Northeastern Section - 47th Annual Meeting (18–20 March 2012)

Session No. 11
Sunday, 18 March 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom B (Hartford Marriott Downtown)

Environmental Geoscience and Hydrogeology

 

Gary A. Robbins and Marcel Belaval, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
1
1:30 PM
POTENTIAL FOR MISINTERPRETING GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION DATA FROM WELLS IN FRACTURED CRYSTALLINE BEDROCK OWING TO CONCENTRATION AVERAGING AND FLOW RECIRCULATION
ROBBINS, Gary, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Univ of Connecticut, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269-4087, gary.robbins@uconn.edu, gary.robbins@uconn.edu
2
1:50 PM
ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING DENSITY IMPACTS ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY: INTEGRATION OF WATER QUALITY DATA INTO A GIS-BASED MODEL FOR ESTIMATING GROUNDWATER NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS
DONOHUE, Jessica L. and VEEGER, Anne I., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, jdonohu1@gmail.com, jdonohu1@gmail.com
3
2:10 PM
COMPLEX FLOW PATHS IN SIMULATIONS OF BEDROCK RECHARGE IN CONNECTICUT
STARN, J. Jeffrey, US Geological Survey, 101 Pitkin Street, East Hartford, CT 06108 and ROBBINS, Gary A., Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Univ of Connecticut, 1376 Storrs Rd., Unit 4087, Storrs, CT 06269-4087, jjstarn@usgs.gov, jjstarn@usgs.gov
4
2:30 PM
USE OF GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS TO IMPROVE SITE UNDERSTANDING AND REMEDIATION AT A FRACTURED BEDROCK SITE IN CENTRAL MAINE
ESCHNER, Thomas R. and HOUSE, Jason R., Woodard & Curran, Portland, ME 04102, teschner@woodardcurran.com, teschner@woodardcurran.com
5
2:50 PM
HYDROLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF SEASONAL POND RESPONSE TO LARGE-VOLUME GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL
PELCZAR, Jeffrey M.1, VEEGER, Anne I.1 and GOLET, Francis C.2, (1)Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, (2)Natural Resources, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, jmpelczar@yahoo.com, jmpelczar@yahoo.com
6
3:10 PM
CHARACTERIZATION OF LEACHATE DISTRIBUTION, REDOX CONDITIONS, AND THE PERSISTENCE OF ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER AT THE AUBURN RD. LANDFILL SITE, LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEGNAN, James R. and HARTE, Philip T., U.S. Geological Survey, 331 Commerce Way, Pembroke, NH 03275, jrdegnan@usgs.gov, jrdegnan@usgs.gov
 
3:30 PM
Break
7
3:50 PM
COMBINED DESORPTION AND OXIDATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH) USING HYDROXYPORPYL-ß-CYCLODEXTRIN (HPCD)
EBERLE, Dylan E.H., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 331 Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881 and BOVING, Tom, Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 317 Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, eberle.dylan@gmail.com, eberle.dylan@gmail.com
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4:10 PM
9
4:30 PM
PENNSYLVANIA MARCELLUS SHALE DRILLING SURFACE WATER IMPACTS
PELTO, Ben Mauri, Geology/Environmental Studies, Alfred University, 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY 14802, bmp5@alfred.edu, bmp5@alfred.edu
10
4:50 PM
RANKING SINKHOLES FOR PROTECTION BY WATERSHED DELINEATION
RICHARDS, Paul L., BOEHM, David A. and BABOCSI, Jamye, Dept. of Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, 350 Newcampus Lane, Brockport, NY 14420, prichard@brockport.edu, prichard@brockport.edu
11
5:10 PM
SIMULATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF SEA-LEVEL RISE ON GROUNDWATER LEVELS, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
MULLANEY, John1, BJERKLIE, David1, SKINNER, Brian2 and RAMLOW, Matthew2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Science Center, 101 Pitkin Street, East Hartford, CT 06108, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, jmullane@usgs.gov, jmullane@usgs.gov