The University of Idaho - Hydrology Program is a relatively small, active program
with three full-time
Hydrology Faculty members and a large supporting water
faculty within the university. Our Hydrology
Faculty members have diverse
research interests and experience in a broad range of research areas
including in
ground water interaction with streams and lakes, water
resources and hydrologic science.
Our faculty work in close cooperation
with other water related and engineering, interdisciplinary degree
programs such
as Environmental Science and Water Resources. Recent research areas include geothermal
water flow along
fault zones, water rights, hydrogeophysics, ground water modeling, and ground water
resource
evaluation (see journal publications since 2000 below. Student authors are
indicated by *.
Fairley,
J.P., 2009. Modeling fluid flow in a heterogeneous, fault-controlled
hydrothermal system. Geofluids, 9, 153-166,
doi:10.1111/j.1468-8123.2008.00236.x.
*Anderson,
T.R., and J.P. Fairley. 2008. Relating permeability to the structural
setting of a fault-controlled hydrothermal system in
southeast Oregon, USA.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, B05402, doi:10.1029/2007/JB004962.
Johnson, G.S., B.A. Contor,
and D.M. *Cosgrove. 2008. Efficient and practical approaches to ground water
right transfers under the Prior Appropriation
Doctrine and the Snake River
Example. Journal of the American
Water Resources Association, 44 (1), 27-36.
*Nimmer, R.E., J.L. Osiensky, A.M. Binley, and
B.C. Williams. 2008. Three-dimensional effects causing artifacts in
two-dimensional, cross-borehole,
electrical imaging. Journal
of Hydrology, 359, 59-70.
Hsieh, P.A., M.E. Barber,
B.A. Contor, Md.A. Hossain, G.S. Johnson, J.L. Jones, and A.H. Wylie. 2007.
Ground-water flow model for the Spokane Valley
-Rathdrum Prairie aquifer, Spokane
County, WA, and Bonner and Kootenai Counties, ID. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5044, 77.
*Rhode,
K. L., J.L. Osiensky and S.M. Miller. 2007. Numerical evaluation of volumetric
weighted mean
transmissivity estimates in laterally heterogeneous
aquifers. Journal of
Hydrology, 347, 381-390.
*Douglas,
A.A., J.L.
Osiensky and C.K. Keller. 2007. Carbon-14
dating of ground water in the Palouse Basin
of the Columbia river basalts. Journal
of Hydrology, 334, 502-512.
*Nimmer, R.E., J.L. Osiensky, A.M. Binley, K.F.
Sprenke, B.C. Williams. 2007. Electrical resistivity imaging of conductive plume dilution in fractured rock.
Hydrogeology Journal, 15, 877-890.
*Tumlinson,
L.G., J.L. Osiensky, and J.P. Fairley. 2006.
Numerical evaluation of pumping well transmissivity
estimates in laterally heterogeneous formations.
Hydrogeology Journal, 14,
21-30.
*Heffner, J. and J.P. Fairley. 2006. Using
surface characteristics to infer the permeability structure of an active fault
zone. Journal of Sedimentary Geology,
184:255–265.
Fairley, J.P. and K.N. Nicholson. 2006. Imaging
lateral groundwater flow in the shallow subsurface. Journal of Hydrology
321(1-4):276–285.
*Hubble,
J.M., J.L. Osiensky, M.J. Nicholl, and J.B. Sisson. 2006. A suction bailer for
sampling very thin
saturated zones, Ground Water
Monitoring
and Remediation, 26, 52-57.
Osiensky,
J.L., W.J. *Belknap, and P.R. Donaldson. 2006.
Superposition of borehole-to-surface voltage residuals for Vadose Zone
plume delineation.
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 82,
241-254.
*Cosgrove, D.M. and G.S.
Johnson. 2005. Aquifer management zones based on simulated surface-water
response to aquifer stress (response functions).
ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
. 131 (2), 89-100.
*Cosgrove, D.M. and G.S.
Johnson. 2004. Transient response functions for conjunctive water management in
the Snake River Plain, Idaho. Journal
of American
Water Resources Association. 40
(6), 1469-1482.
Fairley, J.P., *Podgorney, R.K., and Wood, T.R.
2004. Unsaturated flow through a small fracture-matrix network: Part 2.
Uncertainty in modeling flow processes.
Vadose Zone Journal 3:101–108.
