CURRICULUM VITAE

John Van Brahana

October 2007

 

 

POSITIONS:              Professor, University of Arkansas (Department of Geosciences and  Program of 

      Environmental Dynamics); Research Hydrologist, Emeritus (U.S. Geological Survey); Consulting Hydrogeologist, with emphasis on ground water in karst

 

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:

     American Institute of Professional Geologists-2275

     State of Arkansas-Board of Registration for Professional Geologists-1884

 

 

MAILING ADDRESS:           113 Ozark Hall              PHONE:  (479) 575-2570

                                    University of Arkansas              FAX:  (479) 575-3846

                                    Fayetteville, AR  72701              EMail:  brahana@uark.edu

                                                                                    WEB:  http://comp.uark.edu/~brahana

RESEARCH PROJECTS--SHORT TITLES: 

            Structural Controls on Ground-Water Flow Boundaries; Flow and Transport--Karst Hydrogeology; Savoy Experimental Watershed—Long-Term Karst Monitoring;  Agroforestry Effects on Water Quality

 

EDUCATION:  University of Missouri  Ph. D. 12/73                                        Geology/Hydrogeology  

            University of Missouri  M.A. 6/68                                                                      Geology

            University of Illinois  A. B. 6/65                                                             Arts and Sciences (Geology)

 

SELECTED ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

1999-present:  Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

1999-present:  Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey, Fayetteville, AR.

1990-1999:      Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Geology, U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

1990-1999:      Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Fayetteville, AR.

1988-1990:      Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN

1976-1988:      Adjunct Professor, Geology, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN.

1975               Adjunct Professor, Univ. of Southern Mississippi (Univ. Center), Jackson, MS

1971-1988:      Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, Jackson, MS, and Denver, CO.

1964-1965:      J.W. Mack and Assoc. Geophysical Consultants, Madison, WI.

1962-1966:      Lab. Tech., Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL.

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 

                       Geological Society of America (Fellow)

                         American Geophysical Union

                       American Institute of Professional Geologists

                         International Association of Hydrogeologists

                         National Ground Water Association

                         Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society of America

                         American Water Resources Association-Arkansas Chapter

                        Arkansas Ground-Water Association

                        National Speleological Society

                        International Mine Water Association

 

AWARDS AND HONORS:        

       State of Arkansas, Professional Geologist Certification, Certificate-1884  2005

       Baum Teaching Grant Award--University of Arkansas  2002

 Scientist Emeritus -- U.S. Geological Survey  1999      

       STAR Award – U.S. Geological Survey  1998

       Special Act Service Award - U.S. Geological Survey  1996

       Superior Service Award - U.S. Geological Survey  1994

       Quality Increase - U.S. Geological Survey  1994

       Sigma Gamma Epsilon Outstanding Teacher - Geology Department - University of Arkansas             1994

       Special Achievement Award - U. S. Geological Survey  1993

       Sigma Gamma Epsilon Outstanding Teacher - Geology Department - University of Arkansas             1992

       Quality Increase Award- U. S. Geological Survey  1990

       Awarded State of Tennessee Professional Geologist — Certificate TN0096  1988

       Special Achievement Award - U. S. Geological Survey  1988

       Election to membership in Sigma Xi (Vanderbilt University Chapter)  1978

      Awarded American Institute of Professional Geologists

                                                Certified Professional Geologist – Certificate 2752   1975

      Univ. of Missouri Post-Residence Doctoral Fellowship  1971

      National Science Foundation Travel Grant (Birch Symposium) 1970

      Illinois State Scholarship   1961-63

           

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE-SELECTED CLIENTS:

        WalMart, Inc.

        Waste Management, Inc.

        City of Memphis, Tennessee

        E & S Development and Properties

        City of Eureka Springs, Arkansas

        Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

       

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY—Published Reports—Peer Reviewed

 

Al-Qinna, Mohammed, Scott, H.D., Brahana, J.V., and Sauer, T.J., 2007, Macropore flow in soil overlying a well-characterized karst aquifer, Savoy Experimental Watershed, southern Ozark region:  Soil Science Journal of America, 20 p., [in review with journal]

 

Leh, M.D., Chaubey, I., Murdoch, J.F., Brahana, J.V., and Haggard, B.E., 2007, Delineating Runoff Processes and Critical Runoff Source Areas in a Pasture Watershed of the Ozark Highlands:  28 p. Hydrology Journal [in review with journal]

 

Sauer, T.J., Coblentz, W.K., DeFauw, S.L. Brye, K.R., Brauer, D.K., Skinner, J.V., Thomas, A.L., Brahana, J.V. Hays, P.D., Moffitt, D.C., Robinson, J.L., James, T.A., and Hickie, K.A., 2007, Nutrient cycling in a hardwood-forage alley cropping system receiving poultry litter or inorganic fertilizer:  Agroforestry Systems, 39 p. [in review with journal]

 

Brahana, J.V., Hays, P.D., Al-Qinna, Mohammed, Murdoch, John F., Davis, Ralph K., Killingbeck, Jonathan J., Szilvagyi, Eva, Doheny-Skubic, Margaret, Chaubey, Indrajeet, Ting, Tiong Ee, and Thoma, G., 2005, Quantification of hydrologic budget parameters for the vadose zone and epikarst in mantled karst:  in Kuniansky, E.L., 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota, September 12-15, 2005:  U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5160, p. 144-152.

 

Davis, Ralph K., Hamilton, S., and Brahana, J.V., 2005, Survival of Escherichia coli in spring and stream sediments within the mantled karst of Northwest Arkansas:  Journal of the American Water Resources Association, p. 1279-1287.

 

Hobza, Christopher M., Moffit, David C., Goodwin, Danny P., Kresse, Timothy, Fazio, John, Brahana, J.V., and Hays, Phillip D., 2005, Ground-water quality near a swine waste lagoon in a mantled karst terrane in northwestern Arkansas:  :  in Kuniansky, E.L., 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota, September 12-15, 2005:  U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5160, p. 155-162.

 

Sauer, T.J., Logsdon, S.D., Brahana, J.V., and Murdoch, J.F., 2005, Variation in infiltration with landscape position:  Implications for forest productivity and surface water quality:  Forest Ecology and Management, v. 220, Issues 1-3, p. 118-127.

 

Varnel, C.J., and Brahana, J.V., and Steele, K.F., 2004, The influence of coal quality variation on utilization of water from abandoned coal mines as a municipal water source:  Mine Water and the Environment, v. 23, no. 4, p. 204-208.

 

Brahana, J.V., 2003, Karst aquifers: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, p. 37-40.

 

Brahana, J.V., 2003, Water quality in karst aquifers: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, p.41-42.

 

Brahana, J.V., 2003, The Hydrologic cycle: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, p. 412-414

 

Hays, P.D., and Brahana, J.V., 2003, Ground water observation wells: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York., p. 633-635.

 

Varnel, C.J., and Brahana, J.V., 2003, Neuse River-Impact of Animal Production on Water Quality: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, p.622-624.

 

Peterson, E.W., Davis, R.K., Brahana, J.V., and Orndorff, H.O., 2002, Movement of nitrate through regolith covered karst terrane, northwest Arkansas:  Journal of Hydrology, v. 256, p. 35-47.

 

Steele, K.F., Davis, R.K., Brahana, J.V., Godfrey, Lyle, and Tatom, Ginger, 2002, Research and regulatory water-quality perspectives, Ozark Mountain Region, Arkansas:  American Water Resources Association, Ground Water/Surface Water Interactions, p. 199-204

 

Davis, R.K., Brahana, J.V., and Johnston, 2000, Ground water in northwest Arkansas:  Minimizing nutrient contamination from non-point sources in karst terrane:  Arkansas Water Resources Center, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 59 p.

 

Peterson, E.W., Davis, R.K., and Brahana, J.V., 2000, The use of regression analysis to predict nitrate-nitrogen in springs in northwest Arkansas: in Sasowsky, I.D. and Wicks, C.M., editors, Groundwater flow and contaminant transport in carbonate aquifers:  A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 43-63.

 

Sauer, T.J., Alexander, R.B., Brahana, J.V., and Smith, R.A., 2001, The importance and role of watersheds in the transport of nitrogen:  in Follett, R.F., and Hatfield, J.L., eds., Nitrogen in the Environment:  Sources, Problems, and Management:  ch. 7, p. 147-181.

 

Brahana, J.V. and Broshears, R.E., 2001, Hydrogeology and ground-water flow in the Memphis and Fort Pillow aquifers in the Memphis area, Tennessee:  U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 89-4131, 56 p.

 

Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., Murdoch, John, Little, Paul, Al-Rashidy, Said, and Cole, Jack, 2000, Geomorphology, hydrology, and environmental issues in a mantled karst terrane:  Geological Society of America, South Central Field Trip Guidebook #2, 23 p.

 

Brahana, J.V., and Sauer, T.J., 2000, Geomorphology, hydrology, and environmental issues in a mantled karst terrane:   South Central Regional Meeting—National Association of Conservation Districts, Field Trip Guidebook #2, 14 p.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1999, Book review of “Hydrogeology in Practice—A Guide to characterizing ground-water systems” by William J. Stone:  Journal of Ground Water, v. 37, no. 3, p 328.

 

Brahana, J.V., Hays, P.D., Kresse, T.M., Sauer, T.J., and Stanton, G.P., 1999, The Savoy Experimental Watershed—Early lessons for hydrogeologic modeling from a well-characterized karst research site:  in Palmer, A.N., Palmer, M.V., and Sasowsky, I.D., editors, Karst Modeling:  Special Publication 5,  Karst Waters Institute, Charles Town, WV, p. 247-254.

