Rocky Mountain Section - 57th Annual Meeting (May 23–25, 2005)
Session No. 15 Wednesday, May 25, 2005
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Mesa State College: Weldon Lecture Hall

S2. Selenium-Sodium-Salinity-Sediment in the Upper Colorado River Basin: Origins and Impacts I

Richard I. Grauch and Paul von Guerard, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
15-18:00 AM MANCOS SHALE LANDSCAPES: SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF BLACK SHALE TERRAINS - - A MULTI-AGENCY PROJECT: GRAUCH, R.I.1, ELLIOTT, John G.2, CHONG, Geneva W.3, KOSOVICH, John J.4, VONGUERARD, Paul B.5, TUCKER, Karen6, MURPHY, Dennis6, CLEMENTS, Amanda6, and FERGUSON, Jim6, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, rgrauch@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 915, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3) U.S. Geol Survey, 1499 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, (4) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 516, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (5) U.S. Geol Survey, 764 Horizon Drive, Grand Junction, CO 81506, (6) Bureau of Land Management, 2505 S. Townsend Ave, Montrose, CO 81401
15-28:30 AM SOIL SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MANCOS SHALE WITHIN THE GUNNISON GORGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA USING MASTER DATA: LIVO, K. Eric and WATSON, Ken, U.S. Geol Survey, M.S. 964 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, elivo@usgs.gov
 8:50 AM Break
15-39:10 AM DELINEATION OF SELENIFEROUS ROCKS IN THE GUNNISON RIVER BASIN, COLORADO BY GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY: GETTINGS, Mark E., United States Geol Survey, 520 North Park Avenue, Rm. 355, Tucson, AZ 85719, mgetting@usgs.gov and FISHER, Frederick S., Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 520 N. Park Ave, suite 355, Tucson, AZ 85719
15-49:30 AM CHANNEL SHRINKING AND FLOOD PLAIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE FREMONT RIVER NEAR HANKSVILLE, UTAH: EVERITT, Benjamin L., 170 W. 300 North, Ivins, UT 84738, rockdoc@xmission.com and GODFREY, Andrew E., 5110 Burch Creek Dr, Ogden, UT 84403-4210
15-59:50 AM EPISODIC MOVEMENT OF SEDIMENT OFF MANCOS SHALE SLOPES NEAR HANKSVILLE, WAYNE COUNTY, UTAH: GODFREY, Andrew E., 5110 Burch Creek Dr, Ogden, UT 84403-4210, agodfrey39@mindspring.com and EVERITT, Benjamin L., 170 W. 300 North, Ivins, UT 84738, rockdoc@xmission.com
15-610:10 AM ACCELERATED EROSION IN MANCOS SHALE BADLANDS DISTURBED BY OHV ACTIVITY, CAINEVILLE, UTAH: DOHRENWEND, John C., Southwest Satellite Imaging, PO Box 141, 223 South State Street, Teasdale, UT 84773-0141, dohrenwend@scinternet.net.
 10:30 AM Break
15-710:50 AM SOILS AND SELENIUM IN THE LOWER UNCOMPAHGRE AND LOWER GUNNISON VALLEY AREAS: DEARSTYNE, David A., USDA-NRCS, 102 Par Place, Montrose, CO 81401, david.dearstyne@co.usda.gov and BRUMMER, Joe, USBR, Lakewood, CO 80215
15-811:10 AM RUNOFF AND SEDIMENT YIELD FROM RAINFALL SIMULATIONS ON MANCOS SHALE HILLSLOPES, WESTERN COLORADO: ELLIOTT, John G., U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Div, Box 25046, MS 415, Lakewood, CO 80225, jelliott@usgs.gov and HERRING, James R., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 973; Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
15-911:30 AM RAINFALL SIMULATION STUDIES ON THE MANCOS SHALE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: RUNOFF SALINITY AND SELENIUM: HERRING, James R., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 973; Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jherring@usgs.gov, LAMOTHE, P.J., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, and ELLIOTT, J.G., U.S. Geol. Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225

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