesnaux, Lucie Dal Soglio, Gilles Wendling
6. A need for Total Dissolved Gas Pressure field measurements for investigating potential effects of unconventional gas development on groundwater
   James W Roy, M Cathryn Ryan


Mining Geotechnics I


1. Analysing the effects of waste rock inclusions on tailings consolidation: Laboratory tests and modeling of the large scale in situ behavior
   Frédérick L Bolduc, Michel Aubertin
2. Numerical investigation of the stress state in adjacent backfilled mine stopes
   Nooshin Falaknaz, Michel Aubertin, Li Li
3. Effect of specimen preparation and mechanical overconsolidation on the laboratory monotonic shear response of thickened gold tailings
   Ainur Seidalinova, Dharma Wijewickreme
4. Laboratory measurement and prediction of the saturated hydraulic conductivity of mine waste rock
   Anna Peregoedova, Michel Aubertin, Bruno Bussière
5. The effect of tailings properties on their consolidation near waste rock inclusions
   EM Jaouhar, M Aubertin, M James
6. Essais préliminaires de cisaillement direct d’interfaces remblai-roche et remblai-remblai
   Nabassé JF Koupouli, Tikou Belem, Patrice Rivard, Hervé Effenguet


Mining Geotechnics II


1. Estimation of required minimum binder content by assessing the liquefaction potential of early age cemented mine backfill
   Tikou Belem, Hervé Effenguet, Mamert Mbonimpa
2. Treatment of Fluid Fine Tailings by In-Situ Polymerization of Silica
   Robert H Moffett
3. Experimental study of the small strain and large strain elastic parameters of thickened tailings
   Jérôme Lapierre, Mathieu Nuth, Mourad Karray
4. Self-weight consolidation behavior of thickened gold mine tailings
   Michaël Demers Bonin, Mathieu Nuth, Alexandre Cabral, Anne-Marie Dagenais
5. Numerical Modeling of the Post-liquefaction Consolidation of Tailings
   Behnam Ferdosi, Michael James, Michel Aubertin
6. Geotechnical Design and Performance of a Section of the Pit Wall Slope at Suncor Millennium Mine
   R Shi, DJ McLachlan, JP Barlow, N Firt, T MacGowan


Mining Geotechnics III


1. A laboratory investigation of the cyclic resistance of tailings
   Carlos Andres Contreras, Michael James
2. Analysis of the desaturation of paste tailings: Experiments and preliminary simulations
   Vincent Martin, Michel Aubertin, Mostafa Benzaazoua
3. Large-strain consolidation modeling of oil sand fine tailings
   Maki Ito, Shahid Azam
4. Segregation behaviour of uranium tailings
   Shifullah Md Khaled, Shahid Azam
5. Unsaturated soil properties of centrifuged oil sand fine tailings
   John Owolagba, Shahid Azam
6. In situ properties of cemented paste backfill from three mines
   Murray W Grabinsky, Will F Bawden, Dragana Simon, Ben T Thompson, Ryan L Veenstra


Mining Geotechnics IV


1. Measurement and simulation of the large strain consolidation of AMD treatment sludge
   Lincar Pedroni, Michel Aubertin
2. Optimizing deposition of polymer-amended mature fine tailings
   S Soleimani, P Simms, W Wilson, A Dunmola, G Freeman
3. Shear behaviour of high density tailings sampled from a laboratory simulation of multi-layer deposition
   Farzad Daliri, Paul Simms, Siva Sivathayalan
4. Influence of dewatering and desiccation on microstructure and vane strength of polymer amended oil sand mature fine tailings
   Tariq M Bajwa, Paul H Simms


