35^TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

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27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

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Engineering Geology and Geomechanics

Paper Title	Presenting Author Names
Rock Mass Characterization for Stability Analysis of Cut Slopes in the Ophiolites of Hajar Mountains of UAE & Sultanate of Oman.	Mr. MOHAMMED J AHMED
Insitu Estimation of Swelling Pressure Using Inundated Plate Load Test on Marl/ Clay of Duqm Area, Sultanate of Oman - A Case Study	Mr Khaleel M Musthafa
3D implicit modelling and geometrical analysis of structural fabrics: Implications for future pit design and optimization	Dr. Ian Basson
Geological Conservation through Risk Mitigation and Public Awareness at the Siq of Petra	Mr. Giuseppe Delmonaco
Construction of Hydropower Projects in Himalayas: Challenges due to Adverse Geological Conditions	"Dr. Gopal Dhawan Mr. ARINDOM CHAKRABORTY"
Tunnelling in Himalayas Under Water Charged Conditions: Estimation and Remediation	"Dr. K.Seshagiri Rao Mr. ARINDOM CHAKRABORTY"
Wellbore Stability Modeling of Few Wells in Krishna-Godavari Basin, India	Ms. Baisakhi Das
Characteristics, mechanism and stability for the expansive soft rock landslide located in Xinyan section of Wang-Yan highway in Jilin Province, Northeastern China	Dr. Xudong Han
Formation Mechanism and Stability of a Gentle Dip Bedding Rock Slope: A case Study at Shimen Silica Mine, Liaoyang, China	Dr. Jiewei Zhan
Origin and Engineering geological features of coarse rubble slopes in Huanren, Liaoning province, China	Prof. Qinglu Deng
The application of Geophysical and Geological evaluation of reserves of selected wells of the Pletmos basin South Africa	Mr. Samir Elamri
Controlling Hydraulic Conditions of the Excavation-Damaged Zone at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden	Prof. Lars O. Ericsson
Watershed Delineation and Morphometric Analysis of Beas Upper Catchment in India using Remote Sensing data and Geospatial Techniques	Ms. monika .
Finite Difference Modelling of Seepage in a Region of the Foundation Rock Below a Concrete Gravity Dam Wall	Mr. André Joubert
Advances to the Modelling of Variably Saturated Fracture Flow using the Geotechnical Centrifuge in South Africa	Mr. Brendon Ronald Jones
Prediction of the shear strength of discontinuities by a single shear test	Prof. Kamil Kayabali
Prediction of consistency limits and undrained shear strength by a single and simple tool	Prof. Kamil Kayabali
Landslide hazard assessment through forcing activization of a landslide and conducting of monitoring	Ph.D. Andrey Kazeev
Energy and Sustainability Assessment of the Marble Production Chain	"Dr. Konstantinos Laskaridis Prof. MARIA FOUNTI"
Rock mass characterisation of the country rock on the eastern slope of Main Pit at Letšeng Diamond mine, Lesotho	Mr. Nkopane LEFU
Weathering rate of ancient limestone inscription in Beixiangtang Temple Grottoes，China	Assoc.Prof. Lihui Li
Geotechnical appraisal of Dwada rock fall at Chandigarh – Manali national highway, NH-21, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, India	Mrs. Jina Mandal
Slope Contention in Roadway Construction	"Mr. Honorio de Resende Morais Sra. Maria Rita Barros Moraes"
The significance of Macael region (SE of Spain) in the use of the natural stone in Spain	Dra. Dolores Pereira
Heritage stones as part of the Global Geoheritage	Dr Björn Schouenborg
Natural radioactivity in Spanish granites: observations on different slab finishes.	Dr Dolores Pereira
Numerical modelling of toe buckling deformation in Haast Schist, Central	Romy Ridl
Landslides in Indian Himalayas: Issues and Remedies	Dr. Shantanu Sarkar
The Influence of Aperture on Flow Regimes in a Single Smooth Fracture	Ms. Katlego Segole
An Investigation of the Geotechnical Conditions and Stability of the Town Bush Valley, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.	Mr Keval Singh
