2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 40
Sunday, 22 October 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T92. Innovations in Characterizing Physical and Chemical Heterogeneity in Sedimentary Aquifers

GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

Richelle M. Allen-King and Robert W. Ritzi, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
HYDROGEOLOGIC CONTROLS ON SUBSURFACE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY: FIELD-SCALE EFFECTS OF HETEROGENEOUS COUPLED PHYSICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
SCHEIBE, Timothy D., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, MSIN K9-36, Richland, WA 99352, FANG, Yilin, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999 MS K9-36, Richland, WA 99352, TARTAKOVSKY, Alexandre M., Computational Mathematics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, MSIN K6-08, Richland, WA 99352 and REDDEN, George, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, MS 2208, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, tim.scheibe@pnl.gov, tim.scheibe@pnl.gov
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2:05 PM
CHARACTERIZING SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITIES AT THE MADE SITE USING SEDIMENTOLOGICAL, HYDRAULIC, AND TRACER DATA
ZHENG, Chunmiao1, BUTLER Jr, James J.2, HYNDMAN, David W.3 and TICK, Geoffrey R.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, (2)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, (3)Geological Sciences, Michigan State Univ, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115, czheng@ua.edu, czheng@ua.edu
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2:25 PM
DEFINING CONTROLS ON IN SITU BIODEGRADATION VIA CONTROLLED FIELD EXPERIMENTS
MACKAY, Douglas M.1, EINARSON, Murray D.2, KAISER, Phil M.1 and SCOW, Kate M.3, (1)Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Geomatrix Consultants, Oakland, CA 94612, (3)Land, Air & Water Resources, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616, dmmackay@ucdavis.edu, dmmackay@ucdavis.edu
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2:45 PM
CHARACTERIZING HYDROGEOLOGIC HETEROGENEITY USING GEOPHYSICAL METHODS: FROM LABORATORY-SCALE OBSERVATIONS TO FIELD-SCALE APPLICATIONS
KNIGHT, Rosemary, Geophysics, Stanford Univ, Mitchell Building, Room 360, Stanford, CA 94305, rknight@stanford.edu, rknight@stanford.edu
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3:05 PM
A NOVEL APPROACH FOR AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION BASED ON DIRECT GROUNDWATER VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS AND GPR
SCHILLIG, Peter Curtis, DEVLIN, John Fredrick, MCGLASHAN, Michael Andrew and TSOFLIAS, Georgios P., Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, schillig@ku.edu, schillig@ku.edu
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3:20 PM
TOWARD IMAGING DISSIMILATORY IRON REDUCTION RATES IN THE SUBSURFACE WITH HYDROGEOPHYSICAL TOOLS
REGBERG, Aaron, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, Center for Environmental Kinetic Analysis, 312 Dieke Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, BRANTLEY, Susan, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 2217 Earth and Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802 and SINGHA, Kamini, Dept. of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 311 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, aregberg@geosc.psu.edu, aregberg@geosc.psu.edu
 
3:35 PM
Break
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3:50 PM
COMBINING INDICATOR- AND CONTINUOUS-VARIABLE GEOSTATISTICS, FOR LINKING PERMEABILITY CORRELATION TO HIERARCHICAL STRATAL ARCHITECTURE
RITZI Jr, Robert W., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, robert.ritzi@wright.edu, robert.ritzi@wright.edu
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4:05 PM
REPRESENTATIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF MODEL UNITS: INSIGHTS FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL STRATIGRAPHY
ZHANG, Ye, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C. C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, PERSON, Mark, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and GABLE, Carl, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545, ylzhang@umich.edu, ylzhang@umich.edu
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4:20 PM
IMPROVED SUBSURFACE MODEL CALIBRATION USING SOFT DATA ON GEOLOGIC HETEROGENEITY
SAKAKI, Toshihiro and ILLANGASEKARE, Tissa H., Center for Experimental Study of Subsurface Environmental Processes, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, tissa@mines.edu, tissa@mines.edu
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4:35 PM
SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELING UNCERTAINTY: THE IMPORTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTUAL GEOLOGIC MODELS FOR CHARACTERIZING HETEROGENEITY
CYPHER, Joseph A. and LEMKE, Lawrence D., Department of Geology, Wayne State University, 0224 Old Main, 4841 Cass, Detroit, MI 48202, joecyph@wayne.edu, joecyph@wayne.edu
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4:50 PM
MATRIX PERMEABILITY OF THE UNCONFINED FLORIDAN AQUIFER
FLOREA, Lee, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, BUDD, David A., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, 399 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0399 and VACHER, H.L., Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, lflorea@chuma1.cas.usf.edu, lflorea@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
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5:05 PM
SCALE DEPENDENCE OF EFFECTIVE MATRIX DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT: EFFECTS OF ROCK MATRIX HETEROGENEITY
LIU, Hui-Hai1, ZHOU, Quanlin1, ZHANG, Yingqi1 and MOLZ III, Fred J.2, (1)Earth Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Depts. of Geological Sciences and Environmental Engineering & Science, Clemson Univ, Clemson, SC 29634-0919, hhliu@lbl.gov, hhliu@lbl.gov
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