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Session No. 9
Sunday, 31 October 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 612 (Colorado Convention Center)

T4. Advances in Understanding Aquifer Heterogeneity and Multi-Scale Flow and Transport in Porous and Fractured Media

GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

Ramya Ramanathan and Gary S. Weissmann, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
USING NATURAL ISOTOPIC TRACERS TO UNRAVEL THE HYDROLOGY OF THE HANFORD 300 AREA AND ITS IMPACT ON URANIUM MOBILITY AT THE SITE
CONRAD, Mark E.1, CHRISTENSEN, John N.1, DRESEL, P. Evan2, ZACHARA, John M.3 and DEPAOLO, Donald J.4, (1)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mailstop 70A-4418, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Department of Primary Industries, Future Farming Systems Research Division, PO Box 3100, Bendigo Delivery Centre 3554, Bendigo, Australia, (3)Fundamental Sciences Directorate, Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, (4)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mailstop 90-1110, Berkeley, CA 94720, MSConrad@lbl.gov, MSConrad@lbl.gov
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8:20 AM
COUPLED-PROCESS MODELING OF IN SITU URANIUM BIOREMEDIATION NEAR RIFLE, COLORADO
MURRAY, Christopher J.1, YABUSAKI, Steven B.2, FANG, Yilin2, WAICHLER, Scott R.2, BOTT, Yi-Ju1, WARD, Andy2 and LONG, Philip2, (1)Applied Geology and Geochemistry Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, MS K6-81, Richland, WA 99352-0999, (2)Hydrology Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, MS K9-36, Richland, WA 99352-0999, chris.murray@pnl.gov, chris.murray@pnl.gov
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8:35 AM
CHARACTERIZING HETEROGENEITY IN SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS FOR REACTIVE TRANSPORT PREDICTION USING SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE
ALLEN-KING, Richelle M.1, GEORGE, Shannon S.1, KALINOVICH, Indra1, DOMINIC, David2 and RITZI, Robert3, (1)Geology, University at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Wright State Univ, 3640 Colonel Glen Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State Univeristy, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, Richelle@buffalo.edu, Richelle@buffalo.edu
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8:55 AM
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9:15 AM
AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY IN CHANNEL-BELT DEPOSITS, PART 1. RATIONALE FOR GEOMETRIC SIMULATION
DOMINIC, David F., RAMANATHAN, Ramya and RITZI Jr., Robert W., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, david.dominic@wright.edu, david.dominic@wright.edu
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9:30 AM
AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY IN CHANNEL-BELT DEPOSITS, PART 2. COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES IN SIMULATING STRATAL ARCHITECTURE, FLOW, AND TRANSPORT
RAMANATHAN, Ramya, DOMINIC, David F. and RITZI Jr., Robert W., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, ramanathan.4@wright.edu, ramanathan.4@wright.edu
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9:45 AM
PREFERENTIAL FLOW PATHWAYS IN SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS. MODELING CONNECTIVITY
RITZI Jr., Robert W., 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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10:00 AM
PREFERENTIAL FLOW PATHWAYS IN SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS. SPATIAL ENTROPY IN HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES AND TEMPORAL ENTROPY IN RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS
HUANG, Lumeng, RITZI Jr., Robert W., RAMANATHAN, Ramya and DOMINIC, David F., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, lumeng.huang@gmail.com, lumeng.huang@gmail.com
 
10:15 AM
Break
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10:30 AM
LOG-K VARIANCE, CONNECTIVITY, UNCONFORMITIES AND NON-FICKIAN TRANSPORT
FOGG, Graham E., University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, gefogg@ucdavis.edu, gefogg@ucdavis.edu
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10:50 AM
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE HYDROLOGIC TOMOGRAPHY
YEH, Tian-Chyi Jim, Hydrology and Water Resources, Univ of Arizona, John Harshbarger Building, 1133 E. North Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721, yeh@hwr.arizona.edu, yeh@hwr.arizona.edu
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11:05 AM
UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION OF AQUIFER HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES
DAI, Zhenxue1, SUN, Yunwei2, TONG, Charles2, HIGDON, David3 and KEATING, E.4, (1)EES-16, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mailstop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94551, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, CCS-6, STATISTICAL SCIENCES, TA-03, Building 1405, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87544, daiz@lanl.gov, daiz@lanl.gov
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11:20 AM
INVERSE MODELLING OF HYDRAULIC TESTS WITHIN FRACTURED CRYSTALLINE ROCK BASED ON A MARKOV-CHAIN TRANSITION-PROBABILITY GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH
BLESSENT, Daniela, Département de Géologie et de Génie Géologique, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada, THERRIEN, René, Département de Géologie et de Génie Géologique, Université Laval, 1065 ave de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada and LEMIEUX, Jean-Michel, Département de géologie et de génie géologique, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada, daniela.blessent.1@ulaval.ca, daniela.blessent.1@ulaval.ca
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11:35 AM
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