Posters - Geotechnical


1. Soil cementation using plant extract
   Sung-Sik Park, Sun-Kyu Choi, In-Hyun Nam
2. Slip plane analyses for cohesive soils with anisotropic undrained shear strength
   Gustavo Padros
3. Influence of helix geometry on the cylindrical shear resistance of screw piles installed in granular soils based on direct shear tests
   Gustavo Padros
4. Bearing capacity of strip footings near slopes using upper bound limit analysis
   M Aslmand, O Farzaneh, F Askari
5. Study on the water-holding capability of expansive soil and slope seepage characteristics of the middle-route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project
   Chen Shanxiong, Xu Xichang, Dai Zhangjun
6. Application of the principle of natural proportionality to the design of screw piles installed in cohesive soils
   Gustavo Padros, Hector Ibarra
7. Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Soil-Geogrid Interaction under Pull-out Loading Condition
   Mahmoud G Hussein, Mohamed A Meguid
8. Finite Element Modelling of Nonlinear Seismic Site Response in Soft Clay
   Hooman Torabi, Mohammad T Rayhani
9. Design, construction and performance of large diameter bored piles in coral
   Rasin Duzceer
10. Evaluation des risques de liquéfaction sur le site de Damien (Haïti)
    BJ Jean, D Boisson, J.-F. Thimus, C Schroeder
11. Rock slope stability with permanent anchors
    Rasin Duzceer
12. Short-term composite geomembrane liner settlement and sensitivity analysis for tensile strains in single point indentation test
    Ali Sabir
13. A modified pile load test based on numerical and experimental evaluation of bored pile in clayey soil
    R Bakr, A Ibrahim, M Elmeligy
14. Forecasting water demand in a coal mine area based on the grey model GM (1,1)
    Yadong Ji, Shuning Dong
15. Common landslide types in Canada: Submarine landslides
    Jacques Locat
16. Quantification de la fiabilité de la mesure de l’orientation des discontinuités sur des carottes orientées et son impact sur l’évaluation de la stabilité des pentes minières
    J Kabuya Mukendi, M Grenon
17. Comparison of finite element and finite difference modelling results with measured performance of a reinforced soil wall
    IP Damians, RJ Bathurst, A Josa, A Lloret


Regional Aquifer Characterization I


1. A numerical study of regional hydrostatic and sub-hydrostatic groundwater regimes in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
   Amandeep Singh, Joseph Riddell, GF Huff, Dan Palombi
2. Long range regional groundwater flow systems in the Northern Great Plains: (2) Physics of regional groundwater flow in Alberta
   K Udo Weyer, James C Ellis
3. Hydrogéologie régionale du sud-ouest de la Mauricie
   Yves Leblanc, Guillaume Légaré, Karine Lacasse, Michel Parent, Stéphane Campeau
4. The Hatfield Buried Valley: A review of the aquifer characteristics
   HAJ Russell, DI Cummings, H Mathius, G Oldenborger, AJ Pugin, DR Sharpe
5. Modèle géologique 3D et écoulement d’eau souterraine dans des dépôts meubles hétérogènes.
   Guillaume Lefrançois, Richard Martel, Michel Parent, Uta Gabriel, Lise Lamarche, Martin Blouin, Emmanuela Diaz
6. Flow system dynamics, south-central Ontario
   RE Gerber, S Holysh, M Doughty, A Halder, L Labelle, S Frape


Regional Aquifer Characterization II


1. Fracture systems controls on fluid flow in the regional sedimentary rock aquifer system of Montérégie Est, southern Québec, Canada
   Pierre Ladevèze, Marc Laurencelle, René Lefebvre, Alain Rouleau, Heather Crow, Christine Rivard
2. Hydrogéologie du roc fracturé en Outaouais, Québec, Canada
   Arnaud Sterckx, Jean-Michel Lemieux, John Molson
3. Hydrogeological Characterization of the Cold Lake Beaver River Basin, Alberta
   Nevenka Nakevska, Joseph Ridedell, Dan Palombi
4. Caractérisation géométrique et hydrodynamique de l’aquifère karstique liasique de la plaine du Saïs (Maroc)
   Fouad Amraoui, Fouad El Kamel, Toufik Remmal
5. A numerical analysis to illustrate the usefulness of drawdown log-derivative diagnostic plots in characterizing the heterogeneity of non-Theis aquifer
   Silvain Rafini
6. Portrait régional de l’hydrogéologie de l’Abitibi, Québec, Canada
   Daniel Blanchette, Vincent Cloutier, Pierre-Luc Dallaire, Simon Nadeau, Éric Rosa, Magalie Roy


