Rocky Mountain - 55th Annual Meeting (May 7-9, 2003)
Session No. 11 Thursday, May 8, 2003
1:30 PM-4:50 PM, Fort Lewis College: Noble Hall 125

S2. Water Resources in the Rocky Mountains: A Holistic View Centered on Coupled Processes

Jonathan Caine and Shemin Ge, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
11-11:35 PM CHARACTERIZING COUPLED TECTONIC-HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN COAL BEDS OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA, FROM GEOPHYSICAL WELL LOGS AND AQUIFER TESTS: MORIN, Roger H., U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 403, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, rhmorin@usgs.gov, WEEKS, Edwin P., U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 413, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, and CLARK, Arthur C., U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 406, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
11-21:50 PM FLOW SOURCES AND PATHWAYS USING ISOTOPIC AND CHEMICAL TRACERS AT THE HIGH-ELEVATION GREEN LAKES VALLEY, COLORADO FRONT RANGE: LIU, Fengjing and WILLIAMS, Mark, Department of Geography and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309, fengjing@snobear.colorado.edu
11-32:05 PM A HYDROGEOCHEMICAL APPROACH FOR DETERMINING SOLUTE SOURCES IN THE BOULDER CREEK WATERSHED, COLORADO: VERPLANCK, Philip L., BARBER, Larry B., and MURPHY, Sheila F., US Geol Survey, 3215 Marine St, Boulder, CO 80303, plv@usgs.gov
11-42:20 PM MOUNTAIN-BLOCK RECHARGE TO THE WESTERN DENVER BASIN, COLORADO: MANNING, Andrew H.1, CAINE, Jonathan Saul1, and LANDIS, Gary P.2, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Mail Stop 973, Denver, CO 80225, amanning@usgs.gov, (2) US Geol Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225
11-52:35 PM ESTIMATING RECHARGE AND STORAGE COEFFICIENT IN A FRACTURED ROCK AQUIFER: VANDERBEEK, Greg A., POETER, Eileen, MURRAY, Kyle, THYNE, Geoff, and MCCRAY, John, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorodo School of Mines, 1500 Illinois st, Golden, CO 80401, gvanderb@mines.edu
11-62:50 PM USING STATISTICAL ANALYSES TO CHARACTERIZE EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH ON WATER QUALITY: DAY, Sharon K., THYNE, Geoffrey, and POETER, Eileen, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, sday@mines.edu
 3:05 PM Break
11-73:20 PM THE LAKE DILLON WATERSHED, COLORADO: A WATERSHED-SCALE WATER-QUALITY STUDY: LEMONDS, Paula Jo, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, pmudd@mines.edu and MCCRAY, John, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401
11-83:35 PM STABLE AND RADIOGENIC ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE IN A FRACTURED ROCK SETTING, CHALK CREEK, COLORADO: CORDALIS, Daniel J., Geography, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, INSTAAR Campus Box 450, 1560 30th St, Boulder, CO 80309, cordalis@colorado.edu, MICHEL, Robert L., United States Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA, WILLIAMS, Mark W., Geography, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Rsch, Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder, INSTAAR Campus Box 450, 1560 30th St, Boulder, CO 80309, and WIREMAN, Mike, EPR-EP-RPS, US EPA Region 8, 999 18th St, Denver, CO 80202-2405
11-93:50 PM EFFECTS OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND HISTORICAL MINES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PH VALUES AND DISSOLVED TRACE-METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN STREAMS OF THE UPPER ANIMAS RIVER WATERSHED, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: WRIGHT, Winfield G., U.S. Geol Survey, 103 Sheppard Dr, Room 110, Durango, CO 81303, wgwright@usgs.gov, SIMON, William, Animas River Stakeholders Group, Durango, CO, wsimon@frontier.net, BOVE, Dana J., U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, MAST, M. Alisa, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO 80225, and LEIB, Kenneth J., U.S. Geol Survey, Grand Junction, CO
11-104:05 PM GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AFFECTING STORAGE OF MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN IRON BOG AND WETLAND SEDIMENTS, UPPER ANIMAS RIVER WATERSHED, COLORADO: STANTON, Mark R.1, FEY, David L.2, and CHURCH, Stanley E.2, (1) Crustal Imaging & Characterization Team, US Geol Survey, Mail Stop 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, mstanton@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
11-114:20 PM EVALUATING THE NATURAL ATTENUATION POTENTIAL FOR A LANDFILL LEACHATE PLUME COMPRISED OF BTEX AND CHLORINATED ETHENES: DODDS, Margaret E., Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, mdodds0408@aol.com, THYNE, Geoff, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorodo School of Mines, 1500 Illinois st, Golden, CO 80401, gthyne@mines.edu, and MCCRAY, John, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401
 4:35 PM Discussion

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