CURRICULUM
VITAE
John Van Brahana
October 2007
POSITIONS: Professor,
University 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
WEB:
http://comp.uark.edu/~brahana
RESEARCH
PROJECTS--SHORT TITLES:
Structural Controls on Ground-Water
Flow Boundaries; Flow and Transport--Karst Hydrogeology;
EDUCATION:
SELECTED ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
1999-present: Professor, Dept. of Geosciences,
1999-present: Scientist
1990-1999: Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Geology,
1990-1999: Research Hydrologist,
1988-1990: Research Hydrologist,
1976-1988: Adjunct Professor, Geology,
1975 Adjunct
Professor,
1971-1988: Hydrologist,
1964-1965: J.W.
Mack and Assoc. Geophysical Consultants,
1962-1966: Lab.
Tech.,
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES:
Geological Society of
American Geophysical
American Institute of Professional
Geologists
International
Association of Hydrogeologists
National Ground Water
Association
Sigma Xi, Scientific
Research Society of
American Water Resources
Association-Arkansas Chapter
National Speleological Society
International Mine Water Association
AWARDS
AND HONORS:
State of
Baum
Teaching Grant Award--University of Arkansas
2002
Scientist Emeritus --
STAR Award –
Special Act Service Award -
Superior Service Award -
Quality Increase -
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Outstanding Teacher
- Geology Department -
Special Achievement Award -
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Outstanding Teacher
- Geology Department -
Quality Increase Award-
Awarded State of
Special Achievement Award -
Election to membership in Sigma Xi
(Vanderbilt University Chapter) 1978
Awarded American Institute of Professional
Geologists
Certified
Professional Geologist – Certificate 2752 1975
National Science Foundation Travel Grant
(Birch Symposium) 1970
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE-SELECTED CLIENTS:
WalMart, Inc.
Waste Management, Inc.
E & S Development and Properties
City of
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,
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
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.,
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.,
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.,
Brahana,
J.V., 2003, The Hydrologic cycle: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds.,
The Encyclopedia of Water Science:
Marcel Dekker, Inc.,
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.,
Peterson,
E.W.,
Steele,
K.F.,
Peterson,
E.W.,
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
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,
Brahana,
J.V.,
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
Brahana,
J.V. and Mesko, T.O., 1994, Hydrology of the McNairy-Nacatoch and adjacent
aquifers in the
northern
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,
Brahana,
J.V., Gonthier, Gerard J., and Remsing, Larry M., 1991, Hydrogeologic data for
Brahana,
J.V., Haugh, C.J., Mahoney, L.N., and Hanchar, D.W., 1991, Hydrogeology of
Arnold Air Force Base,
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,
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
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
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
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
Brahana,
J. V., 1983a, Physiography, in May, V. Jeff and others, Hydrology of area 21,
eastern coal province,
Brahana,
J. V., 1983b, Geology, in May, V. Jeff and others, Hydrology of Area 21,
eastern coal province,
Brahana,
J. V., 1982, Underground water supply:
Chapter 3 in Memphis Metropolitan Area Urban Water Resources Study, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers,
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,
Brahana,
J. V., 1978, Digital ground-water model of the Memphis Sand, and equivalent
units,
Brahana,
J. V., and Dalsin, G. J., 1977, Water for industrial development in George,
Hancock, Pearl River, and
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,
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 -
Brahana,
J. V., and Johnson, C. H., (eds.), 1970, Field trip guide -
BIBLIOGRAPHY—Unpublished Academic Theses
Brahana, J. V., 1973, Systematic jointing in slightly
deformed rocks:
Brahana, J. V., 1969, Gravity and tectonic analysis of the
northwestern
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
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,
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
Chaubey,
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
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,
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,
Thawaba, S., Varnell, Curtis J., and
Brahana,
J. Van, 2003, Anthropogenic Impact on Water
Quality—A Case Study from the
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
Ting, Tiong Ee, Thoma, G.J.,
Whitsett, K.S.,
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
Brahana, J.V.,
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.,
Orndorff, H.A.,
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.
Sauer, T.J., Brahana, J.V., Kresse,
T.M.,
Sauer, T.J.,
Bostian, Rick, and Brahana, J.V.,
1996, Regional tectonic and structural control on the hydrogeology of the
Boone-St. Joe aquifer,
Brahana, J.V., 1996a, The role of
fractures as tectonically-controlled ground-water flow boundaries in deep
aquifers of the northern
Brahana, J.V., 1996b,
Brahana, J.V.,
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
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
Monk, Richard G., Davis, Ralph K.,
and Brahana, J. V., 1996b, Waste management and its effects on
Roggio, Robin G., Ford, Grace L.,
and Brahana, J.V., 1996, Hydrogeologic controls of the springs in northern
Stanton, Gregory P., and Brahana, J.