 

Funkhouser, J.E., Little, P.R., Brahana, J.V., Kresse, T.M., Anderson, M., Formica, S., and Huetter, T., 1999, Methodology to study the effects of animal production in mantled karst aquifers of the southern Ozarks:  in Palmer, A.N., Palmer, M.V., and Sasowsky, I.D., editors, Karst Modeling:  Special Publication 5,  Karst Waters Institute, Charles Town, WV, p. 255-258.

 

Brahana, John Van, Eckstein, Yoram, Ongley, Lois K., Schneider, Robert, and Moore, John E., 1998, editors, Gambling with groundwater—Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of aquifer-stream relations:   Proceedings Volume of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress XXVIII and the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology, Las Vegas, 753 p.

 

Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., Kresse, Tim, Al-Rashidy, Said, Shirley, Tracy, and McKee, Paul, 1998, Tipping the scale in long-term karst research—Hydrogeologic characterization of the Savoy Experimental Watershed:  Proceedings Volume, Water Quality of Surface  and Ground Water and Best Management Practice, Arkansas Water Resources Center, p. 9-17.

 

Brahana, J.V., Stanton, G.P., Hays, P.D., and Davis, R.K., 1998, Workbook—Field Hydrogeology—Theory, Techniques, and Applications:  Department of Geology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 69 p.

 

Marshall, David, Brahana, J.V., and Davis, R.K., 1998, Resuspension of viable sediment-bound enteric pathogens in shallow karst aquifers: in Brahana, John Van, Eckstein, Yoram, Ongley, Lois K., Schneider, Robert, and Moore, John E., 1998, editors, Gambling with groundwater—Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of aquifer-stream relations:   Proceedings Volume of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress XXVIII and the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology, Las Vegas, p. 179-186.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1997, Rationale and methodology for approximating spring-basin boundaries in the mantled karst terrane of the Springfield Plateau, northwestern Arkansas: in Beck, B.F. and Stephenson, J. Brad, eds., Sixth Multidisciplinary Conference on Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology of Karst Terranes, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 77-82.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1995, Controlling influences on ground-water flow and transport in the shallow karst aquifer of northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas:  Proceedings Volume, Hydrologic Problems Along the Arkansas-Oklahoma Border, Arkansas Water Resources Center Publication No. MSC-168, p. 25-30. 

 

Brahana, J.V. and Mesko, T.O., 1994, Hydrology of the McNairy-Nacatoch and adjacent aquifers in the

        northern Mississippi embayment:  U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1416-K, 276 p.

 

Brahana, J.V., Leidy, Valarie A., Lindt, John, and Hodge, S.A., 1993, Hydrogeologic data for Carroll County, Arkansas:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-150, 32 p.

 

Ford, G.L., and Brahana, J.V., 1992, Soil-gas data for the underground hydrocarbon contamination site in the Highland Avenue Area, Fayetteville, Arkansas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-77, 11 p.

 

Brahana, J.V., Gonthier, Gerard J., and Remsing, Larry M., 1991, Hydrogeologic data for Boone County, Arkansas:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-518, 36 p.

 

Brahana, J.V., Haugh, C.J., Mahoney, L.N., and Hanchar, D.W., 1991, Hydrogeology of Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee--Preliminary conceptual model of ground-water flow:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 69 p.

 

Vourvopoulos, G., Brahana, J.V., Nolte, E., Korschinek, G., Priller, A., and Dockhorn, B., 1990, 36Cl measurements and hydrology of an acid injection site:  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., B52, p. 451-454.

 

Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1988a, Dry stream reaches in dense carbonate terranes--surface indicators of ground-water reservoir:  Water Resources Bulletin, v. 24, no. 3, p. 577-580.

 

Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1988b, Relation between the hydrogeology of carbonate rocks and the development of karst landforms:   Proceedings of 21st Congress--International Association of Hydrogeologists, Guilin City, China, p. 270-275.

 

Brahana, J. V., and Mesko, T. O., 1988, Hydrogeology and preliminary assessment of regional flow in the upper Cretaceous and adjacent aquifers in the northern Mississippi embayment:  U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 87-4000, 65 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., Thrailkill, John, Freeman, Tom, and Ward, W. C., 1988, Comparative hydrogeology of carbonate rocks, in Back, William, Seaber, P. R., and Rosenshein, J. S., eds., Ground Water Hydrogeology:  Volume of Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) Series, v. 0-2, ch. 38, p. 333-352.

 

Seaber, P. R., Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1988, Appalachian Plateaus and Valley and Ridge:  in Back, William, Seaber, P. R., and Rosenshein, J. S., eds., Ground Water Hydrogeology:  Hydrogeology   Volume of Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) Series, v. 0-2, ch. 23, p. 189-200

 

Brahana, J. V., 1987, The role of a multilayer model in refining understanding of deep regional ground-water flow in a tectonically active area:  Proceedings of National Water Well Association Conference, Solving Ground-Water Problems with Models, v. 2, p. 1051-1070.

 

Brahana, J. V., Parks, W. S., and Gaydos, M. W., 1987, Quality of water from freshwater aquifers and principal well fields in the Memphis area, Tennessee:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4052, 22 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., and Bradley, M. W., 1986a, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - The Central Basin aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4002, 35 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., and Bradley, M. W., 1986b, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - Highland Rim aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4054, 38 p.

 

Brahana, J.V., and Bradley, M.W., and Macy, J.A., 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee--The East Tennessee aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4091, 30 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., Bradley, M. W., Macy, J. A., and Mulderink, Dolores, 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - Basal Sandstone aquifer west of the Valley and Ridge province:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-762, 21 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., Macy, J. A., Mulderink, Dolores, and Zemo, Dawn, 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - Cumberland Plateau aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-338, 24 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., Bradley, M.W., and Mulderink, Dolores, 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - Tertiary aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4011, 23 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., Mesko, T. O., Busby, J. F., and Kraemer, T. F., 1986, Ground-water quality data from the northern Mississippi embayment -- Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi:  U.S.   Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-683, 15 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., Mulderink, Dolores, and Bradley, M. W., 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - The Cretaceous aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4039, 20 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., and Bradley, M. W., 1985, Delineation and description of the regional aquifer of Tennessee - The Knox aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4012, 32 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1983a, Physiography, in May, V. Jeff and others, Hydrology of area 21, eastern coal province, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-679, p. 10-11.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1983b, Geology, in May, V. Jeff and others, Hydrology of Area 21, eastern coal province, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-679, p. 12-13.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1982, Underground water supply:  Chapter 3 in Memphis Metropolitan Area Urban Water Resources Study, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis, 30 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1982, Digital ground-water model of the Memphis Sand and equivalent units, Tennessee-Arkansas-Mississippi:  U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 82-99, 55 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1981, Ground-water occurrence, in May, V. Jeff and others, Hydrology of area 18, eastern coal province, Tennessee:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-492, p. 42-43.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1978, Digital ground-water model of the Memphis Sand, and equivalent units, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 80 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., and Dalsin, G. J., 1977, Water for industrial development in George, Hancock, Pearl River, and Stone Counties, Mississippi:  Mississippi Research and Development Center Bulletin,

        70 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1976, Beneath the Tenn-Tom:  Water Spectrum, Winter 1975-76, p. 17-24.

 

Brahana, J.V., German, E. R., Davis, M. E., and Wasson, B. E., 1976, Predicted effects of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on the hydrologic environment - Mississippi - Alabama:  First Supplemental  Environmental Report - Continuing Environmental Series - Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway - Alabama and Mississippi, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala, Vol. II-IV.

 

Rima, D. R., and Brahana, J. V., 1976, Hydrogeology of the Milan Arsenal area, Tennessee:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 89 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1974, Hydrologic monitoring in the area of the Tennessee -Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi-Alabama--Ground-water levels and surface-water quality, April 1973 through June 1974:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 95 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., German, E. R., Davis, M. E., and Wasson, B. E., 1974, Predicted effects of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on the hydrologic environment, Mississippi-Alabama:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 88 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., Lambert, M. B., and Viele, G. W., (eds.), 1971, Field trip guide - Boone County, Missouri:  Technical Education Services Press, 40 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., and Johnson, C. H., (eds.), 1970, Field trip guide - Boone County, Missouri; Technical Education Services Press, 40 p.

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY—Unpublished Academic Theses

 

Brahana, J. V., 1973, Systematic jointing in slightly deformed rocks:  Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 130 p.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1969, Gravity and tectonic analysis of the northwestern Illinois zinc-lead district:  Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri unpublished M.A. thesis, 82 p.

 

 


BIBLIOGRAPHY—Published Abstracts—Peer Reviewed, and Presentations

 

Brahana, J.V., Killingbeck, Jonathan J., Stielstra, Clare, Leh, Mansour, Murdoch, John, and Chaubey, Indrajeet, 2006, Elucidationg flow characteristics of Epikarst springs using long-term records that encompass extreme hydrogeologic stresses:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no.6.

 

Varnell, C.J. and Brahana, J.V., 2006, Establishing hydraulic connections between flooded underground coal mines using continuous monitoring of surface flood pulses:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no.6.

 

Killingbeck, Jonathan J., and Brahana, J.V., 2006, Delineation of three contiguous karst spring basins and their daily evapotranspiration at the Savoy Experimental Watershed in Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no.5.

 

Laincz, Jozef, Hays, P.D., Ziegler, Sue, Winston, Byron, Murdoch, John F., Brahana, J.V., Steele, K.F., Chaubey, Indrajeet, and Davis, R.K., 2005, Characterization of nutrient processing at the field and basin scale in the mantled karst of the Savoy Experimental Watershed, Arkansas:  :  in Kuniansky, E.L., 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota, September 12-15, 2005:  U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5160, p. 153.

