2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 48
Sunday, 27 October 2002: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM

T101. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Soil and Vadose Zone Hydrology of Saprolite: Integration of Hydrogeology, Sedimentology, Geomorphology, Pedology, and Biology

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM—Society for Sedimentary Geology; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Steven G. Driese and Larry D. McKay, Advocates
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1:00 PM
SOILS, SAPROLITE AND WEATHERED ROCK: MAJOR PROPERTIES, HYDROLOGIC BEHAVIOR, TYPES, AND NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION FROM A PEDOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE
SCHOENEBERGER, Philip J., USDA - NRCS, 100 Centennial Mall N. - MS 34, Lincoln, NE 68508, philip.schoeneberger@usda.gov, philip.schoeneberger@usda.gov
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1:20 PM
SUBSOIL WEATHERED GRANITIC BEDROCK IN CALIFORNIA: PEDOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION
GRAHAM, R.C., Department of Environmental Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0424, graham@citrus.ucr.edu, graham@citrus.ucr.edu
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1:40 PM
CLAY DIAGENESIS AND CHEMICAL WEATHERING: A FIELD EXAMPLE FROM A DEEP SAPROLITE PROFILE, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
BURKE, Benjamin C. and HEIMSATH, Arjun M., Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 6105 Sherman Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3571, bburke@dartmouth.edu, bburke@dartmouth.edu
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1:55 PM
BIOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING SAPROLITE FORMATION
RICHTER Jr, Daniel D. and OH, Neung-Hwan, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke Univ, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328, drichter@duke.edu, drichter@duke.edu
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2:15 PM
ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION OF TCE IN LABORATORY COLUMNS OF FRACTURED SAPROLITE
LENCZEWSKI, M.E., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois Univ, Davis Hall 411a, DeKalb, IL 60115, MCKAY, L.D., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and LAYTON, A., Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, melissa@geol.niu.edu, melissa@geol.niu.edu
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2:30 PM
CONTROLS ON HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY IN SOIL AND SAPROLITE DERIVED FROM SEDIMENTARY ROCK
MCKAY, Larry D., DRIESE, S. G. and SMITH, K.H., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, lmckay@utk.edu, lmckay@utk.edu
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2:45 PM
MASS-BALANCE GEOCHEMISTRY OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK SAPROLITE: EFFECTS OF PEDOGENESIS ON VARIABLE INTERBEDDED LITHOLOGIES
DRIESE, Steven G., STILES, Cynthia A. and MCKAY, Larry D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, sdriese@utk.edu, sdriese@utk.edu
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3:00 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF MATRIX DIFFUSION ON SOLUTE TRANSPORT THROUGH FRACTURED SHALE SAPROLITE
SANFORD, William E., Colorado State Univ, Dept Earth Resources, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, bills@cnr.colostate.edu, bills@cnr.colostate.edu
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3:20 PM
CAPILLARY PRESSURE-SATURATION CURVES FOR AIR AND DNAPL ENTRY INTO A WATER-SATURATED FRACTURED SHALE SAPROLITE
PERFECT, Edmund1, CROPPER, Samuel C.2, MCKAY, Larry D.1 and DRIESE, Steven G.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)1463 Oxford Place, Cookeville, TN 38506, eperfect@utk.edu, eperfect@utk.edu
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