Proceedings of 68th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference (GeoQuébec 2015)

Barriers and Geosynthetics / Barrières et géosynthétiques


1. EFFECT OF BRINE SOLUTION ON ANTIOXIDANTS OF HDPE GEOMEMBRANES
   MOHAMAD SHOAIB, Kerry Rowe
2. FIELD TESTING LARGE SAND-FILLED GEOTEXTILE CONTAINERS USED AS A TEMPORARY FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEM
   Steven Harms, James Blatz, Shawn Clark
3. BEHAVIOR OF DRAIN TUBES PLANAR DRAINAGE GEOCOMPOSITE UNDER EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES
   Stephan Fourmont, Pascal Saunier
4. ADVANCES IN GEOMEMBRANES: LEAK LOCATION LINER: GEOMEMBRANE BARRIER SYSTEMS WITH INCREASED INTEGRITY
   Boyd Ramsey, Vincent Diviacchi
5. THE PRACTICAL LIMITS OF COLD TEMPERATURE GEOMEMBRANE INSTALLATION IN NORTHERN CANADA
   Andrew Mills, Brian Fraser, Deepaksh Gulati

Characterization of Permafrost State and Variability I / Caractérisation et variabilité du pergélisol I


1. ACTIVE LAYER VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE MACKENZIE VALLEY, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
   Caroline Duchesne, Sharon Smith, Mark Ednie, Philip Bonnaventure
2. LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS OF ACTIVE LAYER THAWING AND FREEZING, BARROW, ALASKA
   Jerry Brown, Frederick Nelson, Vladimir Romanovsky, Cathy Seybold, Robert Hollister, Craig Tweedie
3. VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN PERMAFROST THERMAL STATE IN NORTHERN CANADA
   Sharon Smith, Antoni Lewkowicz, Caroline Duchesne, Mark Ednie
4. CHANGES IN PERMAFROST AND ACTIVE-LAYER TEMPERATURES ALONG AN ALASKAN PERMAFROST-ECOLOGICAL TRANSECT
   Vladimir Romanovsky, William Cable, Alexander Kholodov
5. ARCTIC PERMAFROST THERMAL VARIABILITY ACROSS AN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT FROM CONTINUOUS TO SPORADIC PERMAFROST IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE – A PAGE21 COMPILATION
   Hanne H. Christiansen, Julia Boike, J. van Huissteden, Birger U. Hansen, Margareta Johansson, Go Iwahana, Boris K. Biskaborn
6. DTS GROUND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS IN MOUNTAIN PERMAFROST – THE 2ALPES-3065 BOREHOLE (FRENCH ALPS)
   Philippe Schoeneich, Jean-Michel Krysiecki, Ludovic Mingrat, Hendrik Huwald

Characterization of Permafrost State and Variability II / Caractérisation et variabilité du pergélisol II


1. QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PERMAFROST THERMAL STATE AND ACTIVE LAYER THICKNESS DATA IN GTN-P
   Boris Biskaborn, Jean-Pierre Lanckman, Hugues Lantuit, Vladimir Romanovsky, Dmitry Sergeev, Gonc¸alo Vieira, William Cable, Paolo Pogliotti, Jeannette Nötzli, Hanne Christiansen, Halldo´r Jo´hannsson
2. HYDROTHERMAL REGIME ANALYSIS OF SHALLOW DEPTH OF A SOIL SLOPE DURING SHORT-TERM FREEZE-THAW CYCLES
   Yun Que, Xiaopeng Chen, Jinyuan Liu
3. THE MONITORING OF SOIL PORE WATER PRESSURE AND SOIL TEMPERATURE IN CUTTING SLOPE BEFORE AND AFTER AUFEIS
   Wei Shan, Ying Guo, Zhaoguang Hu
4. MONITORING OF PERMAFROST IN RUSSIA. RUSSIAN DATABASE AND THE INTERNATIONAL GTN-P PROJECT.
   Dmitry Drozdov, Galina Malkova, Vladimir Romanovsky, Yana Rumyantseva, Andrew Abramov, Pavel Konstantinov, Dmitry Sergeev, Nikolay Shiklomanov, Aleksandr Kholodov, Olga Ponomareva, Dmitry Streletskiy
5. CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF THERMO-EROSION GULLIES FORMED IN SYNGENETIC ICE WEDGE POLYGONAL TERRAINS ON BYLOT ISLAND, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC: CASE STUDIES FROM THREE DIFFERENT SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS
   Audrey Veillette, Daniel Fortier, Etienne Godin

Contamined Sites and Remediation / Sités contaminés et réhabilitation


1. CARACTÉRISATION ENVIRONNEMENTALE DES SOLS ET DU REMBLAI CONTENANT DES MATIÈRES RÉSIDUELLES À L’ENDROIT D’UN ANCIEN DÉPÔT PÉTROLIER SUITE À LA CESSATION DE SES ACTIVITÉS
   LAMINE BOUMAIZA
2. INFLUENCE OF EXTREME EVENTS AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES ON THE RELEASE CAPACITY OF STORE-AND-RELEASE COVERS IN A SEMIARID CLIMATE
   Bruno Bossé, Bruno Bussière, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Rachid Hakkou, Mostafa Benzaazoua
3. THE HYDROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE ALDERMAC ABANDONED MINE SITE AFTER ITS REHABILITATION
   abdelkabir maqsoud, Mamert Mbonimpa, Bruno bussiere, Mostafa Benzaazoua, Jean Dionne
4. ON THE EFFECT OF SOPHOROLIPIDS ON DIFFERENT FRACTIONS OF MINE TAILING AND THE SPECIATION OF ARSENIC
   Fereshteh Arab, Catherine Mulligan
5. INCORPORATING GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS TO SUPPORT RECLAMATION ON RESOURCE PROJECTS
   Victoria Stevens
6. EFFECT OF CEMENTITIOUS AMENDMENT ON THE GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF A SURFACE PASTE TAILINGS DISPOSAL
   Ichrak Hadimi, Mostafa Benzaazoua, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Bruno Bussière

Earthquakes and Geohazards I / Séismes et géoaléas I


1. NONLINEAR SITE RESPONSE ANALYSES AND HIGH FREQUENCY DILATION PULSES
   Graeme McAllister, Mahdi Taiebat, Alborz Ghofrani, Long Chen, Pedro Arduino
2. ASSESSMENT OF SOIL LIQUEFACTION POTENTIAL OF AN EMBAMKMENT DAM IN THE CHARLEVOIX SEISMIC ZONE – CASE STUDY WITH THE COMPARAISON OF THREE TOTAL STRESS METHODS
   Olivier Hurley, Pierre Boulanger, Juliana Ruiz Suescun
3. NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF LIQUEFACTION MECHANISM IN HYDRAULIC FILL DAMS
   Mahya Hatambeigi, Amir Hamidi
4. APPLICATION OF AN ADVANCED CONSTITUTIVE MODEL IN NONLINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF TAILINGS DAM
   Andres Barrero, Mahdi Taiebat, Arcesio Lizcano
5. EFFETS DE SITE DU BARRAGE EN ENROCHEMENT DENIS-PERRON (SM-3), QUÉBEC
   Daniel Verret, Denis LeBoeuf, Éric Péloquin
6. A REVIEW OF SEISMIC SITE AMPLIFICATION BY CONSIDERING GEOMETRICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SITES
   Pooneh Maghoul

Earthquakes and Geohazards II / Séismes et géoaléas II


1. FAILURE MECHANISMS OF UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES DURING EARTHQUAKE: AN OVERVIEW
   Ahmed Mahmoud, Mahmoud Hussien, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekired, C. Bessette, L. Jinga
2. THE BENEFICIAL AND DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF ROCKING SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS ON SUPER STRUCTURE DURING SEISMIC LOADING
   Partheeban Selvarajah, Sivapalan Gajan
3. A PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATION OF LATERAL SPREADING DISPLACEMENT USING RESULTS OF PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT
   Hamid Karimian, Roy Mayfield, Pete Quinn
4. LIQUEFACTION SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING DERIVED FROM TERRAIN MAPPING; EXPERIENCE ON A LINEAR PROJECT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
   Pete Quinn, Martin Zaleski, Roy Mayfield, Hamid Karimian, Betsy Waddington
5. COMPARAISON EXPÉRIMENTALE DES MÉTHODES MASW ET H/V BRUIT DE FOND DANS L’ESTIMATION DES EFFETS DE SITE LITHOLOGIQUE DANS LE BASSIN DE DAMIEN
   Berthoumieux Junior Jean, Sadrac St Fleur
6. MICROZONAGE SISMIQUE DE LA VILLE DES CAYES À HAÏTI
   Betegard Jeudy, Mourad Karray, Patrick Paultre

