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Session No. 56
Sunday, 31 October 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 1AB (Colorado Convention Center)

T2. Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Water Resources Sustainability II

GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

David A. Stonestrom and Bridget R. Scanlon, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY: SIMULATING HYDROLOGIC AND BIOLOGIC RESPONSE TO LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
HUNT, Randall J., Wisconsin Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 8505 Reaseach Way, Middleton, WI 53562, WALKER, John F., Wisconsin Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 8505 Research Way, Middleton, WI 53562, WESTENBROEK, Stephen M., United States Geological Survey, Wisconsin Water Science Center, 8505 Research Way, Middleton, WI 53562 and STEUER, Jeffrey, Wisconsin Water Science Center, USGS, 8505 Research Way, Middleton, WI 53562, rjhunt@usgs.gov, rjhunt@usgs.gov
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1:50 PM
RECLAMATION USE OF PRACTITIONER NETWORKS AND SCIENCE-MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS TO BUILD CAPACITY IN USING CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION IN WATER RESOURCES PLANNING
BREKKE, Levi D., Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Denver Federal Center, Bldg 67 Rm 506, PO Box 25007 (MC 86-68210), Denver, CO 80225-0007, lbrekke@usbr.gov, lbrekke@usbr.gov
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2:10 PM
OVEREXPLOITATION OF WATER RESOURCES FOR IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE: CASE STUDIES IN THE US HIGH PLAINS AND CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY
SCANLON, Bridget R.1, LONGUEVERGNE, Laurent2, FAUNT, Claudia C.3, HANSON, Randall T.3, BRUSH, Charles F.4, MCMAHON, Peter B.5 and REEDY, Robert C.6, (1)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, (2)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet R.d, Austin, TX 78758, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92101, (4)Bay Delta Office, California Department of Water Resources, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Science Center, MS 415 Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 80225, (6)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg 130, Austin, TX 78758-4445, bridget.scanlon@beg.utexas.edu, bridget.scanlon@beg.utexas.edu
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2:25 PM
EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF TREE PLANTATIONS on UNSATURATED ZONE FLOW WITH A PAIRED PROFILE MATRIC POTENTIAL MONITORING STUDY, LOESS PLATEAU, CHINA
GATES, John B., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 217 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68502, MU, XingMin, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 26 Xinong Road, Yangling, 712100, China and SCANLON, Bridget R., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, jgates2@unl.edu, jgates2@unl.edu
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2:40 PM
IMPACTS OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE on WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY IN LAKE CHAD BASIN, SUB SAHARAN AFRICA
OKONKWO, Churchill, Beltsville Center for Climate System Observation, Howard University, 2216 Sixth Street NW, Room 103, Washington DC, Washington DC, DC 20059, churchill.okonkwo@gmail.com, churchill.okonkwo@gmail.com
 
2:55 PM
Break
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3:10 PM
IMPACT OF BIOFUELS PRODUCTION on NITROGEN FLUXES IN GROUNDWATER IN THE USA
LIAO, Lixia1, GREEN, Christopher T.1 and BEKINS, Barbara A.2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, lliao@usgs.gov, lliao@usgs.gov
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3:25 PM
USING LIDAR TO MEASURE URBANIZATION'S ADDED HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR FLOODING
GALSTER, Joshua C., Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Mallory Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043 and ROY, Sagarika, Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, galsterj@mail.montclair.edu, galsterj@mail.montclair.edu
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3:40 PM
CHEMICAL WEATHERING RATE INCREASING AT THE KONZA PRAIRIE LTER SITE, NE KANSAS, USA
MACPHERSON, G.L., Dept. of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, glmac@ku.edu, glmac@ku.edu
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3:55 PM
GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CHEMISTRY NEAR AN IMPOUNDMENT FOR PRODUCED WATER, POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING
HEALY, Richard W., U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO 80225, BARTOS, Timothy T., Cheyenne, WY 58401, RICE, Cynthia A., Lakewood, CO 80225, MCKINLEY, Michael P., U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 and SMITH, Bruce, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bld 20, ms964, Lakewood, CO 80225, rwhealy@usgs.gov, rwhealy@usgs.gov
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4:10 PM
COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF GROUND WATER IN AN INTERMOUNTAIN BASIN: IMPLICATIONS on PERFORMANCE-BASED LANDFILL DESIGN AND MONITORING IN THE ARID AMERICAN WEST
SIEGEL, Donald I., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070 and GROUTAGE, Dale, Fremont County Solid Waste Disposal District, 32 Meandering Way, Lander, WY 82520, disiegel@syr.edu, disiegel@syr.edu
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4:25 PM
SAG STRUCTURES ON ST. CATHERINES ISLAND, GEORGIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR BARRIER ISLAND HYDROLOGY AND COASTAL WATER RESOURCES
VANCE, R. Kelly, Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern Univ, P.O. Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460, BISHOP, Gale A., St. Catherines Island Sea Turtle Program, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, RICH, Fredrick J., Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, MEYER, Brian K., Weston Solutions, Inc, Norcross, GA 30092 and REICHARD, James, Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460, rkvance@georgiasouthern.edu, rkvance@georgiasouthern.edu
 
4:40 PM
Discussion
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