James J. Butler, Jr.

Senior Scientist, Section Chief, Geohydrology, Kansas Geological Survey

Address Information

Kansas Geological Survey

1930 Constant Avenue

Lawrence, KS 66047-3726

Phone: (785) 864-2116

Fax: (785) 864-5317

E-mail: jbutler@kgs.ku.edu

Education

B.S. (Geology), College of William and Mary, 1978
M.S. (Applied Hydrogeology), Stanford University, 1982
Ph.D. (Applied Hydrogeology), Stanford University, 1987

Employment:

Geohydrology Section, Kansas Geological Survey, 1986-present
Courtesy Faculty Member, Dept. of Geology, University of Kansas, 1988-present
Visiting Scientist, Center of Applied Geoscience, University of Tuebingen, Germany, June-Aug. 2003
Visiting Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory, Jan.-June 1995

Interests and Expertise:

Well hydraulics
Direct-push methods for hydrostratigraphic characterization
Ground-water flow and transport in heterogeneous formations
Stream-aquifer interactions
Phreatophytes

Selected Professional Activities

2007 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer, National Ground Water Association.
Member, Groundwater Committee, American Geophysical Union, 1994-present (Chair 2004-2006).
Associate Editor, Hydrogeology Journal, April 2006-present
Associate Editor, Ground Water, Jan. 2002-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology, Jan. 2000-Dec. 2005
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, Oct. 1995-Dec. 2001

Selected Recent Publications:

