Calgary Symposium Agenda
Here is the agenda of the Symposium.
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The lead author is indicated for each presentation. To access the abstract click on the name of the author.
The Symposium book can be accessed by clicking on the cover.
Venue: University of Calgary Dining Centre, Alberta Room (adjacent to the Hotel Alma)
Monday 26 June 2017
6:00 Ice Breaker Reception
Tuesday 27 June 2017
| 8:00 | Brian Smerdon, Diana Allen, Judit Mádl-Szőnyi |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
| 8:15 | Okke Batelaan | KEYNOTE: Regional Groundwater Flow Systems: Past, Present and Future |
| Session 1: Groundwater Flow Fundamentals Session Chairs: Judit Mádl-Szőnyi, Alfonso Rivera |
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| 8:45 | Xiao-Wei Jiang* | Characterizing nested flow systems in a large watershed using geophysical, hydrochemical and flow modelling approaches |
| 9:00 | Duke Ophori | A modeling analysis of the effects of production-well location in a large-scale groundwater system |
| 9:15 | K. Udo Weyer | Revisiting the ‘Henry Problem’ of density-driven groundwater flow: A review of historic Biscayne aquifer data |
| 9:30 | Cathy Ryan | Towards a conceptual model for free gas transport in the subsurface |
| 9:45 | Charles Lawrence | Regional groundwater flow: history, refinements and ramifications in Australia |
| 10:00 | Morning Break (30 min) | |
| Session 2: Near Surface Processes Session Chairs: Brian Smerdon, Ben Rostron |
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| 10:30 | Masaki Hayashi | Meaning of recharge in the context of regional groundwater management framework: Alberta example |
| 10:45 | Abe Springer | Comprehensive Methods to Conduct Landscape-Level Analyses for Improving Springs Ecosystems Stewardship |
| 11:00 | Alanna Felske* | Evaluating groundwater-surface water interactions at a large permanently flooded wetland in the Canadian prairies |
| 11:15 | Igor Pavlovskii* | Depression-focussed recharge in the prairies of Alberta: Insights from stable isotope data |
| 11:30 | Terri Cheung* | Establishing chemical and isotopic baseline conditions in a shallow bedrock aquifer at a gas migration field research station in south-eastern Alberta, Canada |
| 11:45 | Marek Marciniak | Direct measurements of submarine seepage of groundwater into the Puck Bay, Poland |
| 12:00 | Lunch (60 min) | |
| Session 3: Site Characterization Session Chairs: Masaki Hayashi, Ádám Tóth |
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| 1:00 | Gavin Jensen | Hydrogeology of Phanerozoic strata in Saskatchewan: Province-wide Hydrogeologic Mapping |
| 1:15 | Menggui Jin | Groundwater mixing and flow system evolution in the Quaternary aquifers of Manas River Basin, arid northwest China: Hydrochemistry and environmental tracer indicators |
| 1:30 | Brian Smerdon | Multiple lines of evidence for nested groundwater flow in west-central Alberta |
| 1:45 | Samantha Morgan* | Using airborne time-domain electromagnetic data and normalized gamma-ray logs to interpret the internal stratigraphy of a buried valley network |
| 2:00 | Rachel Lauer | Investigating the utility of airborne electromagnetic surveys for mapping local and regional hydrogeology in the Edmonton-Calgary corridor |
| 2:15 | Amir Niazi* | Conditioning the geostatistical simulation of Paskapoo formation with lithologs, Paleo-current statistics and pumping test for stochastic regional groundwater modeling |
| 2:30 | Poster Session 1 & Afternoon Break (60 min) | |
| Session 4: Geochemistry and Numerical Simulation Session Chairs: René Lefebvre, Xiao-Wei Jiang |
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| 3:30 | Payton Gardner | Using synoptic river surveys to characterize groundwater systems |
| 3:45 | Dirk Kirste | The chemical and isotopic composition of groundwater in Northeast British Columbia: implications for local and regional groundwater flow systems |
| 4:00 | Éowyn Campbell* | “Old” water in mountain streams: a case study of the Elbow River and its river-connected alluvial aquifer |
| 4:15 | Debora Janos | Numerical simulation of regional groundwater flow and residence time distribution in the Chaudiére-Appalaches region, Québec |
| 4:30 | Zhi-Yuan Zhang* | The variations of flow rates and solute concentrations with depth in open flowing wells |
4:45 Regional Groundwater Flow Commission General Meeting (30 min)
Poster Session 1
| James Ellis | Variable Density Groundwater Flow: Are equivalent freshwater heads necessary or misleading? |
| K. Udo Weyer | Dynamics of subsurface flow of fluids of different densities |
| Márk Szijártó | The interaction of basin-scale gravity-driven groundwater flow and free thermal convection |
| Viktor Balogh* | Effect of different driving forces in large sedimentary basins |
| Brigitta Czauner | Application of the regional groundwater flow concept in the hydraulic evaluation of a partially confined carbonate area (Budapest, Hungary) |
| Marek Marciniak | Variability of hydraulic conductivity in the hyporheic zone |
| Aaron Mohammed* | Vadose zone dynamics governing snowmelt infiltration and depression-focused recharge in prairie landscapes |
| Michael Moncur | Regional distribution of arsenic in the Cold Lake – Beaver River watershed: Implications of groundwater – surface water interactions |