Regional Aquifer Characterization III


1. Assessing Groundwater Supply Sustainability in the Multi-Layer Aquifer System of the Waterloo Moraine
   Stephen Di Biase, Jen Hancox, John Petrie, George Schneider, Amy Domaratzki
2. Regional assessment of composite groundwater parameters, illustrated by the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, including methods and limitations
   Julien Walter, Alain Rouleau, Romain Chesnaux
3. Modèles conceptuels géologiques et hydrogéologiques de la Montérégie Est, sud-ouest du Québec
   René Lefebvre, Christine Rivard, Marc-André Carrier, Michel Parent, Nicolas Benoit, Marc Laurencelle, Châtelaine Beaudry
4. Development of a tool for the estimation of spatially distributed recharge – Application to the Bécancour watershed (Centre-du-Québec)
   Guillaume Meyzonnat, Marie Larocque, Sylvain Gagné
5. Dolostone bedrock aquifer capacity assessment for a municipal water supply in southwestern Ontario
   Greg Padusenko, John Piersol, Colin Baker, Jonathan Munn, Beth Parker


Reliability-based Design


1. An assessment of reliability analysis tools for slope stability evaluations
   MGG Bæverfjord
2. Reliability measures for consolidation settlement by means of CPT data
   Pouya Pishgah, Reza Jamshidi Chenari
3. Resistance and Consequence Factor Calibration for Deep Foundations
   Farzaneh Naghibi, Gordon A Fenton, DV Griffiths
4. An overview of existing methods for estimating state parameter from cone penetration test results
   Sepideh Damavandinejad Monfared, Abouzar Sadrekarimi
5. Reliability of axial pile capacity calculation methods
   Suzanne Lacasse, Farrokh Nadim, Siren Knudsen, Unni K Eidsvig, Zhongqiang Liu, Gülin Yetginer, Tom R Guttormsen


Rock Engineering and Civil Infrastructures


1. The design and construction of the Courbe-du-Sault hydroelectric project, Sheldrake River, Québec, Canada
   AJ Rancourt, S Gourdeau, G Camiré
2. Investigation into the Influence of Parallel Excavation of Twin Bored Tunnels within Weak Rock Masses
   N Vlachopoulos, P Fortsakis, J Oke
3. ONR 24810 – A Comprehensive Guideline for Rockfall Protection Works: Its Application to Catchment Fences
   Gernot Stelzer, Ahren Bichler
4. Experimental investigation on shear strength of rock joints under cyclic and dynamic loading
   Ali Fathi, Zabihallah Moradian, Patrice Rivard, Gerard Ballivy, Marco Quirion
5. The Mont-Royal Tunnel – tribute to the builders and future challenges
   André J Rancourt, Mario Ruel
6. Tunnelling in Montréal’s limestones: a geotechnical characterization.
   Véronique Boivin, Brigitte Gagné, André Campeau, Martin Tremblay, Sébastien Dubeau


Slope Stability


1. On the analysis of vertical shafts in soft ground: Evaluating Soil-Structure Interaction Using Two Different Numerical Modeling Techniques
   Viet DH Tran, Thamer E Yacoub, Mohamed A Meguid
2. Behaviour of a MSE Wall Supported by Controlled Modulus Columns
   Samuel Briet, Jean Francois Morel, Adrien Viateau, Shahriar Mirmirani
3. Case study of a deep excavation in Toronto
   LF Cao, SM Peaker, S Ahmad
4. Using geotechnical and LiDAR spatial monitoring to determine key environmental slope instability thresholds of a Jurassic coastal landslide: Straidkilly Point, Northern Ireland, UK
   Kaine Lynch, Ruth Harley, David Hughes, Andrew Bell, Jennifer McKinley
5. Simplified probabilistic slope stability design charts for cohesive and c-Φ soils
   Sina Javankhoshdel, Richard J Bathurst


