Session: Environmental Geoscience (Posters) II (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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A DAILY WATER BUDGET FOR SAN SALVADOR: INVESTIGATING THE SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS RESPONSIBLE FOR RAIN AND WATER LEVEL VARIABILITY

CRUMP, Michael A. and GAMBLE, D.W., Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28401, emergeo@yahoo.com, emergeo@yahoo.com

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A WATER QUALITY STUDY OF WOLF CREEK, CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA: A DEGRADED STREAM FACING FURTHER DEGRADATION

ADAMS, Chris, JACKSON, Jason and HOLLABAUGH, Curtis L., Geosciences, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, chollaba@westga.edu, chollaba@westga.edu

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THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER IN CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA: HOW VARIATIONS IN SUPPLY AND DEMAND, RAINFALL, AND SEASONALITY CAUSE VARIATION IN WATER QUALITY

JACKSON, Jason, ADAMS, Chris and HOLLABAUGH, Curtis L., Geosciences, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, chollaba@westga.edu, chollaba@westga.edu

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BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA AS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICES: A STUDY IN SPRING CREEK AND ST. JOSEPH BAY, FLORIDA GULF COAST

HILLER, William Christopher, PARKER, William and ARNOLD, Anthony, Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, hiller@gly.fsu.edu, hiller@gly.fsu.edu

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COMPARATIVE LIMNOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF LEE CREEK RESERVOIR AND LAKE SHEPHERD SPRINGS, CRAWFORD COUNTY, NW ARKANSAS

ODHIAMBO, Ben, Environmental Dynamics Program, Univ of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701 and BOSS, Stephen K., Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, bodhiam@uark.edu, bodhiam@uark.edu

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INVESTIGATION OF NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE MIDDLEFORK RESERVOIR WATERSHED, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA

MUTTI, Glenn, Department of Geosciences, Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374 and PARKER, Ronald, Geosciences, Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Drawer 128, Richmond, IN 47374, muttije@earlham.edu, muttije@earlham.edu

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GROUND-WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN ORDER TO CONTROL LAND SUBSIDENCE IN SHANGHAI CHINA

ZHANG Sr, A. Gen¹, CHEN Jr, Huawen², WEI, Zi Xin² and FANG, Zheng², (1)Shanghai Municipal Housing, Land and Rscs Administration Bureau, 201 Laoshan Rd.(W.), Shanghai, 200120, China, (2)Shanghai Institute of Geol Survey, 930 Lingshi Rd, Shanghai, 200072, shgi@public2.sta.net.cn, shgi@public2.sta.net.cn

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A STRATEGY OF GROUND-WATER DISTRIBUTION EXPLOITATION TO MITIGATE THE MAGNITUDE OF LAND SUBSIDENCE

LIU, Yi, Shanghai Institute of Geol Survey, 930 Lingshi Rd, Shanghai, 200072, China, liuyi_r@163.com, liuyi_r@163.com

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PREDICTING CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY FOLLOWING DAM REMOVAL USING HISTORIC CHANNEL CONDITIONS

STOFLETH, John M.¹, DOYLE, Martin W.² and HARBOR, Jon¹, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 1397 Civil Engineering Building, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1397, (2)Geography, Univ of North Carolina, NC, stofleth@purdue.edu, stofleth@purdue.edu

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POST-GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AS RECORDED BY SILVER LAKE SEDIMENTS, LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO

YIFRU, Dawit D.¹, PECK, John A.¹ and KING, John W.², (1)Office for Terrestrial Records of Environmental Change, Department of Geology, The Univ of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, (2)Graduate School of Oceanography, Univ of Rhode Island, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882, dawit@uakron.edu, dawit@uakron.edu

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DISTURBANCE IMPACTS ON SANDSTONE PAVEMENT PINE BARRENS AND ADJACENT HARDWOOD ECOSYSTEMS IN NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK

ADAMS, Kenneth B.¹, FRANZI, David A.¹, MIHUC, Timothy B.², FULLER, Robert D.¹, ROMANOWICZ, Edwin A.¹ and WU, Mei Yin¹, (1)Center for Earth and Environmental Science, State Univ of New York at Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, (2)Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, david.franzi@plattsburgh.edu, david.franzi@plattsburgh.edu

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PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF LAKES AND PONDS ON BANKS ISLAND, N.W.T., CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC

LIM, Darlene S.S.¹, DOUGLAS, Marianne S.V.¹ and SMOL, John P.², (1)Geology, Univ of Toronto, 22 Russell Street - ESC Building, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (2)Department of Biology, Queen's Univ, 116 Barrie St, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, lim@geology.utoronto.ca, lim@geology.utoronto.ca

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EFFECT OF RAINFALL ON WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS: A STUDY OF CORRELATIONS BETWEEN RAINFALL AND WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS

MARTIN, Teddy D. and HOLLABAUGH, Curtis L., Geosciences, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, chollaba@westga.edu, chollaba@westga.edu

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ASSESSING IN THE ROLE OF WATERSHED AREA AND LANDUSE ON NUTRIENT AND SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX TO SENECA LAKE, NY

STEWART, Robert J. and HALFMAN, John D., Department of Geoscience, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, robstewart802@hotmail.com, robstewart802@hotmail.com

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INTRUSION OF SALINE GROUNDWATER INTO SENECA LAKE, NEW YORK

CAIAZZA, Caterina M. and HALFMAN, John D., Department of Geoscience, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, divacaterina@yahoo.com, divacaterina@yahoo.com

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SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIPOREIA AND DREISSENA SPECIES IN LAKE ONTARIO

WALKER, Ann E.¹, HALFMAN, John D.¹ and DITTMAN, Dawn E.², (1)Department of Geoscience, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, (2)Tunison Lab of Aquatic Sciences, USGS, Cortland, NY 13045, BlueVinyl@classicrock.com, BlueVinyl@classicrock.com

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USE OF DENDROCHEMISTRY TO EVALUATE ELEMENT UPTAKE IN BLACK WALNUT TREES GROWING ON A COAL WASTE PILE IN INDIANA

SHORT, S.E.¹, SPEER, J.H.¹, WOLF, S.F.², JACKSON, S.L.² and BRAKE, S.S.¹, (1)Dept. of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Dept. of Chemistry, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN 47809, short_shaun@hotmail.com, short_shaun@hotmail.com

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DEVELOPMENT OF A 3-D MODEL TO PREDICT THE FATE OF HYDROCARBON AND OTHER CONTAMINANT SPILLS INTO THE LARGEST LAKE IN THE WORLD

MAMEDOV, Ramiz M., Institute of Geography, Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, 31 Javida, Baku, 370143, Azerbaijan, ECKSTEIN, Yoram, Department of Geology, Kent State Univ - Kent, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242-0001 and KOROTENKO, Konstantin A., Sirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia, yeckstei@geology.kent.edu, yeckstei@geology.kent.edu

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THE KENTUCKY TRIMODAL TRANSPARK: A MAMMOTH PROBLEM

KUEHN, Kenneth W. and MAY, Michael T., Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky Univ, 1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101, kenneth.kuehn@wku.edu, kenneth.kuehn@wku.edu

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CAVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION IN THE MAMMOTH CAVE SYSTEM: A HALF-CENTURY OF EXPLORING AND MAPPING THE WORLD'S LONGEST KNOWN CAVE

KAMBESIS, Patricia¹, OSBURN, Robert², TOOMEY, Rickard³ and GROVES, Chris¹, (1)Cave Research Foundation and Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101, (2)Cave Research Foundation and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, (3)Cave Research Foundation and Kartchner Caverns State Park, Benson, AZ 85602, pnkambesis@juno.com, pnkambesis@juno.com