Embankments and Dams / Remblais et barrages


1. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CONTACT EROSION BETWEEN A TILL CORE AND COARSER CREST AND FILTER MATERIALS
   Pierre-Olivier Dionne, Jean-Marie Konrad
2. MESURES DE RADAR EN PUITS POUR LA LOCALISATION DU NOYAU IMPERMÉABLE DU BARRAGE ROMAINE 2
   Michel Chouteau, Ting-Kuei Chou, Alain Côté
3. SHORT AND LONG TERM COMPRESSIBILITY OF ROCK PARTICLE ASSEMBLAGES
   Vincent Cormier, Jean-Marie Konrad
4. INFLUENCE OF SNOW COVER ON THE GROUND THERMAL REGIME ALONG AN EMBANKMENT BUILT ON PERMAFROST: IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS
   Florence Lanouette, Guy Doré, Daniel Fortier, Chantal Lemieux

Embankments and Dams in Cold Regions / Remblais et barrages en régions nordiques


1. INFLUENCE OF WATER TEMPERATURE AND FLOW ON THERMAL REGIME AROUND CULVERTS BUILT ON PERMAFROST.
   Loriane Périer, Guy Doré, C.R Burn
2. EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF A FROZEN CORE DAM FOUNDED ON ICE RICH SALINE MARINE SILTS AND CLAYS
   Maritz Rykaart, Megan Miller, John Kurylo, Lowell Wade
3. SURFACE TEMPERATURES CALCULATION METHOD FOR HIGH ALBEDO ROAD SURFACES IN PERMAFROST REGIONS
   Simon Dumais, Guy Doré
4. NON-DARCY AND RADIATIVE EFFECTS ON CONVECTIVE EMBANKMENT MODELING
   Marc Lebeau, Jean-Marie Konrad
5. HIGHWAY STRUCTURE STABILIZING THROUGH CONVECTION PIPE COOLING (CPC)
   Christian Nesrallah, Mamadou Fall
6. INVESTIGATION OF CRUSHED ROCK MATERIAL USED IN THE FROST PROTECTION LAYER (NORWAY)
   Elena Kuznetsova, Henri Giudici, Inge Hoff, Lars Andreas Solås, Marta Marcheselli, Ilaria Miranda, Claudio Lantieri, Valeria Vignali

Foundations I / Fondations I


1. EFFECTS OF TUNNELLING ON THE BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
   Anna-Maria Zakhem, Hany El Naggar
2. FRASER HEIGHTS BRIDGE – GEOTECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TOP-DOWN CONSTRUCTION ON DIFFICULT SOILS
   Brian Hall, Ali Azizian, David Harvey
3. HIGH STRAIN DYNAMIC PILE TESTING IN A CHALLENGING SOIL CONDITION A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA CANADA
   Pirahas Balasingam, Pedram Roshani, Jason Jagodich
4. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BEARING CAPACITY OF RING FOUNDATIONS ON INHOMOGENEOUS CLAY
   Maha Al Massri, Timothy Newson
5. EFFECTS OF VARYING MODULUS OF SUBGRADE REACTION ON STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF MAT FOUNDATION
   Prapote Boonsinsuk, George Chow, Siva Nadarajah
6. GEOSUITE - A MODULAR SOFTWARE FOR GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN
   Suzanne Lacasse, Hans Petter Jostad, Jean-Sebastien L'Heureux, Oeyvind Torgersrud, Rolf Sandven

Foundations II / Fondations II


1. LATERAL PERFORMANCE OF HELICAL TAPERED PILES IN SAND
   Ahmed Fahmy, Mohamed Hesham El Naggar
2. 3D MODELING LATERALLY LOADED BATTERED PILES IN SAND
   Lassaad Hazzar, Mahmoud Nasser Hussien, Mourad Karray
3. OPENSEES SIMULATIONS OF AXIAL BEHAVIOUR OF SINGLE-HELIX PILES
   Weidong Li, Lijun Deng
4. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE-STOREY CONCRETE BUILDING ON LIQUEFIABLE SOILS IN VICTORIA, BC
   J. Suzanne Powell, Kevin Sterne
5. COMPARISON OF PILE CAPACITY ESTIMATED BY SIGNAL MATCHING (CAPWAP®), ICAP® AND CASE METHOD OF DRIVEN STEEL PILES INSTALLED AT AN INDUSTRIAL SITE NEAR EDMONTON, ALBERTA
   Renato Clementino, Robin Tweedie, Yonggeng Ye
6. NUMERICAL STUDY FOR SOIL-SPRING STIFFNESS OF PILE GROUP
   Lassaad Hazzar, Mourad Karray, Admir Pasic

Foundations III / Fondations III


1. EVALUATION OF SEISMIC KINEMATIC AND INERTIAL FORCES IN PILES
   Mahmoud Hussien, Mourad Karray, Tetsuo Tobita, Susumu Iai
2. TOTAL VERSUS DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT OF DEEP FOUNDATIONS
   Farzaneh Naghibi, Gordon A. Fenton, D. V. Griffiths
3. INNOVATIVE DEEP FOUNDATION SUPPORT USING DUCTILE IRON PILES
   Mark Tigchelaar, Jason Brown, Brenan FitzPatrick
4. ESTIMATION OF UPLIFT SHAFT FRICTION FOR A SINGLE PILE IN EXPANSIVE SOIL USING THE MECHANICS OF UNSATURATED SOILS
   Yunlong Liu, Sai Vanapalli
5. EVALUATION OF PREDICTION ACCURACY OF ULTIMATE BOND STRENGTH OF SOIL NAILS BY THE EFFECTIVE STRESS METHOD
   Peiyuan Lin, Richard Bathurst, Jinyuan Liu

Foundations IV / Fondations IV


1. IN-SITU AXIAL LOAD TESTS OF DRILLED DISPLACEMENT STEEL PILES
   Fazli Shah, Lijun Deng
2. NUMERICAL MODELLING TECHNIQUE TO PREDICT THE LOAD VERSUS SETTLEMENT BEHAVIOR OF SINGLE PILES IN UNSATURATED COARSE-GRAINED SOILS
   Mohammed Al-Khazaali, Sai Vanapalli
3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DRILLED SHAFT DESIGN IN SAND
   Mina Lee, Dipanjan Basu
4. IN-SITU LOADING TESTS OF SMALL-DIAMETER HELICAL PILES AND EVALUATION OF DESIGN METHODS
   Weidong Li, Lijun Deng, Richard Schmidt, Baocheng Li
5. FULL-SCALE PILE LOADING TESTS ON INSTRUMENTED CONCRETE PILES IN CLAY TILL, IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA
   Xiaobo Wang, Robin Tweedie, Renato Clementino
6. EVOLUTION OF PILE SHAFT CAPACITY OVER TIME IN SOFT CLAYS (CASE STUDY: LEDA CLAY)
   Mohammadamin Hosseini, Mohammad Rayhani

Foundations V / Fondations V


1. CASE STUDY: A SIMPLIFIED EVALUATION OF LOAD TRANSFER FROM A MONOPOLE FOUNDATION
   Jamie Schweighofer, Kyle Noble
2. THE USE OF THE GEOPIER® INTERMEDIATE FOUNDATION® SYSTEM FOR SUPPORT OF SEVEN WIND TURBINE FOUNDATIONS IN EASTERN ONTARIO
   Serge Bourque, Mark Tigchelaar, Neil Isenegger, Jason Brown, Mike Pockoski
3. ANALYSIS OF LATERALLY LOADED RIGID MONOPILES
   Bipin Gupta, Dipanjan Basu
4. STATIC AND CYCLIC DESIGN ASPECTS FOR FOUNDATION PILES OF OFFSHORE WIND FARMS
   Axel Nernheim, Andre Stang
5. RESPONSE OF SHORT MONOPILES FOR OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE FOUNDATIONS: VIRGIN AND POST-CYCLIC CAPACITY
   Francisco J. Grajales, Ryan D Beemer, Madhuri Murali, Charles P Aubeny, Giovanna Biscontin
6. EFFECTS OF LOADING ON STIFFNESS AND CAPACITY OF WIND TURBINE HYBRID FOUNDATION UNDER 1 G MODELING.
   Ahmed Abdelkader, hesham el naggar

