Cordilleran Section - 121st Annual Meeting - 2025

Session No. 14
Thursday, 3 April 2025: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Granada/Hermosa (Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown - Arena)

T3. Hydrogeologic Basin Characterization: Integrated Approaches Using Geophysical, Geochemical, Geologic, and Hydrologic Methods

 

Michael Stephens, Mesut Cayar and Nicole Jacobsen, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:02 AM
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES - BASIN CHARACTERIZATION PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
DLUBAC, Katherine, SPRINGHORN, Steven, BREZING, Benjamin, ALTARE, Craig and GODWIN, Timothy, California Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office, Sacramento, CA 85801
8:22 AM
GROUNDWATER BASIN CHARACTERIZATION AND PRELIMINARY HYDROGEOLOGIC INTERPRETATIONS USING CALIFORNIA'S STATEWIDE AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY DATASET
SPRINGHORN, Steven, DLUBAC, Katherine, BREZING, Benjamin, ALTARE, Craig and GODWIN, Timothy, California Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office, Sacramento, CA 85801
8:42 AM
TRANSFORMING RESISTIVITY DATA TO LITHOLOGY FOR LARGE SCALE AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC (AEM) SURVEYS
PARKER, Timothy1, THORN, Paul2, PERALTA, Javier1, TOFTDAL, Mikkel2, SCHJERNING, Jeppe2, SHIMABUKURO, David3, DLUBAC, Katherine4, BREZING, Benjamin4 and SPRINGHORN, Steven4, (1)Ramboll, 1111 Broadway, Suite 1400, Oakland, CA 94607, (2)Ramboll, Hannemanns Allé 53, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Copenhagen, 95801, Denmark, (3)Department of Geology, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819, (4)California Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office, Sacramento, CA 85801
9:02 AM
ADVANCING HYDROSTRATIGRAPHIC MODEL (HSM) AND GROUNDWATER NUMERICAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT WITH AEM AND HYDROGEOLOGIC DATA
JACOBSEN, Nicole1, CEYHAN, Sercan1, CAYAR, Mesut1, BAER, Jack1, WARD, Tori1, NAJMUS, Saquib1, BEDEKAR, Vivek2, TONKIN, Matt2, OU, Michael2, SCANTLEBURY, Leland2, DLUBAC, Katherine3 and SPRINGHORN, Steven3, (1)Woodard & Curran, Sacramento, CA 95811, (2)S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, 1801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, (3)California Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office, Sacramento, CA 85801
9:22 AM
POTATO OR POT-ENTIAL AQUIFER RECHARGE? DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SUBSURFACE RECHARGE ANALYSES
DABRAMO, Liz1, HONN, Emily1, CAYAR, Mesut1, DLUBAC, Katherine2, SPRINGHORN, Steven2, THORN, Paul3, BEDEKAR, Vivek4, JACOBSEN, Nicole1, CAMILLE, Adrien1, NORDQUIST, Kyle1, BAER, Jack1 and BLANKE, Jim1, (1)Woodard & Curran, 801 T Street, Sacramento, CA 95811, (2)California Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office, Sacramento, CA 85801, (3)Ramboll, Hannemanns Allé 53, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Copenhagen, 95801, Denmark, (4)S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, 1801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
9:42 AM
SUPPORTING MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE DECISION-MAKING USING HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELLING SUPPORTED BY DENSE GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING
OSTERMAN, Gordon, Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems, USDA-ARS, 239 Hopkins Road, Davis, CA 95616 and PERZAN, Zach, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154
 
10:02 AM
Break
10:17 AM
DEVELOPING THE COMPUTATIONAL WORKFLOWS REQUIRED TO ADVANCE THE USE OF AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC DATA IN CHARACTERIZING THE GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS OF CALIFORNIA
KNIGHT, Rosemary, KANG, Seogi, GOEBEL, Meredith, PRENTICE, Becca and MELLS, Jonathan, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Mitchell Building, Room 360, Stanford, CA 94305
10:37 AM
QUANTIFYING JOINT PROBABILITIES OF SALINITY AND LITHOLOGY USING AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETICS
HOOGENBOOM, Bennett1, MINSLEY, Burke2, JAMES, Stephanie2, BALL, Lyndsay3, LINDAMAN, Max4 and KRESS, Wade H.5, (1)USGS, California Water Science Center, Sacramento, CA 95816, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80403, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi Gulf Water Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70816, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, 640 Grassmere Park, Nashville, TN 37211
10:57 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY (ESS): GEOLOGY-FOCUSED CONCEPTUAL SITE MODELS AS A BEST PRACTICE FOR GROUNDWATER PROJECTS
CRAMER, Rick, Geosyntec Consultants, Long Beach, CA 90802, BONDS, Chris, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA 95814, SHULTZ, Michael, Geosyntec Consultants, Minneapolis, MN 55401 and PLANK, Colin, Geosyntec Consultants, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
11:17 AM
USING GEOPHYSICAL LOGS TO DETERMINE GROUNDWATER SALINITY TRENDS AND THE EFFECTS OF SALINE WATER DISPOSAL IN AQUIFERS
GILLESPIE, Jan1, BALL, Lyndsay2, EVERETT, Rhett R.3, GANNON, Riley S.1, IMPERATO, Emily4, SHIMABUKURO, David5, STEPHENS, Michael6 and WARDEN, John G.7, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA 92101, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80403, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center, San Diego, CA 92101, (4)United States Geological Survey, San Diego, CA 92101, (5)Department of Geology, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA 95819, (7)U.S. Geological Survey, Austin, TX 78704
11:37 AM
CONSTRAINING NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC CONTROLS ON BASE OF FRESHWATER AND UNDERGROUND SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER IN CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
IMPERATO, Emily1, ALMEIDA, Rafael2 and WEINGARTEN, Matthew2, (1)United States Geological Survey, San Diego, CA 92101, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive MC1020, San Diego, CA 92182
 
11:57 AM
Concluding Remarks
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