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Session Proposal: Hydrogeophysics: Subsurface characterization and Monitoring Using Geophysical methods, remote sensing, and hydrogeological methods (AGU25)

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Hydrogeophysics: Subsurface characterization and Monitoring Using Geophysical methods, remote sensing, and hydrogeological methods

Session ID#: 250011

Session Description:
Subsurface characterization and monitoring play a critical role in understanding hydrogeological structures, flow and transport processes, water quality, and contamination remediation. This session invites abstracts on recent advances and innovative approaches for characterizing subsurface properties and dynamic processes using state-of-the-art geophysical and hydrogeological methods in laboratory, field, or numerical studies. We welcome abstract submissions on a wide range of topics, including subsurface imaging, time-lapse monitoring, aquifer characterization, heat and solute tracer experiments, instrumentation development, and numerical simulation. We encourage contributions that highlight the integration of remote sensing, in-situ sensing, and hydrogeological observations to advance our understanding of the subsurface. We are particularly interested in work that pushes the boundaries of hydrogeophysical methods or leverages multiple data observations to enhance subsurface characterization and monitoring. This session provides an excellent opportunity for students and early career presenters to showcase their research and receive constructive feedback during and after the session.
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1835 Hydrogeophysics [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Deqiang Mao, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Conveners:  Nimrod Schwartz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Institute of Environmental Sciences, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot, Israel, Xiangyun Hu, China University of Geosciences, Institute of Geophysics & Geomatics, Wuhan, China and Shujuan Mao, University of Texas at Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, TX, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Dr. Hang Chen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
Monitoring Water Dynamics during Drywell Infiltration Using Time Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (1849059)
Ziv Moreno1, Lior Netzer2, Tamir Kamai1, Daniel Kurtzman1 and Uri Nachshon1, (1)Agricultural Research Organization Volcani Center, Rishon Letsiyon, Israel, (2)Hydrological Service, Israeli Water Authority, Jerusalem, Israel
 
Ambient seismic-noise monitoring of confined fractured volcanic aquifers: from seismic velocity–groundwater level correlations to storage estimation (1861779)
Benoit Vittecoq, BRGM, Martinique Office, Fort-de-France, Martinique, Arnaud Burtin, Université Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France and Jérôme Fortin, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris, Paris, France
 
Integrating NMR Logging with Hydraulic Tomography for Improved Mapping of Heterogeneous Hydraulic Conductivity Fields (1864952)
Chenxi Wang and Walter A Illman, University of Waterloo, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Waterloo, ON, Canada
 
Assessment of Surface Lineament–Subsurface Fracture Correlations Through Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Computational Modeling Techniques. (1868434)
Kwaku Asiedu, University of Georgia, Geology, Athens, United States, Charlotte Garing, University of Georgia, Department of Geology, Athens, GA, United States and Daniel Markewitz, University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Athens, GA, United States
 
Quantifying Regolith and Fractured Bedrock Contributions to Streamflow using Geophysics-Informed Hydrologic Model and Particle Tracking (1871219)
Chen Xiong, University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, IA, United States and Hang Chen, University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, United States
 
Geostatistical subsurface characterization reveals the Quaternary evolution of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (1882226)
Yuqi Song, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, United States, Frank T-C Tsai, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Burke J Minsley, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, United States, Chenliang Wu, Rice University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Houston, United States and Essam Heggy, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA, Los Angeles, United States
 
The Importance of Understanding the Highland Lakes of Central Texas Through the Use of Sonar Technology and Sedimentary Analysis. (1883785)
Elaina Esquivel1, Mallory Soloman2, Aubrey Orf3, James A Austin Jr4, Dan Duncan5 and Marcy B Davis5, (1)GeoFORCE, Austin, TX, UNITED STATES, (2)GeoFORCE, Hutto, TX, United States, (3)GeoFORCE, Austin, TX, United States, (4)Univ TX Austin-Inst for Geophy, Austin, TX, United States, (5)University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States
 
Using Frequency Domain Electromagnetic Induction and Hydrologic Monitoring to Investigate Salinity Dynamics and Drainage Interactions in an Agricultural Field of Coastal North Carolina (1886664)
Blake King1, Matthew Sirianni1,2, Alex Kapolo Manda1,3, Ms. Elnaz Pezeshki2,4 and Stephen M Moysey1,3, (1)East Carolina University, Department of Earth, Environment and Planning, Greenville, United States, (2)Water Resources Center, East Carolina University, Greenville, United States, (3)Water Resources Center, East Carolina University, Department of Earth, Environment and Planning, Greenville, United States, (4)East Carolina University, Integrated Coastal Sciences, Greenville, United States
 