Foundations in Cold Regions / Fondations en régions nordiques


1. GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN OF THERMOPILE FOUNDATION FOR A BUILDING IN INUVIK
   Guangwen (Gordon) Zhang, Ed Hoeve
2. GEOTECHNICAL DEEP FOUNDATION DESIGN CHALLENGES IN DISCONTINOUS PERMAFROST OF NORTHERN MANITOBA
   Hafeez Baba, Jim Oswell, Kristopher Matusiewicz, Giovanni Militano
3. RESEARCH ON FOUNDATION DESIGN ON PERMAFROST IN MONGOLIA
   Dashjamts Dalai, Ariunjargal Anand, Ninjgarav Enebish, Batsaikhan Anand
4. EFFECT OF STRESS AND TEMPERATURE HISTORY ON CREEP BEHAVIOR OF STRAIGHT AND ENLARGED-BASE ANCHORS IN FROZEN SILTY SOIL
   Jean-Marie Konrad, Luc Boisvert
5. A CASE STUDY OF FROST ACTION ON LIGHTLY LOADED PILES AT ONTARIO SOLAR FARMS
   Pierre-Philippe Levasseur, Paul Dittrich, Michael Maher

Geotechnical Education Challenges / Défis de la formation en géotechnique


1. PERSONAL REFLECTION OF TEACHING ADVANCED FOUNDATION DESIGN COURSE
   Jinyuan Liu
2. A LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF EXPERIENTIAL FIELD-BASED LEARNING IN GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (GS&GE) AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY USING STUDENT ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING GAINS (SALG)
   Vicki Remenda, Douglas Archibald
3. POURQUOI PAS UN BACCALAURÉAT EN GÉNIE GÉOTECHNIQUE?
   Jean Lafleur, Pierre Montès
4. BLENDED TRAINING AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING FOR SOFTWARE USERS IN THE GEOSCIENCES.
   Efrosyni-Maria Skordaki, Susan Bainbridge
5. REDESIGNING FIELD SCHOOL: E-PARTICIPATION IN GEOTECHNICAL FIELD EXERCISES.
   Efrosyni-Maria Skordaki, Nicholas Vlachopoulos

Groundwater / Eaux souterraines


1. ESTIMATION DE LA CONDUCTIVITÉ HYDRAULIQUE ET LA POROSITÉ DES LITHOFACIÈS IDENTIFIÉS DANS LES DÉPÔTS GRANULAIRES DU PALÉODELTA DE LA RIVIÈRE VALIN DANS LA RÉGION DU SAGUENAY
   LAMINE BOUMAIZA, ALAIN ROULEAU, PIERRE A COUSINEAU
2. PERFORMANCE OF FULLY GROUTED PIEZOMETERS SUBJECTED TO TRANSIENT FLOW CONDITIONS
   Vahid Marefat, François Duhaime, Robert P. Chapuis
3. THE EFFECT OF FLOW REVERSAL ON PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT IN ROCKS
   Adrian Glowacki, A.P.S. Selvadurai
4. A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF GROUNDWATER FLOW ON HEAT LOSS FROM RESIDENTIAL FOUNDATIONS
   Dominique Beaulieu, Jean Côté
5. PUMPING TEST IN A CONFINED AQUIFER: HOW TO DETECT A POORLY SEALED MONITORING WELL
   Robert P. Chapuis, Djaouida Chenaf
6. INTERPRETING PUMPING TEST IN STRATIFIED CONFINED AQUIFER USING THE EQUIVALENT MODEL
   Djaouida chenaf, Sarah Boukemidja, Afaf Moumin

In Situ Testing and Instrumentation I / Essais in situ et instrumentation I


1. PIEZOCONE TESTING APPLICATIONS FOR SAFETY ANALYSES OF DAMS ON STRATIFIED DEPOSITS
   Valérie Michaud, Marc Smith, Éric Péloquin, Pierre-Alain Konrad
2. EVALUATION OF THE UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH OF CHAMPLAIN SEA CLAYS (LEDA CLAY) IN OTTAWA USING CPT
   Raymond Haché, Athir Nader, Simon Gudina, Mamadou Fall
3. INTERPRETATION AND CORRELATION OF CPTU AND VANE SHEAR TESTS FOR VERY SOFT VARVED SILTY CLAYS – A CASE STUDY
   Lincar Pedroni, Denise Leahy
4. GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF A LARGE LANDSLIDE SITE AT QUYON, QUÉBEC
   Baolin Wang, Gregory Brooks, James Hunter
5. EGT SAMPLING METHOD; TOWARD UNDISTURBED SAND SAMPLE
   Jean-François St-Laurent, Jean-Marie Konrad
6. EFFECT OF SOIL STRUCTURE ON IN-SITU FIELD VANE AND SEISMIC PIEZOCONE TESTS IN CHAMPLAIN CLAY
   Mark Styler, Will McQueen, John Howie

In Situ Testing, Instrumentation, and Monitoring in Cold Regions / Essais insitu et instrumentation en milieu nordique


1. THE NUNAVUT PERMAFROST DATABANK- CENTRALIZING NUNAVUT PERMAFROST FOR NORTHERN DECISION-MAKING
   Sara Holzman
2. ASSESSMENT OF PERMAFROST CONDITIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE REHABILITATION AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE OF THE IQALUIT AIRPORT, NUNAVUT, CANADA.
   Valérie Mathon-Dufour, Michel Allard, Anne-Marie LeBlanc
3. FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF PERMAFROST CONDITIONS BESIDE THE DEMPSTER HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT, PEEL PLATEAU, NWT
   Brendan O'Neill, Chris Burn, Steve Kokelj
4. EVALUATING THE USE OF DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING FOR PERMAFROST MONITORING IN SALLUIT, NUNAVIK
   Jonathan Roger, Michel Allard, Denis Sarrazin, Emmanuel L'Hérault, Guy Doré, Anick Guimond
5. INVESTIGATION ON THE SOIL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF DIFFERENT UNDERLYING SURFACES IN THE NORTHERN QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU, CHINA
   Ren Li, Tonghua Wu, Lin Zhao, Changwei Xie, Yao Xiao, Guojie Hu, Yizhen Du
6. PERMAFROST CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DEMPSTER HIGHWAY, YUKON AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
   Christopher Burn, Jeff Moore, Brendan O'Neill, Don Hayley, Richard Trimble, Fabrice Calmels, Sandra Orban, Muhammad Idrees

Infrastructure Performance in Cold Regions / Performance des infrastructures en régions nordiques


1. INITIAL MONITORING OF INSTRUMENTED TEST SECTIONS ALONG THE INUVIK-TUKTOYAKTUK HIGHWAY
   Earl Marvin De Guzman, Aron Piamsalee, Marolo Alfaro, Lukas Arenson, Guy Doré, Don Hayley
2. DISEQUILIBRIUM PERMAFROST CONDITIONS ON NWT HIGHWAY 3
   Stephen Wolfe, Peter Morse, Ed Hoeve, Wendy Sladen, Steve Kokelj, Lukas Arenson
3. THE INUVIK AIRPORT RUNWAY – AN EVALUATION OF 50 YEARS OF PERFORMANCE
   Ed Hoeve, Don Hayley
4. OBSERVED DEFORMATIONS OF AN EXISTING HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT ON DEGRADING PERMAFROST
   David Flynn, Marolo Alfaro, Jim Graham, Lukas Arenson
5. OBSERVED AND PREDICTED THERMAL REGIME UNDER AN EXISTING HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT ON DEGRADING PERMAFROST
   David Flynn, Marolo Alfaro, Jim Graham, David Kurz, Lukas Arenson
6. MONITORING PERMAFROST CONDITIONS ALONG THE DEMPSTER HIGHWAY
   Muhammad Idrees, Chris Burn, Jeff Moore, Fabrice Calmels

Infrastructure Performance in Cold Regions II / Performance des infrastructures en régions nordiques II


1. SUIVI DU COMPORTEMENT THERMIQUE ET MÉCANIQUE DE LA ROUTE D’ACCÈS À L’AÉROPORT DE SALLUIT AU NUNAVIK, QUÉBEC
   Vincent Lamontagne, Loriane Périer, Chantal Lemieux, Guy Doré, Michel Allard, Jonathan Roger, Anick Guimond
2. SLOPE STABILIZATION AT KM 229 AND KM 701-703 OF THE ALASKA HIGHWAY: SITE CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED
   Jason Pellett, Andrew Horwood
3. CHARACTERIZATION OF ARMOUR STONE BREAKWATER THROUGH A FREEZE-THAW RESISTANCE APPROACH
   Philippe Morin, Guy Dionne
4. DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN EMBANKMENTS OF THE QINGHAI-TIBET RAILWAY IN PERMAFROST REGIONS
   Fujun Niu, Minghao Liu, Libo Wu, Guodong Cheng, Qingbai Wu
5. NWT HIGHWAY 3 TEST SECTIONS NEAR YELLOWKNIFE
   Jan Stirling, Jack Seto, Lukas Arenson, Muhammad Abu Bakar
6. HIGH-RESOLUTION MONITORING OF THAW SUBSIDENCE AFFECTING THE ACCESS ROAD TO UMIUJAQ AIRPORT IN NUNAVIK (QUEBEC)
   Richard Fortier, Shuai Guo, Pierrick Lamontagne-Hallé, Wenbing Yu