Van, 1996, Structural control on hydrogeology of a mantled karst aquifer in
northwestern
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
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
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,
Martin, Jerry W., and Brahana, J.V.,
1995, Comparative hydrogeology of large springs of the Springfield Plateau in
northwestern
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
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,
Brahana,
J.V., 1993, Tectonic control of regional ground-water flow in deeply buried
aquifers of the northern
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
EXTERNAL FUNDING GENERATED--Partial
Title: Quantitative Evaluation of Processes and
Controls Affecting Flow and Transport in Carbonate Rock Aquifers of
Funding
Agency:
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
Funding
Agency:
Amount: $40,000
J.V.
Brahana, PI
Title: Temporal Variability of Water Quality in the
Carbonate Aquifers of
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
Funding
Agency:
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:
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
Funding
Agency:
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
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:
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
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:
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
Funding
Agency:
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:
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
Funding Source: Lundy and
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,
Funding Agency:
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
Funding Agency:
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:
Amount: $17,818 (funded).
J.V. Brahana, PI
Title: Water Quality Sampling, Analysis and Annual
Load Determinations for Nutrients and Solids at the
Funding Agency:
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:
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,
Course in Engineering
Geology,
Course in Field
Geology.
Course in General
Geology.
Course in Karst
Hydrogeology,
Course in Field
Hydrogeology,
Summer Semester 1994 through present
Courses in Introductory Hydrogeology,
Spring Semester 1991 through present
Research
Problems--Quantitative Hydrogeology and Flow Modeling,
Courses in Advanced Hydrogeology,
Fall Semester 1990 through 1994
Course in Environmental
Geology.
Course in Structural
Geology.
Course in
Geomorphology. University
Tennessee-Nashville, Adjunct Asst. Prof., Winter 1979.
Course in Geomorphology
(with Dr. R. S. Parker).
Course in
Hydrology. University
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
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,
Support
Bobby Fanning Geospeleologic Analysis of Karst and Cave Development Within the M.S. Completed
Support
Scott Smith Ground-Water
Quality and Transport Processes in the Boone-St. Joe Aquifer M.S.—Completed
Near
Two Landfills,
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,
Watershed
Jerry Martin Control on Groundwater Flow and Quality in the Boone-St.
Joe Aquifer, M.S.--Completed
Support
E. C. Bartholmey Hydrogeology and Structural Control of the
County,
Arkansas 2001
(GEOL)
Support
Ethan Numerical
Simulation of the
Reese-Whiting
Matt Hydrogeology
and Geochemical Processes Affecting Water Quality M.S.—Completed
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
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,
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
Support
Wendy Karna Delineation of the
Counties,
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,
Advisor-Steele
Chuck Smith Ground-Water Quality Variations by Season,
Advisor-Steele
Ward Structural
Geology in the Vicinity of
Advisor-VanArsdale
Tina Hays Assessment
of Potential Phosphorus Contamination in the
Watershed 1995
(SOILS)
Advisor-Scott
Support
Paul McKee Modeling Hydrology and Solute Transport at Two Sewage
Lagoons,
Military
Reservation,
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,
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
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
Adams Stream
in
Advisor-Johnson
Zack Brown Population Dynamics of Ozark Cavefish in
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,
Advisor-Dixon
Support
Steve Hill Water Quality and Pesticide Contamination in
1997
(GEOL)
Advisor-Steele
Support
Rick Monk Effect
of Best-Management Practices on the Karst Terrane near
Advisor-Davis Support
Nasser Fakhro Identifying Depression Suitability for Ground-Water Recharge in
the State of
Advisor-Cleaveland
Jaysson Characterization
of the Hydrogeology of
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
Watershed,
INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE-STUDENT
RESEARCH SUPPORT AND THESIS COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT--Continued
NAME PROJECT STATUS
Mantez Fluvial
Architecture and Hydrology of Flooding on the
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
Advisor-Dixon
Sandra Origin
and Relevance of Walsortian-Type Mud Mounds M.S.--Completed
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
2002 (GEOG)
Advisor-Dixon
Amanda Keen Geomorphology of Skull Creek M.A.--Completed
2002 (GEOG)
Advisor-Dixon
Fiona Trewby Water quality of the
2003 (GEOG)
Advisor-Dixon
Judy Rogers Factors
Affecting Water Quality in the Prairie Grove,
2003 (FORESTRY)
Stephen
F. Austin Univ., (Adjunct
Prof)
Danny FitzGerald Response of Mississippi River Tributaries
to
Deglaciation,
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
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
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
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,
Advisor--Manger
Geneva Brion Land use effects on water quality of a first-order stream in
the Ozark M.S.—In
Preparation
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,
Advisor-Hays
Naomi Sinor Spring Monitoring to Assess the Impacts to Ground-Water
Quality from M.S.--In
Preparation
Land-Applied
Animal Wastes,
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
(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
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
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—
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
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
2005
(ENDY) Support
Advisor—
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
In
the
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
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
Brian Shreve Biogeochemistry of Phosphorus and Metals in Constructed
Wetlands Ph.D.–In
Preparation
Receiving
Swine Lagoon Effluent
(AGRI)
Advisor—
Dan Ecological
Controls of Sockeye Salmon Fry Survival in
Van Leeuwen National
Park, Alasaka (BIOL)
Advisor—Brown
Judy Rogers Characterization of the Hydrogeology of
to
Varying Land Use and Forestry Practices (ENDY)--Support Advisor--Davidson
ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
1. Lectures Given at Universities:
Course in hydrology. University
Course in geomorphology (with Dr. R. S.
