Donald O. Whittemore

Address Information

Kansas Geological Survey

1930 Constant Avenue

Lawrence, KS 66047-3726

Phone: (785) 864-2182

Fax: (785) 864-5317

E-mail: donwhitt@kgs.ku.edu

Education

• B.S. (Chemistry), University of New Hampshire, 1966
• Ph.D. (Geochemistry), Pennsylvania State University, 1973

Employment:

• 1978-present: Geohydrology Section, Kansas Geological Survey
• 1972-1978: Assistant Professor, Kansas State University
• 1988-present: Courtesy Associate Professor, University of Kansas

Selected Professional Activities and Awards

• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2006
• Chief, Geohydrology Section, Kansas Geological Survey, 1996-2006
• President, Kansas Academy of Science, 1991
• Best Paper Award 1976, Second Place, journal Ground Water

Interest and Expertise:

• Environmental geochemistry
• Geochemistry of surface and ground-water resources
• Identification and tracing of saltwater sources contaminating water resources
• Spatial and temporal variations in ground-water quality
• Ground-water salinization from stream recharge and bedrock intrusion of saline water
• Conceptual framework for numerical models of ground-water flow in Kansas

Selected Recent Publications:

• Whittemore, D.O., 2007, Fate and identification of oil-brine contamination in different hydrogeologic settings: Applied Geochemistry 22 (10), 2099-2114.
• Butler, J.J., Jr., Kluitenberg, G.J., Whittemore, D.O., Loheide, S.P., II, Jin, W., Billinger, M.A., and Zhan, X., 2007, A field investigation of phreatophyte-induced fluctuations in the water table: Water Resources Research 43, W02404, doi:10.1029/2005WR004627. [Abstract online]
• Machavaram, M.V., Whittemore, D.O., Conrad, M.E., and Miller, N.L., 2006, Precipitation induced stream flow: An event based chemical and isotopic study of a small stream in the Great Plains region of the USA: J. Hydrology 330, 470-480.
• Tsou, M.-S., Perkins, S.P., Zhan, X., Whittemore, D.O., and Zheng, Z., 2006, Inverse approaches with lithologic information for a regional groundwater system in southwest Kansas: J. Hydrology 318 (1-4), 292-300.
• Tsou, M.-S., and Whittemore, D.O., 2001, User interface for ground-water modeling: ArcView Extension: J. Hydrologic Engineering 6 (3), 251-257.
• Whittemore, D.O., Tsou, M.-S., and McElwee, C., 2000, Arkansas River salinity and contamination of the High Plains aquifer: Proceedings 2000 USCID International Conference, Challenges Facing Irrigation and Drainage in the New Millennium, Vol. 1, p. 225-246, U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, Denver, CO.
• Macfarlane, P.A., Clark, J.F., Davisson, M.L., Hudson, G.B., and Whittemore, D.O., 2000, Late Quaternary recharge determined from chloride in shallow groundwater from the central Great Plains: Quaternary Research 53, 167-174.
• Davis, S.N., Whittemore, D.O., and Fabryka-Martin, J., 1998, Uses of chloride/bromide ratios in studies of potable water, Ground Water 36(2), 338-351.
• Whittemore, D.O., 1995, Geochemical differentiation of oil and gas brine from other saltwater sources contaminating water resources: Case studies from Kansas and Oklahoma: Environmental Geosciences 2, 15-31.
• Yu, Y-S., Zou, S., and Whittemore, D.O., 1993, Non-parametric trend analysis of water quality data of rivers in Kansas: J. Hydrology 150, 61-80.
• Zou, S., and Whittemore, D.O., 1993, Identification of surface water-quality patterns of the Arkansas River basin: J. Environmental Science Health A28(9), 2005-2027.
• Whittemore, D.O., and Fabryka-Martin, J., 1992, Halogen geochemistry of Cretaceous sandstone aquifers in North America: in Y.K. Kharaka and A.S. Maest, eds., Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 1, Low Temperature Environments, Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands, p. 855-858.
• Fabryka-Martin, J., Whittemore, D.O., Davis, S.N., Kubik, P., and Sharma, P., 1991, Geochemistry of halogens in the Milk River aquifer, Alberta, Canada: Applied Geochemistry 6, 447-464.
• Alpers, C.N., and Whittemore, D.O., 1990, Hydrogeochemistry and stable isotopes of ground and surface waters from two adjacent closed basins, Atacama Desert, northern Chile: Applied Geochemistry 5, 719-734.
• Sophocleous, M., Townsend, M.A., and Whittemore, D.O., 1990, Aquifer contamination potential of atrazine in central Kansas croplands: J. Hydrology 115, 115-137.
• Knuth, M., Jackson, J.L., and Whittemore, D.O., 1990, An integrated approach to identifying the salinity source contaminating a ground-water supply: Ground Water 28 (2), 207-214.

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