H33I:
Advances in Subsurface Characterization Using Innovative Methods of Geophysics and Hydrogeology II

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Session ID#: 34328

Session Description:
Properties of the shallow subsurface are governed by interactions physical, biological, and geochemical processes occurring in a highly heterogeneous and variably saturated media.  Accurate characterization of subsurface continues to be a challenge. Continuous development of methods in the fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, and geophysics is essential to further improve the understanding, monitoring and modeling of subsurface properties.  The information from geophysical and hydrologic methods offers a powerful way to characterize sites at multiple scales. 

This session provides an overview of novel advances in characterizing subsurface transport properties and dynamic processes with geophysical and hydrologic techniques, and newly developed medical imaging techniques. We encourage contributions on time-lapse monitoring and imaging, emission tomography, radionuclide detection, heat and solute tracer experiments, aquifer characterization with traditional and direct-push technologies, and emerging methods from the fields of biogeophysics and hydrogeophysics. Case studies and instrumentation covering laboratory, field or catchment scales are encouraged.

Primary Convener:  Deqiang Mao, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, NM, United States
Conveners:  Christopher Zahasky, Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States, Judy Robinson, Rutgers University, Dept. of Earth & Env Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States and Bwalya Malama, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
Chairs:  Christopher Zahasky, Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States and Chak Hau Michael Tso, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environmental Data Science, Lancaster, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaison:  Christopher Zahasky, Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
Index Terms:

1805 Computational hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1832 Groundwater transport [HYDROLOGY]
1835 Hydrogeophysics [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

High Resolution Pre-Clinical CT and SPECT Imaging Techniques for Investigating Flow and Transport Mechanisms in Porous Media (296485)
Stephen M Moysey1, Mine Dogan1, Abdullah Mamun1, Timothy A. DeVol1, Brian A Powell2 and Larry C Murdoch1, (1)Clemson University, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson, SC, United States, (2)Clemson University, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson, United States
Advanced core-analyses for subsurface characterization (Invited) (271225)
Ronny Pini, Imperial College London, Department of Chemical Engineering, London, United Kingdom
An objective frequency domain method for subsurface characterisation using Earth and atmospheric tides (234292)
Mark O Cuthbert1, Ian R Acworth2, Landon J. S. Halloran2,3, Gabriel C Rau4,5 and Tony L Bernadi6,7, (1)Cardiff University, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Cardiff, CF24, United Kingdom, (2)University of New South Wales, Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, Australia, (3)University of Neuchâtel, Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, (4)UNSW Australia, Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, Australia, (5)UNSW Australia, Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia, (6)Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange, Australia, (7)University of Canberra, Dryland Salinity Hazard Mitigation Program, Institute for Applied Ecology, Canberra, Australia
Permeability from complex conductivity: an evaluation of polarization magnitude versus relaxation time based geophysical length scales (Invited) (245606)
Lee D Slater1, Judy Robinson2, Andreas Weller3, Kristina Keating1, Tonian Robinson2 and Beth L Parker4, (1)Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States, (2)Rutgers Univ, Newark, NJ, United States, (3)Technische Universität Clausthal, Claustal, Germany, (4)University of Guelph, Morwick G360 Institute for Groundwater Research, Guelph, ON, Canada
Characterization of groundwater dynamics in a karstic aquifer through active and passive Fiber Optic DTS methods (223125)
Olivier Bour1, Hugo Le Lay2, Nataline Simon3, Jacques Bodin4, Nicolas Lavenant5, Benoit Nauleau4, Gilles Porel4 and Tanguy Le Borgne1, (1)Géosciences Rennes, CNRS - University of Rennes, Rennes Cedex, France, (2)University of Rennes, Rennes Cedex, France, (3)Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes – UMR 6118, Rennes, France, (4)University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France, (5)Geosciences Rennes, CNRS, Rennes Cedex, France
Understanding time-lapse thermal deviation logs in a shallow fractured bedrock groundwater flow system (229374)
Colby Michael Steelman1, Donovan C Capes1 and Beth L Parker2, (1)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (2)University of Guelph, Morwick G360 Institute for Groundwater Research, Guelph, ON, Canada

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