Session No. 175 Tuesday, October 29, 2002

1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: A101/103
T57. Hydrogeologic Framework and Basin Hydrology of the Desert Southwestern United States
Donald S. Sweetkind and Keith A. Howard, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
175-11:45 PM HYDROGEOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF BASINS IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: ANNING, D.W., D'AGNESE, F.A., KONIECZKI, A.D., LEAKE, S.A., MONICAL, J.E., O'BRIEN, G.M., and REES, J.A.H., Water Resources Division, U.S. Geol Survey, 520 N. Park, Suite 221, Tucson, AZ 85719, dwanning@usgs.gov
175-22:00 PM CHARACTERIZING RECHARGE IN BASINS OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST: FLINT, Alan L., FLINT, Lorraine E., and HEVESI, Joseph A., U.S. Geol Survey, Placer Hall, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6129, aflint@usgs.gov
175-32:20 PM USING MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND HEAT FLOW DATA TO ASSESS THE HYDROGEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF THE LA JENCIA AND SOCORRO SUB-BASINS OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, NEW MEXICO: PERSON, Mark Austin, Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 East 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, maperson@indiana.edu and MAILLOUX, Brian, Geosciences, Princeton Univ, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544
175-42:40 PM ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE MODELS CHARACTERIZING THE HYDROSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE ESPAÑOLA BASIN AQUIFER, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: KEATING, Elizabeth H. and VESSELINOV, Velimir, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Lab, EES-6, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545-0001, ekeating@lanl.gov
175-52:55 PM APPROACHES TO CONSTRUCTING 3D PROPERTY MODELS FOR THE BASIN-FILL COMPONENT, ARID SOUTHWESTERN U.S: SWEETKIND, Donald S., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 973 Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 80225, dsweetkind@usgs.gov.
175-63:10 PM HYDROGEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK AND GROUNDWATER CHARACTERISTICS, SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY, ARIZONA AND SONORA: EARMAN, Sam1, MCPHERSON, B.J.O.L.1, PHILLIPS, F.M.1, RALSER, S.1, and HERRIN, J.M.2, (1) Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, earman@nmt.edu, (2) Petroleum Engineering Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
175-73:25 PM INTERBASIN FLOW REVISITED: THE CONTRIBUTION OF LOCAL RECHARGE TO HIGH-DISCHARGE SPRINGS, DEATH VALLEY, CA: NELSON, Stephen, ANDERSON, Katherine, and MAYO, Alan, Dept. of Geology, Brigham Young Univ, S389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, stn@geology.byu.edu
175-83:40 PM ON EVALUATING PAST 20,000 YEAR CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE GREAT BASIN WITH A COUPLED CATCHMENT-LAKE MODEL: DONG, Weiquan1, YU, Zhongbo1, ORNDORFF, Richard L.1, and WEBER, Dennis2, (1) Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, wdong@unlv.edu, (2) Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4009
175-93:55 PM DEEP THOUGHTS: WHAT IS THE INFLUENCE OF DEEP GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE ON SALINIZATION OF THE RIO GRANDE?: MILLS, Suzanne K.1, PHILLIPS, Fred M.1, HOGAN, James2, and HENDRICKX, Jan M.H.1, (1) Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, suzanne@nmt.edu, (2) Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, Univ of Arizona, Harshbarger 118C, P.O. Box 210011, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011
175-104:10 PM BUILDING HYDROGEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK MODELS OF BASINS: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GEOPHYSICALLY-BASED ‘ELEMENTS’: JACHENS, Robert C.1, SWEETKIND, Donald S.2, LANGENHEIM, Victoria E.1, PHELPS, G.A.3, and MCKEE, Edwin H.1, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 989, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jachens@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 973 Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 80225, (3) U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 989, Menlo Park, CA 94025
175-114:14 PM USING GRAVITY MODELING TO SEPARATE UNCONSOLIDATED FROM CONSOLIDATED BASIN FILL: GETTINGS, Mark E., United States Geol Survey, 520 North Park Avenue, Rm. 355, Tucson, AZ 85719, mgetting@usgs.gov.
