The Sixth Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the
Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst™
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
More than 60 papers will be presented orally or in poster format.
Practical applications will be addressed regarding sinkholes, ground
water contamination, water supply, stormwater drainage, geotechnical
investigations and engineering, land-use planning, geophysics, and
government regulations. Worldwide perspectives will be provided through
papers covering karst applications in Belgium, the Caribbean Islands,
China, England, Guam, India, Kuwait, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, and
Russia. As of January 1997, the following papers are included in the
conference program.
KEYNOTE PAPER
Land Use and Carbonate Island Karst
John E. Mylroie, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University,
Mississippi State, MS, 39762, U.S.A.
James L. Carew, Department of Geology, University of Charleston, Charleston,
SC, 29424, U.S.A.
Ground-water resources in any island are affected by: limited quantity,
salt-water intrusion, and pollution. In carbonate islands, karst processes
accentuate these water problems. In carbonate rocks, diffuse flow paths are
interspersed with dissolution voids which may, or may, not provide
preferential conduit flow routes. In islands with positive water budgets
pollutant plumes may disperse rapidly throughout the fresh-water lens; but
in islands with negative water budgets, conditions may prevent pollutants
from dispersing significantly. Insoluble rocks in the subsurface of
carbonate-cover islands can focus vadose flow, which may produce large-scale
collapse upward from deep voids that are not predictable from the surface.
Thin soils preclude ravelling and soil arch development, but the shallow
development of phreatic caves produces many bedrock roof collapses. Caves
that formed in the shallow fresh-water lens may have predictable collapse
risk (flank margin caves), or unpredictable collapse risk (banana holes).
Pit caves, developed in the epikarst, are a predictable but abundant hazard.
KARST ON YOUNG CARBONATE ISLANDS
- Groundwater Discharge Styles from an Uplifted
Pleistocene Island Karst Aquifer, Guam, Mariana Islands
J.W. Jenson, J.M. Jocson, and H.G. Siegrist
- Preliminary Assessment of the Role of Suckwells
in Karst Water Resources
C.C. Smart and D.B. Ketterling
SINKHOLE OCCURRENCES ON LIMESTONE KARST
- Mechanics of Formation of Cover-Collapse Sinkholes
T.M. Tharp
- Sinkhole Case Study: Athletic Fields, Lafayette College,
Easton, Pennsylvania
L. Chen and M.J.S. Roth
- Cover-Collapse Sinkholes in the "Tournaisis"
Area, Southern Belgium
O. Kaufmann and Y. Quinif
- The Pennsylvania Sinkhole Inventory:
Design and Application in a Relational Database
W.E. Kochanov and J.S. Kochanov
- Assessing the Risk of Cave-Collapse Sinkholes
Using Analogous Information from Mining.
Zs. Kesser
- Stratigraphy and Hydrogeology of a Submarine
Collapse Sinkhole on the
Continental Shelf, Northeastern Florida
R.M. Spechler and W.L. Wilson
KARST HYDROGEOLOGY
- Overflow Conduit Systems in Kentucky:
A Consequence of Limited Underflow Capacity
J.A. Ray
- Rationale and Methodology for Approximating Spring-Basin
Boundaries in the Mantled Karst Terrane of
the Springfield Plateau, Northwestern Arkansas
J.V. Brahana
- Modeling Losses from Streams in Karst Areas
L.R. Livingston, C.W. Campbell, and R. Garza
- Allogenic Recharge to Karst from Valley-Train
Alluvium and Colluvium in the
Central Appalachian Region
E.H. Kastning and C.F. Watts
- Karst Research in Romania, Geological and
Hydrogeologic Setting of Bihor Mountains
G. Ponta
KARST ON EVAPORITE ROCKS
- Evaporite Karst in the Western Part
of the Holbrook Basin, Arizona
J.T. Neal and R.M. Colpitts
- Gypsum Karst Geohazards in China
Lu Yaoru and A.H. Cooper
- Planning for Gypsum Geohazards in Lithuania and England
B. Paukstys, A.H. Cooper, and J. Arusteine
- Control of Naturally Occurring Brine Springs
and Seeps in an Evaporite Karst Setting
B. Memon, A.F. Patton, and M. Wallace Pitts
GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IN KARST TERRANE
- Mapping Water-Supply Protection Areas for Leaky,
Perched Karst Groundwater Systems
J.A. Ray and R.O. Ewers
- Findings from MOU-Related Karst Studies for
Indiana State Road 37, Lawrence County, Indiana
J.H. Keith, J.L. Bassett, and J.A. Duwelius
- Highway Stormwater Runoff in Karst Areas:
Preliminary Results of Baseline
Monitoring and Design of a Treatment System for a
Sinkhole in Knoxville, Tennessee
J.B. Stephenson. W.F. Zhou, B.F. Beck, and T.S. Green
- Laboratory Testing of a System To Treat Highway
Stormwater in Karst Areas
J.L. Smoot, D.L. Cox, and A.M. Turpin
- Contaminant Transport in Karst Aquifers
J.A. Hoke and C.M. Wicks
- A Sampling Plan for Conduit-Flow Karst Springs:
Minimizing Sampling Cost and