Kinematic Stability analysis of multi-faced Rock Slopes in the Himalayas, India	"Mr. Tarun Singh Dr. K. S. Rao"
Physico-mechanical behaviour of metamorphic rocks in Rohtang Tunnel, Himachal Pradesh, India	"Dr. K. S. Rao Mr. Tarun Singh"
Occurrences of dimension stone in various tectonostratigraphic terranes of Afghanistan	Mr. James Springer
Kinematic behaviour of a large landslide in the three gorges reservoir – Constraints from field monitoring	Prof. Bao-Ping Wen
Study on the parameters selection of Peck formula for the twin-track tunnel in the sandy-pebble stratum	Professor Xiyong Wu
Influence of confining pressure on the mechanical mechanism of soil-rock mixture	Mr. Jiaguo XIA
Field vs.laboratory analysis of sound velocity of sediments from Huanghai and Bohai	"Mrs. Jiewen Zheng Mr. Xiaolei Liu"
A Mechanism for the Formation of Horizontal Microfractures in the Western Sichuan Foreland Bain, South-western China	Dr. C.M Zhou
Distribution regularities of co-seismic landslide triggered by Ludian earthquake	Mrs. Yu ZOU
FREEZE THAW RESISTANCE OF DIYARBAKIR CITY WALLS	Mr. Felat DURSUN
An analytical solution to toppling slope failure under earthquake	Mr. Songfeng Guo
Determining the boundary between Rock and Soil on weathered profile of low grade metamorphic rock, a case study at UKM, Malaysia.	Mr. Md. Nuruzzaman Sabuj
Appropriate investigation of dolomitic areas	Mr. Tony A'Bear
"Subsurface Characterization and its Environmental Implications using the Electrical Resistivity Tomography in some selected sites within Olabisi Onabanjo University Main Campus, Ago-Iwoye, Southwestern Nigeria"	Dr. Stephen Ariyo
Hydrogeomechanical impacts of increasing the operating level of Karun1 (Shahid Abbaspoor) Dam, Iran	Dr. Arash Barjasteh
The deterioration of building stones by salt crystallization	Dr. Maria Heloisa Barros De Oliveira Frascá
Fabrication of cement by reuse and recycling of marble slurry waste produced by marble processing plants in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	Dr. Rubina Bilqees
Assessing multi-sensor technologies and methods in monitoring landslide movement in Canada	Dr. Peter Bobrowsky
Geotechnical centrifuge modelling of transverse hydrodynamic dispersion in uniform unsaturated material	Mr. Luke Brouwers
Microstructure Evolution of Clay by Leachate Seeping	Professor Liwen Cao
Delineation of Orientation Data Randomly Distributed in Rock Mass and Its Fractal Dimension	Dr. Jianping Chen
An Overview of Bench Design for Cut Slopes – A Case Study	Ms. Sharla Coetsee
Heritage Stone in South Australia	Prof. Barry J. Cooper
Numerical simulation on Coupling of Stress-Flow within a Single Fracture	Dr. XueJie Cui
Crushed aggregate potential in Newcastle, KZN Province, South Africa	Dr. Souleymane Diop
Lower Cretaceous building sandstones in NW-Germany and their worldwide use	Dr. Angela Ehling
Geological hazards and the construction of new metro routes in Moscow	Dr. Olga Eremina
The use of geophysics in ground investigation	Ms. Marie Fleming
Stabilization of slide mass and deformed slopes overlying a vibrant township in Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India- A success story	Mr. Prakash Gajbhiye
Characteristics and genetic models of Lower Ordovician carbonate reservoirs in southwest Tarim Basin, NW China	Prof. Zhiqian Gao
Structural geological models: An essential information for civil engineering works. - Tapovan HEPP, Himalaya, India	Mrs. Waltraud Genser
Assessment of rock slope failure analysis and rock mass Characterization along a road-cut (NH-108) in Sub-Himalaya reason, India	Mr. Anil Kumar Gupta
Palaeogeomorphology And Its Controlling Effect on Karst Reservoirs In Tahe Oilfield, Tarim Basin	Mr. Changcheng Han
Quantitative Determination of Sphericity and Roundness of Pebbles and Sand Grains	Dr. Tamas Jasko
Assessment proposal for definition of slope stabilization measures in urban areas: the Oporto Fontaínhas scarp, Portugal	Dr. Filipe Jeremias
Rock Mass Characterization And Support Intervention Of The	Mr. Praveen K.R.