| Marc Laurencelle | Paleo-hydrogeological evolution of a fractured-rock aquifer following the Champlain Sea Transgression in the St. Lawrence Valley (Canada) |
Wednesday 28 June 2017
| 8:00 | Grant Garven | KEYNOTE: Geofluids leakage along an active plate boundary, southern California |
| Session 5: Economic Reserves Session Chairs: Dan Palombi, Okke Batelaan |
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| 8:30 | Ben Rostron | Hydrogeological characterization of the Aquistore site: Canada’s first CO 2 storage project associated with a commercial-scale coal-fired power plant |
| 8:45 | Hanneke Verweij | Improved assessment of the basin hydrogeologic framework by combining hydrodynamic and petroleum dynamic analysis methods, Dutch case studies |
| 9:00 | Steve Shikaze | Insights Gained from Resource and Reserve Estimates in Brine Deposits |
| 9:15 | David Barton* | Geochemistry of fluids from an unconventional gas field in New Brunswick, Canada: Identification of unique tracers for migration to shallow groundwater |
| 9:30 | Ádám Tóth* | Geothermal potential assessment of the carbonate Hungarian Transdanubian Range |
| 9:45 | Judit Mádl-Szőnyi | Significance of the understanding of regional pressure regimes in geothermal exploration for confined carbonate reservoirs |
| 10:00 | Morning Break (30 min) | |
| Session 6: Oil Sands Session Chairs: Hanneke Verweij, Brent Welsh |
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| 10:30 | Jon Fennell | Pathways and Connections: enhancing knowledge of Alberta’s groundwater resources through Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) |
| 10:45 | Cynthia McClain* | Alberta Oil Sands Area Regional Groundwater Quality |
| 11:00 | John Wozniewicz | Lower Prairie Evaporite Aquifer System Underlying the Mineable Athabasca Oil Sands Area |
| 11:15 | Pascale St-Germain | Geological controls on the distribution groundwater flow systems within the Middle-Devonian strata of the Northeast Athabasca Region |
| 11:30 | Louis-Charles Boutin | COSIA Regional Groundwater Solutions Project for the Southern Athabasca Oil Sands – Evolution of A Numerical Model |
| 11:45 | Brent Mooder | Post-mining hydrogeology in Alberta’s mineable Athabasca oil sands region |
| 12:00 | Lunch (60 min) | |
| Session 7: Geochemical Characterization Session Chairs: Menggui Jin, Diana Allen |
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| 1:00 | Judit Déri-Takács* | The geochemistry of springs and surface waters of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada |
| 1:15 | Ben Rostron | Unusual calcium-rich formation-waters from Devonian aquifers in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: possible relict seawater? |
| 1:30 | Daniel Skoreyko* | Hydrochemistry of the Bakken aquifer in the Williston Basin – Canada and USA |
| 1:45 | Petra Bodor* | In situ measurement and modeling of physicochemical parameters at discharging thermal water – Experimental study 1 |
| 2:00 | Katalin Csondor* | Flow system interpretation of the second largest karst system of Hungary – hydraulic and hydrogeochemial characterization |
| 2:15 | Krzysztof Dragon | Use of chemical data for verification of the groundwater flow conditions (Lwówek region, Poland) |
| 2:30 | Poster Session 2 & Afternoon Break (60 min) | |
| Session 8: Water Management and Numerical Simulation Session Chairs: John Molson, Dirk Kirste |
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| 3:30 | Maxime Claprood | Importance of local-scale geological features in regional-scale groundwater modelling |
| 3:45 | Mike Callaghan | Integrated Surface-Subsurface Hydrologic Modeling to Evaluate Risks to Agricultural Production at Regional Scales |
| 4:00 | Polina Abdrakhimova | Numerical simulation of long-term pumping in a heterogeneous sandstone aquifer |
| 4:15 | Matthew Simons* | Numerical modelling of highly saline wastewater disposal in Northeast British Columbia |
| 4:30 | Closing Remarks | |
Poster Session 2
| Petra Bodor* | Evolution of biogeochemical precipitation at discharging thermal water – Experimental study 2 |
| Anita Erőss* | Flow system analysis of the Villány karst region (Hungary) using hydraulic methods and natural tracers |
| Marie-Amélie Pétré | Geological, hydrogeological and numerical models of the transboundary Milk River Aquifer system (Alberta, Canada – Montana, USA) |
| Bhagwan Chaudhary | GIS based spatio-temporal studies of groundwater quality and depth in Kaithal District of Haryana, India |
| Samendra Sherchan | Best Management Practices on fecal contamination reduction in Lake Pontchartrain |
| Józef Górski | Wells location as a factor of contaminant removal during river bank filtration (Mosina-Krajkowo well field, Poland) |
| Sean Funk* | HYDROSCAPE: A new versatile software program for modeling contaminant transport in groundwater |
| Lucien Lyness | Principles of Aquifer Management as Contextualized and Highlighted by a Municipal-Supply Case Study |
| Shyamaprasad Sinharay | Integrated Watershed management in Water Stressed Western Tracts of West Bengal, India — a Bonanza for Water Resources |
| Jiann-Mou Chen | Analytical Solutions for pollution transfer with Arbitrary Time-Dependent Surface Fluxes |
* Author is an Early Career Hydrogeologist.