Parker).
Course in geomorphology. University Tennessee-Nashville, Adjunct Asst.
Prof., Winter 1979.
Course in structural geology.
Course in environmental geology.
Tectonic features as hydrogeologic
boundaries.
Effects of tectonics on deep regional
hydrogeology of the
Processes and controls affecting
hydrogeology of carbonate rocks in
Selected topics of current research in the
U. S. Geological Survey.
Course in hydrogeology. University of
Course in advanced hydrogeology. University of
Course in field hydrogeology.
Course in karst hydrogeology. University of
Course in research problems--Quantitative
Hydrogeology and Flow Modeling,
Spring 1991
Course
in general geology.
2. Papers Given at Scientific Meetings:
Gravity and tectonic analysis of
northwestern
Localization of strain along joints in
bedrock.
Effect of short-term stress on jointed
rock near the land surface. Geological
Society of
Occurrence of ground water in relation to
facies within the Fort Payne Formation in
Comparative regional hydrogeology of three
lower Paleozoic carbonate aquifer systems of
Stable carbon isotopes as a tool for
interpreting the origin of sodium-bicarbonate ground water in Cretaceous and
Tertiary aquifers in the northern
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,
Evaluating management alternatives using a
multilayer ground-water flow model.
The use of a ground-water flow model as an
aid to water management in the
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,
Controls on water quality in the deep
aquifers of the northern
A risk assessment algorithm for hazardous
and radioactive waste sites. Geological
Society of
Regional ground-water flow boundary
delineation using radioisotopes:
American
Relation between the hydrogeology of
carbonate rocks and the development of karst landforms: 21st Congress--International Association of
Hydrogeologists, 1988,
Applied research using chlorine-36 as a
hydrologic tool: U.S. Geological Survey
Second National Symposium on Water Quality, 1989,
Conceptualization of ground-water flow in
the valley and ridge province,
Delineation of regional ground-water flow
boundaries in northeastern
Preliminary conceptual model of flow and
solute transport in the shallow carbonate aquifers of northwest
Lithologic controls on the evolution of
permeability in chart-bearing carbonate rocks of Mississippian Age from the
southern
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,
Tectonic control of regional ground-water
flow in deeply buried aquifers of the Northern Mississippi Embayment,
Conceptual model of hydrogeology in the
Ozark Plateaus Region during Pennsylvanian Time: Geological Society of America North-Central
Section Meeting, 1993,
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,
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:
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:
3. Training Given at
Computer Programming and Applications.
Ground-water 2-D flow-modeling
course. 1979, 1980.
4. Professional Society Offices and Committee
Assignments:
Geological Society of
International Association of Hydrogeologists,
Commission of Mineral and Thermal Waters,
Candidate Member, 1993-1998.
Geological Society of
Program Chairman for Hydrogeology
Division of the Geological Society of
Secretary-Treasurer of Hydrogeology
Division of the Geological Society of
General Chair of Congress XXVIII of the
International Association of Hydrogeologists,
South-Central Geological Society of
Technical Program Chair for South-Central
the Geological Society of America meeting,
5. Other Committee Assignments:
Safford Centennial Society (
Karst Committee of the State of
1995; 1998; 2001; 2004.
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
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
Seminar to Illinois District, WRD, and
cooperators, summarizing flow modeling and isotope studies conducted in
northern
Assisted with RGE conference for Southeast
Region - Session chairman
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
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.
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,
Assisted with leading a field trip for
visiting Chinese delegation of hydrogeologists, central
Assisted with the training of M. Natarajan
(
Assisted with the training of Dr. J. A.
Cuchi (
Identified ongoing research to Dr. Yuan
Daoxian, Director of the Karst Institute in
Served as faculty advisor for 16 Master of
Science candidates in the Geology Department at Vanderbilt University
(1988-1990) and the
Associate Reviewer, Journal of Ground
Water, 1988-1993.
Provided field training and introduction
to ongoing research in the karst area of northwest
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
Textbook reviewer for John Wiley--Physical
and Chemical Hydrogeology, 1993.
Served as Program Chairman for the First
Waters of the International Association
of Hydrogeologists, July 1993,
Recruited and supervised a total of 13
Volunteers for Science. These
individuals assisted
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
institutes. June-August 1993; June-August 2000.
Hosted noted karst researcher Lu Yaoru (
collaborated on preliminary field
projects in the carbonate terrane of the southern Ozarks.
September 1992 and September 1993.
Hosted Chinese hydrologist Guo Fang (
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,
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.