Session: Water Resources in the Rocky Mountains: A Holistic View Centered on Coupled Processes (Rocky Mountain

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Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

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1:35 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, 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, rhmorin@usgs.gov, rhmorin@usgs.gov

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1:50 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, fengjing@snobear.colorado.edu

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2:05 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, plv@usgs.gov

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2:20 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, (2)US Geol Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, amanning@usgs.gov, amanning@usgs.gov

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2:35 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, gvanderb@mines.edu

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2:50 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, sday@mines.edu

3:05 PM

Break

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3:20 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 and MCCRAY, John, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, pmudd@mines.edu, pmudd@mines.edu

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3:35 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, 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, cordalis@colorado.edu, cordalis@colorado.edu

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3:50 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, SIMON, William, Animas River Stakeholders Group, Durango, CO, 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, wsimon@frontier.net, wsimon@frontier.net

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4:05 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, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, mstanton@usgs.gov, mstanton@usgs.gov

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4:20 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, THYNE, Geoff, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorodo School of Mines, 1500 Illinois st, Golden, CO 80401 and MCCRAY, John, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, gthyne@mines.edu, gthyne@mines.edu

4:35 PM

Discussion

Rocky Mountain - 55th Annual Meeting (May 7-9, 2003)

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