Insitu Testing and Instrumentation II / Essais in situ et instrumentation II


1. FORMATION OF SOIL PLUGS WITHIN H-PILES DRIVEN IN STIFF CLAYEY PORT STANLEY TILL NEAR LONDON, ONTARIO
   Raymond Haché, Simon Gudina, Shaun Walker, Greg MacNeill
2. SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY ESTIMATION USING MULTICHANNEL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVE AND SMALL SCALE MICROTREMOR MEASUREMENT FOR SEISMIC SITE CHARACTERIZATION
   Md. Zillur Rahman, Sumi Siddiqua, A. S. M. Maksud Kamal
3. EFFECT OF LONG-TERM STATIC LOAD ON THE L-SHAPED RETAINING WALL INSTALLED WITH THINNED WOODEN PILE AND FIBER OPTIC GEOGRID USING BOTDR METHOD
   Suman Manandhar, Kazuyuki Miyazoe, Satoshi Fukuoka, Takenori Hino, Dennes T. Bergado, Tatsuya Koumoto
4. ESTIMATION OF THE SMALL STRAIN STIFFNESS OF GLACIAL TILL USING GEOPHYSICAL METHODS AND BAROMETRIC LOADING RESPONSE
   Ruth Harley, Paolo Bergamo, David Hughes, Shane Donohue, Laura Carse, Lee Barbour
5. NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION OF THE SURFACE OF UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES BASED ON THE PROPAGATION OF SURFACE WAVE
   Simon-Pierre Tremblay, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekired, Carole Bessette, Livius Jinga
6. STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PRESSUREMETER MODULUS AND SPT N-VALUE FOR GLACIAL TILLS
   Kanagaratnam Balachandran, Jinyuan Liu, Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker

John Ross MacKay Symposium - Permafrost I / Symposium John Ross MacKay - Pergélisol I


1. JRM: HIS EARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 1950S TO MID 1980S, AND HIS RESULTS, 1990-2005
   Hugh French
2. SCIENCE TO TECHNOLOGY--THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PERMAFROST SCIENCE FOR ENGINEERS PRACTICING IN THE NORTH
   Don Hayley
3. RECONSTRUCTING GEOMORPHOLOGY: AN APPRECIATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF J. ROSS MACKAY (1915-2014)
   Michael Church
4. LATE WISCONSIN GLACIATION OF HADWEN AND SUMMER ISLANDS, TUKTOYAKTUK COASTLANDS, NWT, CANADA
   Julian Murton, Mark Bateman, Richard Waller, Colin Whiteman
5. JOHN ROSS MACKAY - DEVOTED TUTOR AND BEST FRIEND OF CHINESE PERMAFROST RESEARCH
   Guodong Cheng, Zhijiu Cui, Baolai Wang, Huijun Jin

John Ross MacKay Symposium - Permafrost II / Symposium John Ross MacKay - Pergélisol II


1. LAKES OF THE WESTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC: PAST CONTROLS AND FUTURE CHANGES
   Philip Marsh, Tyeler de Jong, Lance Lesack, Cuyler Onclin, Mark Russell
2. HOLOCENE LAKE-LEVEL RECESSION, PERMAFROST AGGRADATION AND LITHALSA FORMATION IN THE YELLOWKNIFE AREA, GREAT SLAVE LOWLAND
   Stephen Wolfe, Peter Morse
3. GEOMETRY OF ORIENTED LAKES IN OLD CROW FLATS, NORTHERN YUKON
   Pascale Roy-Leveillee, Christopher Burn
4. ESTIMATING TALIK DEPTH BENEATH LAKES IN ARCTIC ALASKA
   Kenneth Hinkel, Christopher Arp
5. SUMMER AND WINTER FLOWS OF THE MACKENZIE RIVER SYSTEM
   Ming-ko Woo, Robin Thorne
6. GEOHAZARD INVESTIGATIONS OF PERMAFROST AND GAS HYDRATES IN THE OUTER SHELF AND UPPER SLOPE OF THE CANADIAN BEAUFORT SEA
   Scott Dallimore, C.K. Paull, A.E. Taylor, M. Riedel, H.A. MacAulay, M.M. Côté, Y.K. Jin

John Ross MacKay Symposium - Permafrost III / Symposium John Ross MacKay - Pergélisol III


1. METEOROLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON ICING DYNAMICS IN SUBARCTIC NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA
   Peter Morse, Stephen Wolfe
2. THE THERMO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF FROST-CRACKS OVER ICE WEDGES: NEW DATA FROM EXTENSOMETER MEASUREMENTS.
   Denis Sarrazin, Michel Allard
3. SUBDIVISION OF ICE-WEDGE POLYGONS, WESTERN ARCTIC COAST
   Christopher Burn, Brendan O'Neill
4. GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ACTIVE LAYER AND PERMAFROST IN NORTHWESTERN CANADA: FROM MEASUREMENTS TO QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY
   Denis Lacelle, Marielle Fontaine, Steve Kokelj
5. TOPOCLIMATIC CONTROLS ON ACTIVE-LAYER THICKNESS, ALASKAN COASTAL PLAIN
   Frederick Nelson, Melanie Schimek

Laboratory Testing I / Essais en laboratoire I


1. LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY-EFFICIENCY IN VIBRATORY COMPACTION OF GRANULAR MATERIALS
   Federico Fernandez, Garrett Osborne
2. ESSAIS D’INDENTATION SUR UNE ARGILE SENSIBLE.
   Mireille Sandrine Ewane, Vincenzo Silvestri, Ghassan Abou- Samra
3. X-RAY CT OBSERVATION ON THE LIGHT BACKFILL
   Grytan Sarkar, Sumi Siddiqua
4. SIMPLE SHEAR LOADING RESPONSE OF UNDISTURBED AND RECONSTITUTED SILT
   Achala Soysa, Dharma Wijewickreme
5. THE FORMATION OF LABORATORY ANALOGUES OF NATURAL HYDRATE-BEARING FINE-GRAINED SOIL
   William Smith, Jocelyn Grozic, Jeffrey Priest
6. SOME INITIAL EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS ON THE INFLUENCE OF MODE OF SHEAR ON THE MONOTONIC SHEAR RESPONSE OF RECONSTITUTED SILTS
   Daniel Barnes, Priyesh Verma, Dharma Wijewickreme

Laboratory Testing II / Essais en laboratoire II


1. LABORATORY TESTING PROGRAM FOR THE PREDICTION OF RAINFALL RUNOFF FROM SOIL COVER SYSTEMS
   Ahlam Abdulnabi, G. Ward Wilson
2. EVALUATION OF EQUIVALENT CYCLE LIQUEFACTION CONCEPT BASED ON TXSS TEST RESULTS
   Marwan Khashila, Mahmoud Hussien, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekired
3. EXPERIMENT SETUP FOR SIMPLE SHEAR TESTS IN A TRIAXIAL CELL: TXSS
   Mohamed Chekired, Réjean Lemire, Mourad Karray, Mahmoud Hussein
4. EVALUATION OF DSS TEST RESULTS ON GRANULAR SOILS BASED ON TXSS RESULTS
   Mahmoud Hussien, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekired
5. CONSTANT-HEAD PERMEABILITY TESTS PERFORMED IN MONITORING WELLS AT LABORATORY SCALE
   Lu Zhang, Robert Chapuis, Vahid Marefat
6. A GENERALIZED GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION APPLICATION AND ITS USE IN DETERMINING THE HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF UNSATURATED SAND
   Marc Lebeau, Jean-Marie Konrad

Laboratory Testing III / Essais en laboratoire III


1. MINIMIZING SCALING EFFECT ON THE MEASURED VS USING THE P-RAT
   Mohamed Ben Romdhan, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Mourad Karray
2. MEASURING THE SMALL-STRAIN ELASTIC MODULUS OF GAP-GRADED SOILS USING AN EFFECTIVE-MEDIUM MODEL AND THE RESONANT COLUMN APPARATUS
   Jesús González-Hurtado, Timothy Newson
3. IMPROVEMENT OF THE PIEZO-ELECTRIC RING ACTUATOR TECHNIQUE (P-RAT) USING 3D NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS
   Ahmed Mhenni, Mourad Karray
4. VISUALIZATION OF HEAT TRANSFER TO CHARACTERIZE ENERGY FOUNDATIONS
   Jonathan Black, Alireza Tatari, Manouchehr Hakhamaneshi
5. NOVEL EVALUATION OF BENDER RESPONSE IN SAND SPECIMENS USING A LASER VIBROMETER
   Muhammad Irfan, Giovanni Cascante, Dipanjan Basu, zahid khan

Laboratory Testing in Cold Regions / Essais en laboratoire en ingénierie nordique


1. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LABORATORY FROST HEAVE TESTING OF SOILS
   Mark Nixon, J.F. (Derick) Nixon
2. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FREEZING POINT AND WATER PHASE COMPOSITION OF SALINE SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH HYDROCARBONS
   Erika Grechishcheva, Rimma Motenko
3. CYCLIC FREEZING AND THAWING EFFECTS ON ATTERBERG LIMITS OF CLAY SOILS
   Daryl Dagesse
4. EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF CHANGES IN PERMEABILITY OF FROZEN SEDIMENTS AT THAWING
   Evgeny Chuvilin, Sergey Grebenkin
5. A METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF WATER CONTENT IN REAL AND MODEL POROUS MEDIA IN EQUILIBRIUM WITH BULK ICE OR GAS HYDRATE
   Vladimir Istomin, Evgeny Chuvilin, Boris Bukhanov, Tsutomu Uchida
6. FROST HEAVE BEHAVIOR OF UNSATURATED SOILS UNDER LOW OVERBURDEN PRESSURE AND ITS ESTIMATION
   Tatsuya Ishikawa, Tetsuya Tokoro, Satoshi Akagawa

Laboratory and Insitu Testing in Cold Regions / Essais en laboratoires et essais in situ pour les régions nordiques


1. METHOD OF DETERMINING THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF DISPERSED GAS-SATURATED SEDIMENTS UNDER CONDITIONS OF HYDRATE AND ICE FORMATION
   Evgeny Chuvilin, Boris Bukhanov, Gennagy Brovka
2. MEASUREMENTS OF UNDISTURBED PERMAFROST THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY THROUGH CT SCAN ANALYSIS
   Marc-André Ducharme, Michel Allard, Jean Côté, Emmanul L'Hérault
3. TIME EVOLUTION OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY OF A SNOW COVER
   Olivier Lachance, Jean Côté
4. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF BOTTOM SEDIMENTS IN THE EAST SIBERIAN ARCTIC SEAS: A CASE STUDY IN THE BUOR-KHAYA BAY
   Evgeny Chuvilin, Boris Bukhanov, Sergey Grebenkin, Vladimir Tymskoy, Natalia Shakhova, Oleg Dudarev, Igor Semiletov
5. THE RESULTS OF 5- YEAR EXPERIMENT OF METHANE PRODUCTION FROM FROZEN SOILS
   Maria Cherbunina, Anatoli Brouchkov, Elina Karnysheva, Masami Fukuda, Valeri Galchenko

Landslides and Slope Stability I / Mouvements de terrain et stabilité des pentes I


1. NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF A STABILIZED NATURAL SLOPE
   Xinli Wu, Hany El Naggar, A.J. Valsangkar
2. CASE STUDY OF A LANDSLIDE ON HIGHWAY 20 NORTH OF CRAVEN, SK
   Harpreet Panesar, Hung Vu, Laurie Stang, Jody Schafer, Hamid Soleymani
3. POISSON’S RATIO EFFECT OF SLOPE STABILITY CALCULATIONS
   Murray Fredlund, Rob Thode
4. CASE STUDY: THE INFLUENCE OF TUNNELLING ON SLOPE STABILITY
   Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Ioannis Vazaios
5. STEEPBANK RIVER VALLEY GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CATEGORIZATION
   Joanna Chen, Rob Charron, Dan Hepp, Jeff MacLean, Jason Chen
6. PRELIMINARY RESERVOIR IMPACT LINES FOR THE SITE C CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT
   Scott McDougall, Michael Porter, Andrew Watson

Landslides and Slope Stability II / Mouvements de terrain et stabilité des pentes II


1. AN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR ROCKFALL EVALUATION ALONG TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS: DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PARACHUTE RESEARCH PROJECT
   Catherine Cloutier, Jacques Locat, Mélanie Mayers, François Noël, Dominique Turmel, Pierre Gionet, Michel Jaboyedoff, Chantal Jacob, Pierre Dorval, François Bossé
2. DETECTION OF ROCK SLOPE FAILURE PRECURSORS USING A TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER
   Ryan Kromer, Jean Hutchinson, Matt Lato, Dave Gauthier, Tom Edwards
3. FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE OF ROCKFALL EVENTS FOR HAZARD ANALYSIS; A COMPARISON OF DATA FROM LIDAR SCANNING WITH TRADITIONAL METHODS OF REPORTING
   Megan van Veen, D. Jean Hutchinson, Ryan Kromer, Dave Gauthier, Matt Lato, Tom Edwards
4. ON THE PRECISION, ACCURACY, AND UTILITY OF OBLIQUE AERIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY (OAP) FOR ROCK SLOPE MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
   Dave Gauthier, Jean Hutchinson, Matthew Lato, Tom Edwards, Chris Bunce, David Wood
5. L’ALÉA CHUTES DE PIERRES : LA MODÉLISATION PRÉLIMINAIRE 3D DES TRAJECTOIRES LE LONG D’UNE INFRASTRUCTURE LINÉAIRE
   François Noël, Catherine Cloutier, Dominique Turmel, Jacques Locat
6. PIERRE 2: A STOCHASTIC ROCK FALL SIMULATOR – DEVELOPMENT, CALIBRATION AND APPLICATIONS
   Andrew Mitchell, Oldrich Hungr

Landslides and Slope Stability III / Mouvements de terrain et stabilité des pentes III


1. CATHEDRAL MOUNTAIN 2014 ICE FALL AND DEBRIS FLOW
   Lukas Arenson, Chris Bunce, Dave Gauthier, Richard Guthrie, Jean Hutchinson, Matthias Jakob, Cory McGregor
2. A REVIEW OF GEOMETRICAL METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF LANDSLIDE VOLUME AND FAILURE SURFACE GEOMETRY
   Michel Jaboyedoff, Marc-Henri Derron, Benjamin Rudaz, Thierry Oppikofer, Ivanna Penna, Sergio Daicz
3. ANALYSE DE LA SIGNATURE LAISSÉE PAR LE TSUNAMI GÉNÉRÉ PAR UN GLISSEMENT DE TERRAIN AU LAC-DES-SEIZE-ÎLES, QUÉBEC, CANADA, LE 15 AVRIL 2014.
   Jonathan Leblanc, Dominique Turmel, Jacques Locat, Julie Therrien
4. TESTING A LANDSLIDE-GENERATED TSUNAMI MODEL. THE CASE OF THE NICOLET LANDSLIDE (QUÉBEC, CANADA)
   Martin Franz, Michel Jaboyedoff, Jacques Locat, Yury Podladchikov
5. TSUNAMIGENIC LANDSLIDES IN QUÉBEC
   Jacques Locat, Dominique Turmel, Jonathan Leblanc, Denis Demers

Landslides and Slope Stability IV / Mouvements de terrain et stabilité des pentes IV


1. SOME FACTORS AFFECTING RETROGRESSIVE FAILURE OF SENSITIVE CLAY SLOPES USING LARGE DEFORMATION FINITE ELEMENT MODELING
   Chen Wang, Biswajit Saha, Bipul Hawlader
2. MONITORING GEOHAZARDS NEAR PIPELINE CORRIDORS WITH AN ADVANCED INSAR TECHNIQUE AND GEOMECHANICAL MODELLING
   Jayanti Sharma
3. ROCKFALL PROTECTION ALONG HIGHWAY 403 IN HAMILTON, ON: A RECENT RE-ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF EMERGING SITE INVESTIGATION METHODS.
   David Wood
4. 3D DATA COLLECTION FOR RAPID ROCK FALL RESPONSE SITUATIONS
   Matt Lato, Dave Gauthier, Pete Quinn, Jean Hutchinson, Ryan Kromer, Tom Edwards, Jose Riopel
5. NOUVELLE INVESTIGATION GÉOTECHNIQUE DU GLISSEMENT DE TERRAIN DE 1971 LE LONG DE LA RIVIÈRE DE LA NATION SUD, ONTARIO
   Alain Durand, Ariane Locat, Serge Leroueil, Pascal Locat, Denis Demers

Landslides and Slope Stability V / Mouvements de terrain et stabilité des pentes V


1. EUREKA RIVER LANDSLIDE, HWY 726:02 NEAR WORSLEY, ALBERTA: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF REMEDIAL MEASURES
   Barry Meays, Don Proudfoot, Roger Skirrow, Ed Szmata
2. SLOPE OBSERVATIONS AND FIELD MAPPING TO VERIFY THE STABILITY OF SLOPES NEAR KITIMAT, BC
   Ali Khalili, Jason Pellett, Brian Hall, Jack Price
3. INSTRUMENTING AND MONITORING A SLOW MOVING LANDSLIDE
   Matthew Schafer, Renato Macciotta, Michael Hendry, Derek Martin, Chris Bunce, Eddie Choi, Tom Edwards
4. TEMPORARY SLOPE STABILIZATION AT THE AIRPORT TRAIL TUNNEL EXCAVATION, CITY OF CALGARY
   Bronwen Kelley, Paul Xu, Ognian Gubev, Laura Normore, Tara Rihn, Lee Nichols, Kelly Illerbrun
5. USE OF NATIVE SOIL IN THE MSE STRUCTURES
   Daniel Huang, David Fuerth, Abe Choi
6. ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY AND DISPLACEMENT MONITORING OF THE DAWSON CITY LANDSLIDE,YUKON.
   Marc-Andre Brideau, Alexandre Bevington, Antoni Lewkowicz, Doug Stead

