Session No. 45 Friday, April 5, 2002

8:20 AM-12:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Hotel: Patterson Ballroom B
T6. Wetlands Hydrology and Biogeochemistry I
Alan E. Fryar, Elisa D'Angelo, A. D. Karathanasis and Abinash Agrawal, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
45-08:20 AM A NEW MODEL FOR SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN WETLAND EVOLUTION: TURCHY, Michael A., Dept. of Geosicences, Western Carolina Univ, Cullowhee, NC 28723, mturchy@wcu.edu and YOUNG, Robert S., Department of Geosciences and NRM, Western Carolina Univ, Cullowhee, NC 28723
45-08:40 AM IDENTIFYING HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY WITHIN WETLANDS USING STABLE ISOTOPES AND OSTRACODES: JONES, Colleen, Geology, Kent State Univ, South Lincoln Street, Kent, OH 44242, eliz303@yahoo.com, ITO, Emi, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 208A Pills H, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, SMITH, Alison J., Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242, and PALMER, Donald F., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242
45-09:00 AM USING MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DELINEATE HYDRIC SOILS IN ILLINOIS: EVIDENCE FOR MAGNETITE DISSOLUTION: ARRUDA, Nancy, Illinois State Geological Survey, Univ of Illinois, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, arruda@uiuc.edu and GRIMLEY, David A., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
45-09:20 AM ROLE OF WETLAND SEDIMENTATION, PRECIPITATION, AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF, AND SUBSURFACE FLOW ON BALDCYPRESS GROWTH: GALICKI, Stan J., DAVIDSON, Gregg R., THRELKELD, Steven T., and LAINE, B., Geology and Geological Engineering, Univ of Mississippi, Jackson, MS 39210, galics@millsaps.edu
45-09:40 AM PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH RE-CONNECTING A HIGHLY ALTERED RIVER SYSTEM TO ITS FORMER FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS: CARR, Keith W., Wetlands Geology Section, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E.Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, carr@isgs.uiuc.edu and WATSON, Blaine A., Wetlands Geology Section, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E.Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
 10:00 AM Break
45-010:20 AM TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN AN ORGANIC-RICH WETLAND AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SOUTH CAROLINA: WILLIAMS, Travis M., Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, twilliams@geol.sc.edu and COHEN, Arthur D., Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
45-010:40 AM SIMULTANEOUS BIODEGRADATION OF NITROBENZENE AND NITRATE BY NATURALLY OCCURING MICROBES IN WETLAND SOILS: AGRAWAL, Abinash1, BOSE, Sweta1, and SHELLEY, Mike2, (1) Geological Sciences, Wright State Univ, 261 Brehm Lab, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, abinash.agrawal@wright.edu, (2) Systems and Engineering Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, AFIT/ENV, 2950 P Street, Wright-Patt AFB, OH 45433
45-011:00 AM BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES TO ASSESS THE WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNCTION OF MITIGATED AND REFERENCE WETLANDS: WEHR, Stephanie M.1, D'ANGELO, Elisa M.1, KARATHANASIS, A. D.1, and SPARKS, Earl J.2, (1) Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Univ of Kentucky, N-122 Ag. Science North, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0091, smwehr1@pop.uky.edu, (2) US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, 845 Sassafras Creek Road, Sassafras, KY 41759-8806
45-011:20 AM USING WETLANDS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN OHIO: EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY: STEER, David N., Department of Geology, The Univ of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, steer@uakron.edu and FRASER, Lauchlan H., Department of Biology, The Univ of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3908
45-011:40 AM GROUNDWATER TREATMENT USING A CONSTRUCTED TERRACED WETLAND: REAMAN, K. M., Emerald Environmental, Kent, OH 44240, kreaman@emerald-environmental.com and CHYI, L. L., Department of Geology, The Univ of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, lchyi@uakron.edu

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