2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 75
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

J24. Variably Saturated Flow in Soil and Rock: What's the Same, What's Different?

S01 Soil Physics; S05 Pedology; GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

John Nimmo, Boris A. Faybishenko and Henry Lin, Conveners/Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:15 AM
Transport of Gas across Interfaces: Cracked Soils and Fractured Rocks
WEISBROD, Noam1, DRAGILA, Maria Ines2, NACHSHON, Uri1, GRAHAM, Chris3, PILLERSDORF, Modi1 and KAMAI, Tamir1, (1)Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, 84990, Israel, (2)Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, 3017 Ag Life Sciences Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331, (3)Departement of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, 004 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, 97331, weisbrod@bgu.ac.il, weisbrod@bgu.ac.il
2
8:30 AM
Unstable flows in Soil and Fractured Rock – Similarities and Differences
OR, Dani, Department of Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zurich, 8092, Switzerland, dani.or@epfl.ch, dani.or@epfl.ch
3
8:45 AM
Gravity-driven viscous infiltration - common to flow in unsaturated rocks and soils
GERMANN, Peter F., Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, Bern, 3012, Switzerland, germann@giub.unibe.ch, germann@giub.unibe.ch
4
9:00 AM
Imbibition into Soil and Rock: What's the Same, What's Different?
EWING, Robert P., 2101 Agronomy Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 and HU, Qinhong, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, ewing@iastate.edu, ewing@iastate.edu
5
9:15 AM
Simultaneous Water Flow and Contaminant Transport in Unsaturated Rock
HU, Qinhong, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 and EWING, Robert P., Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, huqinhong@yahoo.com, huqinhong@yahoo.com
6
9:30 AM
Relationship Between Radionuclide Transport, Water Content, and Flowpaths in Anisotropic Layered Unsaturated Sands
MAYES, M.A.1, YIN, Xiangping1, TANG, Guoping1, PARKER, Jack C.2 and HINKEL, Kelly3, (1)Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, MS 6038, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, (2)Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (3)University of Kentucky, Lexington, KS 40506, mayesma@ornl.gov, mayesma@ornl.gov
 
9:45 AM
Break
7
10:00 AM
Mind the gap: Variably-saturated lateral flow at the soil-bedrock interface
MCDONNELL, Jeffrey J. and GRAHAM, Chris, Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR 97331-5706, Jeff.McDonnell@orst.edu, Jeff.McDonnell@orst.edu
8
10:15 AM
Contaminant Travel Time Estimates through a Thick Unsaturated Zone at Rainier Mesa and Shoshone Mountain, Nevada
EBEL, Brian A., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 420, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and NIMMO, John R., Water Resources, USGS, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-421, Menlo Park, CA 94025, bebel@usgs.gov, bebel@usgs.gov
9
10:30 AM
Subsurface Initiation of Film Flow In Rock Fractures and Soil Macropores
NIMMO, John R., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 421, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jrnimmo@usgs.gov, jrnimmo@usgs.gov
10
10:45 AM
Multiphase Inverse Modeling In Structured Soils and Fractured Rocks
FINSTERLE, Stefan, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, One Cyclotron Road, MS 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, SAFinsterle@lbl.gov, SAFinsterle@lbl.gov
11
11:00 AM
Comparative Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics of Water Flow through Variably Saturated Soil and Rocks
FAYBISHENKO, Boris, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, bafaybishenko@lbl.gov, bafaybishenko@lbl.gov
12
11:15 AM
Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Rocks: How to Measure Them In the Laboratory and In the Field?
CAPUTO, Maria Clementina, Water Research Institute, National Research Council (CNR), via F. De Blasio, 5, Bari, 70123, Italy and NIMMO, John Robert, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 421, Menlo Park, CA 94025, maria.caputo@ba.irsa.cnr.it, maria.caputo@ba.irsa.cnr.it
13
11:30 AM
Modelling Unsaturated Flow and Transport of Pollutant in a Fractured Limestone Affected by Industrial Sludge Deposits at the Altamura Site (South Italy)
MASCIOPINTO, Costantino1, CAPUTO, Maria Clementina1, DE CARLO, Lorenzo1 and NIMMO, John Robert2, (1)Earth and Environment of the National Research Council, Water Research Institute, via Francesco De Blasio, 5, Bari, 70123, Italy, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 421, Menlo Park, CA 94025, costantino.masciopinto@ba.irsa.cnr.it, costantino.masciopinto@ba.irsa.cnr.it
 
11:45 AM
Discussion
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