Landslides and Slope Stability VI / Mouvements de terrain et stabilité des pentes VI


1. ANALYSIS OF A BLAST LOADING NEAR SENSITIVE CLAY SLOPE IN LA ROMAINE VILLAGE, QUEBEC
   Sarah Bouchard, Serge Leroueil, Denis LeBoeuf, Pierre-Luc Deschênes, Pierre Dorval
2. DEVELOPMENT OF SPECTRAL PSEUDO-STATIC METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CLAYEY SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS
   Fady Ghobrial, Mourad Karray, Marie-Christine Delisle, Catherine Ledoux
3. CO-SEISMIC LARGE LANDSLIDES IN SENSITIVE CLAY IN EASTERN CANADA, A SEARCH FOR AN INITIATION THRESHOLD
   Pete Quinn, Martin Zaleski
4. UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMIC SOIL PROPERTIES ROLE IN A LANDSLIDE
   Akram Ghossoub, Muhsin Elie RAHHAL

Mining Geotechnique IV / Géotechnique minière IV


1. IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATED OIL SANDS WASTE IN CONTINUOUS FLIGHT AUGER PILES CONCRETE MIXTURES
   Mahmoud Kassem, Ahmed Soliman, Hesham El Naggar
2. EFFECT OF TREATED OIL SANDS DRILL CUTTINGS WASTE ON MICROPILES GROUT PROPERTIES
   Moustafa Aboutabikh, Ahmed Soliman, Hesham El Naggar
3. MODEL BEARING CAPACITY TESTS IN A LARGE LABORATORY SIMULATION OF POLYMER AMENDED MFT
   Liza Rozina, Shabnam Mizani, Momin Malek, Paul Simms
4. DESICCATON AND CONSOLIDATION MODELLINF OF OIL SANDS FINE TAILINGS DEPOSITS
   Paul Simms, Gholami Mahsa

Northern Communities / Communautés nordiques


1. ARCTIC CITIES, PERMAFROST AND CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
   Dmitry Streletskiy, Nikolay Shiklomanov, Vasily Kokorev, Oleg Anisimov
2. DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CSA STANDARD FOR MODERATING THE EFFECTS OF PERMAFROST DEGRADATION ON EXISTING BUILDING FOUNDATIONS
   Antoni Lewkowicz, Martin Tremblay, Kelly Montgomery
3. CONSTRUCTION POTENTIAL MAPS IN SUPPORT TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITIES BUILT ON PERMAFROST : CASE STUDIES FROM NORTHERN QUEBEC
   Andrée-Sylvie Carbonneau, Emmanuel L'Hérault, Sarah Aubé-Michaud, Diane Frappier, Michel Allard
4. HOW PERMAFROST THAW MAY IMPACT FOOD SECURITY OF JEAN MARIE RIVER FIRST NATION, NWT
   Fabrice Calmels, Cyrielle Laurent, Ryan Brown, Frédérique Pivot, Margaret Ireland
5. AGRICULTURAL ADAPTATIONS TO CHANGING PERMAFROST CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN YUKON
   Karen McKenna, Kam Davies, Scott Smith, Pierre-Yves Gasser
6. IMPACT OF LAND COVER DISTURBANCE ON PERMAFROST LANDSCAPES: CASE STUDIES FROM YUKON COMMUNITIES
   Katerine Grandmont, Louis-Philippe Roy, Isabelle de Grandpré, Daniel Fortier, Bronwyn Benkert, Antoni Lewkowicz

Permafrost (Other) / Pergélisol (autre)


1. N2O AND CO2 DYNAMICS IN A FROZEN PASTURE SOIL
   Sébastien Lange, Suzanne Allaire, Mario ALberto Cuellar Castillo, Pierre Dutilleul
2. SUCCESSION IN TUNDRA LANDSCAPES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR POLAR RESTORATION EFFORTS: CASE STUDY OF HERSCHEL ISLAND, YT, CANADA
   Heather Cray, Wayne Pollard, Stephen Murphy
3. CORING OF UNCONSOLIDATED PERMAFROST DEPOSITS: METHODOLOGICAL SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
   Graham Gilbert, Hanne H. Christiansen, Ullrich Neumann
4. LAKE BOTTOM IMAGERY: A SIMPLE, FAST AND INEXPENSIVE METHOD FOR SURVEYING SHALLOW FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS OF PERMAFROST REGIONS
   Frédéric Bouchard, Daniel Fortier, Michel Paquette, Paschale Bégin, Warwick Vincent, Isabelle Laurion

Permafrost Degradation I / Dégradation du pergélisol I


1. THE GROUND THERMAL REGIME ACROSS THE MACKENZIE VALLEY CORRIDOR, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES CANADA
   Philip Bonnaventure, Sharon Smith, Dan Riseborough, Caroline Duchesne, Mark Ednie
2. DEVIATIONS IN GRIDDED FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF GROUND TEMPERATURE AND ACTIVE LAYER THICKNESS IN WUDAOLIANG BASIN, QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU
   guoan YIN, Fujun Niu, Jing Luo, Zhanju Lin, Bingzhuo Yang, Minghao Liu, Anyuan Li
3. PERMAFROST DEGRADATION ADJACENT TO SNOW FENCES ALONG THE DEMPSTER HIGHWAY, PEEL PLATEAU, NWT
   Brendan O'Neill, Chris Burn
4. CHARACTERIZATION OF PERMAFROST THERMAL STATE IN THE SOUTHERN YUKON
   Sharon Smith, A Lewkowicz, Mark Ednie, Maxime Duguay, Alexandre Bevington
5. THE EUREKA SOUND LOWLANDS: AN ICE-RICH PERMAFROST LANDSCAPE IN TRANSITION
   Wayne Pollard, Melissa Ward, Michael Becker
6. ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS OF HIGH ARCTIC PERMAFROST DISTURBANCES
   Alison Cassidy, Manon Desforges, Greg Henry

Permafrost Degradation II / Dégradation du pergélisol II


1. HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIONS IN THE SOURCE AREA OF THE YELLOW RIVER AS INFERRED BY HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES
   Chengwei Wan, Peng Yi, Minjie Zheng, Zhongbo Yu, Jie Wang, Huijun Jin, Dongliang Luo, Yuzhong Yang, Qingfeng Wang, A. Aldahan
2. THE EFFECTS OF PERMAFROST DEGRADATION ON THE HYDROLOGICAL REGIME OF SUBARCTIC PEATLANDS
   Michael Braverman, William Quinton
3. SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL TEMPERATURE AND ACTIVE-LAYER THICKNESS IN THE PERMAFROST REGIONS OF RUSSIA DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS
   Artem Sherstiukov, Dmitry Streletskiy
4. ESTIMATING ANNUAL APPARENT THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY IN PERMAFROST USING TEMPERATURE TIME SERIES ON THE QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU, CHINA
   Changwei Xie, Gough William, Lin Zhao, Tonghua Wu
5. WATERSHED DELINEATION IN AREAS OF PERMAFROST DISTURBANCE ON EASTERN BANKS ISLAND, NWT: A GEOMATICS APPROACH FOR PREDICTING WATER QUALITY IMPACTS
   Ashley Rudy, Scott F. Lamoureux, Jean E. Holloway, Melissa J. Lafrenière, Steve V. Kokelj, Rebecca Segal, Trevor C. Lantz, Robert H. Fraser, I. Rod Smith
6. VIRUSES IN ANCIENT ICE WEDGES IN THE CENTRAL YAKUTIA, SIBERIA
   Anatoli Brushkov, Elina Karnysheva, Mariia Cherbunina, Gennady Griva, Svetlana Filippova, Dmitry Scladnev, Valery Galchenko