Liu, G., Bohling, G.C., and Butler, J.J., Jr., Simulation assessment of the direct-push permeameter for characterizing vertical variations in hydraulic conductivity, Water Resour. Res., v. 44, W02432, doi:10.1029/2007WR006078, 2008. [Abstract online]
Dietrich, P., Butler, J.J,, Jr., and Faiß, K., A rapid method for hydraulic profiling in unconsolidated formations, Ground Water, v. 46, no. 2, pp. 323-328, 2008.
Butler, J.J., Jr., Dietrich, P., Wittig, V., and Christy, T., Characterizing hydraulic conductivity with the direct-push permeameter, Ground Water, v. 45, no. 4, pp. 409-419, 2007.
Bohling, G.C., Butler, J.J., Jr., Zhan, X., and Knoll, M.D., A field assessment of the value of steady-shape hydraulic tomography for characterization of aquifer heterogeneities, Water Resour. Res., v. 43, W05430, doi:10.1029/2006WR004932, 2007. [Abstract online]
Butler, J.J., Jr., Zhan, X., and Zlotnik, V.A., Pumping-induced drawdown and stream depletion in a leaky aquifer system, Ground Water, v. 45, no. 2, pp. 178-186, 2007.
Butler, J.J., Jr., Kluitenberg, G.J., Whittemore, D.O., Loheide, S.P., II, Jin, W., Billinger, M.A.. and Zhan, X., A field investigation of phreatophyte-induced fluctuations in the water table, Water Resour. Res., v. 43, W02404, doi:10.1029/2005WR004627, 2007. [Abstract online]
Loheide, S.P., III, Butler, J.J., Jr., and S.M. Gorelick, Estimation of groundwater consumption by phreatophytes using diurnal water table fluctuations: A saturated-unsaturated flow assessment, Water Resour. Res., W07030, doi:10.1029/2005WR003942, 2005. [Abstract online]
Sellwood, S.M., Healey, J.M., Birk, S., and Butler, J.J., Jr., Direct-push hydrostratigraphic profiling: Coupling electrical logging and slug tests, Ground Water, v. 43, no. 1, 19-29, 2005. [PDF online]
Butler, J.J., Jr., Hydrogeological methods for estimation of hydraulic conductivity, in Hydrogeophysics, edited by Y. Rubin and S. Hubbard, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 23-58, 2005.
Butler, J.J., Jr., and X. Zhan, Hydraulic tests in highly permeable aquifers, Water Resour. Res., v. 40, W12402, doi:10.1029/2003WR002998, 2004. [Abstract online]
Cain, S., Davis, G.A., Loheide, S.P., II., Butler, J.J., Jr., Noise in pressure transducer readings produced by variations in solar radiation, Ground Water, v. 42, no. 6, 939-944, 2004. [PDF online]
Schulmeister, M.K., Butler, J.J., Jr., Franseen, E.K., Wysocki, D.A., and Doolittle, J.A., High-resolution stratigraphic characterization of unconsolidated deposits using direct-push electrical conductivity logging: A floodplain margin example, in Aquifer Characterization, SEPM Concepts in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology Vol. 2, edited by J. S. Bridge, and D.W. Hyndman, SEPM, pp. 67-78, 2004. [Abstract online]
Schulmeister, M.K., Healey, J.M., Butler, J.J., Jr., and McCall, G.W., Direct-push geochemical profiling for assessment of inorganic chemical heterogeneity in aquifers, Jour. of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 69, no. 3-4, pp. 215-232, 2003.
Butler, J.J., Jr., and Tsou, M.-S., Pumping-induced leakage in a bounded aquifer: An example of a scale-invariant phenomenon, Water Resour. Res., v. 39, no. 12, 10.1029/2002WR001484, 2003. [Abstract online]
Schulmeister, M.K., Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., Zheng, L., Wysocki, D.A., and McCall, W., Direct-push electrical conductivity logging for high-resolution hydrostratigraphic characterization, Ground Water Monit. and Remed., v. 23, no. 3, pp. 52-62, 2003. [PDF online]
Butler, J.J., Jr., Garnett, E.J., and Healey, J.M., Analysis of slug tests in formations of high hydraulic conductivity, Ground Water, v. 41, no. 5, pp. 620-630, 2003. [Abstract online]
Bohling, G.C., Zhan, X., Butler, J.J., Jr., and Zheng, L., Steady-shape analysis of tomographic pumping tests for characterization of aquifer heterogeneities, Water Resour. Res., v. 38, no. 12, 10.1029/2001WR001176, 2002. [Available online at December Table of Contents]
Butler, J.J., Jr., A simple correction for slug tests in small-diameter wells, Ground Water, v. 40, no. 3, pp. 303-307, 2002.
McCall, W., Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., Lanier, A.A., Sellwood, S.M., and Garnett, E.J., A dual-tube direct-push method for vertical profiling of hydraulic conductivity in unconsolidated formations, Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. 8, no. 2, pp. 75-84, 2002.
Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., McCall, G.W., Garnett, E.J., and Loheide, S.P., II, Hydraulic tests with direct-push equipment, Ground Water, 40(1), pp. 25-36, 2002.
Butler, J.J., Jr., Zlotnik, V.A., and Tsou, M.-S., Drawdown and stream depletion produced by pumping in the vicinity of a partially penetrating stream, Ground Water, 39(5), pp. 651-659, 2001. [Abstract online]
Zurbuchen, B.R., Zlotnik, V.A., Butler, J.J., Jr., Dynamic interpretation of slug tests in highly permeable aquifers, Water Resources Research, 38(3), 2002.
Butler, J.J., Jr., Lanier, A.A., Healey, J.M., Sellwood, S.M., McCall, W., and Garnett, E., Direct-push hydraulic profiling in an unconsolidated alluvial aquifer, Kansas Geological Survey Open-File Rept. 2000-62, 2000 [Available online: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Hydro/Publications/OFR00_62/index.html].
Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., Zheng, L., McCall, W., and Schulmeister, M.K., Hydrostratigraphic Characterization of Unconsolidated Alluvial Deposits with Direct-Push Sensor Technology, Kansas Geological Survey Open-File Rept. 99-40, 1999 [Available online: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Hydro/Publications/OFR99_40/index.html].
Butler, J.J., Jr., McElwee, C., and Bohling, G., Pumping Tests in Networks of Multilevel Sampling Wells: Motivation and Methodology: Water Resources Research, v. 35, no. 11, pp. 3553-3560, 1999 [Abstract]
Butler, J.J., Jr., and Healey, J.M., Relationship between pumping-test and slug-test parameters: Scale effect or artifact? Ground Water, 36(2), pp. 305-313, 1998. [Abstract]
Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., Zlotnik, V.A., and Zurbuchen, B.R., 1998, The dipole flow test for site characterization: Some practical considerations, Eos, v. 79, no. 17, p. S153 [Also: Kansas Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-20, 23 pp.].
Butler, J.J., Jr., The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests, Lewis Pub., 252 pp, 1997.
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