A/B Testing for Groundwater: An Integrated Approach to Aquifer Potential Mapping with Geophysics and Remote Sensing (1892373)
Nnamdi Chukwudi Idowu-Anifowoshe, Federal University of technology Akure, Applied geophysics, Akure, Nigeria, Bosede Ojo, Federal University of Technology Akure, Applied Geophysics, Akure, Nigeria, Professor J.O. Amigun, Federal University of Technology Akure, Department of Applied Geophysics, Akure, Nigeria and Matthew Adeniran, Ekiti State University, Geology, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
 
Unraveling fractured volcanic aquifers through hydrogeophysical and geological analysis (1897393)
Gustavo Athayde, Hydrogeological Research Laboratory (LPH-UFPR), UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil, Camila Müller Athayde, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hydrogeological Research Laboratory, Curitiba, Brazil, Lucas Garcia, Itaipu Binacional, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil and Milena Olivi, Itaipu Parquetec, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
 
Coupled Poroelastic Analysis of Fluid-Induced Deformation in the Delaware Basin, USA (1897588)
Vamshi Karanam, Southern Methodist University, Roy M Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dallas, TX, United States and Zhong Lu, Southern Methodist University, Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dallas, TX, United States
 
Assessment of Deep Seated Aquifer Using Geophysical Methods (1902285)
Shrawan Khanal1, Mark Burr SR.2,3, Hari Ghimire4, Umesh Chandra Bhusal4 and Narayan Krishna Ganesh5, (1)Senior Divisional Hydrogeologist, Groundwater Resources and Irrigation Development Division Office Dhangadhi, Dhangadhi, Nepal, (2)Chief Executive Officer, Arizona, United States, (3)Primary Water Technologies, LLC ARIZONA, USA, Arizona, United States, (4)Explorer Geophysical Consultants Pvt Ltd, Geophysics, Kathmandu, Nepal, (5)Department of Water Resources and Irrigation, Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
 
Evaluation of relative permittivity estimation of ground surface under crop cultivation using multi-channel ground penetrating radar (GPR) (1904387)
Ryuichi Ohno1, Hirotaka Saito2, Koki Oikawa1, Mako Yamada3 and Takashi Motobayashi1, (1)Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, (2)Tokyo Univ of Ag. & Tech, Tokyo, Japan, (3)NEC Corporation, Global Innovation Business Unit, Tokyo, Japan
 
Geophysical Investigation of Shallow to Deep Aquifers Using Resonance Acoustic Profiling in Bagmati Province, Nepal (1906028)
Saurav Khanal1,2, Hari Ghimire1, Umesh Chandra Bhusal1,3, Pawan Thapa1 and Mark Burr4, (1)Explorer Geophysical Consultants Pvt Ltd, Geophysics, Kathmandu, Nepal, (2)Solitaire Mines and Minerals Pvt Ltd, Kathmandu, Nepal, (3)Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Geology, Kathmandu, Nepal, (4)Primary Water Technologies, LLC, Arizona USA, Arizona, United States
 
Integrating ERT and Machine Learning to Model Climate-Groundwater Interactions in the East River Watershed (1907703)
Weiyu Guo, University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, IA, United States, Hang Chen, University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, United States, Chunwei Chou, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States and Yuxin Wu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
 
Groundwater Level Monitoring, Data Consistency And Graphical Representation Routines In Fractured Volcanic Aquifer In The Southern Brazil: An Essential Tool For Water Resources Management (1919133)
Daniel Ribeiro Lange1, Camila Müller Athayde1, Rodrigo Guimarães Sr.1, Lucas Garcia2, Milena Olivi3 and Gustavo Athayde1, (1)Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hydrogeological Research Laboratory, Curitiba, Brazil, (2)Itaipu Binacional, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, (3)Itaipu Parquetec, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
 
Simulation and inversion of seismic envelope data to characterize aquifers in the Central Valley, California (1919876)
Andrea Darrh1, Leiph A Preston1, Christine Downs2, David Miller2 and Elizabeth Berg2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States
 
Application of Physics-Informed Neural Network to Solve for a Relationship Between Electrical Resistivity and Sediment Type in the Presence of Variable Salinity and Water Content (1920746)
Rebecca Prentice, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States and Rosemary J Knight, Stanford Univ, Geophysics, Stanford, United States
 