Fairley, J.P. and J.J.Hinds. 2004. Field
observation of fluid circulation patterns in a normal fault system. Geophysical
Research Letters 31:L19502,
doi:10.1029/2004GL020812.
Fairley, J.P. and J.J. Hinds. 2004. Permeability
distribution in an active Great Basin fault zone. Geology 32(9):825–828.
Osiensky,
J.L. *Nimmer, R.E., and A.M. Binley. 2004.
Borehole cylindrical noise during hole-surface
and hole-hole resistivity measurements.
Journal of Hydrology, 289, pp. 78-94.
*Nelson,
B.J., S.A. Wood, and J.L. Osiensky.
2004.
Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Ground Water in the Palouse Basin,
Northern Idaho- Eastern
Washington. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment,
& Analysis, Vol. 4, pp. 227-241.
Fairley, J., J. *Heffner, and J. Hinds.
2003. Geostatistical evaluation of permeability in an active fault zone. Geophysical
Research Letters 30(18), 1962;
doi:10.1029/2003GL018064.
Fairley, J.P. 2003. Geologic water storage in
pre-Columbian Peru. Latin American Antiquity 14(2):193–206.
*Miller, S.A., G.S. Johnson,
D.M. *Cosgrove, and R. Larson. 2003. Regional
scale modeling of surface and ground water interaction in the Snake River Basin.
Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 39
(3), 517-528.
*Nelson,
B.J., S.A. Wood, and J.L. Osiensky. 2003. Partitioning of REE between solution
and particulate matter in natural waters: A Filtration Study. Journal
of Solid
State Chemistry, Vol 171, pp. 51-56.
*Johnson,
D.M., J.L. Osiensky, and S.M. Miller. 2003. Geostatistical ground water
monitoring of a point
source NO3--N plume entering a restored
riparian
zone.
Journal of Environmental Science and Health-Part A Toxic/Hazardous
Substances & Environmental Eng. Vol. A38, No.5.
*Nimmer,
R.E., and J.L. Osiensky. 2003. Charged body potential monitoring of an
electrolyte plume emanating from a dripping source. Journal of Environmental
Science and Health-Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Eng,
Vol. A38, No. 5.
Johnson, G.S., D.B.
Frederick, and D.M. *Cosgrove. 2002. Evaluation
of a pumping test of the Snake River Plain aquifer using axial-flow numerical
modeling.
Hydrogeology Journal. 10,
428-437.
*Nimmer,
R.E., and J.L. Osiensky. 2002.
Direct
current and self potential monitoring of an
evolving
plume in partially saturated fractured rock, Journal of Hydrology,
Vol. 267,
nos. 3-4, pp. 258-272.
*Gagnon,
M., and J.L. Osiensky. 2002. Numerical simulations of groundwater recovery
systems to optimize contaminant plume capture. Contaminated
Soil
Sediment &
Water, Association of Environmental Health and Sciences, Sept/Oct, pp. 27-37.
*Carlson,
R.A., and J.L. Osiensky.
2002. A geostatistically based ground water monitoring study of nonpoint
source NO3--N concentrations. Ground Water
Monitoring and
Remediation,Vol 22, no 4, pp. 109-116.
*Nimmer, R.E., and J.L. Osiensky. 2002. Using
Mise-a-la-masse to Delineate the Migration of a Conductive Tracer in Partially Saturated Basalt. Environmental
Geosciences, Vol. 9, no. 2, pp.
81-87.
Johnson,
G.S., D.M. *Cosgrove, and D.B. Frederick, 2001. A numerical model and spreadsheet
interface for pumping test analysis. Ground
Water. 39 (4), 582-592.
Gego, E.L., G.S. Johnson, and M. Hankins. 2001.
An evaluation of methodologies for the generation of stochastic hydraulic
conductivity fields in highly heterogeneous
media.
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 15 (1), 47-64.
*Carlson, R.A., and J.L. Osiensky. 2001.
Geostatistical Based Monitoring of Soil Water NO3--N: A
Potential Nonpoint Source of Ground Water Contamination.
Journal of
Environmental Science and Health-Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances &
Environmental Eng., Vol. A36,
No. 10, pp. 1935-1956.
Osiensky,
J.L., R.E Williams, B. Williams, and G. Johnson. 2000. Evaluation of drawdown
curves derived from multiple well aquifer tests in heterogeneous
environments.
Mine Water and The Environment, International Mine Water Association, Vol. 19,
No. 1, pp. 30-55.
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