The theme of the 12th Symposium was Site Characterization.

12th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium Program

Keynote Lecture: "W.A.C. Bennett Dam, The Characterization of a Crest Sinkhole"; R. A. Steward, B. D. Watts, J. Sobkowicz, A. G. Kupper, and P. Gaffran

"Post-logging Terrain Stability in Clayoquot Sound & Barkley Sound"; T. Rollerson, B. Thomson, and T. Millard

"Spin Dynamic Cone Penetration Testing Experience in the Lower Mainland"; L. Anderson, C. Mejia, B. Nakai, and D. Tara

"Interpretation of Stress History in Soft Plastic Soils: Some Case Histories from the Lower Fraser Valley"; M. Kokan

"Assessment and Remediation of Creosote Contaminated Ground Water"; R. Dickin, L. Eastcott, and E. Wexler

"Fractured Rocks to Gravelly Clays - How Stiff are these Materials"; John Hughes

"Sensitivity of Leached marine Silts and Clays at the Base of the Fraser River Delta"; H. A. Christian, J. A. Hunter, I. Weemees

"Characterization and Design for Expansive Clay Soils in the Okanagan Valley, B.C."; Norm Williams

"A CD ROM Compilation of Shear Wave Velocity data for Unconsolidated Sediments in the Fraser River Delta"; J. A. Hunter

"Site Characterization of Some Tropical Collapsing Soils from Sao Paulo State, Brazil"; H. L. Giacheti