"Development of Technology for Directional Drilling - Results of Drilling and Survey in the Borehole -"	Dr. Kenzo Kiho
Geo-engineered slope failure at the power house pit of a power project in the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, India – causes and remedies	Mr. Ashok Kumar
Karst Collapse Occurrences and Investigation in China	Prof. Mingtang Lei
PREVAILING GEOTECHNICAL HAZARDS AT LETŠENG DIAMOND MINE AND THEIR MITIGATION	Dr. Gerard Letlatsa
Geological investigations for the future expansion of the SADC Gateway Port of Walvis Bay, Namibia, influence of terrestrial and marine sedimentology on Port development.	Dr. Robert Leyland
Engineering properties of Chinese loess discharged from the Yellow River into the sea	Mr. Xiaolei Liu
Estremoz Marble: A nomination for ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ from Portugal	Prof. Luís Lopes
Geomorphology and rock slope instabilities in the archaeological site of Petra (Jordan)	Dr. Claudio Margottini
The use of GSI system and Hoek & Brown failure criterion in design and construction of 62 tunnels in Northern Greece. Application, validation and limitations.	Dr. Vassilis Marinos
Local raw material building: history and challenges in Uruguay	Dr. Marcos Musso
Impacts of anisotropy of the fossil content on the electric behaviour and anisotropy of the highly fossiliferous limestone of Samalut Formation, Egypt: A case study	Dr. Bassem Nabawy
Engineering Geological Investigations of a Nuclear Building Foundation – A Case Study from Atomic Power Project, India	Dr. Ajay Naithani
Using geophysics to find suitable rock aggregates as replacement for fluvial sand in Botswana	Mr. Onkgopotse Ntibinyane
THE ROLE OF RESONANT VIBRATIONS ON FORMATION OF SECONDARY LANDSLIDES DURING PROLONGED LOW-FREQUENCY EARTHQUAKES	Dr. Bakhtier Nurtaev
A Solution Model for Stuck-pipe & Fishing Challenges in Geothermal Drilling: A case of the Olkaria Geothermal Field	Mr. Nester Nyakiti
Structural cohesion of soils	Prof. Victor Osipov
"Seismicity, neo-tectonics and landslide initiation in the Trans-Himalayas of North East India - Studies from Tezu- Hayuliang- Chaglogam corridor of Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh"	Mr. Theophilus P. k.
The potential use of aeolian sands in roads in Limpopo	Prof. Philip Paige-Green
The Determination of Lower Boundary of Hydrocarbon Accumulation in Dongpu Depression,Bohai Bay Basin,China	Mr. Zhihong Pan
Martinamor granite, revisited	Dr. Lola Pereira
Botticino marble (Italy): a nomination for “Global Heritage Stone Resource”	Dr. Piero Primavori
“Giallo Siena” marble (Italy): a nomination for “Global Heritage Stone Resource”	Dr. Piero Primavori
Slope optimization of an operating open pit mine	Ms. Clarice Romer
Cation exchange in the montmorillonitic soil as a low cost measure to improve its shear strength	Dr. Sudipta Sarkar
Geotechnical Properties of Pedological Soil Groups	Ms. Ernestine Schmidhuber
Applying urban-scale 3D subsurface modeling to sustainably manage the underground assets of Rotterdam (NL)	Dr. Jeroen Schokker
Retrospective analysis on long-term stability of an 92 m span ancient quarrying cavern	Prof. Yanjun Shang
Geological and Geotechnical Investigations of Axum Dam Site, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia	Mr. Leulalem Shano
Ground Penetrating Radar Studies and Influence of Anthropogenic Factors on Some Landslides of Northeast India	Dr. Ibotombi Soibam
Geomorphology and rock slope instabilities in the archaeological site of Petra (Jordan)	Dr. Daniele Spizzichino
Rockfall hazard analysis in Deccan Plateau: A case study from Malshej Ghat, Maharashtra, India	Mr. Ravi Kumar Umrao
Estimation of the REV size of fractured rock masses based on blockiness	Dr. Lu Xia
Effects of pore structure on the reservoir gas capacity of Carboniferous shale from Qaidam Basin, China	Professor Qingchun Yu
Integrated Remote Sensing and Near-surface Geophysical Techniques for Subsurface Imaging of a Karstic Terrain in parts of the Rufa Graben, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Hydrogeologic Potentiality and Risk Assessment	Dr. Faisal Kamal Zaidi
Prediction of Frost Heaving Behavior of Saline Soil in Western Jilin Province by ANN Methods and Sensitivity Analysis for the Affecting Factors	Dr. Xudong Zhang
Centrifugal modelling of an embankment on soft soil with soil-cement columns and prefabricated vertical drains	Ms. Qingwen Zhang
Effects of waves and currents on sediment erosion: A case study in China by in-situ observation	Mr. Chaoqi Zhu