 

Leh, M.D., I. Chaubey, J. Murdoch and J.V. Brahana, 2005, Quantification of runoff-contributing areas in a pasture watershed -A field-scale approach: Proceedings of American Water Resources Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. November 7-10, 2005.

 

Leh, M.D., I. Chaubey, J. Murdoch and J.V. Brahana, 2005, Quantification of critical runoff contributing areas in a pasture watershed: Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Arkansas Water Resources Center. Fayetteville, AR. April 19, 2005.

 

Davis, R. K., Ting, Tiong Ee, Thoma, G., Brahana, J.V., Unger, T., Androes, D., and Perkins, R., 2005, Application of  multiple tracers to elucidate complex transport phenomena in a karst spring system:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no.5.

 

Chaubey, I., M.D. Leh, K.L. White, J. Murdoch and J.V. Brahana, 2005, Development of Field Scale Methodology to Identify Runoff Source Areas in a Pasture Dominated Watershed’. Proceedings of USDA-CSREES National Water Quality Conference, San Diego, CA. February 7-9, 2005.

 

Ting, Tiong Ee, Davis, R.K, Brahana, J.V., Hays, P.D., and Thoma, G., 2005, Application of multiple tracers to characterize complex sediment and pathogen transport in karst:  in Kuniansky, E.L., 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota, September 12-15, 2005:  U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5160, p. 114.

 

Brahana, John V., Hays, Phillip, Davis, R.K., Kresse, T.M., and Sauer, T.J, 2004, Case studies from a long-term karst research site illustrating data requirements necessary to adequately characterize and represent flow in karst aquifers at meaningful scales:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 32.

DeFauw, S.L., Hays, P. D., Brye , K.R., Brahana, J.V., and T. J. Sauer, 2004, Hydrodynamics of an Experimental Silvopastoral Field in the Ozark Plateau of Northwestern Arkansas, USA.  Poster Abstract for the First World Congress of Agroforestry, 27 June-02 July 2004, Orlando, FL.

 

Thomas A.L., DeFauw, S.L., Sauer, T.J., and D. Brauer, 2004, Hydrologic Influences on the Growth of Young Grafted Black Walnut Trees.  Poster Abstract for the First World Congress of Agroforestry, 27 June-02 July 2004, Orlando, FL.

 

Sauer, T. J., J. V. Brahana, J. V. Skinner, S. L. DeFauw, P. D. Hays, W. K. Coblentz, D. C. 

     Moffitt, J. L. Robinson, T. A. James, and K. X. Hickie.  2003.  Nutrient Assimilation by a 

     Silvopastoral System Receiving Annual Applications of Poultry Litter.  Poster Abstract for 8th

     North American Agroforestry Conference, 22-25 June 2003, Corvallis, OR.

 

McGuire, T., Varnell, Curtis J., Rogers, J.A., Thawaba, S., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, The Effects of Rice Production on Water Quality and Growth of an Invasive Plant Species in the Wetlands of Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica:  Poster, Arkansas Environmental Federation Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas, October 21-23.

 

McGuire, T., Varnell, Curtis J., Rogers, J.A., Thawaba, S., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, The Effects of Rice Production on Water Quality and Growth of an Invasive Plant Species in the Wetlands of Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica:  Poster, University of Arkansas Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 19.

 

Thawaba, S., Varnell, Curtis J., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, Anthropogenic Impact on Water Quality—A Case Study from the West Bank, Palestine:  Poster, Arkansas Environmental Federation Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas, October 21-23.

 

Thawaba, S., Varnell, Curtis J., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, Anthropogenic Impact on Water Quality—A Case Study from the West Bank, Palestine:  Poster, University of Arkansas Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 19.

 

Varnell, Curtis J., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, The Social, Economic, and Political Impact of Coal Mining in the Arkansas River Valley:  Plains Anthropological Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 24, 2003.

 

Brahana, J.V., Davis, R.K., Sauer, T.J., Ting, Tiong Ee, Al-Rashidy, Said, Whitsett, Kelly, and Al-Qinna, Mohammed, 2002, Recurring, multicomponent ground-water tracing experiments at a well characterized basin in mantled karst--Lessons from the Savoy Experimental Watershed:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 158-159.

 

Rutledge, E.M., Owens, P.R., Steele, M.A., Morrison, A.S., DeFauw, S.L. and J.V. Brahana. 

     2002.  Relict Redoximorphic Features in the Soils of the Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium,

     USA.  Poster Abstract for the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14-21 August 2002,

     Bangkok, Thailand.

 

Ting, Tiong Ee, Thoma, G.J., Davis, R.K., and Brahana, J.V., 2002, Development of Europium-labeled Escherichia Coli as a bacterial tracer for water-quality studies:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 157.

 

Whitsett, K.S., Davis, R.K., Thoma, G.T., Tiong-Ee, T. and Brahana, J.V., 2001, Sediment and bacterial tracing in mantled karst of northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6.

 

Ting, Tiong-Ee, Whitsett, K.S., Thoma, G.T., Davis, R.K., Brahana, J.V., 2001, Sediment and bacterial tracing in mantled karst of northwest Arkansas:  EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 82, no 47, abstract H41B-0290.

 

Brahana, J.V., Davis, R.K., and Marshall, D., 2000, Integrating empirical and theoretical considerations into a viable conceptual model of pathogen transport and storage in shallow karst aquifers of the southern Ozarks:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A432.

 

Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., Kresse, T.M., and Murdoch, John, 2000, Hydrogeologic and water-quality effects of brittle fractures in shallow spring basins of the Springfield Plateau in northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 3, p. A4.

 

Cole, J.H., and Brahana, J.V., 2000, The University of Arkansas Savoy Field Research Facility:  A developmental status report:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 3, p. A6.

 

Little, P.R., Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., and Cole, J.H., 2000, The role of interflow in a mantled-karst aquifer, Basin 2, Savoy Experimental Watershed:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 3, p. A34.

 

Russell, R.A., Brahana, J.V., and Cole, J.H., 2000, Ground-water and surface-water interaction in mantled karst:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 3, p. A40.

 

Al-Rashidy, Said, Shirley, Tracy, Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., Kresse, Tim, and Woodstrom, Freya, 1998, Application of continuous hydrologic monitoring to characterize dominant groundwater flow and transport in mantled karst terrane, Northwest Arkansas:  in Gambling with groundwater--Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of aquifer-stream relations, Abstracts with Program of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress XXVIII and the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology, Las Vegas, p. 19-20.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1998, Integrated hydrochemical methods to constrain conceptual models of deeply-buried groundwater flow boundaries:  in Gambling with groundwater--Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of aquifer-stream relations, Abstracts with Program of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress XXVIII and the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology, Las Vegas, p. 23-24.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1997, Aqueous geomicrobiology--The new frontier of chemical hydrogeology:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A288.

 

Brahana, J.V., Hays, P.D., Stanton, T.M., Sauer, T.J., and Coffey, K., 1997, Controlling influences affecting surface-water and ground-water interaction at the Savoy Experimental Watershed (Illinois River) Northwest Arkansas:  7th Biennial State Water Conference and 10th Annual  Arkansas Ground Water Association and American Water Resources Association Joint Symposium , Proceedings, Little Rock, AR, p.10.

 

Orndorff, H.A., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, John V., 1997, Comparison of shallow aquifer flow systems in Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A328. 

 

Peterson, E.W., Davis, R.K., and Brahana, J.V., 1997a, The use of regression analysis and soil coring in monitoring nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in Stafford Spring, Carroll County, Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A182. 

 

Peterson, E.W., Davis, R.K., and Brahana, J.V., 1997b, The use of regression analysis and soil coring in monitoring nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in Stafford Spring, Carroll County, Arkansas:  7th Biennial State Water Conference of Arkansas Ground Water Association and American Water Resources Association, Proceedings, Little Rock, AR, p. 14.

 

Sinor, N.J., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, J.V. 1997a, Storm event analysis of two Washington County springs in Northwest Arkansas to determine the impacts to groundwater quality from land applied animal wastes:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A329.

 

Sinor, N.J., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, J.V. 1997b, Dye-trace analyses of two spring watersheds in Washington County, Arkansas:  EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall 1997 meeting, San Francisco, CA.

 

Sauer, T.J., Brahana, J.V., Kresse, T.M., Moore, P.A., Jr., Logsdon, S.D., Coffey, K.P., Daniel, T.C., Maxwell, C.V., West, C.P., and Braum, S.M., 1997, Using landscape position and soil information to optimize manure application:  Soil and Water Conservation Society Proceedings, Managing Manure in Harmony with the Environment and Society, Ames, IA. 

 

Sauer, T.J., Moore, P.A., Brahana, J.V., and Coffey, K.P., 1997, Characterizing the surface hydrology at different landscape positions adjacent to the Illinois River:  7th Biennial State Water Conference and 10th Annual  Arkansas Ground Water Association and American Water Resources Association Joint Symposium , Proceedings, Little Rock, AR,  p. 12.

 

Bostian, Rick, and Brahana, J.V., 1996, Regional tectonic and structural control on the hydrogeology of the Boone-St. Joe aquifer, Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 5-6.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1996a, The role of fractures as tectonically-controlled ground-water flow boundaries in deep aquifers of the northern Mississippi embayment:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 6.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1996b, Arkansas ground water in the 21st Century--New directions for an old science:  Arkansas Ground Water Association and American Water Resources Association Joint Symposium, Proceedings, p.7.

 

Brahana, J.V., Davis, Ralph K., Stanton, G.P., Doherty, E.H., and Bartholmey, E.C., 1996, A conceptual model for preliminary spring-basin delineation in the mantled karst terrane of the southern Ozarks:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 344.

 

Doherty, Eloise, and Brahana, J.V., 1996a, Use of remote-sensing data and GIS models for mapping hydrogeology and structure in the karst terraine of northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 11.

