Session No. 23
Thursday, 9 May 2002: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
T5. Groundwater Flow Systems in the Desert Southwest
Peter D. Rowley and William P. Van Liew, Advocates
1:00 PM
Overview of Regional Ground-Water Flow Systems in Southern Nevada: P. D. Rowley and W. P. Van Liew
1:20 PM
HYDROGEOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR GROUND-WATER DISCHARGE FROM THE REGIONAL CARBONATE-ROCK AQUIFER SYSTEM TO THE COLORADO RIVER, SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA
VAN LIEW, William P., U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Water Resources Division, 1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Suite 250, Fort Collins, CO 80525, william_p_van_liew@nps.gov, william_p_van_liew@nps.gov
1:40 PM
EVIDENCE FOR A REGIONAL SOURCE OF DISCHARGE AT ROGERS SPRING, LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, NEVADA
BACK, Jennifer, Water Resources Division, National Park Service, 1201 Oak Ridge Dr., Suite 250, Fort Collins, CO 80525, jennifer_back@nps.gov, jennifer_back@nps.gov
2:00 PM
DECIPHERING GROUNDWATER FLOWPATHS IN INDIAN WELLS VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA, USA: EVIDENCE FOR AN INTERBASIN FLOW COMPONENT
THYNE, Geoffrey1, GULER, Cuneyt
1 and WILLIAMS, David V.
2, (1)Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, (2)URS Corporation, Denver, CO, gthyne@mines.edu, gthyne@mines.edu
3:00 PM
POTENTIAL FOR FAULT ZONE COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS IN POORLY LITHIFIED, RIO GRANDE RIFT-RELATED SEDIMENTS, NEW MEXICO
CAINE, Jonathan Saul1, MINOR, Scott A.
2, GRAUCH, V.J.S.
2 and HUDSON, Mark R.
2, (1)U. S. Geological Survey, P. O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, jscaine@usgs.gov, jscaine@usgs.gov