P. Allen Macfarlane

Dr. Macfarlane has retired from the Survey.

Address Information

Kansas Geological Survey

1930 Constant Avenue

Lawrence, KS 66047-3724

Phone: (785) 864-2068

E-mail: dowser@kgs.ku.edu

Education

• B.S. (Geology), Colorado School of Mines, 1970
• M.S. (Geology), University of Kansas, 1978
• Ph.D. (Environmental Science), University of Kansas, 1993

Employment:

• Assistant Scientist, Geohydrology, Kansas Geological Survey, 1979-present
• Senior Hydrogeologist, Chatman and Associates, Lawrence, Kansas, 1-8/2001 (sabbatical from Kansas Geological Survey)
• Adjunct Faculty, Department of Geoscience, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1995-1998
• Hydrologist, Groundwater Protection Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, Kansas City, Missouri, 1978-1979
• U.S. Navy, 1970-1974

Memberships and Affiliations

• Geological Society of America
• National Association of Geology Teachers
• Registered Geologist in Kansas

Other Professional Training

• Groundwater Pollution and Hydrology Short Course, Princeton University, 1977
• Groundwater-Surfacewater Interactions Short Course, U.S. Geological Survey, 1980
• Field Methods in Contaminant Hydrogeology Short Course, University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada, 1984
• Groundwater Flow in Drainage Basins: Theory, Efforts, Evaluation and Practical Implications, Minneapolis, MN, 1987
• Application of Geostatistics and Kriging to Spatial Estimation Problems in Ground Water Short Course, International Ground Water Modeling Center, 1993
• Calibration and Uncertainty of Ground-Water Models, International Ground Water Modeling Center, 2000
• 40-hr. OSHA Hazwoper training, 2001
• ARC-GIS training, 2002
• RockWorks 2006 Workshop, Denver, CO, 2007

Recent Workshops and Symposia

• Introduction to the Interactive Ground-water Tutorial Prototype Web Site for Secondary Earth Science: Kansas Association of Teachers of Science Camp, Rock Springs Ranch, April 26, 2003.
• The Interactive Ground-water Tutor Experience: Kansas Association of Teachers of Science Camp, Rock Springs Ranch, April 2004.
• The 2004 Ground-water Workshop for Secondary Teachers of Earth and Environmental Science: Kansas Geological Survey, July 2004
• Inquiry-Based Ground-water Science Instructional Materials and Curricula: 2005 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Salt Lake City.
• Fun Hands-on Plate Tectonics Activities for Middle-school and Junior-high Science. Kansas Association of Teachers of Science Camp, Rock Springs Ranch, April 2008.
• Inquiry-Based Ground-water Science Instructional Materials for Middle and High School Science: 2008 Science and Mathematics: Assessment, Research, and Technology Together Conference, Kansas Association of Teachers of Science and the Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics. Overland Park, KS.

