Page 39 - i1052-5173-30-5

25–28 OCTOBER • MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC, CANADA
Advocates: Barret L. Kurylyk; Victor F. Bense; Christa Kelleher T175. Advances in Understanding Processes at
Aquifers, rivers, and oceans are warming in response to climate or Near the Groundwater–Surface Water Interface
change; however, the thermal regimes of hydrologic systems are also Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and
controlled by non-climatic processes. This session will focus on the Geomorphology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division
interactions between water temperature and environmental processes. Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Environmental
Geoscience
T171. Measuring and Modeling the Water Cycle in Advocates: Corey D. Wallace; Reza Soltanian
Cold Regions The session will convey new insights on processes taking place at or
Cosponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division near the interface between groundwater and surface water, including
Discipline: Hydrogeology fluid, energy, nutrient fluxes, and biogeochemical processes. Field and
Advocates: Jean-Michel Lemieux; Jeffrey M. McKenzie; Nathan lab studies, analysis, and computational research are to be included.
L. Young
Global warming is reshaping the water cycle in cold regions in a T176. Novel Approaches for Understanding
number of ways. This session welcomes modeling and field stud- Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
ies that examine groundwater, surface-water, or critical zone Cosponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
dynamics in permafrost-dominated regions. Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Environmental Geoscience
Advocates: Marie Larocque; Eric Rosa
T172. Groundwater Availability and Sustainabil- This session is requesting contributions on innovative
ity Studies: Advances, Methods, and Approaches approaches to understand the hydrology, geochemistry, thermal
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Karst Division regime, and resilience of groundwater-dependent ecosystems,
Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Geoscience and Public Policy, including field measurements, monitoring, natural tracers, remote
Environmental Geoscience sensing, and modeling, in a variety of environments.
Advocates: Zhilin Guo; Graham E. Fogg; Jesse E. Dickinson;
Chunmiao Zheng T177. A Showcase of Undergraduate Research in
We welcome presentations discussing new advances, methods, Hydrogeology (Posters)
and approaches for quantifying regional groundwater systems in Cosponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
diverse climatic, hydrologic, social, and political settings, includ- Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Karst
ing regional flow and transport models. Advocates: Miguel E. Valencia; Laura K. Rademacher; Samuel J.
Smidt; Martina Rogers
T173. Arsenic, Fluoride, Manganese, and Radio- This session is designed for undergraduates presenting research
genic Contaminants in Groundwater Systems— and senior theses in the field of hydrogeology. Prizes will be
Scientific Knowledge, Public Health Concerns, and awarded for top presentations. Employers and graduate advisers
Removal Technology are encouraged to attend.
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and
Health Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA T178. The Water-Energy Nexus in Sedimentary
International; International Society of Groundwater for Basins
Sustainable Development (ISGSD); International Medical Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary
Geology Association (IMGA); International Water Association Geology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division
(IWA) Specialist Group Metals and Related Substances in Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Energy Geology, Geochemistry
Drinking Water (METRELS) Advocates: Jennifer McIntosh; Grant Ferguson; Christine Rivard
Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Environmental Geoscience, Demand for subsurface pore space for groundwater resources,
Geoscience and Public Policy conventional and unconventional oil and gas development, carbon
Advocates: Prosun Bhattacharya; Arslan Ahmad; Saugata Datta; sequestration, geothermal energy production, and fluid disposal
Alan E. Fryar; Mohammad Alauddin has led to novel approaches to better understand the hydrogeology
The cycling of arsenic, fluoride, manganese, and radiogenic of sedimentary basins.
contaminants in groundwater systems from regional to local scales
will be discussed. This encompasses natural occurrence, mobility, T179. Applications for DNA Sequencing and
biogeochemical cycling, and impacts on treatment innovations. Microbial Analysis in Hydrogeology and Environ-
mental Geosciences
T174. Fluid Behavior in the Subsurface Related to Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental
Energy Development and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geobiology and
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Energy Geology Geomicrobiology Division; International Association of
Division Hydrogeologists U.S. National Chapter; Geochemical Society
Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Energy Geology, Geochemistry Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Environmental Geoscience,
Advocates: Jean-Philippe Nicot; M. Clara Castro; Daniele L. Pinti Geomicrobiology
New discoveries on characteristics and flow behavior of fluids in Advocates: Mark A. Higgins; Peter S.K. Knappett; Kimberly D.
low-permeability rocks as prompted by the recent growth in hydro- Myers
carbon production from so-called gas shales and tight oil formations. To advance understanding of current and potential applications in
geosciences, this session welcomes a variety of abstracts relating to
www.geosociety.org/gsatoday 39