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MGWA Fall 2005 Conference

GeoChemistry for Scientific Investigations

Agenda

Speaker Bios

Presentations

Dr. Laine Vignona, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Geochemistry Refresher & Pollution Study Applications

Scott Alexander, University of Minnesota
Non-Contaminant Chemistry of Natural Waters

Geoff Delin, US Geological Survey
The Use of Environmental Tracers to Age-Date Recently Recharged Ground Water

Steve Robertson, MN Department of Health
Sleuthing for Contaminant Pathways in a Fractured Aquifer Setting Near a Contaminated Municipal Supply Well

Jim Walsh, MN Department of Health
Isotope Investigations in Wellhead Protection Areas (Powerpoint)

Jim Lundy, MN Department of Health
Looking for Radium in All the Right Places

Dr. Melinda Erickson, MN Department of Transportation
Geochemical Investigation of Naturally Occurring Arsenic in Upper Midwest Ground Water

Dr. Mike Berndt, MN Department of Natural Resources
Use of Halide Tracers to Constrain Hydrology of an Open-Pit Tailings Disposal Site in NE Minnesota

Dr. E Calvin Alexander, Jr., University of Minnesota
Conduits Rule, Fractures Drool and Pores Suck (Karst and the Nature of Hydrogeologic Reality)

Joe Magner, MN Pollution Control Agency
Is There a Role for Geochemical Tools in the Clean Water Legacy?

Dr. Carol Kendall, US Geological Survey
CSI: Isotope Forensics - How to Use Isotope Fingerprints to Solve Hydrological "who dunnits"

November 18th - Isotope Hydrology Workshop

Dr. Carol Kendall, USGS
Fundamentals of Isotope Geochemistry
Isotope Hydrology
Isotope Biogeochemistry
Project Design

Selected Web-based Presentations and Materials

  • http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/proj.bib/kendall.html
  • http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/
  • http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/isopubs/itchinfo.html
  • http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/projects/Everglades/
  • http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/int_geochem_foodweb/

Cyberseminars (click on Kendall links) at:

  • http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/wrdseminar/pastseminars2005.html
  • http://www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminars/archive.html
  • http://www.epa.gov/osp/regions/afo.html

Dr. E Calvin Alexander, Jr., University of Minnesota
Different Types of Break-Through Curves in Carbonate Aquifers

Dr. Emi Ito, University of Minnesota
Hydrology Happens: Effects of Surface-Water Ground-Water Interchange on Oxygen and DIC Carbon Isotopes of Surface-Water Bodies

Dr. Martin O. Saar, University of Minnesota
Helium Isotopes As a Natural Tracer in Volcanic and Non-Volcanic Aquifers