Physical and Numerical Modelling / Modélisation physique et numérique


1. PHYSICAL MODELLING OF SUBMARINE GASSY SLOPE FAILURES
   Ryan Phillips, Shantanu Kar, Bipul Hawlader
2. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF WAVE PROPAGATION ALONG A SOIL NAIL
   Jinyuan Liu, Xiaoyang Rong, Peiyuan Lin
3. MODELLING OF ELUTION TESTS WITH THE ICP INTERFACE BETWEEN COMSOL AND PHREEQC
   François Duhaime, Céline Rep, Jean-Sébastien Dubé
4. ESTIMATION OF RESIDUAL FRICTION ANGLE OF CLAY SOILS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS MODELLING
   Mostafa Abolfazl Zadeh, Amin Falamaki
5. CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT KAIST GEO-CENTRIFUGE CENTER FOCUSING ON SOIL-FOUNDATION-STRUCTURE INTERACTION UNDER SEISMIC LOADING
   Heon-Joon Park, Jeong-Gon Ha, Jun-Tae Seong, Dong-Soo Kim
6. CENTRIFUGE MODELLING OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS ON FIRM OVER SOFT LAYERED CLAY
   Jonathan Black, Alireza Tatari, Manouchehr Hakhamaneshi

Physical and Numerical Modelling in Cold Regions / Modélisation physique et numérique en régions nordiques


1. THERMAL MODELLING OF EROSION PROTECTION WITH GESOYNTHETIC CONTAINERS IN COMBINATION WITH LIGHT CLAY AGGREGATE
   Magne Wold, Arne Instanes, Arnstein Watn, Katja Werth, Lars Vollmert
2. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF COUPLED GROUNDWATER FLOW AND HEAT TRANSPORT INCORPORATING FREEZE/THAW CYCLES AND PHASE CHANGE IN A CONTINUOUS PERMAFROST ENVIRONMENT
   Masoumeh Shojae Ghias, René Therrien, John Molson, Jean-Michel Lemieux
3. HEAT ADVECTION IN THE ACTIVE LAYER OF PERMAFROST: PHYSICAL MODELLING TO QUANTIFY THE IMPACT OF SUBSURFACE FLOW ON SOIL THAWING.
   Sabine Veuille, Daniel Fortier, Manuel Verpaelst, Katerine Grandmont, Simon Charbonneau
4. ASSESSMENT OF A LAND COVER DRIVEN TTOP MODEL FOR MOUNTAIN AND LOWLAND PERMAFROST USING FIELD DATA, SOUTHERN YUKON AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
   Alexandre Bevington, Antoni G. Lewkowicz

Problematic Soils and Ground Improvement I / Sols problématiques et amélioration du comportement I


1. STABILITY DESIGN OF A TAILINGS DAM ON A GLACIOLACUSTRINE CLAY FOUNDATION
   Jérôme Lapierre, Desheng Deng, Gilles Bouclin, Luciano Piciacchia
2. LIQUEFACTION MITIGATION USING RAPID IMPACT COMPACTION AND A COMPARISON OF SPT AND CPT CONFIRMATION TESTING
   Jason Brown, Nicolas LeBlanc, Serge Bourque, Mark Tigchelaar
3. ASSESSMENT OF COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN EXISTING LIQUEFACTION CHARTS IN EASTERN REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA
   Mourad Karray, Mahmoud Nasser, Mohamed Chekired
4. FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF STONE COLUMN INSTALLATION: REVIEW OF MODELLING PRACTICES AND CASE STUDY WITH PLAXIS 2D
   Olivier Hurley, Mathieu Nuth, Mourad Karray
5. SITE PREPARATION FOR VANCOUVER AIRPORT DESIGNER OUTLET CENTRE, RICHMOND, BC
   Mustapha Zergoun, Ivan Rivera Cruz, Gunther Yip
6. FOUNDATION SOLUTIONS FOR LIGHT AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION ON EXPANSIVE SOILS: CASE STUDIES
   Amir Poshnejad

Problematic Soils and Ground Improvement II / Sols problématiques et amélioration du comportement II


1. THE SANTANA PORT ACCIDENT: COULD IT BE A SENSITIVE CLAY FLOWSLIDE UNDER THE EQUATOR?
   Sandro Sandroni, Serge Leroueil, Elaine Barreto
2. ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENT TREATMENT METHODS BY MICROBIAL-INDUCED CALCITE PRECIPITATION FOR CLAYEY SOIL IMPROVEMENT
   Mohamed Shahin, Liang Cheng
3. IN-SITU DETERMINATION OF DISINTEGRATION ENERGY FOR SOFT SENSITIVE CLAYS
   Vikas Thakur, Anders Gylland, Samson Degago, Frode Oset, Rolf Sandven
4. SOFT CLAY DRAINAGE CONSOLIDATION USING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE WICK DRAINS (ECWD)
   Wei-lie Zou, Yan-feng Zhuang, Xie-qun Wang, Sai K. Vanapalli
5. ON ENGINEERING CHARACTERISATION OF A LOW PLASTIC SENSITIVE SOFT CLAY
   Helene Alexandra Amundsen, Arnfinn Emdal, Rolf Sandven, Vikas Thakur
6. LABORATORY SETUP TO EVALUATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES FROM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE SATURATION OF A QUICK CLAY FROM DRAGVOLL, NORWAY
   Tonje Eide Helle, Rikke Nornes Bryntesen, Helene Amundsen, Arnfinn Emdal, Steinar Nordal, Per Aagaard

Problematic Soils and Ground Improvement III / Sols problématiques et amélioration du comportement III


1. ESTIMATION OF THE WETTING FRONT DEPTH IN A LOESS SOIL DEPOSIT IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
   Ping Li, Sai Vanapalli, Tonglu Li
2. STUDY THE BEHAVIOUR OF COLLAPSIBLE SOIL OF OKANAGAN VALLEY
   Amin Bigdeli, Sumi Siddiqua, Norman Williams
3. DEVELOPED STRENGTH AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF STABILIZED ORGANIC SOIL USING CHEMICAL ADMIXTURE: A LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL
   Md. Rafizul Islam, Sumi Siddiqua, Md. Assaduzzaman
4. COQUITLAM ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION FACILITY GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES
   Anthony Fuller, Naresh Koirala

Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology I / Mécanique des roches et ingénierie géologique I


1. SWELLING CHARACTERISTICS OF BENTONITE BASED BARRIERS FOR DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY FOR NUCLEAR WASTES: IMPACT OF UNDERGROUND WATER CHEMISTRY AND TEMPERATURE
   Mamadou Fall, Asmaa Shehata, Christian Detellier
2. SWELLING POTENTIAL OF QUEENSTON SHALE IN LUBRICANT FLUIDS
   HAYDER MOHAMMED SALIM AL-MAAMORI, M. HESHAM EL NAGGAR, SILVANA MICIC, LO K.Y.
3. THERMO-ELASTOPLASTIC STUDY OF THE COLORADO SHALE BEHAVIOUR
   Morteza Mohamadi, Richard Wan
4. CARACTÉRISATION STATISTIQUE DE LA RÉSISTANCE EN COMPRESSION UNIAXIALE,DE LA RÉSISTANCE EN TENSION ET DE L’INDICE DE DOUBLE POINÇONNEMENT DU ROC INTACT POUR UN PROJET MINIER
   Catherine Boudreau, Martin Grenon, Geneviève Bruneau, Paul Germain
5. THE EFFECT ON ROCK SWELLING DUE TO THE SALINITY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROCK PORE FLUID AND AMBIENT FLUID
   Taesang Ahn, Silvana Micic, Kwan Yee Lo
6. THERMAL PROPERTY TESTING OF AN ENGINEERED BARRIER FOR USE IN A DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY
   Pedram Abootalebi, Gregory Siemens

Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology II / Mécanique des roches et ingénierie géologique II


1. COMPARISON OF MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY WITHIN A FOOTWALL FAULT BETWEEN OVERHAND AND UNDERHAND STOPING METHODS
   Atsushi Sainoki, Hani Mitri
2. THE INFLUENCE OF SEGMENTAL LINING IN DEEP TBM TUNNELLING
   Ioannis Vazaios, Nicholas Vlachopoulos
3. RÉSISTANCE MÉCANIQUE ET PRESSIONS DE FISSURATION DE QUELQUES MATÉRIAUX ROCHEUX SÉDIMENTAIRES TYPIQUES
   Denis Labrie
4. INFLUENCE OF ROCKMASS PROPERTY VARIATIONS ON PRE-MINING STRESSES: A CASE STUDY
   Shahé Shnorhokian, Hani Mitri, Lindsay Moreau-Verlaan
5. IMPROVING GROUND SUPPORT DESIGN WITH DISTRIBUTED STRAIN MONITORING
   Bradley Forbes, Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Mark Diederichs
6. LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR OF DIFFERENT ROCK TYPES BASED ON LABORATORY TESTING
   Chrysothemis Paraskevopoulou, Mark Diederichs, Matthew Perras

Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology III / Mécanique des roches et génie géologique III