Soil Stabilization I


1. Evaluation of strength development in clay-cement mix
   Ramy Saadeldin, Sumi Siddiqua
2. Performance of Highway Embankment on Peat Deposits Constructed under Winter Conditions
   Earl Marvin de Guzman, Marolo Alfaro
3. Bio-mediated Soil Improvement Field Study to Stabilize Mine Sands
   MG Gomez, JT DeJong, BC Martinez, CE Hunt, LA deVlaming, DW Major, SM Dworatzek
4. Effect of Fibre Reinforcement on Behaviour of Cement Stabilized Fine Grained Soils
   Ashkan Abouzar, Mahmood Reza Abdi
5. Comparaison des résultats de la modélisation et le suivi de la performance de puits de décharge
   Mohamed Zahra, Michel Mercier, Joseph Chahde, Hélène Tremblay
6. Hydraulic modeling of soil reinforcement by biocalcification
   Redouane Yahiaoui, Benoît Courcelles


Soil Stabilization II


1. Comparing the use of GGBS and MgO in laboratory and field trial mixing of contaminated made ground soil
   M Allagoa
2. Hydraulic and Strength Performance of Three Cement-Stabilized Soils Subjected to Cycles of Freezing and Thawing
   Reza J Jamshidi, Craig B Lake
3. An extensive jet grout test program for a low permeability barrier
   Naresh Gurpersaud, Jim Bruce, Mark Montgomery
4. Assessing Energy Efficiency in Soil Compaction
   Federico Fernandez
5. A comparison of bucket mixing and mechanical mass mixing at Sydney Tar Ponds
   Joseph Mann, Shouvik Gangopadhyay, Jerome Macneil
6. Artificial ground freezing for temporary earth support in shaft construction
   Joseph A Sopko, Adam Curry, Robert R Chamberland, Behzad Khorshidi


Soil Stabilization III


1. Influence of cement and clay on contaminated site soil
   M Allagoa
2. Castleford site: the first large scale soil mix technology project in West Yorkshire.
   M Allagoa
3. Sand stabilization with exo-polymeric substance producing bacteria isolated from a naturally cemented site
   Saswati Ghatak, Suvendu Manna, , Debasis Roy, Prosenjit Saha, Suman Roy
4. Tunnel stability analysis by finite element method
   Jun Xie, Huan Xie
5. Predicting behaviour of cemented clay considering strength reduction due to high confining pressure
   Lam Nguyen, Behzad Fatahi, Hadi Khabbaz


Soil and Rock Mechanics I


1. Comparison study for estimating 1-D heave of a slab-on-ground placed on Regina clay using three different methods
   Hana H Adem, Sai K Vanapalli
2. Physical basis of normalizable stress-strain curves for the undrained shear of clays
   Paul G Joseph
3. Comparisons Between behaviors of Undisturbed and Remolded Swelling Soil
   AH Hammam, AE Abdel Salam
4. Anisotropic behavior of marine clay subjected to monotonic loading
   P Balaji, S Banerjee
5. An analytical-experimental investigation of gas hydrate-bearing sediment properties
   Shmulik Pinkert, Jocelyn LH Grozic
6. Shear Wave Velocity Values in Canadian Champlain Sea Clays as predicted by empirical correlations
   Dania Elbeggo, Yannic Ethier, Mourad Karray, Jean-Sébastien Dubé


Soil and Rock Mechanics II


1. Field monitoring of buried polyethylene natural gas pipelines subjected to ground movement
   Jeremy Groves, Dharma Wijewickreme
2. Engineering Properties of Cohesive Soils in Northern Ontario
   A Tomory, M Grabinsky, JP Dittrich, A Bom
3. Interpretation of Horizontal Coefficient of Consolidation from Piezocone Porewater Pressure Dissipation Tests
   Mrinmoy Kanungo
4. Site investigation using continuous shear wave velocity measurements during cone penetration testing at Gloucester, Ontario
   Mark A Styler, Paul W Mayne
5. Wave propagation and interpretation of bender elements pulse tests
   DR Gamal-El-Dean, G Lefebvre, M Karray
6. Using grain size distribution and moisture profile under non-isothermal conditions to determine the SWCC of coarse grained size soils
   Pedram Roshani, Julio Ángel Infante Sedano


