2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 221
Wednesday, 31 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T28. Geologic Controls on Chemical Migration in Fractured and Carbonate Aquifers II

 

Allen M. Shapiro and E. Calvin Alexander, Advocates
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1:30 PM
" QUANTITATIVE GROUNDWATER TRACING: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION AND GROUNDWATER MODEL DEVELOPMENT
KINCAID, Todd R., GeoHydros, 27 Keystone Ave, Reno, NV 89503 and DAVIES, Gareth J., Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, DOE Oversight Office, 761 Emory Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, kincaid@geohydros.com, kincaid@geohydros.com
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1:50 PM
REACTIVE TRANSPORT OF 14C THROUGH A CARBONATE AQUIFER: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTAMINANT MIGRATION
DECKER, David L.1, EARMAN, Sam1, HERSHEY, Ronald L.1, RYU, Ji-Hun1, GARCIA, Elmer2 and REIMUS, Paul W.2, (1)Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512-1095, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Mail Stop J534, Los Alamos, NM 87545, decker@dri.edu, decker@dri.edu
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2:05 PM
RECONCILING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RESIDENCE TIMES INFERRED FROM CONTROLLED-TRACER TESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS IN FRACTURED-ROCK AND KARST AQUIFERS
SHAPIRO, Allen M., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 431, Reston, VA 20192, ashapiro@usgs.gov, ashapiro@usgs.gov
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2:20 PM
UNDERSTANDING PORE NETWORKS AND CHEMICAL TRANSPORT IN KARST AQUIFERS - SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSES OF GROUND-WATER TRACERS
LONG, Andrew J. and PUTNAM, Larry D., U.S. Geological Survey, 1608 Mountain View Rd, Rapid City, SD 57702, ajlong@usgs.gov, ajlong@usgs.gov
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2:40 PM
LATTICE-BOLTZMANN MODELS OF SPELEOGENIC PROCESSES
WALSH, Stuart, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, ALEXANDER, Scott, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Pillsbury Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and SAAR, Martin, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, sdcwalsh@umn.edu, sdcwalsh@umn.edu
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2:55 PM
SIMULATING LAMINAR AND TURBULENT GROUNDWATER FLOW IN FRACTURED OR CARBONATE AQUIFERS
SHOEMAKER, W. Barclay, U.S. Geological Survey, 3110 SW 9th Av, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 and KUNIANSKY, Eve L., U.S. Geological Survey, 3850 Holcomb Bridge Road Suite 160, Norcross, GA 30092, bshoemak@usgs.gov, bshoemak@usgs.gov
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:25 PM
NAVIER-STOKES FLOW AND TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS USING REAL FRACTURES SHOWS HEAVY TAILING DUE TO EDDIES
CARDENAS, M. Bayani, Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, SLOTTKE, Donald T., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX 78701, KETCHAM, Richard A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1110, Austin, TX 78712 and SHARP Jr, John M., Department of Geological Sciences, The Univ. of Texas, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX 78701, cardenas@mail.utexas.edu, cardenas@mail.utexas.edu
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3:40 PM
COMPARISON OF FAST FLOW PATH ROUGHNESS TO SLOW FLOW PATH AND OVERALL SURFACE ROUGHNESSES MODELED IN A DISCRETE FRACTURE OF WELDED TUFF
SLOTTKE, Donald T., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX 78701, KETCHAM, Richard A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX 78712 and SHARP Jr, John M., Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78705, DTSLOTTKE@gmail.com, DTSLOTTKE@gmail.com
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3:55 PM
MODELING FLOW AND TRANSPORT IN FRACTURED VUGGY FORMATION
WU, Yushu, Earthe Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron RD, MS 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720 and ZHANG, Keni, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, One Cyclotron Road, MS 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, yswu@lbl.gov, yswu@lbl.gov
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4:10 PM
UPSCALING TRANSPORT PARAMETERS FOR FRACTURED ROCK SYSTEMS
WOLFSBERG, Andrew V.1, DAI, Zhenxue1, LU, Zhiming2 and ZYVOLOSKI, George1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mailstop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos national Laboratory, Mailstop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, awolf@lanl.gov, awolf@lanl.gov
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4:25 PM
DECIPHERING THE SIGNATURES OF CONNECTIVITY AND CONDUCTANCE ON CHEMICAL TRANSPORT IN FRACTURE-CONTROLLED AQUIFERS
WELLMAN, Tristan, Colorado Water Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Mailstop 415 Building 53, room F2020, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 80225-0001 and SHAPIRO, Allen, Water Resources Division, U.S. geological Survey, 431 mail stop, National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, twellman@usgs.gov, twellman@usgs.gov
 
4:40 PM
Concluding Remarks
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