GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 94
Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 618/619/620 (Washington State Convention Center)

T12. Hydrogeology, Geochemistry, and Wetland Processes I: A Session in Honor of the Career of Donald I. Siegel

GSA Hydrogeology Division
Jeffrey M. McKenzie and Laura K. Lautz, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
THE ROLE OF BEAVER PONDS IN MAINTAINING RIPARIAN VEGETATION HEALTH DURING DROUGHTS: A CASE STUDY AT SUSIE CREEK AND MAGGIE CREEK, NV
FAIRFAX, Emily and SMALL, Eric E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, emily.fairfax@colorado.edu
8:30 AM
EVALUATING THE ECOLOGICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PREFERENTIAL FLOW PROCESSES AT THE GROUNDWATER/SURFACE WATER INTERFACE
BRIGGS, Martin A.1, DAY-LEWIS, Frederick D.2, MAHMOOD POOR DEHKORDY, Farzaneh3, ZARNETSKE, Jay4, SINGHA, Kamini5, HARVEY, Judson W.6, ROSENBERRY, Donald O.7, BOUTT, David F.8, HARE, Danielle K.9 and LANE, John W.1, (1)Office of Groundwater, Branch of Geophysics, U.S. Geological Survey, Storrs, CT 06279, (2)Office of Groundwater, Branch of Geophysics, U.S. Geological Survey, Storrs, CT 06269, (3)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, (4)Deptartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, (5)Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (7)U.S. Geological Survey, MS413, Bldg. 53, DFC, Box 25046, Lakewood, CO 80225, (8)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, (9)AECOM, Rocky Hill, CT 06067, mbriggs@usgs.gov
8:45 AM
PAVEMENT, PASTURE, PONDS, AND POOP: NITROGEN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY IN HUMAN TRANSFORMED LANDSCAPES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT
ANDERSEN, C. Brannon, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613 and LEWIS, Gregory P., Department of Biology, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613, brannon.andersen@furman.edu
9:00 AM
LATERAL ADVECTION LIMITS METHANE EMMISSIONS FROM TROPICAL PEATLANDS
HARVEY, Charles F.1, HOYT, Alison1, COBB, Alexander R.2, GANDOIS, Laure3 and PANGALA, Sunitha4, (1)Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling, Singapore–MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 138602, Singapore, Singapore, (3)EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Avenue de l’Agrobiopôle, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France, (4)Department of Environment, Earth & Ecosystems, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, charvey@mit.edu
9:15 AM
IDENTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTORS AND QUANTIFYING METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE FLUX FROM FOUR VERNAL POOLS, MAINE USA
KIFNER, Lydia H.1, AMIRBAHMAN, Aria1, CALHOUN, Aram2 and NORTON, Stephen A.3, (1)Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine, 5711 Boardman Hall, Orono, ME 04469, (2)Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, 5755 Nutting Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5755, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, lydia.kifner@maine.edu
9:30 AM
EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS AND SUBSURFACE WATER STORAGE DYNAMICS OF GLACIATED LANDSCAPES
BOUTT, David F., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, dboutt@geo.umass.edu
9:45 AM
LONG-TERM INCA SIMULATIONS FAVOR CLIMATIC OVER ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ON A REDUCTION OF STREAM WATER SALINITY IN NEW YORK STATE
GUTCHESS, Kristina M.1, JIN, Li2, LEDESMA, José L.J.3, CROSSMAN, Jill4, KELLEHER, Christa5, LAUTZ, Laura K.1 and LU, Zunli1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Geology Department, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, (3)Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, Uppsala, 750 07, Sweden, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave, Windsor, ON N9C 2J9, Canada, (5)Civil Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, kmgutche@syr.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
 
10:15 AM
Lightning Talks
10:30 AM
PERVASIVE MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION FOUND IN THE MOHAWK RIVER, NEW YORK STATE
SMITH, Jacqueline A.1, HODGE, James L.2, KURTZ, Bradley H.3 and GARVER, John I.1, (1)Geology, Union College, 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311, (2)School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, (3)Physical & Biological Sciences, The College of Saint Rose, 432 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203, smithj4@union.edu
10:45 AM
CHANGING STREAMFLOW REGIMES IN NEW YORK STATE: TRENDS, PATTERNS, AND ATTRIBUTION
GLAS, Robin, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY 13244, BURNS, Douglas A., New York Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 425 Jordan Rd, Troy, NY 12180-8349 and LAUTZ, Laura K., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, rlglas@syr.edu
11:00 AM
GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN HIGH VALUE TRIBUTARIES, ARE THESE COMPATIBLE?
PARIZEK, Richard R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and PARIZEK, Katarin A., Richard R. Parizek and Associates, 751 McKee Street, State College, PA 16803, parizek@ems.psu.edu
11:15 AM
APPLICATION OF GEOPHYSICS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WETLAND HYDROGEOLOGY
HART, Dave and STREIFF, Carolyn M., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Madison, WI 53705, dave.hart@wgnhs.uwex.edu
Handouts
  • Hart_GSA2017WetlandGeophysics.pdf (4.2 MB)
  • 11:30 AM
    HIGH RESOLUTION MAPPING OF GLACIAL HYDROSTRATIGRAPHY USING LIDAR-BASED HILLSHADE IMAGES, ROTOSONIC CORE, AND GAMMA LOGS
    ALEXANDER, Scott C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and TIPPING, Robert G., Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2609 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114, alexa017@umn.edu
    Handouts
  • SCA_GSA_Lithostratigraphy_2017.pdf (4.1 MB)
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