Does Soil Heterogeneity Promote Seasonal Changes in Salinity along Forested and Agricultural Marsh-to-Upland Transects? (1922033)
Christopher Terra1, Raymond J. Hess2, Dannielle Pratt3, Tahmidur Rahman Junayed3, Holly A Michael4 and Lee D Slater1,5, (1)Rutgers University Newark, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States, (2)Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States, (3)University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, (4)University of Delaware, Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, (5)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Energy and Environment Directorate, Richland, United States
 
Measuring Seismic Attenuation in California’s Central Valley Using Ambient Noise Coda (1922306)
David James Miller1, Elizabeth Berg2, Christine Downs2, Andrea Darrh1 and Leiph A Preston1, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States
 
Geophysical Mapping of Groundwater Fens in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico (1927112)
Tess Tracy1, Monica Diaz2, Md Sahidul Islam3, Rohan Nanda4, Isis V Ordonez5, Moises Ramirez6, Jakob Ward7, Paul Bedrosian8, John F Ferguson4, Shari Kelley9, Oliver Azevedo10 and Eva Smith1, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, (2)California State University Northridge, Northridge, United States, (3)University of Memphis, Earth Sciences, Memphis, TN, United States, (4)University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States, (5)University of Chicago, Geophysical Sciences, Chicago, United States, (6)National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad DE Armería, Mexico, (7)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, United States, (8)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, United States, (9)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, United States, (10)Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States
 
Is One Frequency Enough? Multi-Frequency Oscillatory Hydraulic Tomography Improves Multi-Scale Aquifer Heterogeneity Imaging (1930249)
Jeremy Patterson, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Wilmington, United States and Michael A Cardiff, University of Wisconsin Madison, Geoscience, Madison, WI, United States
 
Using Microgravity to Investigate the Hydrogeology of the Hueco Bolson Aquifer in the El Paso-Juarez Border Area (1933636)
Miriam Garcia, University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Resource Sciences, El Paso, TX, United States, Marianne S. Karplus, The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Resource Sciences, El Paso, TX, United States and Oscar Dena, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Physics, Juarez, Mexico
 
Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Hydrogeologic Characterization in a Sand and Silt Column (1933858)
Joseph Awuku1, Gaisheng Liu2, Steven Knobbe3, Sam C Zipper4 and James J Butler Jr4, (1)Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (2)Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, United States, (3)University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS, United States, (4)University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, United States
 
Estimating Mechanical Parameters of Red-Bed Landslide Slip Surfaces Using Multi-Azimuth Tri-electrode Resistivity Measurements for Hazard Prevention (Invited) (1939241)
Zhuo Liu, Stanford University, Earth and Planetary Science, Stanford, CA, United States, Rong Liu, Central South University, School of Geoscience and info-physics, Changsha, China and Mengyu Sun, Central South University, School of Geoscience and Info-physics, Changsha, China
 
Characterization of Permeability Architecture of Crystalline Hard Rock Formations using Geophysics and Borewell Logging (1941582)
Kartick GM, Indian Institue of Technology Bhubaneswar, School of Infrastructure, Bhubaneswar, India, Meenu Ramadas, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure, Bhubaneswar, India and Suraj Jena, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, AI & HPC Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, India
 
Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones in Dehradun using GIS and AHP-Based Multi-Criteria Analysis (1943534)
Shivanshi Yadav1,2, Ishita .1,2 and Aishwarya Dayanand Deshmukhe1,2, (1)Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (2)Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics Department, Dehradun, India
 
Spectral induced polarization response of bacteria growth and decay in soil column experiments (1945664)
Yalin Song1, Xiaoqing Shi2, Andre Revil3, Xinqiang Du1 and Ahmad Ghorbani4, (1)Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, (2)Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, (3)Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, Chambery, France, (4)Naga Geophysics, Chambery, China
 
Impacts of Stream Restoration on Floodplain Groundwater Residence Times (1947558)
Rafin Hasan1, Antonio Alves Meira Neto1, Ryan R Morrison1, Daniel Elias Oliveira Silva1, Carl Patterson-Markowitz1, Charles Rhoades2, Timothy Fegel2 and Ethan D. Pawlowski2, (1)Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States, (2)US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, United States
 
Using Dynamic High-Resolution Head Profile Responses to Recharge and Pumping to Assess Changes in Vertical Hydraulic Conductivity (1958131)
Henry Frederick1, Emmanuelle Arnaud2,3, Beth L Parker2,4 and Jessica R Meyer5, (1)University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, United States, (2)University of Guelph, Morwick G360 Institute for Groundwater Research, Guelph, ON, Canada, (3)University of Guelph, School of Environmental Sciences, Guelph, ON, Canada, (4)University of Guelph, School of Engineering, Guelph, ON, Canada, (5)University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, IA, United States
 
