ANNOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PROCEEDINGS OF:
SYMPOSIA ON THE APPLICATION OF GEOPHYSICS TO ENGINEERING
AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS (SAGEEP), 1-5, (1989-1993) |
by R.D. Woods (1) & C-C.
Tseng (2)
In 1989 the Society of Engineering & Mineral Exploration
Geophysicists (SEMEG) recognized the need for a forum to exchange
information and promulgate knowledge of the applications of
geophysics to engineering and environmental problems. Their
response to that need was the organization of a series of
four Symposia on applications of geophysics to engineering
and environmental problems.
SEMEG was the successor organization of the Mining Geophysicists
of Denver (MGOD). MGOD was formed in 1979 as a local association
of mining geophysicists who met monthly to discuss and promote
the application of geophysics to mineral exploration. In response
to change in the mining industry and the increased importance
of environmental problems, the focus of the membership changed
with more emphasis on geotechnical problems including engineering,
groundwater, and environmental investigations. In 1987 the organization
was incorporated and its name changed to SEMEG with a charter
to promote the application of geophysics to shallow target exploration
and site analysis problems (site characterization). SEMEG provided
a forum for educating geophysicists and technical project managers
on the use and applica-tions of geophysical methods.
In 1992 the members of SEMEG recognized the need to encourage
greater participation of geotechnical and environmental engineers
and to promote greater cooperation between engineers and geophysicists
in the area of site characterization. The succeeding organization
is now chartered (1993) under the name of Environmental and
Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS) with headquarters in
Denver, Colorado, USA.
EEGS sponsored the fifth SAGEEP Symposium in April 1993 and
continues of promote education in engineering and environmental
applications of geophysics. The sixth SAGEEP is planned for
Boston, spring 1994. EEGS is exploring the possibility of
branch sections in other countries and efforts are now underway
for a European Branch.
It was recognized by ISSMFE Technical Committee * 10, Geophysical
Characterization of Sites, that the first five SAGEEP Symposia
contained many articles which would be of interest to the
ISSMFE membership. To make these Symposia known to the international
membership, the contents of those symposia have been classified
into 10 divisions and annotated citations have been provided
in the following Bibliography.
1.
Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan Ann
Arbor, Michigan 48109-2125, USA
2. Graduate Student, University of Michigan, ROC
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