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Table of Contents - Special Paper 353

Geology, hydrogeology, and environmental remediation: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho

Edited by L.L. Mink and Paul Karl Link

Foreword
Robert J. Creed and Trish St. Clair
1

Section I.- Geologic Framework
1. Introduction to the hydrogeology of the eastern Snake River Plain
Roy C. Bartholomay, Linda C. Davis, and Paul Karl Link
3
2. Pliocene and Quaternary stratigraphic architecture and drainage systems of the Big Lost Trough, northeastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
Jeffrey K. Geslin, Paul Karl Link, James W. Riesterer, Mel A. Kuntz, and C. Mark Fanning
11
3. Paleoenvironments of sedimentary interbeds in the Pliocene and Quaternary Big Lost Trough, eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
Erick A. Bestland, Paul Karl Link, Marvin A. Lanphere, and Duane E. Champion
27
4. Subsurface volcanology at Test Area North and controls on groundwater flow
Dennis J. Geist, Rachel A. Ellisor, Elisa N. Sims, and Scott S. Hughes
45

Section II.- Sedimentary Systems
5. Sedimentologic and hydrologic characterization of surficial sedimentary facies in the Big Lost Trough, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, eastern Idaho
Linda E. Mark and Glenn D. Thackray
61
6. Late Quaternary highstands in the Mud Lake and Big Lost Trough subbasins of Lake Terreton, Idaho
Gary L. Gianniny, Glenn D. Thackray, Darrell S. Kaufman, Steven L. Forman, Michael J. Sherbondy, and Delda Findeisen
77
7. Holocene paleoflood hydrology of the Big Lost River, western Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho
Dean A. Ostenaa, Daniel R.H. O'Connell, Roy A. Walters, and Robert J. Creed
91

Section III. Volcanic Rift Zones and Basalt Accumulation
8. Tension cracks, eruptive fissures, dikes, and faults related to late Pleistocene-Holocene basaltic volcanism and implications for the distribution of hydraulic conductivity in the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
Mel A. Kuntz, Steven R. Anderson, Duane E. Champion, Marvin A. Lanphere, and Daniel J. Grunwald
111
9. Morphology of inflated pahoehoe lavas and spatial architecture of their porous and permeable zones, eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
John A. Welhan, Chad M. Johannesen, Kelly S. Reeves, Thomas M. Clemo, John A. Glover, and Kenneth W. Bosworth
135
10. Geochemical correlations and implications for the magmatic evolution of basalt flow groups at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
Scott S. Hughes, Michael McCurry, and Dennis J. Geist
151
11. Accumulation and subsidence of late Pleistocene basaltic lava flows of the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
Duane E. Champion, Marvin A. Lanphere, Steven R. Anderson, and Mel A. Kuntz
175
12. Open-system evolution of a single episode of Snake River Plain magmatism
Dennis J. Geist, Elisa N. Sims, Scott S. Hughes, and Michael McCurry
193

Section IV. Groundwater Studies
13. Chemical characteristics of thermal water beneath the eastern Snake River Plain
Travis L. McLing, Robert W. Smith, and Thomas M. Johnson
205
14. Genesis of alteration of Quaternary basalts within a portion of the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer
Lee H. Morse and Michael McCurry
213
15. Stochastic simulation of aquifer heterogeneity in a layered basalt aquifer system, eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
John A. Welhan, Thomas M. Clemo, and Edith L. Gégo
225
16. Modeling groundwater flow and contaminant transport in the Snake River Plain aquifer: A stochastic approach
Edith L. G&eaute;go, Gary S. Johnson, Matthew R. Hankin, Allan H. Wylie, and John A. Welhan
249
17. Recirculating tracer test in fractured basalt
Robin E. Nimmer, Dale R. Ralston, Allan H. Wylie, and Gary S. Johnson
263

Section V. Bioremediation Studies
18. Characterization of microbial isolates from the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Test Area North aquifer: Identifying potential enzymatic pathways for toluene oxidation
Mary E. Watwood, William K. Keener, and William A. Smith
279
19. Effect of basalt heterogeneity on intrinsic bioremediation processes in groundwater
Allan H. Wylie, Dale R. Ralston, and Gary S. Johnson
287
Index 297
GSA Data Repository Item 2002041: Identification of basalt interflow zones with borehole geophysical and video logs at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho: John A. Glover, John A. Welhan, and Linda L. Davis.