 

Doherty, Eloise, and Brahana, J.V., 1996b, Delineation of structural controls on the Boone-St. Joe aquifer of northwestern Arkansas using GIS-based predictive modeling, remotely-sensed data, and ground-truth determination:  EOS, v. 77, no. 17 (April 23), p. S117.

 

Ford, G.L., and Brahana, J.V., 1996, U.S. Geological Survey's self-supporting hydrogeologic research office:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 13-14.

 

Monk, Richard G., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, John V., 1996a, Fault control of ground-water flow to Decatur spring, Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 54.

 

Monk, Richard G., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, J. V., 1996b, Waste management and its effects on Decatur spring, Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 345.

 

Roggio, Robin G., Ford, Grace L., and Brahana, J.V., 1996, Hydrogeologic controls of the springs in northern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 61.

 

Stanton, Gregory P., and Brahana, J. Van, 1996, Structural control on hydrogeology of a mantled karst aquifer in northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 344.

 

Bartholmey, E.C., Martin, J.W., Kresse, T.M., and Brahana, J.V., 1995, Influence of fractures and faults on the hydrogeology of springs in the Springfield Plateau of northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A-100.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1995a, Field Hydrogeology--Theory, techniques, and applications or How we spent our summer vacation:  University of Arkansas Teaching Academy, 3rd Annual Teaching and Research Ideas Exchange Workshop, Abstracts, p. 50.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1995c, Hydrogeological delineation and continuous monitoring of the shallow karst aquifers of northen Arkansas--Practical implications for land-use planning:  Proceedings of the 6th Biennial State Water Conference and 8th Annual American Water Resources Association and Arkansas Ground-Water Association Joint Symposium, p. 21-22.

 

Hays, T.S., Scott, H.D., Parker, D.G., and Brahana, J.V., 1995, An assessment of potential phosphorus contamination in the upper Illinois River watershed:  Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Abstracts for 92nd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Martin, Jerry W., and Brahana, J.V., 1995, Comparative hydrogeology of large springs of the Springfield Plateau in northwestern Arkansas: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A-181.

 

Stanton, G.P., Brahana, J.V., and Hays, P.D., 1995, Field Hydrogeology--Theory, techniques, and applications or How we spent our summer vacation:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A-148

 

Walters, Dorothy, and Brahana, J.V., 1995, Methodology development and preliminary field assessment of infectious bursal disease virus as a tracer in shallow karst aquifers:  University of Arkansas Teaching Academy, 3rd Annual Teaching and Research Ideas Exchange Workshop, Abstracts, p. 49.

 

Brahana, J.V., and Martin, J.W., 1994, Temporal variability in discharge and water quality from large springs in northwestern Arkansas--Implications for data collection:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. A-286.

 

Brahana, J.V., and Walters, Dorothy, 1994, Methodology development and preliminary field assessment of host-specific viruses as tracers in shallow karst aquifers:  Conference Proceedings of Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry, Colorado Springs, Colorado,  p.2-3.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1993, Tectonic control of regional ground-water flow in deeply buried aquifers of the northern Mississippi embayment, Missouri and Arkansas:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.25, p 9.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1993, Conceptual model of hydrogeology in the Ozark Plateaus Region during Pennsylvanian Time:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.25, p. 9.

 

Brahana, J.V., 1993, Dominant factors affecting ground-water flow and transport in the carbonate-rock aquifers of Northwestern Arkansas, in Proceedings of Abstracts, December 9, 1993, Sixth Annual AWRA/AGWA Symposium, Ground Water Issues of the 90's--Quantity and Quality, p. 5-6.

 

Fanning, Bobby J., and Brahana, J.V., 1993, Hydrogeologic factors affecting cavern morphology within rocks of Mississippian Age in Northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, p. 13.

 

Brahana, J.V., Hollyday, E.F., Bradley, M.W., and Hileman, G.E., 1991, Lithologic controls on the evolution of permeability in chart-bearing carbonate rocks of Mississippian Age from the southern United States:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, p. A266.

 

Hollyday, E.F., Hileman, G.E., and Brahana, J.V., 1991, Relation of potential yield of water wells to depositional sequences in Paleozoic Rocks of the Valley and Ridge Province, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, p. A26-A27.

 

Mahoney, E.M., and Brahana, J.V., 1991, Inhomogeneity and anisotropy in variably thick, non-indurated coastal plain confining units in the Memphis Area--facts or faults?:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.23, p. A323.

 

Hollyday, E. F., Brahana, J. V., and Pavlicek, D. J., 1989, Conceptualization of ground-water flow in the Valley and Ridge province, New Jersey to Alabama:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, no. 7, p. A41. 

 

Vourvopoulos, G., Brahana, J. V., Nolte, E., Korschinek, G., Priller, A., and Dockhorn, B.,1990, 36Cl measurements and the hydrology of an acid injection site:  Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Abstracts, Annual meeting--Paris.

 

Vourvopoulos, G., Brahana, J. V., Kraemer, T. F., Wolfli, W., Synal, M., Sutter, A., 1989, Applied research using chlorine-36 as a hydrogeologic tool:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-409,   p 104.  (Second National Symposium on Water Quality)

 

Seaber, P. R., and Brahana, J. V., 1989, Application of regional aquifer coefficients to evaluate hydrogeologic controls on permeability and porosity:  International Geological Congress Abstracts, v. 3, p. 3-64  - 3-65. 

 

Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1988, Dry stream reaches in dense carbonate rock terranes--surface indicators of ground-water reservoirs: First Tennessee Hydrology Symposium Proceedings, p. 7,

 

Brahana, J. V., and Vourvopoulos, George, 1988, Regional ground-water flow boundary delineation using radioisotopes:  American Institute of Hydrology Conference Abstracts--Advances in Ground-Water Hydrology, p. 20.

 

Broshears, R. E., and Brahana, J. V., 1988, A risk assessment algorithm for hazardous and radioactive waste sites:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 4, p. 255. 

 

Kraemer, T. F., and Brahana, J. V., 1988, Radioisotopes of chlorine, uranium, and radium used in defining tectonically controlled ground-water flow boundaries:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 7, p. A364. 

 

Brahana, J. V., 1985, The use of a ground-water flow model as an aid to water management in the Memphis area, Tennessee, metropolitan area (abs.):  Proceedings, Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute. 

 

Brahana, J. V., 1983, Techniques for defining the hydrogeologic environment and their application to studies of ground-water contamination:  Proceedings, First Atlantic Workshop, Organic Chemical Contamination of Ground Water. 

 

Brahana, J. V., Reesman, A. L., and Reesman, R. H., 1982, Stable carbon isotopes as a tool for interpreting the origin of sodium-bicarbonate ground water in Cretaceous and Tertiary aquifers in the northern Mississippi embayment [abs.]:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 14, no. 7, p. 451. 

 

Hollyday, E. F., Brahana, J. V., Harvey, E. J., and Skelton, John, 1981,   Comparative regional hydrogeology of three Lower Paleozoic carbonate aquifer systems of Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 13, no. 7, p. 475.

 

Burchett, C. R., Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1980, The occurrence of ground water in relation to facies within the Fort Payne Formation in Tennessee:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 395. 

 

Hollyday, E. F., and Brahana, J. V., 1980, Karst hydrogeology of the Salem    Plateau of Central Missouri compared to the Central Basin of Tennessee:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 448. 

 

Brahana, J. V., and Davis, S. N., 1973, Effect of short-term stress on jointed rock near the land surface:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 5, no. 5, p. 379-380.

 

Brahana, J. V., 1971, Localization of strain along joints in bedrock:   Transaction of Missouri Academy of Sciences, v. 5, p. 138. 

 

Brahana, J.V., 1969, Gravity and tectonic analysis of northwestern Illinois zinc-lead district [abs.]:  Transactions of Missouri Academy of Sciences, v. 3, p. 104.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

EXTERNAL FUNDING GENERATED--Partial

 

 

Title:  Quantitative Evaluation of Processes and Controls Affecting Flow and Transport in Carbonate Rock Aquifers of Northern Arkansas

Funding Agency:  U.S. Geological Survey

Amount:  $46,800

Collaborators:  W.L. Manger, PI;  and J.V. Brahana, proposal author and director.

 

Title:  The Effect of Best Management Practices on Water Quality in Springs of Northwest Arkansas--Hydrogeologic Delineation of Springhead Protection Areas

Funding Agency:  Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission

Amount:  $40,000

J.V. Brahana, PI

 

Title:  Temporal Variability of Water Quality in the Carbonate Aquifers of Northwestern Arkansas

Funding Agency:  Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology

Amount:  $45,000

J.V. Brahana, PI

 

Title:  Integrated Spatial Modeling of Ground-Water Vulnerability to Pesticide Contamination in the Arkansas Delta. 

Funding Agency:  U.S. Department of Agriculture

Amount:  $222,000

Collaborators:  H. D. Scott, co-PI; Hangsheng Lin, co-PI; V. Quisenberry, and J.V. Brahana,

 

Title:  The Effect of Best Management Practices on Water Quality in Springs of Northwest Arkansas--Hydrogeologic Delineation of Springhead Protection Areas (continuation)

Funding Agency:  Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission

Amount:  $20,000

J.V. Brahana, PI

 

Title:  Temporal Variability of Water Quality in the Carbonate Aquifers of Northwestern Arkansas (continuation)

Funding Agency:  Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology

Amount:  $14,000

J.V. Brahana, PI

 

Title:  Quantitative Evaluation of Processes and Controls Affecting Flow and Transport in Carbonate Rock Aquifers of Northern Arkansas

Funding Agency:  U.S. Geological Survey

Amount:  $23,650

Collaborators:  S.K. Boss, PI; and J.V. Brahana, proposal author and director.