How fractographic analyses uncover complex trends of modern and palaeo principal stresses	Dr. Martin Ziegler
Elasto-plastic analysis of stresses in the pillar zone of twin interacting horse shoe tunnels by different yield criteria	Mr. Imran Ahmad Khan
Determination of the thermal conductivity of granite rock at elevated temperatures	Mr. Shubham Chaudhary
Assessment of Slope Stability of Various Cut Slopes with Effects of Weathering by Using Slope Stability Probability Classification (SSPC)	Mr. Timur Ersöz
Assessment of Degradation Mechanisms of Rocks at Highway Slopes in Turkey	Mr. Yavuz Kaya
USE OF HOT FRACTURED ROCK TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THE PRODUCTIVITYOF NON-COMMERCIAL GEOTHERMAL WELLS	Mr. Kulundu Levi
USE OF MULTIFERROIC ALLOY TO CONVERT WASTE HEAT FROM NON-COMMERCIAL GEOTHERMAL WELLS TO ELECTRICITY	Mr. Kulundu Levi
A Multi-Scale Study of Porosity, Pore Morphology and Distribution of the Belgian Boom Clay Formation by Direct 2D and 3D imaging.	Mr. Ronald Ndzelen
Engineering Geological Mapping, an application to Outapi, north-central Namibia.	Ms. Giesberta Shaanika
Natural Stones of Malawi: Key to Economic and Sustainable Development	Ms. Tamara Faith Kamanga
Geological Hydro-Geological and Engineering Geological Aspects for Future Urbanization of the Rangpur Town, Bangladesh	Mr. Sirajul Khan
Suitability of lateritic soils in the construction/development of sustainable housing in Africa: A Geological Perspective.	Mr. Charles A. Oyelami
"Determining the Engineering Rock Head of Dhaka: An approach to incorporate geo-information in urban planning"	Mr. Mohammad Patwary
Utilization of Clay-Shale Materials as Low Cost Landfill Liners: An Integrated Geochemical and Geotechnical Assessments	Prof. Moshood TIJANI
Superficial drain from takirs of ustyurt plateau as a source for storage of drinking waterg.	Mr. Gani Mavlyanov
Investigation into long-term behavior of a submerged tunnel with the effect of creep (Case Study: Tehran Metro Line 7)	Alireza Negahdar
Pozzolanic reactions of calcined clays: study to an improved utilization	Prof. Lidia Catarino
Engineering geological and geotechnical mapping undertaken by Council for Geoscience for regional land-use planning in South Africa	Mr. Njabulo Nxumalo
Classification of surrounding rock of large underground water-sealed storage caverns based on evolution back-propagating neural network	"Dr. Lv Feifei professor Yan Echuan Dr. Wang Lunan Dr. Gao Xu Dr. Cui Xuejie"
Physical simulation modeling of roof water inrush in undersea mining	Dr. jie guo
Formation of geological risk upon tunnel construction in water-saturated fine-grained soils	Dr. Irina Kozlyakova
Protection and valorisation of industrial heritage related to Global Heritage Stone Resources in Belgium	Dr Dolores Pereira
Art museums. A perfect context for outreach activities on stones	Dr Dolores Pereira
Impact of rainfall and reservoir on the landslide stability : a reservoir landslide in Southwestern China	Mr. B.W. Zheng
A research on characteristics of paleo-krast of Lower Cambrian Shilongdong Formation in Western Hubei-Eastern Chongqing-Western Hunan-Hubei Provinces, China	Dr. Chao Jin Lu
Study on the engineering properties of the mucky soft soil in Guizhou, China	Dr. Xin Liao
Numerical modeling and parametric study of flexible wall reinforced with anchor system.	Ms. Dounia Amrani
The effect of structural factors on slope stability of southern wall of Chadormalu iron ore mine	Ms. Alireza Ashrafi
An engineering geological investigation for the expansion of Maputo Port, Mozambique.	Mr. Paul Aucamp
Proposal of classification for roofing slates	Dr. Victor Cardenes
A case study determining the stability of land affected by shallow under mining for urban development in Old Coronation, Witbank coalfield area	Mr. Sibonakaliso Chiliza
Methods of earth building in the Huila Province, Angola	Dr. Isabel Duarte
Mechanical Properties of Adobe blocks used in Building Construction in Huambo Province - Angola	Dr. Isabel Duarte
Geo-environment characteristics of weathering deterioration of Tongtianyan Carved Stone Relics, China	Prof. Xu GuangLi
Mechanism and control measures of a large deformation across the granite alteration zone in An Ping Tunnel	Dr. Zhang Guo Hua
Application of borehole camera technology in the study of statistical law of underground rock mass structure plane: a case study of deep borehole in Lu‘an, Anhui Province, China	Dr. Zengqiang Han
Devonian dolomite types used in Cultural Heritage Monuments of Latvia	Dr. Vija Hodireva
