Joint 53rd South-Central/53rd North-Central/71st Rocky Mtn Section Meeting - 2019

Session No. 25
Tuesday, 26 March 2019: 1:30 PM-5:45 PM
Flint Hills Room (Hilton Garden Inn Manhattan )

D2. Environmental Geology

 

Vahid Rahmani and Matthew F. Kirk, Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF GOLD MINING ACTIVITIES, SUKARI MINE, CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT
ABDELAAL, Ahmed1, SULTAN, Mohamed2, KRISHNAMURTHY, R.V.2, EMIL, Mustafa Kemal2 and ALSHEHRI, Fahad2, (1)Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, 23 December St, Port Said, 42526, Egypt, (2)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
1:55 PM
THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES OF LATE HOLOCENE WILDFIRES IN THREE SUBALPINE LAKES FROM NORTHERN COLORADO
POMPEANI, David P.1, MCLAUCHLAN, Kendra K.1, CHILEEN, Barrie V.1, CALDER, W. John2, SHUMAN, Bryan N.3 and HIGUERA, Philip E.4, (1)Department of Geography, Kansas State University, 1002 Seaton Hall, 920 N. 17th Street, Manhattan, KS 66506, (2)Department of Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, (3)Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, (4)Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Science, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
2:15 PM
EXPLORATION OF THE UTILITY OF GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING FOR MILITARY ENGINEERS
TUPPER, Stephen, Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 216 Centennial Hall, 300 W 12th St, Rolla, MO 65409
2:35 PM
VEGETATION RESPONSE TO WILDFIRE AND CLIMATE FORCING IN A ROCKY MOUNTAIN LODGEPOLE PINE FOREST OVER THE PAST 2500 YEARS
CHILEEN, Barrie V., Department of Geography, Kansas State University, 1002 Seaton Hall, 920 N. 17th Street, Manhattan, KS 66506, MCLAUCHLAN, Kendra K., Kansas State University, Geography Department, 118 Seaton Hall 920 N. 17th Street, Manhattan, KS 66506-2904 and HIGUERA, Philip E., Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Science, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
 
2:55 PM
Break
3:10 PM
NEAR SURFACE SOIL OXYGEN DYNAMICS: PATTERNS FROM SIX YEARS OF HIGH FREQUENCY MONITORING
LOECKE, Terry D., Kansas Biological Survey & Environmental Studies Program, University of Kansas, 2101 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, FRANZ, Trenton, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, 3310 Holdrege St, Lincoln, NE 68583 and BURGIN, Amy J., Kansas Biological Survey & Environmental Studies Program, University of Kansas, 2101 Constant Ave., Lawrence, KS 66047
3:30 PM
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CONTROLS ON NITROGEN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY IN A PHOTOSYNTHETIC, REDOX STRATIFIED WETLAND BIOMAT
VEGA, Michael, BRADY, Adam, LUNDEEN, Evelyn, MIKKELSON, Kristin M. and SHARP, Jonathan O., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401
3:50 PM
TRACKING THE PRIMARY SOURCES OF FECAL POLLUTION IN THE RECHARGE AND CONTRIBUTING ZONES OF EDWARDS AQUIFER IN BEXAR COUNTY, TX USING MOLECULAR TOOLS
ESTRADA DIAZ FLORES, Fabiola, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1 UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249
4:10 PM
IMPACT OF LAND USE ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE GREAT BEND PRAIRIE AQUIFER
RICHARDSON, Christina, Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201; Department of Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506
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