 

Title:  Preliminary Quantification of Hydrologic and Nutrient-Flux Budgets at the Savoy Experimental Watershed, Illinois River Basin, Northwest Arkansas

Funding Agency:  Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology

Amount:  $25,000

J.V. Brahana, PI

 

Title:  Quantitative Evaluation of Processes and Controls Affecting Flow and Transport in Carbonate Rock Aquifers of Northern Arkansas (continuation)

Funding Agency:  U.S. Geological Survey

Amount:  $23,650

Period:  October 1997 to September 1998

Collaborators:  S.K. Boss, PI; and J.V. Brahana, proposal author and director.

 

Title:  Preliminary Quantification of Hydrologic and Nutrient-Flux Budgets at the Savoy Experimental Watershed, Illinois River Basin, Northwest Arkansas

Funding Agency:  Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology

Amount:  $25,000

Period:  June 1997 to October 1998

J.V. Brahana, PI

 

Title:  Investigating Environmental Quality and Trophic Dynamics in Sensitive Subterranean Habitats of the Ozark Plateaus.

Funding Agency:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Amount:  $21,422 (awarded)

Period:  August 2000 through October 2001

Art Brown and J.V. Brahana, PIs

 

Title:  Assessment of Using Flooded Coal Mines As a Safe, Viable Supplement to Existing Drinking-Water Supplies in the Area of Greenwood, Arkansas

Funding Agency:  City of Greenwood, Arkansas

Amount:  $40,382 (awarded), renewal $25,000 (awarded), renewal $24,882 (awarded)

Period:  August 2001 through September 2004

J.V. Brahana, PI

 

Title:  Ground-Water Vulnerability Delineation Using Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Neurofuzzy Methods. 

Funding Agency:  U.S. Department of Agriculture (National Resources Initiative). 

Amount:  $305,000 (awarded). 

Period:  September 2001 through September 2004. 

Barnali Dixon, H.D. Scott, J.C. Dixon, A. Mauromoustakos, and J.V. Brahana, PIs

 

Title:  Characterization of the Hydrogeology of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, Emphasizing Ground-Water/Surface-Water Interaction, Flow, and Water Quality. 

Funding Source:  Lundy and Davis, L.L.B.

Amount: $81,375 (awarded).  April 2002 through June 2003. 

J.V. Brahana, P.I.

 

Title:  Effectiveness of Engineered Solid-Waste Landfills in Karst—Processes, Mechanisms for Sampling, and Transport Assessment of the Tontitown Landfill

Funding Agency:  Citizen’s Group through Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality

Amount:  $75,000 (funded).     January 2004 through December 2006

Ralph Davis and J.V. Brahana, PIs

 

Title:  Hydrodynamics of a Karst Soil Catena in the Ozark Plateau, USA

Funding Agency:  U.S. Geological Survey

Amount:  $19,500 (funded).     January 2004 through August 2005

J.V. Brahana and P.D. Hays, PIs

 

Title:  Water Quality Sampling, Analysis and Annual Load Determinations for Nutrients and Sediment at the Arkansas Highway 45 Bridge on the White River just above Beaver Lake

Funding Agency:  Arkansas Natural Resources Commission

Amount:  $15,467 (funded).     July 2006 through June 2007

M.A. Nelson and J.V. Brahana, PIs

 

Title:  A Hydrogeological Investigation of Nitrate Porcessing within a Karst Watershed

Funding Agency:  U.S. Geological Survey

Amount:  $17,818 (funded).     March 1, 2006 through February 28, 2007

J.V. Brahana, PI

 

Title:  Water Quality Sampling, Analysis and Annual Load Determinations for Nutrients and Solids at the Washington County Road 76 Bridge on Ballard Creek

Funding Agency:  Arkansas Natural Resources Commission

Amount:  $15,467 (funded).     July 2006 through June 2007

M.A. Nelson, J.V. Brahana, and K.F. Steele, PIs

 

Title:  Interdisciplinary Honors Colloquium in Environmental Justice

Funding Agency:  Honors College, University of Arkansas

Amount:  $24,745 (funded).     June 2006 through June 2007

J.V. Brahana and Janie Hipp, PIs

 

Title:  The Karst Conservation Toolbox:  Advancing the Protection of Karst Species and Habitats Globally

Funding Agency:  The Nature Conservancy

Amount:  $50,000 (funded)  August 2007 through December 2008

E.Inlander, M. Slay, J.V. Brahana, and J.A. Tullis

 


 

TEACHING

 

Honors Course in Geology of Our National Parks, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Professor, Spring Semester,  2003-present.

 

Course in Environmental Justice, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Professor, Spring Semester 2003-present.

 

Course in Engineering Geology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Professor, Fall Semester 2001 through 2004.

 

Course in Field Geology.  University of Arkansas, Dillon, Montana, Professor, Summer Semester 2001-present.

 

Course in General Geology.  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Professor.  Fall Semester 2000 through 2002.

 

Course in Karst Hydrogeology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Professor, Fall Semester 1996 through present.

 

Course in Field Hydrogeology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Adjunct. Prof. and Director,

       Summer Semester 1994 through present

 

 Courses in Introductory Hydrogeology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Adjunct. Prof. and Professor,

       Spring Semester 1991 through present

 

Research Problems--Quantitative Hydrogeology and Flow Modeling, University of Arkansas

       Fayetteville, Adjunct Prof., Spring 1991

 

 Courses in Advanced Hydrogeology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Adjunct. Prof.,

       Fall Semester 1990 through 1994

 

Course in Environmental Geology.  Vanderbilt University, Adjunct Prof., Spring 1983

 

Course in Structural Geology.  Vanderbilt University, Adjunct Prof., Spring 1981.

 

Course in Geomorphology.  University Tennessee-Nashville, Adjunct Asst. Prof., Winter 1979.

 

Course in Geomorphology (with Dr. R. S. Parker).  Vanderbilt University, Adjunct Prof., Spring 1978.

 

Course in Hydrology.  University Southern Mississippi, as Adjunct Assistant Prof., Spring 1975.


GRADUATE-STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISED

AND FUNDING SUPPORT PROVIDED, M.S.

 

    NAME                                                 PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

Liz Mahoney         Ground-Water Flow Modeling to Refine Hydrogeologic Concepts-Memphis area    M.S. Completed

                                Vanderbilt Univ.                                                                                                                       1989 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Grace Ford             Factors Controlling Hydrocarbon Transport                                                                      M.S. Completed                in a Fractured-Rock Aquifer                                                                                                                                          1992 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Greg Stanton         Processes and Controls Affecting Anisotropic Flow in Boone-St. Joe                          M.S. Completed

                                Limestone, Northwest Arkansas                                                                                           1993 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Bobby Fanning    Geospeleologic Analysis of Karst and Cave Development Within the                          M.S. Completed

                                Springfield Plateau of Northwest Arkansas                                                                        1994 (GEOL)     

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Scott Smith            Ground-Water Quality and Transport Processes in the Boone-St. Joe Aquifer            M.S.—Completed

                                Near Two Landfills, Benton County, Arkansas                                                                  1998 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Said Al-Rashidy   Hydrogeologic Controls of Ground-Water Flow and Transport in the Shallow            M.S.—Completed

                                Mantled Karst Aquifer, Copperhead Spring, Basin 1, Savoy Experimental                    1999 (GEOL)

                                Watershed

 

Jerry Martin          Control on Groundwater Flow and Quality in the Boone-St. Joe Aquifer,                     M.S.--Completed

                                Big Spring Basin. North-Central Benton County, Arkansas                                             1999 (GEOL)     

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

                                                                                                                                                                                               

E. C. Bartholmey   Hydrogeology and Structural Control of the Stroud Spring Basin, Benton                   M.S.—Completed

                                County, Arkansas                                                                                                                    2001 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Ethan                      Numerical Simulation of the Cave Springs Ground-Water Basin in                                 M.S.--Completed

Reese-Whiting     Northwestern Arkansas  Feasibility at Watershed Scales                                             2003  (GEOL)

 

Matt                       Hydrogeology and Geochemical Processes Affecting Water Quality                            M.S.—Completed

Edmonds               in the Prairie Grove Area, Arkansas                                                                                      2004  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Susan Bolyard      Hydrogeology and Geochemical Processes and Water-Quality Evolution                    M.S.—2007       Related to the Parsons Landfill near the Beaver Reservoir Area, Arkansas                                                                                           (GEOL)

 

Emily                      GIS Utilization for Generating a Karst Map of the World                                                  M.S.—In Preparation

Hollingsworth                                                                                                                                                           (GEOS)  Support

 

Paul Little              Hydrogeologic Factors Controlling Groundwater Flow in Basin 2,                                 M.S.—In Preparation

                                Savoy Experimental Watershed, Northwest Arkansas                                                      2007 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 


GRADUATE-STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISED

AND FUNDING SUPPORT PROVIDED, M.S.--Continued

 

    NAME                                                 PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

 

Keri Walker           Application of Surface Geophysics to Understanding Ground-Water                           M.S.—In Preparation

  Cooper                 Flow in Mantled Karst, Savoy Experimental Watershed, Northwest Arkansas            (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Eloise Doherty      Remote Sensing and Image-Processing Application to Mapping of                              M.S.--In Preparation

                                Hydrogeologic Resources, with Integration of GIS Data Bases                                      (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

                                                                                                                                                                                   

Tracy Shirley        Characterization of the Groundwater Flow in Langle Spring Basin of the                      M.S.--In Preparation

                                Savoy Experimental Watershed in the Mantled Karst of Northwest Arkansas             (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Wendy Karna       Delineation of the Elm Springs Groundwater Basin, Benton and Washington             M.S.--In Preparation

                                Counties, Arkansas                                                                                                                 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Dorothy Walters  Methodology Development and in situ Assessment of Infectious Bursal Disease     M.S.--In Preparation

                                Virus and Other Host-Specific Viruses in Karst                                                                  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE-STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPORT AND THESIS COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT, M.S.