Maximizing Statistical Utility
J.C. Currens
- Source Identification Investigations of
Petroleum Contaminated Groundwater
in the Missouri Ozarks
J.B. Fels
- Groundwater Tracing in the Epikarst
T. Aley
- Some Developments in Fluorometric Tracing of Ground Water
C.C. Smart and L. Zabo
- Modelling the In-Situ Neutralization Capacity
of a Karst Aquifer for
Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage
G. Hongze, A. Butler, H. Wheater, and V. Vesovic
DEVELOPING AND PROTECTING WATER SUPPLIES IN KARST AQUIFERS
- Wellfield Site Selection and Ground-water Flow Model
Construction of the
Karst Area in Lake City, Colum-bia County, Florida
D.P. Dufresne and C.W. Drake
- Insect Parts, Muddy Water, and New Sinkholes:
Not Necessarily Fatal Flaws to
Water Well Permitting in Karst
D.Hubbard and A.W. McThenia, III
- Meeting the Requirements of the Wellhead
Protection Program for Three Large
Springs in East Tennessee
A.E. Ogden, L.R. Ogden, and M.T. Oates
- Deep Zone Karst Aquifers As a Boon In Central India
Y. Singh and D.P. Dubey
STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS IN KARST TERRANE
- Comparison of Stormwater Management in a
Karst Terrane in Spring-field, Missouri
W.L. Barner
- Ground Water Basin Delineation for Sinkhole
Flood Prevention Johnson City, Tennessee
C.G. Ford, A.E. Ogden, L.R. Ogden, S. Ellis, and J.A. Scarborough
- Sinkhole and Drainage Planning In Johnson City, Tennessee
A.J. Reese, A. Cantrell, and J.A. Scarborough
- Submergence of the Banwen Underground River by the
Yantan Reservoir and Subsequent Flooding Disasters
S. Xiang, M. Zhang, Z. Gong, and W. Li
GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND ENGINEERING IN KARST
- Site Characterization for Sinkholes In Pennsylvania and New Jersey
B. Thomas and M.J.S. Roth
- Wyndham Farms---A Karst Case History
J.A. Fischer and J.J. Fischer
- Urbanization in Karst Sinkhole Terrain=97A St. Louis Perspective
B.J. Ripp and J.A. Baker
- Sinkhole Damage Investigations for the
Insurance Industry in West-Central Florida
T.J. Smith
- Delineation of Sinkhole Boundary Using Dutch Cone Soundings
K.R. Chang and C. Bassnett
- Designing Foundations Around Sinkholes
R.C. Kannan
- Case History: Foundation Remedy for New
Home After Sinkholes Formed During Construction
L.P. Mishu, J.R. Mishu, and J.D. Godfrey
- Sinkhole Investigation: An On-Going Case Study in Kuwait
W. Abdullah and M.A. Mollah
- Sinkholes in Karst Mining Areas in
China and Some Methods of Prevention
G. Li, K. Zhou, and W. Zhou
- Mine-Induced Sinkholes Over the U.S. Strategic
Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
Storage Facility at Weeks Island, Louisiana:
Geologic Mitigation and Environmental Monitoring
J.T. Neal
- The Hole Story: How a Sinkhole in a
Phospho-gypsum Pile was Explored and Remediated
N.F. Fuleihan, J.E. Cameron, and J.F. Henry
- Evaluation of Antikarst Protection Efficiency
V.V. Tolmachev
- Planning the Replacement of the Beards Creek Bridge
S.E. Walker and J.W. Matzat
- An Example of the Use of Jet Grouting to
Permit Tunneling in chemically Weathered Limestone
A.D. Walker
KARST STUDIES FOR LAND-USE PLANNING
- A Geologic Evaluation: The First Step In
Land Use Planning in Stone County, Missouri
W.L. Barner
- Modeling of a Cave Ecosystem
W.C. Campbell, S.M. Sullivan, and L.R. Livingston
- Hazard Mapping of Karst Along the Coast of the Algarve, Portugal
R.A. Forth, D. Butcher, and R. Senior
- Construction of a Karst Hazard Map of
the Russian Federation at 1:5,000,000 Scale
V.M. Kutepov, M.M. Maksimov, N.G. Anisimova, and I.A. Kozhevnikova
INVESTIGATING KARST WITH GEOPHYSICS
- Dipole-Dipole D.C. Resistivity Surveying for
Exploration of Karst Features
D.W. Lambert
- Detecting Caves Using Seismic Surface Waves: A Feasibility Study
B. Luke and D.S. Chase
- Geophysical and Geotechnical Evaluation in
Support of Siting a Federal
Prison Facility in Mature Developed Karst---A Case Study
D. Hintz and L. Ragozzino
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS FOR KARST AREAS
- Interstate Assessment of Government Regulations
on Landfills in Karst Areas
S.B. Davis
- Studies and Regulations in the Southwestern Illinois Karst
J. Bade and P. Moss
- Bacterial Contamination of Groundwater from
Private Septic Systems in
Illinois' Sinkhole Plain: Regulatory Considerations
S.V. Panno, C.P. Weibel, I.G. Krapac, and E.C. Storment
- A Geological Approach to Ground-water Protection
in the Soluble Rock Lands of Missouri
J.W. Duley
- Greene County, Missouri's Sinkhole Regulations
T.W. Smith
- Limestone Ordinances of New Jersey and Pennsylvania:
A Practitioner's Experiences
J.A. Fischer
- Engineered and Unregulated Degradation of Karst Aquifers:
Two Case Studies in New York State, USA
P.A. Rubin and J.J. Privitera
Document created 21 January, 1997.
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Updated: 31 January, 1997
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