GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 70
Sunday, 22 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 105BC, West Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T146. Field Tracer Studies for Aquifer Characterization

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Karst Division

 

Charles J. Paradis, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
HIGH RATES OF TRACER GAS TRANSPORT IN A DEEP FRACTURED BASALT (Invited Presentation)
STAUFFER, Philip H.1, RAHN, Thom2, ORTIZ, John P.1, BOUKHALFA, Hakim3, BEHAR, Hannah4 and SNYDER, Emily E.5, (1)EES-16, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mailstop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)EES-14, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mailstop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4)Water Resources Science Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55811; Los Alamos National Lab, Earth and Environmental Science, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 55811, (5)EES-16, Earth & Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mailstop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545; Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Soccorro, NM 87801
Handouts
  • Paper_339331_presentation_3025_0.pdf (6.7 MB)
  • 2:05 PM
    BEYOND ORDINARY AQUIFER TRACER TESTING: INCLUDING GEOCHEMICAL DATA FOR CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT PARAMETERS AT A LEGACY URANIUM MILL SITE (Invited Presentation)
    JOHNSON, Raymond H.1, TIGAR, Aaron D.1, PARADIS, Charles J.2 and REIMUS, Paul W.2, (1)Navarro Research and Engineering Inc., Contractor to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management, Grand Junction, CO 81503, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
    2:25 PM
    DIRECT GROUNDWATER VELOCITY AND SPECIFIC DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS IN AQUIFERS, SURFACE WATER SEDIMENTS AND FRACTURED ROCK USING CENTIMETER-SCALE TRACER TESTS (Invited Presentation)
    DEVLIN, J.F.1, CORMICAN, Allison M.1, OSORNO, Trevor C.1, HEYER, Bryan2 and JONES, Matt2, (1)Geology Department, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Room 215, 1475 Jayhawk BLVD, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Geology Department, University of Kansas, 1414 Naismith Dr., Slawson Hall Room 270, Lawrence, KS 66045
     
    2:45 PM
    Break
    3:00 PM
    QUANTIFYING GROUNDWATER FLOW THROUGH A LAKE BED DOWN-GRADIENT FROM A DECADES-OLD OIL SPILL NEAR BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA USING THE STREAMBED POINT VELOCITY PROBE
    JONES, Matthew M., Geology Department, University of Kansas, 1414 Naismith Dr., Slawson Hall Room 270, Lawrence, KS 66045 and DEVLIN, J.F., Geology Department, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Room 215, 1475 Jayhawk BLVD, Lawrence, KS 66045
    3:15 PM
    APPLICATION OF THE IN-WELL POINT VELOCITY PROBE (IWPVP) IN FRACTURED MEDIA
    HEYER, Bryan R.1, OSORNO, Trevor C.1, CARRERA, Barbara A.2, MOK, Chin Man W.2 and DEVLIN, J.F.3, (1)Geology Department, University of Kansas, 1414 Naismith Dr., Slawson Hall Room 270, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)GSI Environmental Inc., 155 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610, (3)Geology Department, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Room 215, 1475 Jayhawk BLVD, Lawrence, KS 66045
    3:30 PM
    VALIDATION OF PVP MEASUREMENT ACCURACY WITHIN AN HRX WELL CARTRIDGE
    CORMICAN, Allison M.1, OSORNO, Trevor C.2, HODGE, Billy1, NZERIBE, Blossom N.3, CRIMI, Michelle3, DIVINE, Craig4 and DEVLIN, J.F.2, (1)Geology Department, University of Kansas, Slawson Hall Room 270, 1414 Naismith Dr., Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Geology Department, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Room 215, 1475 Jayhawk BLVD, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Rowley 170, PO BOX 5740, 8 Clarkson Ave., Potsdam, NY 13699-5710, (4)ARCADIS U.S., Inc, 630 Plaza Drive, Suite 100, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
    3:45 PM
    ADVANCING MODELING OF SUBSURFACE GAS TRANSPORT AT THE SITE OF AN UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TEST USING TRACER EXPERIMENTS AND HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS
    BOURRET, Michelle, KWICKLIS, Edward Michael, STAUFFER, Philip H. and MILLER, Terry, EES-16, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mailstop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545
     
    4:00 PM
    Break
    4:15 PM
    USING ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS TO IDENTIFY RECHARGE PATHWAYS TO THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER
    STOTLER, Randy L., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1414 Naismith Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045 and KASTENS, Jude, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS 66045
    4:30 PM
    MODELING EFFECTS OF THERMOGEOLOGY ON BOREHOLES AND ON THE SHALLOW GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT USING DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING
    GHADIRI, Maryam, Illinois Water Resources Center, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1101 W Peabody Dr., Urbana, IL 61801
    4:45 PM
    INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DYES AND EARTH MATERIALS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON GROUNDWATER TRACER STUDY
    LI, Zhaohui, PILIOURAS, Pete, GUIDO, Anthony, KUGLER, Kasey and HULSEY, Hera, Geosciences, Univ of Wisconsin - Parkside, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha, WI 53144
    5:00 PM
    GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW AND AQUIFER CONNECTIVITY IN THE LISBON VALLEY, UTAH
    NOYES, Chandler1, PERSON, Mark2, FERGUSON, Grant3 and MCINTOSH, Jennifer1, (1)Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (3)Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
    5:15 PM
    COMPETITIVE SORPTION OF FLORESCENT DYE AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS ON GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON
    LUMMUS, Myron Malisse, Geoscience, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, ZIEGLER, Brady A., Dept. of Geosciences, Trinity University, 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212 and SCHINDEL, Geary M., Aquifer Management, Edwards Aquifer Authority, 900 E. Quincy, San Antonio, TX 78215
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