1. SUBSURFACE MODELING AND BIM
   Strahimir Antoljak
2. IMPLEMENTATION OF A COHESIVE CRACK MODEL IN GRAIN-BASED DEM TECHNIQUE FOR SIMULATING FRACTURE IN QUASI-BRITTLE GEOMATERIAL
   Kiarash Farahmand, Mark Stephan Diederichs
3. ON THE STABILITY OF EXPOSED BACKFILL IN MINE STOPES
   Nooshin Falaknaz, Michel Aubertin, Li Li
4. ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTIC OF GLACIAL TILLS IN GTA
   Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker, Shaheen Ahmad
5. CHARACTERIZATION OF GLACIAL TILLS FROM AN EXCAVATION NEAR FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA
   Andrew Bayliss

Soil Mechanics I / Mécanique des sols I


1. AN IMPROVED SOLUTION FOR THE EXPANSION OF CYLINDRICAL CAVITIES IN MODIFIED CAM CLAY.
   Vincenzo Silvestri, Youssef Bentaiebi, Ghassan Abou- Samra, Mireille Sandrine Ewane, Christian Bravo-Jonard
2. GEOTECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BARLOW-OJIBWAY CLAY IN NORTHERN ONTARIO
   Andrew Drevininkas, Masoud Manzari, Tony Sangiuliano, David Staseff
3. STRESS–STRAIN BEHAVIOUR OF A CLAYEY SILT IN TRIAXIAL TESTS
   Rajith Dayarathne, Bipul Hawlader
4. SECONDARY COMPRESSION OF A COHESIVE SOIL IN NORTHERN ONTARIO: A CASE STUDY
   André Bom, J.Paul Dittrich, Matthew Thibeault, Greg Qu, Keli Shi, Tony Sangiuliano
5. A RHEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF SOME MARLS SAMPLES IN HAITI
   Kelly Guerrier, Dominique Boisson, Jean-François Thimus, Christian Schroeder
6. APPLICATION OF A CRITICAL STATE BOUNDING SURFACE MODEL IMPLEMENTED IN MULTILAMINATE FRAMEWORK FOR NUMERICAL MODELING OF SOILS
   Hamid Karimpour, Seyed Amirodin Sadrnejad

Soil Mechanics II / Mécanique des sols II


1. A PRACTICAL CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR SANDS
   Alireza Azami, Thamer Yacoub, John Curran
2. LABORATORY INVESTIGATION ON THE EFFECT OF GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANULAR MATERIAL ON CONE PENETRATION TEST RESULTS
   Michael Ghali, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekirad, Varvara Roubtsova
3. ANISOTROPY IN GRANULAR GEOMATERIALS
   Marjan Oboudi, Stan Pietruszczak
4. CORRELATION BETWEEN ELASTIC MODULUS AND SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY AT LARGE STRAIN LEVEL
   Mourad Karray, Mohamed Ben Romdhan, Mahmoud N. Hussien
5. APPROCHE VIRTUELLE POUR LA GÉNÉRATION DE MILIEUX POREUX ET L'ÉVALUATION DE LA TORTUOSITÉ
   mohamed chekired, Varvara Roubtsova, Marin Lagacé
6. ANALYZING THE MACRO AND MICRO-SCALE RESPONSE OF AN IDEALISED GRANULAR MATERIAL IN DIRECT SHEAR TEST USING 3D-DEM SIMULATIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS
   Samaneh Amirpour Harehdasht, Mourad Karray, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Varvara Roubtsova, Mohamed Chekired

Soil Mechanics III / Mécanique des sols III


1. INFLUENCE OF PARTICLES SHAPE, SIZE AND UNIFORMITY OF SANDS ON THE VOID RATIO RANGE AND CONSEQUENTLY ON THE DYNAMIC PENETRATION TESTS RESULTS
   Michael Ghali, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekirad, Varvara Roubtsova
2. ROLE OF AIR-ENTRY VALUE AND CHOICE OF SWCC IN THE PREDICTION OF THE UNSATURATED PERMEABILITY
   Feixia Zhang, Delwyn Fredlund, Murray Fredlund, Ward Wilson
3. INFLUENCE OF BAGASSE ASH AND HYDRATED LIME ON STRENGTH AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF STABILISED EXPANSIVE SOIL
   Liet Chi Dang, Hayder Hasan, Behzad Fatahi, Hadi Khabbaz
4. EFFECT OF SALTS ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE WATER CONTENT AND ATTERBERG LIMITS OF EL-HODNA SABKHA SOIL
   BELKACEM MOUSSAI, ALI MESSAD
5. INVERSE MODELLING OF DESORPTION TESTS TO ESTABLISH THE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF UNSATURATED QUEBEC GRANITIC SAND
   M.J. Siahdashti, Jean Côté

Transportation and Linear Infrastructure I / Transports et infrastructures linéaires I


1. SOIL FAILURE MECHANISM FOR LATERAL AND UPWARD PIPELINE–SOIL INTERACTION ANALYSIS IN DENSE SAND
   Kshama Roy, Bipul Hawlader, Shawn Kenny
2. ON THE NUMERICAL MODELING OF BURIED STRUCTURES WITH COMPRESSIBLE INCLUSION
   Mohamed Meguid, Mahmoud Hussein, Jim Whalen
3. SECANT PILED SHAFT CONSTRUCTION AND MICROTUNNELLING IN SAND
   Aiden Horan, Scott Peaker
4. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION USING UAV PHOTOGRAMMETRY FOR PIPELINE ROUTING
   Matt Lato, Alex Baumguard, Jon Foster, Dennis Kim, Dave Gauthier
5. INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK IN SUPPORT OF PIPELINE ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR GEOHZARDS
   Shawn Kenny, Pijush Debnath, Kenton Pike, Bipul Hawlader
6. NUMERICAL MODELING OF STRESS REDUCING EFFECTS OF RIGID INCLUSIONS ABOVE BURIED FRP PIPES
   Dahlia Hafez, Alper Turan, M. Hesham El Naggar

Transportation and Linear Infrastructure II / Transports et infrastructures linéaires II


1. SETTLEMENT OF A BRIDGE FOOTING SUPPORTED ON RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENT BACKFILL
   Brian Hall, Brian Gummeson
2. EFFECT OF CORROSION ON THE SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION OF CSP CULVERTS
   Alex Campbell, Hany El Naggar
3. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSES OF BURIED PIPELINE SUBJECTED TO LIVE LOAD USING ABAQUS
   Ahdyeh Mosadegh, Hamid Nikraz
4. LARGE-SCALE AND LONG-TERM SETTLEMENT MONITORING: THE BENEFITS OF USING REMOTE SENSING FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
   Pierre-Jean Alasset, Joseph Chamberland, John Mulvie, Bing Yue
5. RESPONSIBLE CULVERT DESIGN - EVALUATING CULVERT DESIGN LIFE FROM A SUSTAINABLE PERSPECTIVE
   Jessica Abrahamse, Peter Wu, Calatrava Daniel
6. TERRAIN ANALYSIS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE ROUTING USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES
   Lynden Penner, Shayne MacDonald

Transportation and Linear Infrastructure III / Transports et infrastructures linéaires III


1. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SHORE LINE FORTIFICATION TO PROTECT MAIN LINE RAILWAY, PORT HOPE, ONTARIO
   Colin Alston, Mario Ruel, David Howett
2. THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSES OF PARTIALLY SUPPORTED WATER MAINS
   Kasuni Liyanage, Ashutosh Dhar
3. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED PAVEMENT ON WEAK SUBGRADE
   Sam Bhat, Venkat Lakkavalli, Dr. Jimmy Thomas
4. REINFORCED SOIL BEHAVIOUR IN RAILWAY APPLICATION
   Marco Couture, Shahriar Mirmirani, Marc-André Carrier

Uncertainty, Reliability, and Risk / Incertitude, fiabilité, et risque


1. UNCERTAINTY IN SNOW AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENTS
   Bruce Jamieson, Pascal Haegeli, Grant Statham
2. DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE - SOME LESSONS LEARNED
   Miroslav (Fred) Matich, J.L. Seychuk, Gordon C. McRostie
3. TAILINGS MANAGEMENT AT THE IRON MINE OF MOUNT WRIGHT
   Frédéric Choquet, David Bédard, Desheng Deng, Claude Bédard, Serge Thériault, Sébastien Moreau
4. PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF TWO MECHANISMS OF FAILURE IN GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SLOPES USING MONTE CARLO SIMULATION
   Sina Javankhoshdel, Richard J. Bathurst
5. PROBABILISTIC SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED SLOPES BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
   Ning Luo, Richard J. Bathurst, Sina Javankhoshdel
6. RANDOM FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SUPPORTED EXCAVATIONS CONSIDERING SPATIAL VARIABILITY
   Jerry Luo, Sedat Sert, Wenping Gong, C. Hsein Juang