Soil and Rock Mechanics III


1. Comparison between three different models for predicting the variation of the resilient modulus of subgrade soils with respect to soil suction
   Zhong Han, Sai K Vanapalli
2. A capillary-based model for predicting the shear strength of unsaturated soils
   Marc Lebeau, Jean-Marie Konrad
3. A geometric examination of the development of critical states in soil
   Pete Quinn
4. Numerical modelling of pressuremeter test
   Massoud Palassi, Mojtaba Pirpanahi
5. Caractérisation d’un modèle de sol constitué de billes de verre polydisperses pour l’étude des écoulements en milieu poreux
   Céline Bouin, Yannic A Ethier, Jean-Sébastien Dubé, Mohamed Chekired
6. Exact solution to predict excess pore pressures and settlement of unsaturated soil deposit due to uniform loading
   Liem Ho, Behzad Fatahi, Hadi Khabbaz


Soil and Rock Mechanics IV


1. Liquefaction of sandy silt and silt from cyclic DSS testing
   John P Sully, Ender J Parra
2. Engineering Characteristics of Peat Deposits in Northern Manitoba
   Earl Marvin de Guzman, Marolo Alfaro
3. Creep and Stress Relaxation Behavior in Sand
   Hamid Karimpour, Poul Lade
4. Grain-size distribution effects on the mechanical behaviour of granular materials
   Mahmoud N Hussien, Mourad Karray
5. Laboratory investigation on shear strength of granular material considering the effect of particle size distribution
   Amirpour Harehdasht Samaneh, Mahmoud N Hussien, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekirad, Varvara Roubtsova
6. Geotechnical performance of CNRL’s west tank farm during Hydro-Test
   Mauricio Pinheiro, Trempess Moore, John Sobkowicz


Soil and Rock Mechanics V


1. Evaluation of PipeCAR per Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code Requirements
   Eric Allard, Hany El Naggar
2. The Effect of Rigid Body Impact Mechanics on Tangential Coefficient of Restitution
   S Chai, T Yacoub, K Charbonneau, JH Curran
3. A hypothetical geomechanics model for the assessment of potential environmental impact of shale gas fracking – Part I: from ground water perspective
   Baolin Wang
4. Physical modeling of stone column installation in fine sand and its effect on lateral to vertical stress ratio
   Olivier Hurley, Mathieu Nuth, Mourad Karray, Frédéric Massé, Claire Mollereau, Mounir Bouassida, Mohamed Chekired
5. Using temperature as a tracer for analyzing the response of a capillary barrier in waste rock
   Stefan Broda, Chadi Sayde, John Selker, Michel Aubertin, Daniela Blessent
6. A comprehensive investigation of crack damage anisotropy in Cobourg limestone and its effect on the failure envelope
   E Ghazvinian, M Perras, C Langford, M Diederichs, D Labrie


Transportation Geotechnique


1. Geotechnical Seismic Retrofit of the Knight Street Bridge in Metro Vancouver
   Thuraisamy Thavaraj, Alex Sy
2. The development of dynamic PIV for the assessment and quantification of railway foundation conditions
   CA Murray, WA Take, NA Hoult
3. An annual cycle of loose rock flux on a large slope affecting a railway corridor, from serial LiDAR data in the White Canyon of the Thompson River, BC
   Dave Gauthier, Matt Lato, Tom Edwards, D Jean Hutchinson
4. A risk evaluation approach for an active rock slide: the Gascons coastal rock slide, Québec
   Jacques Locat, Catherine Cloutier, Michel Jaboyedoff
5. Case histories on the use of the slide rail trench shoring system for deep subdrain cut-off installations on CN Rail corridors
   Daryl DeMerchant, Serge Bourque, Eric Ouellette, Mario Ruel, Dominique Poirier
6. Lidar surveying for liner condition, rock stability and reconditioning assessment of Canada’s oldest railway tunnel in Brockville, Ontario
   MS Diederichs, MA Carter, M Lato, JB Bennett, DJ Hutchinson