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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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