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Session Proposal: Advances in Tracer Methods and Modeling of Hydrological Processes, Chemical Weathering, and Hydrochronology (AGU25)

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Advances in Tracer Methods and Modeling of Hydrological Processes, Chemical Weathering, and Hydrochronology

Session ID#: 247372

Session Description:
Our understanding of hydrological systems enables decision-makers to respond to rapidly evolving issues of water security and water quality. Stable, radioactive, and radiogenic isotopes, trace elements, and noble gases are routinely utilized within the hydrologic sciences to quantify subsurface flow paths, sources, residence times and reactive processes. New analytical techniques, experimental designs, and modeling approaches that incorporate chemical signatures can more accurately resolve the coupled structure of fluid transport and solute transformation across a broad range of scales. This session invites presentations that highlight new and diverse applications of innovative tracers in field systems, laboratory experiments and numerical models. We welcome studies that provide new insights into the connections between hydrology, ecology, and reactive solute transport. We particularly encourage presentations that seek to connect scientific results to decision support in collaboration with stakeholders, or fall within the scope of environmental stewardship, remediation, ecosystem health, resource sustainability, and societal benefit.
Index Terms:

1804 Catchment [HYDROLOGY]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1832 Groundwater transport [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Ate Visser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Conveners:  Jory Chapin Lerback, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, Jennifer L Druhan, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, United States and Minseok Kim, Pusan National University, Civil Engineering, Busan, South Korea
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jory Chapin Lerback, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
 
Hydrogeological Investigation and Conceptual Model Development of Groundwater Resources in Tequila Village, Jalisco, Mexico (1854477)
Shun Kurihara1, Octavio Ortiz Enriquez2, Mariko Saito1, Akira Watanuki1 and Tomochika Tokunaga3, (1)Suntory Global Innovation Center Limited, Institute for Water Science, Kyoto, Japan, (2)Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, (3)The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
 
Developing seasonal isoscapes of precipitation in the Upper Colorado River Basin using multi-model statistical methods (1855631)
Christopher T Green, U.S. Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling Prediction Division, Moffett Field, California, United States, Martha A Scholl, U.S. Geological Survey, Earth System Processes Division, Reston, United States, Carleton Bern, USGS, Colorado Water Science Center, Denver, CO, United States, Michelle A Walvoord, U.S. Geological Survey, Earth System Processes Division, Water Resources Mission Area, Lakewood, United States, Janet Barclay, United States Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, East Hartford, United States, Sydney Foks, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Lakewood, United States, David Rey, USGS Observing Systems Division, Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch, Golden, United States and Jory S Hecht, University of Vermont, Vermont EPSCoR, Burlington, United States; U.S. Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division, Water Resources Mission Area, Northborough, United States
 
Open Canal Evaporation in An Arid Urban Environment (1884354)
Rafat Qubaja1,2, Mary Ferguson1,3, Enrique R Vivoni4,5 and Diane E Pataki2, (1)Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, United States, (2)Arizona State University, School of Sustainability, Tempe, United States, (3)Arizona State University, Center for Hydrologic Innovations, Tempe, United States, (4)Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States, (5)Arizona State University, Center for Hydrologic Innovations, Tempe, AZ, United States
 
A Conceptual Model of Fracture Flow in the Milk River Aquifer under Transverse Hydraulic Gradients (1899678)
Avadhoot Date1, Bernhard Mayer2, Pauline Humez1, Roland Purtschert3, Ranjeet Nagare4, Reika Yokochi5, Neil Colrick Sturchio6 and Stephen Wheatcraft7, (1)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)University of Calgary, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, (4)ARKK Engineering Corporation, Edmonton, Canada, (5)The University of Chicago, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Chicago, IL, United States, (6)University of Delaware, Newark, United States, (7)University of Nevada, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, United States
 
Water Quality and Residence Time of Artesian Groundwater Wells in Northwest Indiana (1912694)
Myles T. Moore1, Harvie J. Pollard2, Kayla Christian2 and David C. Lampe2, (1)Stratum Reservoir (Isotech), LLC; USGS, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, Interpretation, Champaign, United States, (2)USGS, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, Indianapolis, United States
 
Enhancing breakthrough curve analysis via automated curve fitting-based spectral deconvolution (1939398)
Mr. Fabian Quichimbo, University of Florida, Department of Geological Science, Gainesville, United States, Seonkyoo Yoon, University of Florida, Geological Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, John Barry, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, Alexander Scott, Darcy Solutions, INC, St. Paul, United States and Peter K. Kang, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States
 
Tritium-based monitoring of groundwater that contributes to streamflow in the Colorado River headwaters region (1954105)
Carleton Bern, USGS, Colorado Water Science Center, Denver, CO, United States, Bryant C. Jurgens, USGS California Water Science Center Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States and Manya Ruckhaus, USGS, Colorado Water Science Center, Denver, United States
 
