Robert A. Schincariol

Hydrogeology

Research Interests

My general research area is hydrogeology, which deals with the subsurface movement of water and the various physical and chemical interactions of this water within geological environments. These basinal environments naturally "spill onto" the surface hydrology environments of watersheds, rivers, and lake systems. Hydrogeology is by nature an interdisciplinary field since it applies principles of fluid physics, mathematics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and engineering within a geological environment. Specifically, my research focuses on (1) the physical and chemical phenomena associated with the subsurface transport of contaminants, (2) subsurface heat transport, (3) permafrost hydrogeology, and (4) watershed hydrology. My expertise lies in the area of contaminant hydrogeology, mass transport modelling, groundwater geochemistry, and physical hydrology.

Selected Publications

Nagare, R.M., R.A. Schincariol, W.L. Quinton, M. Hayashi, 2011.  Laboratory calibration of time domain reflectometry to determine moisture content in undisturbed peat samples, European Journal of Soil Science, 62(2), DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2011.01351.x.

Maun, M.A. and R.A. Schincariol (Editors), 2010.  Impacts of Water Diversion on Biotic Communities of a River in a Dune Watershed, National Research Council of Canada (NRC Research Press), 92 p., ISBN-13 978-0-660-19942-9.

Markle, J.M., and R.A. Schincariol, 2007.  Thermal plume transport from sand and gravel pits – Potential thermal impacts on cool water streams, J. of Hydrology, 338, 174-195; doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.02.031.

Markle, J.M., R.A. Schincariol, J.H. Sass and J.W. Molson, 2006.  Characterizing the two-dimensional thermal conductivity distribution in a sand and gravel aquifer, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 70, 1281-1294; doi:10.2136/sssaj2005.0293. 

McNeil, J.D., G.A. Oldenborger, and R.A. Schincariol, 2006.  Quantitative imaging of contaminant distributions in heterogeneous porous media laboratory experiments,  J. Contam. Hydrol., 84, 36-54; doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.12.005. 

Oldenborger, G.A., R.A. Schincariol, and L. Mansinha, 2003.  Radar determination of the spatial structure of hydraulic conductivity, Ground Water, 41(1), 24-32.

Courses Taught

Earth Sciences 2281b: Geology for Engineers
Earth Sciences 3340a: Watershed Hydrology
Earth Sciences 4440b: Fundamentals of Ground Water Flow and Contaminant Transport
Geology 9540b: Fundamentals of Ground Water Flow and Contaminant Transport
Geology 9519b: Applied Ground Water Modelling

Students

Emad Dehkordi, Ph.D. candidate, Thermal Sustainability and Environmental Impacts of Low-temperature Geothermal Energy Systems on Groundwater and Surface Water Resources.

Jeff Markle, Ph.D. candidate, Development of Simplified Models to Assess the Impact of Thermal Plumes Emanating from Sand and Gravel Pits.

Aaron Mohammed, M.Sc. candidate, Mitigative methods to slow the degradation of permafrost in discontinuous permafrost peatlands.

Nevenka Nakevska, M.Sc. candidate, Geothermal utilization in SAGD tar sands operations - Athabasca and Cold Lake, AB regions.

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