Understanding subsurface water flow in Phinaya, Perú using geophysical methods (1958856)
Lichen Forster1, Joaquin Cambeiro2, Clay Mosolino3, Kristina Keating2, Luis Liriano Perez4, Margaret Lang5 and Jasper Oshun6, (1)University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Geology Department, Hilo, United States, (2)Rutgers University Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States, (3)Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, California, UNITED STATES, (4)Rutgers University Newark, Newark, United States, (5)California Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Environmental Resources Engineering, Arcata, United States, (6)Arizona State University, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Tempe, United States
 
Detailed gravity observations at the north western part of Lake Nasser to delineate the preferred path ways for groundwater flow (1961457)
Khalid Zahran, National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Geodynamics, Helwan, Egypt and Mohamed Sultan, Western Michigan University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
 
Deformation in Dhaka Induced by Changing Water Levels Above and Below the Ground Surface (1984258)
Cameron M deFabry1, Jingyi Chen2, Kazi Matin Ahmed3, Mahfuzur Khan4, Peter Knappett5 and M. Bayani Cardenas1, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States, (2)The University of Texas at Austin, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Austin, United States, (3)Dhaka University, Geology Department, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (4)University of Delaware, Geological Sciences, Newark, United States, (5)Texas A&M University, Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, United States
 
How Fast, How Deep, and How Much?—Seismic Sensing of Groundwater Recharge from the 2023 Atmospheric-River Storms (1992219)
Shujuan Mao1, William L Ellsworth2, Yujie Zheng3 and Gregory C Beroza2, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States, (2)Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States, (3)The University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Sustainable Earth Systems Sciences, Richardson, United States
 
Complex conductivity simulation and experiment gain insights into the microstructure of clay minerals (1992276)
Youzheng Qi1, Yuxin Wu2, Christophe Tournassat3, Harrison Lisabeth2, Wenming Dong4, Carl I Steefel2, Michael Whittaker2 and Benjamin Gilbert2, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (3)BRGM, French Geological Survey, Orléans, France, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, United States
 
Low Cost, High Impact: Compact Broadband Seismometers to Study Upper Mississippi Embayment Groundwater (1993952)
Nicholas Seth Carpenter1, Felix Rodriguez Cardozo2, Ali Araji3, Jochen Braunmiller4, Jonathan Schmidt1 and Edward W Woolery3, (1)University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, United States, (2)University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, United States, (3)University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, United States, (4)University of South Florida Tampa, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States
 
Capillary Barrier Effects on Soil Moisture Retention and Saltwater Intrusion Monitored via Electrical Conductivity (1995335)
Ms. Elnaz Pezeshki, Water Resources Center, East Carolina University, Greenville, United States; Integrated Coastal Sciences, Dept. of Coastal Studies, Coastal Studies institute, Wanchese, NC, United States and Stephen M Moysey, East Carolina University, Department of Earth, Environment and Planning, Greenville, United States; Water Resources Center, East Carolina University, Department of Earth, Environment and Planning, Greenville, United States
 
Evaluating Groundwater Storage Changes in Kathmandu Valley Using GRACE (Gravity Anomaly Data) and GLDAS (Hydrological Parameter Data) (1999114)
Birat Shrestha1, Indra Lamsal2, Prakash Luitel3, Nabin Bishwokarma3, Nirab Pandey2, Subarna Dhakal4, Neelam Maharjan2, Kushal Sedhain5, Kabindra Nepal6 and Rishi Raj Baral6, (1)Explorer Geophysical Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Kathmandu, Nepal, (2)Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Geology, Kathmandu, Nepal, (3)Department of Mines and Geology, Engineering Geology, Kathmandu, Nepal, (4)Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Earthscience, Carbondale, United States, (5)Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal, (6)Explorer Geophysical Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal
 
Comparison of Field-Measured Hydraulic Conductivity Values in Stratified Limestone, Meramec River Valley, St. Louis, Missouri (1999439)
Kenneth Allen Johnson, WSP USA Inc., San Francisco, United States
 
A Dynamic Decadal Survey in Riverbed Morphology and Bioclogging and Implications for Water Resources Management (2001282)
Michelle E Newcomer1, Jennifer C Underwood2, Craig Ulrich3, Stephen R Maples4, Todd Schram5, Shiyu Xin5, Darshika Ravulapalli6, Jinwoo Im7 and Ramon C Naranjo8, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)USGS, Water Mission Area, Boulder, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (4)Sonoma Water, Santa Rosa, United States, (5)Sonoma County Water Agency, Santa Rosa, United States, (6)UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States, (7)University of Southern California, Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, United States, (8)US Geological Survey, Carson City, NV, United States
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