GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 136
Monday, 23 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 2B (Washington State Convention Center)

T111. Geology and Hydrology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division
Jason P. Kenworthy and F. Edwin Harvey, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND MANAGING THREATENED ECOSYSTEMS
HAUSNER, Mark B., Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512, WILSON, Kevin P., Death Valley National Park, 1321 So. Hwy. 160, Suite 1, Pahrump, NV 89048 and BROWN, Kevin C., Institute for the Study of Ecological and Evolutionary Climate Impacts, University of California, Santa Barbara, 4011 Bren Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, mark.hausner@dri.edu
1:50 PM
USING SOIL AND GEOMORPHOLOGY STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND PREHISTORIC LAND USE IN PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK: IMPLICATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE HISTORY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SCHOTT, Amy M., School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1009 E South Campus Drive, P.O. Box 210030, Tucson, AZ 85719, aschott@email.arizona.edu
2:05 PM
PROPOSED ROYAL JOHN MINE TAILINGS REPOSITORY: GROUNDWATER AND CAVE ASSESSMENT
KOVARIK, Johanna L., United States Forest Service, Minerals and Geology Management, 1617 Cole Boulevard Bldg 17, Golden, CO 80401, jkovarik@fs.fed.us
2:20 PM
HYDROGEOPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF THE WASHITA ALLUVIUM AND TERRACE AQUIFER
SPEARS, Kyle Wayne, Geology, Oklahoma State Univesity, Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74074, HALIHAN, Todd, School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078 and NEEL, Christopher Robin, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Planning and Management, 3800 N Classen Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73142, kyle.spears@okstate.edu
Handouts
  • GSA_seattle2017_WashitaA&T.pdf (2.4 MB)
  • 2:35 PM
    DOCUMENTING GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN WISCONSIN’S CHEQUAMEGON-NICOLET NATIONAL FOREST:  SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
    BRADBURY, Kenneth1, FEHLING, Anna2, HUNT, Randall J.3, PRUITT, Aaron H.4, LEAF, Andrew T.5, JUCKEM, Paul F.6, KNIGHT, Gregory A.7, THOMPSON, Troy R.8, HIGGINS, Dale9 and SOMER, Sara7, (1)Madison, WI; Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, (2)Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, (3)Wisconsin Water Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, 8505 Research Way, Middleton, WI 53562, (4)Aspect Consulting LLC, Seattle, WA 98104, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Wisconsin Water Science Center, 8505 Research Way, Middleton, WI 53562, (6)U. S. Geological Survey, Wisconsin Water Science Center, 8505 Research Way, Middleton, WI 53562, (7)USDA Forest Service, 850 N. 8th Street, Hwy 13, Medford, WI 54451, (8)U.S. Forest Service, Eastern Regional Office, 626 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 600, Milwaukee, WI 53202, (9)USDA-Forest Service, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, 1170 S 4th Ave, Park Falls, WI 54552, ken.bradbury@wgnhs.uwex.edu
    2:50 PM
    EVIDENCE OF STREAM MIGRATION AND PIRACY NEAR TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI (Invited Presentation)
    SCHMITZ, Darrel W., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, schmitz@geosci.msstate.edu
    3:10 PM
    STRUCTURE FROM MOTION (SFM) APPLICATIONS TO ALASKA REGION NPS NATURAL RESOURCES SCIENCE AND OUTREACH
    HULTS, Chad P.1, JONES, Tahzay1, VENATOR, Sarah C.2, LAKER, Mark3, LINNEMAN, Charles C.1 and LANIK, Amanda1, (1)National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, 240 W. 5th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501, (2)National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, 240 W. 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, (3)Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Soldotna, AK 99669, chad_hults@nps.gov
    3:25 PM
    KEEPING THE BAY IN GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK – INTRODUCING GLACIER SCIENCE TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
    MOLNIA, Bruce F., U.S. Geological Survey, National Civil Applicatons Center, 562 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, bmolnia@usgs.gov
     
    3:40 PM
    Break
    3:55 PM
    PALEONTOLOGICAL INVENTORIES EXPAND THE FOSSIL RECORD AT DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA
    FERLICCHI, Matthew, Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, CA 92328, NYBORG, Torrey, Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350 and SANTUCCI, Vincent L., Geologic Resources Division, National Park Service, Washington, DC 20005, Mferlicchi@gmail.com
    4:10 PM
    FOSSIL FISHES OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA: RECONSTRUCTING THE ORIGINS AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDIGENOUS ICHTHYOFAUNA OF SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA
    NYBORG, Torrey, Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, NYBORG, Brant, 4400 SW 179th Ave, Aloha, OR 97078, FAIRFIELD, Hal, Volunteer Fish Biologist, Ash Meadows NWR, Amargosa Valley, NV 89020 and JANSEN, Birgitta, volunteer with Resource Management, Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, CA 92328, tnyborg06g@llu.edu
    4:25 PM
    GETTING OUR DUCKS (AND OTTERS, BEAVERS, AND PECCARIES) IN A ROW: NEW RESEARCH BY THE HAGERMAN PALEONTOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTS AND TEPHROCHRONOLOGY (PET) PROJECT AT HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, IDAHO
    PRASSACK, Kari A., National Park Service, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, 221 North State Street, PO Box 570, Hagerman, ID 83332, WALKUP, Laura C., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS-973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, HART, William K., Department of Geology, Miami University, 250 S. Patterson Avenue, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056 and WAN, Elmira, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS-975, Menlo Park, CA 94025, kari_prassack@nps.gov
    4:40 PM
    TRACKWAY OF A SIDEWAYS-WALKING PELYCOSAUR IN THE CARBONIFEROUS MANAKACHA FORMATION IN GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
    ROWLAND, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, steve.rowland@unlv.edu
     
    4:55 PM
    "Lightning Round" of poster previews
     
    5:10 PM
    Discussion
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