2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 159
Monday, 2 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 307 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T104. Delivery of Nutrients and Contaminants by Groundwater to Estuaries and Their Watersheds

GSA Hydrogeology Division
Ward E. Sanford, Holly A. Michael and Claire Welty, Session Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
1:30 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF GROUNDWATER ON NITROGEN DELIVERY TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER-QUALITY RESPONSE TO MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
PHILLIPS, Scott W., US Geological Survey, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228 and SANFORD, Ward, U.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, swphilli@usgs.gov
1:50 PM
A DISTRIBUTED INTEGRATED HYDROLOGIC MODEL OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
SECK, Alimatou, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 30 W. Gude Drive, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20850 and WELTY, Claire, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education and Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, aseck@icprb.org
2:05 PM
SIMULATING NITRATE REMOVAL MECHANISMS IN AN AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT WITH CONTRASTING NITRATE BASE-FLOW CONCENTRATIONS IN SUBCATCHMENT STREAMS
ZELL, Wesley O., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, SANFORD, W.E., U.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, CULVER, T.B., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 22904 and GOODALL, J.L., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, VA 22904, wz4k@virginia.edu
2:20 PM
IDENTIFYING GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE LOCATIONS IN TIDAL WETLANDS USING ENVIRONMENTAL THERMOGRAPHY IN PRIME HOOK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, DELAWARE, USA
MCKENNA, Thomas E., Delaware Geological Survey, The University of Delaware, 257 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, mckennat@udel.edu
2:35 PM
MODELING GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER DISCHARGE FROM THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP TO MID-ATLANTIC ESTUARIES
EGGLESTON, Jack, US Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 79 Greenough St, Brookline, MA 02445, SPEIRAN, Gary, U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center, 1730 E. Parham Rd., Richmond, 23228-2282, WURSTER, Fred, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dismal Swamp Refuge, 3100 Desert Road, Suffolk, VA 23434, MISUT, Paul, USGS, Coram, NY 11727 and FINKELSTEIN, Jason, USGS, CORAM, NY 11727, jegglest@usgs.gov
2:50 PM
THE GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP, A PEAT WETLAND DISCHARGING TO TWO MID-ATLANTIC ESTUARIES, USA
SPEIRAN, Gary, U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center, 1730 E. Parham Rd., Richmond, 23228-2282, WURSTER, Fred, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dismal Swamp Refuge, 3100 Desert Road, Suffolk, VA 23434 and EGGLESTON, Jack, US Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 79 Greenough St, Brookline, MA 02445, gspeiran@usgs.gov
3:05 PM
DRAINAGE DITCH WITH A VIEW: DELIVERY OF NITRATE FROM CROPLAND VIA EMERGING GROUNDWATER
JORDAN, Thomas E.1, BRENNER, Dana C.2, FISHER, Thomas R.3, GARDNER, John R.4, GUSTAFSON, Anne B.3, KNEE, Karen5 and MIKLAS, Joseph J.6, (1)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Nutrient Laboratory, P.O. Box 28, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037, (2)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, (3)University of Maryland, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory, Cambridge, MD 21613, (4)Duke University, Nicholas School for the Environment, Durham, NC 27708, (5)American University, Washington, DC, DC 20016, (6)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, PO Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037, jordanth@si.edu
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
COASTAL WATERSHEDS AND BEYOND: HEAT TRACER EVIDENCE FOR GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER EXCHANGE FAR FROM SHORE
WILSON, Alicia, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, awilson@geol.sc.edu
4:00 PM
GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE TO STREAMS IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF THE EASTERN US
MCCOY, Kurt J., US Geological Survey, Richmond, VA 23228 and NELMS, David L., U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center, Richmond, VA 23228, kjmccoy@usgs.gov
4:15 PM
A STATISTICAL APPROACH TO REGIONALIZING LUMPED PARAMETER TRANSIT TIME MODEL (LPM) PARAMETERS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
WILUSZ, Daniel C.1, HARMAN, Ciaran J.1, SANFORD, Ward E.2 and BALL, William P.1, (1)Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, dwilusz1@jhu.edu
4:30 PM
HYDROLOGIC AND NUTRIENT CONDITIONS OF ESTUARINE LAKES IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES
ALLEN, Joshua M.1, PRICE, René M.2, WHITMAN, Dean1, FRANKOVICH, Thomas A.2 and FOURQUREAN, James W.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, (2)Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, jalle091@fiu.edu
4:45 PM
TIDAL CONTROLS ON DENITRIFICATION IN COASTAL STREAMBEDS
KNIGHTS, Deon, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 054 Mendenhall Laboratory, South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, SAWYER, Audrey H., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 12, Columbus, OH 43210, BARNES, Rebecca, Environmental Science, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, MUSIAL, Cole, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40502 and BRAY, Sam, Environmental Program, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, knights.12@osu.edu
5:00 PM
SELENIUM LOADING FROM GROUNDWATER TO NEWPORT BAY, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
SCHNAAR, Gregory, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Environmental Science and Policy Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, DODGE, John, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., Newport Beach, CA 92660 and CULLEN, Stephen J., Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 93105, gschnaar@dbstephens.com
5:15 PM
BIOREMEDIATION OF SUBSURFACE OIL IN A TIDALLY-INFLUENCED SAND BEACH: IMPACT OF HYDRAULICS AND INTERACTION WITH PORE WATER CHEMISTRY
GENG, Xiaolong and BOUFADEL, Michel, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102-1824, gengxiaolong@gmail.com
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