175-124:16 PM GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF AQUIFER UNITS AND GROUND-WATER FLOW PATHS NEAR THE OUTLET OF TWO SOUTHWESTERN ALLUVIAL BASINS---UPPER VERDE RIVER, ARIZONA: WIRT, Laurie, U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, lwirt@usgs.gov, LANGENHEIM, Victoria E., U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 989, Menlo Park, CA 94025, and DEWITT, Ed, U.S. Geological Survey, DFC, MS 905, Denver, CO 80225
175-134:18 PM MODELING INVESTIGATION OF MOUNTAIN FRONT RECHARGE FROM TYPICAL MOUNTAIN BLOCKS: WILSON, John L., GUAN, Huade, and GOODWIN, Laurel B., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, jwilson@nmt.edu
175-144:20 PM TESTING EQUILIBRIUM IN THE HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM FOR PRE-DIVERSION OWENS LAKE, CALIFORNIA: DRAA, Anna, Geoscience Department, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, annadraa@hotmail.com and ORNDORFF, Richard, Department of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 South Maryland Parkway, PO Box 4010, Las Vegas, NV 89119
175-154:22 PM DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTER OF LATE PLEISTOCENE LACUSTRINE AND SPRING DEPOSITS PANAMINT VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: JAYKO, Angela S., U. S. Geol Survey, 3000 East Line St, Bishop, CA 93514, ajayko@usgs.gov, FORESTER, Richard M., US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, and YOUNT, James C., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225
175-164:24 PM ACTIVE SPRINGS AND QUATERNARY TRAVERTINES IN GRAND CANYON: LINKING MODERN AND PALEO- HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS: CROSSEY, Laura J.1, KARLSTROM, Karl E.2, PATCHETT, P. Jonathan3, HILTON, David4, FISCHER, Tobias5, SHARP, Warren6, PEDERSON, Joel7, SCHMIDT, Dwight L.8, ANTWEILER, Ronald C.9, and REYNOLDS, Amanda C.3, (1) Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, lcrossey@unm.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4) Geosciences Research Div, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, Univ. of Calif. San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, (5) Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (6) Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709, (7) Dept. of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (8) US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (9) U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303
175-174:26 PM COLORADO RIVER INCISION IN RELATION TO GROUND-WATER FLOW SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND ARIZONA: BOHANNON, Robert, Earth Surface Processes, United States Geol Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, bbohannon@usgs.gov and HOWARD, Keith, Earth Surface Processes, United States Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
175-184:28 PM USING GPS TO QUANTIFY THREE DIMENSIONAL AQUIFER DEFORMATION AND STORAGE IN THE VIRGIN RIVER VALLEY, NEVADA: WARNER, Sandra McCarthy and BURBEY, Thomas J., Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 3059 Derring Hall 0420, Blacksburg, VA 24061, smwarner@vt.edu
175-194:30 PM RELATING MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC-ROCK UNITS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA VOLCANIC FIELD, NEVADA: BELCHER, Wayne R., Water Resources Division, U.S. Geol Survey, 6770 South Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119, wbelcher@usgs.gov, SWEETKIND, Donald S., US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Mail Stop 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, and FAUNT, Claudia C., US Geol Survey, 5735 Kearny Villa Rd Ste O, San Diego, CA 92123-1135
175-204:32 PM VARIATIONS IN WATER COMPOSITION IN AQUIFERS OF THE HOPI BUTTES (TSEZHIN BII) AREA OF THE NAVAJO NATION, NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA: BREIT, George N., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046 MS973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, gbreit@usgs.gov and HIZA, Margaret M., U.S. Geol Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
175-214:34 PM HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES IN GROUND WATER NEAR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: OLIVER, Thomas A., S.M. Stoller Corp., c/o U.S. Geol Survey, MS 421 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, taoliver@usgs.gov and PATTERSON, Gary L., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 421 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225
175-224:36 PM NYE COUNTY NEVADA’S EARLY WARNING DRILLING PROGRAM: DOWNING, Reina F., HAMMERMIESTER, Dale, and GILMORE, Kathy, Nye County Department of Natural Resources, 1210 E.Basin Rd. Suite 6, Pahrump, NV 89060, rdowning@nrff.com
175-234:38 PM NEOGENE EXTENSION OF SOUTHERN YUCCA MOUNTAIN AND NORTHERN AMARGOSA DESERT, NEVADA, BASED ON NEW SUBSURFACE DATA: DICKERSON, Robert P., S.M. Stoller Corp, 990 S. Public Rd., Suite A, Lafayette, CO 80026, Robert_Dickerson@notes.ymp.gov and SPENGLER, Richard W., US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046
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