H53L:
Characterization, Modeling, and Remediation of Karst and Structurally Variable Flow Systems in a Changing Environment I

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Session ID#: 34868

Session Description:
Karst systems, which underlie 10-20% of the Earth’s landmass and supply water to nearly 25% of the world’s population, are changing due to human activities and climate change. These systems are highly dynamic and heterogeneous, with complex hydrological, geochemical, and biological processes that affect water and solute transport over a wide-range of spatio-temporal scales. Therefore, they are extremely difficult to characterize, model, remediate, and manage. A need exists to advance knowledge and technologies for understanding the hydrological response of karst systems and other preferential flow systems to environmental and climate change, and to develop appropriate management and remediation approaches. Interdisciplinary studies are highly demanded in the assessment of water resources availability and chemical dynamics in a karst aquifer. This session requests abstracts on research related to the characterization, monitoring and modeling of hydrogeology, morphology, biogeochemistry, geohazards and remediation of karst and other structurally variable water systems at multiple scales.
Primary Convener:  Zexuan Xu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Science Division, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Nicolas Massei, Univ Rouen Normandie, Univ Caen Normandie, CNRS, M2C, UMR 6143, F-76000 Rouen, France, Rouen, France, Ingrid Yamill Padilla, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR, United States and Andreas J Hartmann, University of Freiburg, Chair of Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources, Freiburg, Germany
Chairs:  Ingrid Yamill Padilla, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR, United States and Jim Lamoreaux, P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Andreas J Hartmann, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1830 Groundwater/surface water interaction [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Modern and Unconventional Approaches to Karst Hydrogeology (Invited) (286251)
Michael C Sukop, Florida International University, Earth and Environment, Miami, United States
Field Investigation and Modeling Development for Hydrological and Carbon Cycles in Southwest Karst Region of China (267403)
Bill X. Hu, Inst of Hydrogeology & Environmental Geology, Shijiazhuang City, China
Quantitative Analysis of Karst Conduit Structure Parameters and Hydraulic Parameters Based on Tracer Test (265202)
Zhang Qiang1, Zhang Zhiqiang2, Mo Xu3, Sun Jinyu4 and Qi Jihong4, (1)State Key Laboratory of Geo-hazard Prevention and Geo-environment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Groundwater Science and Engineering, Chengdu, China, (2)Hebei Geological University, Shijiazhuang, China, (3)Chengdu University of Technology, State key Laboratory of Geohazard prevention and Geoenvironment protection, Chengdu, China, (4)Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China
Drivers and Effects of Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction in the Karstic Lower Flint River Basin, Southwestern Georgia, USA (221897)
Kathleen Rugel1,2, Stephen W. Golladay3, C Rhett Jackson4, Todd C Rasmussen4, John F Dowd5 and Robin J Mcdowell5, (1)National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Donalsonville, GA, UNITED STATES, (2)University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology, Athens, GA, United States, (3)Jones Center at Ichauway, Aquatics, Newton, GA, United States, (4)University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Athens, GA, United States, (5)University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
Characterisation of the heterogeneity of karst using electrical geophysics – applications in SW China (234512)
Andrew M. Binley, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom, Qinbo Cheng, University of Lancaster, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, United Kingdom, Min Tao, Hohai University, State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing, China and Xi Chen, College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing, China

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