 

NAME                                                    PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

Andy Austin        Ground-Water Quality Variations by Season, Madison County, Arkansas                  M.S.--Completed                                                              1991 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Steele

 

Chuck Smith          Ground-Water Quality Variations by Season, Benton County, Arkansas                     M.S.--Completed                                                              1992 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Steele

 

Ward                      Structural Geology in the Vicinity of Crowleys Ridge, Arkansas                                    M.S.--Completed McMurtrey                                        1993 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-VanArsdale

 

Tina Hays              Assessment of Potential Phosphorus Contamination in the Upper Illinois River         M.S.--Completed

                                Watershed                                                                                                                                1995 (SOILS)

                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Scott

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Paul McKee          Modeling Hydrology and Solute Transport at Two Sewage Lagoons, Ft. Chaffee      M.S.—Completed

                                Military Reservation, Arkansas                                                                                             1995 (CVEG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Moore

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Matt Parse             Relation of Regolith Thickness to Karst Processes in the Springfield Plateau              M.A.—Completed

                                Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil                                                                        1995 (GEOG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Dixon

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support            

 

Prasad                    Numerical Simulation of Ground-Water Flow and Transport at                                       M.S.--Completed

Chirumamilla         Wurtsmith Air Force Base                                                                                                      1995 (CVEG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Moore

 

Will Clayton          Water Quality and Pesticide Contamination in Craighead and Pointsett                       M.S.--Completed

                                Counties, Arkansas                                                                                                                 1995 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Steele

 

Don Nichols          Bioremediation Potential of Microbial Populations in the Rhizosphere of a                  M.S.—Completed

                                Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil                                                                        1995 (SOILS)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Wolf

 

Jonathan Miller    Pesticide Occurrence in Sediments and Water St. Francis Sunklands,                           M.S.—Completed

                                Crittenden County                                                                                                                   1996 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor- Guccione

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Lynne Hehr           Fluvial Architecture of Big Lake Sunklands                                                                        M.S.—Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    1996 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Guccione

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE-STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPORT AND THESIS COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT, M.S.--Continued

 

NAME                                                    PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

Ginny Boyd           Metabolic Rates and Life History of Aquatic Organisms Inhabiting Logan Cave        M.S.—Completed

Adams                   Stream in Northwest Arkansas                                                                                              1996 (BIOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Johnson

 

 

Zack Brown           Population Dynamics of Ozark Cavefish in Logan Cave, Benton County,                     M.S.—Completed

                                Arkansas                                                                                                                                   1996 (BIOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Johnson

 

David Marshall     Effect of Resuspending Fecal Coliforms into the Water Column                                     M.S.—Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    1996 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Steele

 

Sean                       Geomorphic Quantification of Karst Development in the Ponca 7.5-Minute                 M.A.—Completed

Chenoweth            Quadrangle, Arkansas                                                                                                            1997 (GEOG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Dixon

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Steve Hill               Water Quality and Pesticide Contamination in Woodruff County, Arkansas               M.S.—Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    1997 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Steele

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Rick Monk             Effect of Best-Management Practices on the Karst Terrane near Decatur,                    M.S.—Completed

                                Benton County, Arkansas                                                                                                      1997 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Davis                  Support

 

Nasser Fakhro      Identifying Depression Suitability for Ground-Water Recharge in the State of            M.A.— Completed

                                Qatar Using GIS                                                                                                                       1999 (GEOG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Cleaveland

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Jaysson                 Characterization of the Hydrogeology of Northern Arkansas, and Effects of               M.S.--Completed

Funkhouser           Best- Management Practeces on Water Quality                                                                 1999 (CVEG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Sorens

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support                                            

Ana Ghanem         Characterization of DNAPLs in Water- Saturated Porous Media                                    M.S.—Completed

                                Using Partitioning Fluorescent Dyes                                                                                   1999 (CVEG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Sorens 

 

Freya                      Analysis of Karst Springs to Evaluate Potential Nitrate and Bacterial                           M.A.—Completed

Woodstrom           Contamination, Groundwater, Northeast Part of Savoy Experimental                             1999 (GEOG)

                                Watershed, Benton County, AR                                                                                           Advisor-Dixon                                                                  Support                                                                                                                                    

 


 

INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE-STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPORT AND THESIS COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT--Continued

 

NAME                                                    PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

 

Mantez                   Fluvial Architecture and Hydrology of Flooding on the Red River of                            M.S.--Completed

McDonald             the North                                                                                                                                   2000 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Boss

 

Chris King             Lithology and Structural Geology of the Proposed Weddington Landfill Site,             M.S.--Completed

                                Northwest Arkansas                                                                                                               2000 (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Manger                                                              Support

 

Holly Orndorff      Comparison of Flow System for Batesville Sandstone Aquifer to Flow System of      M.S.—Completed

                                Surrounding Boone Aquifer by Analysis of Tanyard Spring and Nearby Boone        2000  (GEOL)

                                Limestone Springs                                                                                                                   Advisor-Davis

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Terri Phelan           The Use of GIS and 3-D Model Visualization in a Karstic Environment Near                M.A.—Completed

                                Savoy, Arkansas                                                                                                                      2000 (GEOG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Dixon

 

Sandra                    Origin and Relevance of Walsortian-Type Mud Mounds                                                M.S.--Completed

Chandler                in the St. Joe Formation, Benton, County, Arkansas                                                         2001  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Manger 

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

 

Tiong Ee Ting       Uptake of Europium by Bacteria for Use as Hydrologic Tracers                                     M.S.—Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    2002  (CHEN)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Thoma

 

Katie Fausett        Sandstone Weathering in Petra, Jordan                                                                               M.A.--Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    2002  (GEOG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Dixon

 

Amanda Keen       Geomorphology of Skull Creek                                                                                              M.A.--Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    2002  (GEOG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Dixon

 

Fiona Trewby       Water quality of the Okagonga River in Namibia                                                               M.A.--Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    2003  (GEOG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Dixon

 

Judy Rogers          Factors Affecting Water Quality in the Prairie Grove, Arkansas Area                           M.S.--Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    2003  (FORESTRY)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Stephen F. Austin                                            Univ., (Adjunct Prof)

 

Danny FitzGerald Response of Mississippi River Tributaries to Wisconsin Glaciation and                      M.S.—Completed

                                Deglaciation, Lower Mississippi Valley, Northern Mississippi and                                2004  (GEOL)

                                Northeastern Louisiana                                                                                                          Advisor-Guccione

 

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE-STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPORT AND THESIS COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT--Continued

 

NAME                                                    PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

Voon Huei             Comparative Study of Time Domain Reflectometry and Inclinometer Use for               M.S.—Completed

  Wong                   Slope Stability Monitoring                                                                                                     2005  (CVEG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Dennis

 

Kevin McVey       Late Pleistocene and early Holocene Aggradation of Tributary Valleys                        M.S.—Complete

                                Within the Lower Mississippi Valley Alluvial Valley                                                        2005  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Guccione

 

John Horn                                                                                                                                                                 M.S.—Complete

                                                                                                                                                                                    2005  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Guccione

 

Chris Hobza          Ground-Water Quality Near a Swine Waste Lagoon in a Mantled Karst                       M.S.—Completed

                                Terrane in Northwestern Arkansas                                                                                       2006  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Hays

 

John Pennington  Effects of Grazing Management on Pasture Hydrology and Nutrient                             M.S.—Completed

                                Runoff                                                                                                                                        2006   (SOILS)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Moore

 

Mansour Leh        Quantification of Rainfall-Runoff Mechanisms in Pasture-Dominated                           M.S.—Completed

                                Watersheds                                                                                                                              2006  (BAEG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Chaubey

 

Michael Sarhan    Comparative Assessment of Flooding from Hurricane Jeanne in Haiti                           M.S.—Completed

                                and the Dominican Republic                                                                                                  2006  (GEOG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Paradise

 

Maysoun               Comparative Analysis of Urban Growth in Meso-scale Cities:  A Case Study             M.A.--Completed

Thawaba                from Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Tulkarm, Palestine                                                         2006 (GEOS)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Paradise

 

Erik Pollock           Methodological and Paleoclimatic Considerations for a Speleothem Stable-                M.S.—Completed

                                Isotope Record from Southwestern Missouri                                                                     2006  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Hays

 

Aaron Laubhan    Hydrogeologic Controls on Flow and Transport in the Vicinity of the                          M.S.—Completed

                                Tontitown Landfill, Northwest Arkansas                                                                            2007  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Davis

 

Kammie Wood      Reservoir Assessment of the Pennsylvanian Hortshorne Sandstone,                           M.S.—Completed

                                Arkoma Basin, Arkansas                                                                                                        2007  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Zachry

 

Eric Gross                                                                                                                                                                  M.S.—Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    2007  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Manger

 

 

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE-STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPORT AND THESIS COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT--Continued

 

NAME                                                    PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

Matt Boyce           Sequence stratigraphy and lithostratigraphy of Devonian reservoir                              M.S.—Completed

                                Successions, Arkoma Basin, northeastern Oklahoma and northern Arkansas             2007  (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor--Manger

 

Geneva Brion        Land use effects on water quality of a first-order stream in the Ozark                            M.S.—In Preparation

                                Highlands                                                                                                                                  (CSES)-

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Brye

 

Aaron Daigh         Effects of poultry litter application on heavy metal accumulation in                              M.S.—In Preparation

