T136 Innovative Field Investigations to Assess Natural Attenuation and Engineered Remediation of Subsurface Contamination

Monday, 10 October 2011
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room M100HI

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  HYDROLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTAMINATED SOILS AT THE NATIONAL CRUDE OIL SPILL FATE AND NATURAL ATTENUATION RESEARCH SITE
  John Nieber, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Leigh Severson, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Nick Grewe, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
  193916 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  UNSATURATED ZONE TEMPERATURE INCREASES DUE TO AEROBIC METHANOTROPHIC ACTIVITY
  Ean Warren, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Barbara A. Bekins, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Natasha Sihota, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC and Pamela Campbell-Swarzenski, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  196641 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  A NEW METHOD FOR RAPID SOURCE ZONE DELINEATION AND DETERMINATION OF VADOSE ZONE CONTAMINANT BIODEGRADATATION RATES USING SURFICIAL GAS EFFLUXES
  Natasha Sihota, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC and K. Ulrich Mayer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
  196236 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  MONITORING OF A FIELD-SCALE TRANSPORT EXPERIMENT WITH GASOLINE COMPOUNDS: GROUNDWATER SAMPLING VS. PIEZOMETRIC HEAD MEASUREMENTS
  Dirk Radny, Hydrogeology Research Group, Berlin, N/A and Traugott J. Scheytt, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, N/A
  196180 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS AT THE BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, CRUDE OIL CONTAMINATED SITE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BIOGEOBATTERY MODEL
  Lee Slater, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and William N. Herkelrath, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Estella Atekwana, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK and Andre Revil, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Farag Mewafy, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK and Jeffrey Heenan, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and Jared J. Trost, Minnesota Water Science Center, Mounds View, MN and John W. Lane, USGS, Storrs, CT and Magnus Skold, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Dale Werkema, Las Vegas, N/A
  194527 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  USING PUSH-PULL TESTS TO EVALUATE FATE AND TRANSPORT OF MIXED HYDROCARBON PLUMES (BTEX AND ETHANOL) IN AQUIFER AND WETLAND SYSTEMS
  Jennifer T. McGuire, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN and Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, National Research Program, Eastern Branch, Reston, VA and M.S. Phanikumar, Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, MI and Lucas Olson, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
  195196 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  IN SITU MICROCOSM STUDIES OF INTRINSIC AND ENHANCED DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN A FRACTURED ROCK AQUIFER AND IN WETLAND POREWATER
  Michelle M. Lorah, USGS, Baltimore, MD and Charles Walker, USGS, Baltimore, MD and Michael Brayton, USGS, Baltimore, MD and Frederick Gebhardt, Albuquerque, NM
  193536 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  TRACKING THE PROGRESS OF BIOAUGMENTATION IN THE REMEDIATION OF CHLORINATED ETHENES IN GROUNDWATER FROM FRACTURED ROCK USING STABLE ISOTOPES OF CARBON AND HYDROGEN, DISSOLVED GAS CONSTITUENTS, AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
  Kinga M. Revesz, USGS, Reston, VA and Barbara Sherwood Lollar, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON and Allen M. Shapiro, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and J.D. Kirshtein, U S Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Mary Voytek, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Eurybiades Busenberg, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, N/A and Thomas E. Imbrigiotta, New Jersey Water Science Center, Lawrenceville, NJ and Claire R. Tiedeman, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Daniel J. Goode, Pennsylvania Water Science Center, Lawrenceville, NJ
  194910 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  IN SITU MICROCOSM ARRAY (ISMA) VS. STANDARD LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF CANDIDATE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES – A PERCHLORATE CASE STUDY
  Kristin McClellan, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Tomasz Kalinowski, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Thomas A. Bruton, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Isaac B. Roll, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Rolf U. Halden, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  197127 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  STIMULATING THE NATURAL REMEDIATION OF ACID-MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) AT DAVIS MINE, ROWE MA
  Richard Yuretich, National Science Foundation Earth Sciences, Alexandria, VA and Anna M. Gillmor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
  192682 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  IN SITU RADIATION MEASUREMENTS IN SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS
  R.W. Douglas Killey, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON and Dale S. Hartwig, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON and David R. Lee, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON
  197820 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  MICROBIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GROUNDWATER FROM BOREHOLES CR9 AND CR18 AT CRL - IMPLICATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE FUTURE REPOSITORY FOR RADIOACTIVE NON-FUEL WASTE
  Simcha Stroes-Gascoyne, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, MB and Lee Bellan, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON and Connie Hamon, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, MB and Marilyne Audette-Stuart, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON and Danielle Beaton, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON and Karen King-Sharp, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON and Amy Festarini, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON and Mandy Serran, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON and Sheila Kramer-Tremblay, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON and Steve Rose, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, ON
  191669 (Technical Sessions)