Assessing Deep Aquifer Resilience Using Stable and Noble Gas Isotopes in an Arid Endorheic Basin (1954579)
Ahmed EL Azhari1,2, Yassine Ait Brahim1, Florent Barbecot2, Daniele Luigi Pinti2, Mohammed Hssaisoune1,3, Ayoub Ayaou1, Fatima Raibi1,4, Tibari El Ghali4, Abdessamad Hadri5 and Lhoussaine Bouchaou1,6, (1)Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, International Water research Institute (IWRI), Benguerir, Morocco, (2)GEOTOP-UQAM, Departement of Earth and atmospheric sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)Laboratory of Applied Geology and Geo-Environment, Ibn Zohr University, Geology, Agadir, Morocco, (4)National Center For Nuclear Energy, Science And Technology, Sale, Morocco, (5)Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), International Water research Institute (IWRI), Benguerir, Morocco, (6)Laboratory of Applied Geology and Geo-Environment, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir 80035, Morocco, Agadir, Morocco
 
Groundwater and Surface water Interactions using Multi-tracer Method in the Phu Sai River Watershed, Rayong, Thailand (1960317)
Mariko Saito1, Shun Kurihara1, Akira Watanuki1 and Maki Tsujimura2, (1)Suntory Global Innovation Center Limited, Institute for Water Science, Kyoto, Japan, (2)University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
 
Uncovering Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions in a Mountainous Catchment: Insights from Radon and Environmental Tracers (1967723)
Dylan O'Ryan1, Emilio Grande2, Richard K Bibby3, Tyanna Blaschak4, Nicholas Corline5, Damon Goodman4, Jake Harm6, Jory Chapin Lerback3,7, Amber Lukk8, Robert Lusardi9, Valerie Muenker10, Rollie Nearhood1, Loren Tolley-Mann1, Ate Visser11 and Jean E Moran12, (1)California State University East Bay, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hayward, United States, (2)California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (4)California Trout, San Francisco, United States, (5)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Blacksburg, United States, (6)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, (7)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (8)University of California, Davis, Davis, United States, (9)Center of Watershed Sciences, University of California Davis, Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, Davis, United States, (10)California State University East Bay, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hayward, CA, United States, (11)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Livermore, CA, United States, (12)California State University, Hayward, CA, United States
 
Subsurface Production of 39Ar in a Sub-Alpine Fractured-Rock Aquifer (1971089)
Payton Payton Gardner1,2, Christoph West2, Nicholas E Thiros3,4, Franka Neumann2, Werner Aeschbach2, Markus Oberthaler5 and Kenneth Hurst Williams4, (1)University of Montana, Department of Geosciences, Missoula, MT, United States, (2)Heidelberg University, Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg, Germany, (3)University of Montana, Department of Geosciences, Missoula, United States, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, United States, (5)Heidelberg University, Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
 
Understanding the Benefits of Floodplain Restoration to Groundwater (1975338)
Ate Visser1, Jake Harm2, Jory Lerback2, Erik Oerter3, Horacio Ferriz4, Sarah Gaffney5, Annie Booth5 and Isabela Acevedo5, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, (3)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Livermore, CA, United States, (4)California State University Stanislaus, Geology, Turlock, United States, (5)River Partners, Sacramento, United States
 
Evaluation of Surface Velocity Measurement Using Optical Flow PIV in Steady and Unsteady Open-Channel Flows. (1980476)
Roja Najafi, University of South Carolina, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Columbia, United States, Bidhan Kumar Sahu, University of South Carolina Columbia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Columbia, SC, United States, Jasim Imran, Univ South Carolina, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Columbia, United States and Mohamed Elkholy, University of Business and Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (on leave from Alexandria University, Egypt), Department of Civil Engineering, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
 
Identifying Hydrologic Connectivity Changes Controlling Nitrate Concentrations and Transport in Agricultural Tile Drainage Waters (1981379)
Ethan Johnson1, Lisa R Welp1, Greg Michalski1, Erin Bauer2, James Haken2, Wren Brown1 and Tia Katsaros3, (1)Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, United States, (2)Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States, (3)Purdue University, Chemistry, West Lafayette, United States
 
Investigating Nutrient Dynamics of the Allegheny Reservoir Using Stable Isotopes of Nitrate (1981579)
Elijah Hall, UNITED STATES and Emily M. Elliott, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, United States
 
Advancing Preferential Flow Modeling: A Comparative Evaluation of Non-Equilibrium Approaches and a Way Forward (1994148)
Yoonseok KIM, Pusan National University, Civil Engineering, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South) and Minseok Kim, Pusan National University, Civil Engineering, Busan, South Korea
 
Short-Record Tritium and Radiosulfur Constrain Dynamic Groundwater Transit Times of Cold Springs in California’s Cascades (1999587)
Jory Chapin Lerback1, Emilio Grande2, Jean E Moran3, Jake Harm4, Loren Tolley-Mann5, Damon Goodman6, Tyanna Blaschak6 and Ate Visser7, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, United States, (3)California State University, Hayward, CA, United States, (4)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, (5)California State University East Bay, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hayward, United States, (6)California Trout, San Francisco, United States, (7)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Livermore, CA, United States
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