                                Soil profiles of fescue pastures                                                                                             (SOILS)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Daniel

 

Dana Austin         Hydrogeologic Characterization of Basin 6 and the Area of the                                      M.S.—In Preparation

                                Proposed Swine Facility, Savoy Experimental Watershed                                                (GEOL)  Support

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Hays

 

Naomi Sinor          Spring Monitoring to Assess the Impacts to Ground-Water Quality from                    M.S.--In Preparation

                                Land-Applied Animal Wastes, Washington County, Arkansas                                     (GEOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Davis 

                                                                                                                                                                                    Support


 

Ph.D. RESEARCH SUPERVISED

AND FUNDING SUPPORT PROVIDED

 

    NAME                                                 PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

Curtis Varnell        Integration of Hydrogeologic Evidence with Social, Political, and Economic               Ph.D.—2006      Considerations in Developing Water Supplies in Abandoned Coal Mines                                                                                   (ENDY)—Support

 

Gary Hanson         Environmental Changes Resulting From Human Activities Preserved in                       Ph.D.--In Preparation

                                Lacustrine Sediments of Wallace Lake, Louisiana—Pre-Impoundment                          (ENDY)

                                (circa 1930) to Present                                                                                                            


Ph.D. RESEARCH COMMITTEE

(AND FUNDING SUPPORT PROVIDED)

 

    NAME                                                 PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

Dan Pote                Relation of Soil-Test Levels of Phosphorus to Losses in Runoff                                    Ph.D.--Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    1997 (AGRI)                                                      Advisor-Daniel

 

Reed Green            Relation Between Hydraulic Residence Time in a Longitudinal Distribution                Ph.D.--Completed

                                of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters in Beaver, Table Rock,                      1998 (BIOL)

                                Bull Shoals, and Norfolk Reservoirs, Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri       Advisor-Meyer

                               

Misty Pope           Benthic and Planktonic Meiofauna Dynamics in Gravelbed Stream Ecosystems         Ph.D.— Completed 

                                                                                                                                                                                    1999 (BIOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Brown

 

G.O. Graening       Ecosystem Dynamics of an Ozark Cave                                                                               Ph.D.— Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    2000  (BIOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Brown

 

Darrin Curtis         Conceptual and Numerical Development of a Model to Trace Contaminant                 Ph.D.— Completed

                                Spills in the Fractured Karst Aquifers of Northern Arkansas                                          2000 (CVEG)

                                                                                                                                                                                     Advisor-Gross

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Barnali Dixon        Application of Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic to Understanding                             Ph.D.—Completed

                                the Role of Land-Applied Manure on Water Quality in Mantled Karst                         2001   (ENDY)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor—Scott

 

Shelly McGinnis   Environmental Justice as Related to Water Quality of the Santee Sioux                        Ph.D.--Completed

                                in the Northern Great Plains                                                                                                   2002  (ENDY)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor—Davis

   

Amy                       Colonization Dynamics of Meiofauna in Response to Flow-Regime Variations           Ph.D.–Completed

Freese-Smith                                                                                                                                                             2002  (BIOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Brown               

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Ben Odhiambo      Watershed Physiography, Bathymetry, Sedimentation, and Historical Water              Ph.D.— Completed

                                Quality of Two Arkansas Lakes, Lee Creek Reservoir and Lake Shepherd                    2002    (ENDY)

                                Springs                                                                                                                                      Advisor—Boss

 

Ana Ghanem         Processes in Balasted Flocculation                                                                                      Ph.D.--Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    2002   (CVEG)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor--Young

 

Quanyan Liao       Processes and Controls Affecting Landslides Along Interstate 540 in                          Ph.D.--Completed

                                Northwestern Arkansas                                                                                                          2004 (ENGR)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor—Dennis

 

Salem Thawaba    Green Structure and City Planning—Fayetteville, Arkansas                                            Ph.D.—Completed

                                                                                                                                                                                    2005 (ENDY)  Support

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor—Paradise


Ph.D. RESEARCH COMMITTEES

(AND FUNDING SUPPORT PROVIDED)

 

    NAME                                                 PROJECT                                                         STATUS

 

 

Tiong Ee Ting       Chemical Procedures for Tagging Bacteria and Clays with Lanthanides                       Ph.D.—Completed

                                For Use as Hydrologic Tracers                                                                                              (CHEN)  2005

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor--Thoma

 

Jeff Briggler           Habitats and Environmental Requirements of Woodland Amphibians                          Ph.D.—Completed

                                In the Ozark National Forest, Arkansas                                                                               2005  (BIOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor—James

 

Sherri DeFauw      Processes and Controls Affecting Ground Water in the Epikarst of an                         Ph.D.--Completed

                                Agroforestry Research Site, Southern Ozarks                                                                    2006 (ENDY)-- Support

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor--Hays                

 

Issac Howard        Highway Strength and Fracture Propagation Using Continuous Monitoring               Ph.D.—Completed

                                Methodologies                                                                                                                         2006  (CVEN)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Dennis

 

Mohammed Sharif  Controls of Arsenic Occurrence in Ground Water, Eastern Arkansaas                       Ph.D.—In Preparation

                                                                                                                                                                                    (ENDY)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Davis

 

Manmohan Lal     Development of Biosep-Permeable Reactive Barrier to Remediate MTBE-                    Ph.D.—In Preparation

                                Contaminated Groundwater                                                                                                   (CHEN)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor-Thoma

                               

Ruwaya                  Development of a Bacterial Source Tracking and Apportionment Methodology         Ph.D.—In Preparation

Al-Kendi                Using DNA Micro Arrays and Luminex Micro Beads, and Its Application to              (ENDY)

                                To the Ozark Plateau                                                                                                               Advisor-Davis

                                 

Brian Shreve         Biogeochemistry of Phosphorus and Metals in Constructed Wetlands                        Ph.D.–In Preparation

                                Receiving Swine Lagoon Effluent                                                                                         (AGRI)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor—Moore

 

Dan                         Ecological Controls of Sockeye Salmon Fry Survival in Glacier Bay                               Ph.D.—In Preparation

Van Leeuwen        National Park, Alasaka                                                                                                            (BIOL)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Advisor—Brown

 

 

Judy Rogers          Characterization of the Hydrogeology of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, in Response          Ph.D.—In Preparation

                                to Varying Land Use and Forestry Practices                                                                       (ENDY)--Support                                                             Advisor--Davidson

 

 

 

 


 

ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

 

1.   Lectures Given at Universities:

 

     Course in hydrology.  University Southern Mississippi, as Adjunct Assistant Prof., Spring 1975.

 

     Course in geomorphology (with Dr. R. S. Parker).  Vanderbilt University, Adjunct Prof., Spring 1978.

 

     Course in geomorphology.  University Tennessee-Nashville, Adjunct Asst. Prof., Winter 1979.

 

     Course in structural geology.  Vanderbilt University, Adjunct Prof., Spring 1981.

 

     Course in environmental geology.  Vanderbilt University, Adjunct Prof., Spring 1983

 

     Tectonic features as hydrogeologic boundaries.  Memphis State University, Department of Geophysics, 1984.

 

     Effects of tectonics on deep regional hydrogeology of the Northern Mississippi embayment.  Vanderbilt University, Department of Geology, 1987.

 

     Processes and controls affecting hydrogeology of carbonate rocks in North America.  Xiangtan Mining College, Department of Geology,  Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China, 1988.

 

     Selected topics of current research in the U. S. Geological Survey.  Xiangtan Mining College, Department of Geology, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China, 1988.

 

     Course in hydrogeology.  University of Arkansas, Spring 1990—present .

 

     Course in advanced hydrogeology.  University of Arkansas, Fall 1990-1994.

 

     Course in field hydrogeology.  University of Arkansas, Summer, 1994—present.  Director 1994, 1995, 1997-2000.

 

     Course in karst hydrogeology.  University of Arkansas, Fall 1995—present.

 

     Course in research problems--Quantitative Hydrogeology and Flow Modeling, University of Arkansas

       Spring 1991

 

Course in general geology.  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Fall Semester 2000 through present.

 

 

 

2.   Papers Given at Scientific Meetings:

 

     Gravity and tectonic analysis of northwestern Illinois zinc-lead district.  Missouri Academy of Science, Annual Meeting 1969, Springfield, MO.

 

     Localization of strain along joints in bedrock.  Missouri Academy of Science, Annual Meeting 1971, Rolla, MO.

 

     Effect of short-term stress on jointed rock near the land surface.   Geological Society of America Southeastern Section, Annual Meeting 1973, Knoxville, TN.

 

 

    Occurrence of ground water in relation to facies within the Fort Payne Formation in Tennessee.  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 1980, Atlanta, GA.

 

     Comparative regional hydrogeology of three lower Paleozoic carbonate aquifer systems of Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee.  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Invited paper, Hydrogeology Symposium, 1981, Cincinnati, OH.

 

     Stable carbon isotopes as a tool for interpreting the origin of sodium-bicarbonate ground water in Cretaceous and Tertiary aquifers in the northern Mississippi embayment.  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 1982, New Orleans, LA.

 

     Techniques for defining the hydrogeologic environment and their application to studies of ground-water contamination.  AWWA First Atlantic Workshop (International) on Organic Chemical Contamination   of Ground Water, 1982, Nashville, TN.

 

     Evaluating management alternatives using a multilayer ground-water flow model.  Memphis Engineers Club, 1984, Memphis, TN.

 

     The use of a ground-water flow model as an aid to water management in the Memphis area.  Mississippi Water Resources Conferences, 1985, Jackson, MS.

 

     The role of a multilayer model in refining understanding of deep regional ground-water flow in a tectonically active area.  National Water Well Association Conference, 1987, Denver, CO.