Anisotropic parameter using core plugs and full-wave sonic logs	Dr. Seonghyung Jang
A Study on Quaternary Geological Characteristics and Land Subsidence Life Process in the Lower Yangtze Delta Area of China	Prof. Hongtao Jiang
Resourcing Future Generations: Economic Impacts from Construction of a Raw Water Pipeline	Prof. Becky Johnson
Engineering Geological appraisal on hill slope stability due to subsurface blasting for power tunnel, Garhwal Himalaya, India	Mr. Lakshmanan Kalamegam
5th European Railway Corridor Crosses Classical Karst, Slovenia	Dr. Martin Knez
SOME ASPECTS ABOUT GEOMECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATION TO STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY: EXAMPLES GEOSTRUCTURES IN JURASSIC OPHIOLITE COMPLEX IN MIRDITA REGION, NORTH ALBANIA	Dr. Dede Kolndreu
Investigation of CO2-rock-wellbore cement interaction – experimental study	Dr. Krzysztof Labus
Geotechnical Investigations into the cracks in Buildings: A case study	Ms. Portia Tshepiso Letlole
A new method to study the intensity of Paleogene fault activity of Jizhong Depression in Bohai Bay Basin, China	Ms. Mengping Li
Study on Pore Structure Characteristics of Shale in China Based on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Technology	Prof. Zhiqing Li
Effects of Open-cut Tunnel with Large Cross Section in Sandy Cobble Ground on Pile Foundations of Adjacent Existing Viaducts	Mr. Junfu Lu
Thermal history of the Jurassic marine sequences in the Qiangtang Basin,northern Tibetan Plateau: Implication for the hydrocarbon preservation	Ms. Fei Mingming
Corrosion attack mechanisms of acid mine drainage on concrete	Ms. Nomvelo Mkhize
Sandstone building materials, their geoprocessing and thermal properties	Prof. Antoine F Mulaba-Bafubiandi
The origin of the rock of stonewalls in the Hitsujisaru and Tatsumi tower traces of the Yamagata Castle	Prof. Yukiko Ohtomo
Mineralogical composition, weathering products and sinkhole formation of two different karst units in South Africa	Mrs. Tharina Oosthuizen
3D reconstructions of gneiss quarries through long-range laser scanning for a quantitative volume estimation of dimension stones	Prof. Silvio Seno
Shoreline trajectory and stratal stacking pattern-Relation to sediment partitioning and controlling factors	Mr. Xiang Shan
The research on the mechanisms of bank collapse and prevention-control measures in the Three Gorges Reservoir	Dr. Min Shang
Development of Technology for Directional Drilling – Long-term Monitoring and Automatic Data Acquisition System -	Mr. Akira Shidai
The Probability and Tensile Crack Propagation Based Landslide Hazard Risk Mapping - Landslide Warning in Damage to Civil Structures and Urbanization	Dr. Yildirim Ismail Tosun
The Effect of Petrographic Characteristics on the Strength of Selected Basaltic Rocks from Turkey	Dr. Atiye Tugrul
Characteristics of unsaturated loess (Late Pleistocene) sampling at the Heifangtai terrace, Gansu Province, China	Prof. Genlong Wang
Research on hydrogeological model of Yangtze River’s first terrace binary-structured deposits in Wuhan	Dr. GAO Xu
Analysis of present-day stress based on Stress Measurement and Numerical Simulation Method in Qinshui Basin, Shanxi Province, China	Mr. Ke Xu
Assesment of Natural Stones and their Deterioration Types used in Blue Mosque (Istanbul, Turkey)	Dr. Murat Yilmaz
Property of electrochemical cement piles and its influence on mechanical characteristics	Dr. Fei YU
Analyses of a rock fall release area and associated deposits in the Swiss Alps using photogrammetric data obtained by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle	Dr. Martin Ziegler
Geotechnical characterization of Mugara site material, its contribution to the building of Goma town	Mr. Shungu Guy
Development of an indirect method of estimating the shear strength parameters of shales using shales of the Pietermaritzburg Formation in the Durban-Pietermaritzburg area as a case study	Mr. Prenolan Naidoo
A tunnel surrounding rock masses classification method based on Statistic Mechanics of Rock Masses	Dr. XI Pengcheng
Comparison of the geotechnical properties of laterites from different rock formations in northeastern Nigeria	Dr. Okechukwu Aghamelu
Geophysical Investigation for Engineering Site Characterizations of Wachamo University, North-east of Hosanna, Southern Ethiopia	Mr. Yonatan Garkebo Doyoro
Surface fractal assessment of cracks in clayey soils subjected to cyclic freezing and thawing	Dr. Yang Lu