GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 328
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 618/619/620 (Washington State Convention Center)

T21. Using Natural and Anthropogenic Tracers to Determine Recharge and Residence Times within Arid to Semi-Arid Inter-Montane Aquifer Systems

GSA Hydrogeology Division
P.S.K. Knappett, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Jurgen Mahlknecht and Hongbin Zhan, Advocates
1:30 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL TRACER IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID BASINS: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE TRENDS (Invited Presentation)
SOLOMON, D. Kip1, GARDNER, Philip M.2, NELSON, Nora C.1, HEILWEIL, Victor M.3 and MANNING, Andrew H.4, (1)Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Frederick Albert Sutton Building, 115 S. 1460 E. Rm 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (2)Water Resources, U.S. Geological Survey, 2329 Orton Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84119, (3)Utah Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2329 Orton Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84119, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 973, Denver, CO 80225, kip.solomon@utah.edu
1:50 PM
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE ESTIMATES OF THE INDIAN WELLS BASIN (CALIFORNIA) USING GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF TRITIUM
FAULKNER, Kirsten E., Geology, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, kirstenfaulkner@ymail.com
2:05 PM
INVESTIGATION OF PLAYA HYDROLOGY AND RECHARGE FLUX TO THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER AT EHMKE PLAYA IN WESTERN KANSAS
SALLEY, Kaitlin A.1, STOTLER, Randy L.1 and JOHNSON, William C.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7594, (2)Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 419, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, KSalley@ku.edu
2:20 PM
SEASONALITY OF GROUNDWATER RECHARGE IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE, WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
NEFF, Kirstin L.1, MEIXNER, Thomas2, DE LA CRUZ, Lissette2 and AJAMI, Hoori3, (1)Geological Society of America/U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC 20005, (2)Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, klneff@gmail.com
2:35 PM
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF WELLS AND SPRINGS IN THE ARID, MID-MONTANE AREA OF THE COQUIMBO REGION, NORTH-CENTRAL CHILE
DEFORMES, J.M.1, OYARZÚN, Jorge1, NÚÑEZ, Jorge1, ARUMÍ, Jose2, MATURANA, Hugo1, FAIRLEY, Jerry P.3 and OYARZUN, Ricardo1, (1)Departamento Ingeniería de Minas, Universidad de La Serena, Benavente 980, La Serena, Chile, (2)Departamento de Recursos Hídricos, Universidad de Concepción, Avenida Vicente Mendéz 595, Chillán, Chile, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, jfairley@uidaho.edu
 
2:50 PM
Break
3:05 PM
FRESH WATER AGES IN GLOBAL ARID AND MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS (Invited Presentation)
JASECHKO, Scott, Department of Geography, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, PERRONE, Debra, Water in the West, Stanford, CA 94305, BEFUS, Kevin M., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C9000, Austin, TX 78712-0254, CARDENAS, M. Bayani, Department of Geological Sciences, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, FERGUSON, Grant, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada, LUIJENDIJK, Elco, Geoscience Centre, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 37077, Germany, GLEESON, Tom, Department of Civil Engineering and School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada, MCDONNELL, Jeffrey J., Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7K4H7, Canada, TAYLOR, Richard, Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, WADA, Yoshihide, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria, WELKER, Jeff, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and KIRCHNER, James W., Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL and Department of Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich, Birmensdorf, CH-8092, Switzerland, kirchner@ethz.ch
3:25 PM
SPATIO-TEMPORAL ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH PLATTE BASIN, COLORADO
RUYBAL, Christopher J., HOGUE, Terri S. and MCCRAY, John E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, cruybal@mymail.mines.edu
 
3:40 PM
Break
3:55 PM
BASEFLOW RECESSION FROM UNSATURATED-SATURATED FLOW
ZHAN, Hongbin, Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840 and LIANG, Xiuyu, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China, zhan@geos.tamu.edu
4:10 PM
SINGLE-WELL PUSH-PULL TEST FOR A PARTIALLY PENETRATING WELL IN A FLOW FIELD WITH A FINITE HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY
WANG, Quanrong, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China and ZHAN, Hongbin, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, Mail Stop 3115, College Station, TX 77843, wqr88@126.com
4:25 PM
NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS CONTROLLING GROUNDWATER SALINITY IN THE MESSILA VALLEY OF THE SEMI-ARID RIO GRANDE WATERSHED
SZYNKIEWICZ, Anna, Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Ave, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, MA, Lin, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, GARCIA, Sandra, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX 79968 and HIEBING, Matthew S., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas - El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, aszynkie@utk.edu
4:40 PM
MULTI-TRACER APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZING THE CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF SPRINGWATER IN BLUE LAKE, UTAH
LERBACK, Jory C., University of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, HYNEK, Scott A., Geosciences, Penn State University, 302 Hosler Building, University Park, PA 16802 and BOWEN, Brenda B., Department of Geology and Geophysics and Global Change and Sustainability Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, jory.lerback@gmail.com
4:55 PM
INCREASING FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS AND CHANGING RECHARGE PATHWAYS WITHIN AN INTENSIVELY PUMPED AQUIFER IN CENTRAL MEXICO
KNAPPETT, P.S.K., Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, LI, Yanmei, Department of Mines, Metallurgy and Geology engineering, University of Guanajuato, Ex Hda. de San Matías s/n. Fracc. San Javier, Guanajuato, 36025, Mexico, HERNANDEZ, Horacio, Manhattan, GIARDINO, J.R., Water Management and Hydrological Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, MAHLKNECHT, Jurgen, Centro del Agua para América Latina y el Caribe, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur No. 2501, Monterrey, 64849, Mexico and DATTA, Saugata, Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502, knappett@tamu.edu
5:10 PM
THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE IN ARIZONA: A GUIDE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW
LLURIA, Mario R., Hydrosystems, Inc, 9831 S. 51st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85044, ligia@si-photonics.com
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