 

     Controls on water quality in the deep aquifers of the northern Mississippi embayment.  Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1988, Memphis, TN.

 

     A risk assessment algorithm for hazardous and radioactive waste sites.  Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 1988, Columbia, SC.

 

     Regional ground-water flow boundary delineation using radioisotopes:  American Institute of Hydrology Conference, 1988, Tampa, FL.    

 

     Relation between the hydrogeology of carbonate rocks and the development of karst landforms:  21st Congress--International Association of Hydrogeologists, 1988, Guilin City, China.

 

     Applied research using chlorine-36 as a hydrologic tool:  U.S. Geological Survey Second National Symposium on Water Quality, 1989, Orlando, FL.

 

     Conceptualization of ground-water flow in the valley and ridge province,   New Jersey to Alabama:  Geological Society of America annual meeting, 1989, St. Louis, Missouri.

 

     Delineation of regional ground-water flow boundaries in northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri using selected radioisotopes:   Arkansas State Water Conference, 1989, Little Rock, AR.

 

     Preliminary conceptual model of flow and solute transport in the shallow carbonate aquifers of northwest Arkansas:  Joint American Water Resources/Arkansas Ground-Water Association Meeting, 1990, Little Rock, Arkansas.

 

 

    Lithologic controls on the evolution of permeability in chart-bearing carbonate rocks of Mississippian Age from the southern United States:  Geological Society of America Annual Meetings, 1991,  San Diego, California.

 

     Inhomogeneity and anisotropy in variably thick, non-indurated coastal plain confining units in the Memphis Area--facies or faults?:  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 1991, San Diego, California.

 

     Tectonic control of regional ground-water flow in deeply buried aquifers of the Northern Mississippi Embayment, Missouri and Arkansas:  Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, 1993, Rolla, Missouri.

 

     Conceptual model of hydrogeology in the Ozark Plateaus Region during Pennsylvanian Time:  Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, 1993, Rolla, Missouri.

 

     Dominant factors affecting ground-water flow and transport in the carbonate-rock aquifers of Northwestern Arkansas, December 9, 1993, Sixth Annual AWRA/AGWA Symposium, Ground Water Issues of the 90's--Quantity and Quality, Little Rock, Arkansas.

 

     Methodology development and preliminary field assessment of host-specific viruses as tracers in shallow karst aquifers:  Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry, 1994, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

 

     Modeling discrete, tectonically-controlled ground-water flow boundaries using a continuum approach:  Presentations at the Advanced Ground-Water Seminar of the U.S. Geological Survey-- Session 1:  Ground-water Flow in Fractured Rocks:   Denver, Colorado, October 18, 1994.

 

     Quantification of hydrogeologic factors controlling ground-water/surface-water interaction in shallow karst environments:  Presentations at the Advanced Ground-Water Seminar- of the U.S. Geological Survey-- Session 3:  Ground-Water and Surface-Water Interactions--The Karst Landscape:  Denver, Colorado, October 20, 1994.

 

 

3.   Training Given at USGS National Training Center:

 

     Computer Programming and Applications.       

     Ground-water 2-D flow-modeling course.  1979, 1980.

 

 

4.   Professional Society Offices and Committee Assignments:

 

     Geological Society of America, Decade of North American Geology, Hydrogeology Volume Committee, 1983-84.

 

     International Association of Hydrogeologists, Commission of Mineral and Thermal Waters,

        Candidate Member, 1993-1998.

 

     Geological Society of America, Joint Technical Program Committee, 1994-1996.

 

Program Chairman for Hydrogeology Division of the Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 1995.

 

Secretary-Treasurer of Hydrogeology Division of the Geological Society of America, 1997-2000.

 

General Chair of Congress XXVIII of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1998.

 

South-Central Geological Society of America Board of Directors, 1998-2000.

    

Technical Program Chair for South-Central the Geological Society of America meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas, April   2000.

 

 

5.   Other Committee Assignments:

 

     Safford Centennial Society (Nashville Geology Society) - President and Executive Committee, 1980.

 

     Tennessee Ground-water Conference - Research and Technical Needs, Recorder, 1987.

 

     Karst Committee of the State of Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Control Board, 1989.

 

     U.S. Geological Survey--RGE Ground-Water Discipline Peer Panel, 1989.

 

     U.S. Geological Survey--RGE Ground-Water Discipline Peer Panel, 1992.

 

     U.S. Geological Survey--Southeast Region Agricultural Hydrology Oversight Committee, 1993.

 

     U.S. Geological Survey--Toxic Hydrology Site-Selection Committee, 1994.

 

     Louisiana Board of Regents--Review committee for enhancement proposals in earth and environmental sciences

               1995; 1998; 2001; 2004.

 

     University of Arkansas, Department of Geosciences,  Committee for the Future, 2000.

 

     University of Arkansas, Department of Geosciences, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2000.

 

     University of Arkansas, Program of Environmental Dynamics, Steering Committee

 

 

6.   Informal Seminars:

 

     Assisted with New Professionals Training Course, Tennessee District, WRD, from June 1977 to January 1978.

 

     Conducted seminar in modeling flow in porous media-Mississippi embayment.  USGS/USCE meeting in Baton Rouge, La., at request of A. N. Turcan, 1979.

 

     Introduction to ground-water modeling:  WRD-SR workshop on Ground-water fundamentals and concepts at the request of SR GW Specialist; from December 1976 to May 1981, (4 classes), in Atlanta, Ga.

 

     Seminar to Illinois District, WRD, and cooperators, summarizing flow modeling and isotope studies conducted in northern Mississippi embayment, June 1987.

 

     Assisted with RGE conference for Southeast Region - Session chairman Tampa, December, 1987.

 

    Advisor to Ground-Water Concepts Self-Paced Course, Office of Ground Water of the U. S. Geological Survey, 1988 to present.

 

     Developed course materials and taught Level 1 training--WRD-SR workshop on Ground-Water Principles (System concepts as applied to ground-water investigations) at the request of SR GW Specialist; April and July 1993, in Atlanta, GA.

 

     Development and presentation of U.S. Geological Survey Borehole Geophysics Workshop at the Savoy Experimental Watershed, October 2000.

 

 

7.   Other Tasks:

 

     Detailed to Headquarters to work with Sol Lang on feasibility of standardizing ground-water data reports.  Worked with Walter Langbein to develop a streamflow index to evaluate intensity and duration of droughts. 3 weeks, March 1977.

 

     Conducted workshop on the use of the three-dimensional ground-water flow model for Cooperator's staff.  Nashville, Tennessee, February 1980 for 2 days at request of Cooperator.

 

     Lectured on the role of paleokarst in regional aquifer development in the mid-continent Karst Hydrogeology Workshop - Sponsored by EPA and coordinated by Center for Cave and Karst Studies, Dept. of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1982.  Invited presentation.

 

     Assisted with leading a field trip for visiting Chinese delegation of hydrogeologists, central Tennessee.  1985.

 

     Assisted with the training of M. Natarajan (Madras, India), a fellowship trainee of the United Nations program.  Topics included hydrogeology and isotope studies.  Three weeks, March 1987.

 

     Assisted with the training of Dr. J. A. Cuchi (Zaragosa, Spain), in the karst of Tennessee.  Topics included karst hydrogeology and isotope studies.  Two months, 1988, and six months from October 1989 to March 1990.

 

     Identified ongoing research to Dr. Yuan Daoxian, Director of the Karst Institute in Guilin, China, of karst areas in Tennessee on Dr. Yuan's North American visit in July 1989 associated with his travel after   the International Geological Congress.

 

     Served as faculty advisor for 16 Master of Science candidates in the Geology Department at Vanderbilt University (1988-1990) and the University of Arkansas (1990-present), and 2 Ph.D. candidates in Environmental Dynamics at the University of Arkansas.

 

     Associate Reviewer, Journal of Ground Water, 1988-1993.

 

     Provided field training and introduction to ongoing research in the karst area of northwest Arkansas to Nasser Al-Ghilani, foreign trainee from Oman, July 1990.

 

     Served as advocate and coconvenor (with Professor Richard Parizek) for a Geological Society of America Theme Session, "Discovery in Hydrogeology--Heritage, Wisdom, Vision" at the 1992 Annual Meeting in Cincinnati.

 

     Textbook reviewer for John Wiley--Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, 1993.

 

     Served as Program Chairman for the First U.S. Convening of the Commission of Mineral and Thermal

        Waters of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, July 1993, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

 

     Recruited and supervised a total of 13 Volunteers for Science.  These individuals assisted Arkansas

         District personnel in field data collection and coding for data base input.  1992-present.

 

     Served as NSF/Arkansas Department of Education Mentor for high-school teacher in PROJECT

         STRIVE, in which 30 of the top teachers in Arkansas develop enhanced research skills at selected

         institutes.  June-August 1993;  June-August 2000.

 

     Hosted noted karst researcher Lu Yaoru (Chinese Academy of Sciences) on two occasions, and

        collaborated on preliminary field projects in the carbonate terrane of the southern Ozarks.

        September 1992 and September 1993.

 

     Hosted Chinese hydrologist Guo Fang (Xiangtan Mining College) and secured funding for

        collaborative field project to test magnetotelluric methods of surface geophysics as a research tool

        to identify major conduits in regolith covered karst terrane.

 

     Geology Development Board, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1994 to 2000; Vice Chairman, 1996-2000.

 

     Field Trip Leader, South-Central Geological Society of America Hydrogeology Field Trip to the Savoy Experimental Watershed—Geomorphology, hydrology, and environmental issues in a mantled karst terrane, April 2000.

 

     Field Trip Leader, South Central Regional Meeting—National Association of Conservation Districts Geomorphology, hydrology, and environmental issues in a mantled karst terrane:   July 2000.