Selected Publications and Abstracts

• Macfarlane, P.A., and Hathaway, L.R., 1983, The hydrogeology and chemical quality of ground waters from the Lower Paleozoic aquifers in the Tri-State region of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma: Kansas Geological Survey, Ground Water Series 9, 37 p. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., Doveton, J.H., Feldman, H.R., Butler, J.J., Jr., Combes, J.M., and Collins, D.R., 1994, Aquifer/aquitard units of the Dakota aquifer system in Kansas: methods of delineation and sedimentary architecture effects on ground-water flow and flow properties: Journal of Sedimentary Research, B64(4), p. 464-480.
• Macfarlane, P.A., and Sawin, R.S., 1995, A user's guide to well-spacing requirements for the Dakota aquifer in Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Public Information Circular 1, 4 p. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., 1995, The effect of river valleys and the upper Cretaceous aquitard on regional flow in the Dakota aquifer in the central Great Plains of Kansas and southeastern Colorado: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 238, pp. 11-30. [Online as PDF]
• Macfarlane, P.A.,1997, The Dakota aquifer system in Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Public Information Circular 7. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., 1997, Water supply suitability areas of the Dakota aquifer: Kansas Geological Survey, Public Information Circular 8. [Online]
• Clark, J.F., Davisson, M.L., Hudson, G.B., and Macfarlane, P.A., 1998, Noble gasses, stable isotopes, and radiocarbon as tracers of flow in the upper Dakota aquifer, Colorado and Kansas: Journal of Hydrology, v. 211, pp. 151-167.
• Macfarlane, P.A., Doveton, J.H., and Whittemore, D.O., 1998, User's Guide to the Dakota aquifer in Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Technical Series 2, 56 p.
• Macfarlane, P.A., Whittemore, D.O., and Doveton, J.H., 1998, Information resources for ground-water exploration in the Dakota aquifer: Kansas Geological Survey, Public Information Circular 10. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., 1998, Is sustainability a viable concept in the management of confined aquifers in Kansas; in, M. A. Sophocleous (ed.), Perspectives on Sustainable Development of Water Resources in Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 239, pp. 97-115.
• Macfarlane, P.A., 2000, Revisions to the nomenclature for Kansas aquifers: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 244, pt.2, 14 p. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., Clark, J. F., Davisson, M.L., Hudson, G.B., Whittemore, D.O., 2000, Late Quaternary recharge determined from chloride in shallow groundwater from the central Great Plains: Quaternary Research, v. 53, no. 2, pp. 167-174.
• Macfarlane, P.A., Forster, A., Merriam, D.F., Schrotter, J., and Healey, J.M., 2002, Monitoring artificially stimulated fluid movement in the Cretaceous Dakota aquifer, western Kansas: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 10, pp. 662-673.
• Macfarlane, P.A., and Townsend, M.A., 2003, Evaporite karst and ground-water flow, discharge, and quality in the Crystal Spring catchment area in the central Flint Hills of Kansas: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 109.
• Gosselin, D.C., Harvey, F.E., Frost, C., Stotler, R., and Macfarlane, P.A., 2003, Strontium isotope geochemistry of groundwater in the central part of the Dakota (Great Plains) aquifer, U.S.A.: Applied Geochemistry, v. 19, p. 359-377.
• Macfarlane, P.A., Bohling, G.B., Thompson, K.T., and Townsend, M.A., 2006, Helping students make the transition from novice learner of ground-water concepts to expert using the Plume Busters software: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 54, n. 6, p. 610-619.
• Macfarlane, P.A., and Wilson, B.B., 2006, Enhancement of the bedrock-surface-elevation map beneath the Ogallala portion of the High Plains aquifer, western Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Technical Series 20, 28 p.
• Macfarlane, P.A., and Schneider, N., 2007, Practical saturated thickness: A more realistic measure of groundwater availability in heterogeneous aquifers; in, Thorleifson, L.H., Berg, R.C., and Russell, H.A.J. (eds.), Three-dimensional geologic mapping for groundwater applications: Minnesota Geological Survey, Open-file Report 07-4, p. 39-44.
• Ludvigson, Greg A., Haj, E., Fox, D.L., Mandel, R., and Macfarlane, P.A., 2007, Developing a carbon isotope chemostratigraphic approach to understanding Neogene stratigraphic architecture of the High Plains successsion in western Kansas: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 3, p. 65.
• Macfarlane, P.A., 2007, The distribution of permeable zones within the Ogallala in the Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District 3: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 3, p. 66.
• Macfarlane, P. Allen, 2007, Practical saturated thickness: a more realistic measure of groundwater availability in heterogeneous aquifers: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 474.
• Ludvigson, Greg A., Haj, Adel, Macfarlane, P. Allen, Mandel, Rolfe, and Murphy, Laura, 2007, Testing a carbon isotopic stratigraphic age model for the Neogene High Plains successsion in western Kansas: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 336.
• Macfarlane, P. Allen, Bohling, Geoffrey C., and Townsend, Margaret A., 2007, Helping students make the transition from novice learner of ground-water concepts to expert using the Expanded Plume Busters software: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 620.
• Macfarlane, P.A. and Schneider, N., 2007, The distribution of permeable zones within the Ogallala in the Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District 3: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Mid-Continent Section Meeting Program, p. 40-41.
• Macfarlane, P.A. and Ghijsen, R., 2007, Assessment of seasonal, pumping-induced water-quality changes in the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system: Water and the Future of Kansas Conference, Program, p. 19.
• Ludvigson, Greg A., Smith, Jon J., Macfarlane, Peter A., Mandel, Rolfe, Haj, Adel E., Murphy, Laura, and McKee, Arlo, 2008, Evidence for a regionally persistent carbon isotopic chemostratigraphy in the Neogene High Plains succession of western Kansas: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 5, p. 24.
• Macfarlane, P.A., 2008, Helping students make the transition from novice learner of ground-water concepts to expert using the expanded Plume Busters software: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 5, p. 10.
• Smith, J.J., Ludvigson, G.A., Macfarlane, P.A., Mandel, R., Haj, A., Murphy, L. and McKee, A., 2008, Carbon isotopic chemostratigraphy of Neogene strata in the High Plains succession of Kansas: Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM, v. 40, n. 6, p. 257.
• Macfarlane, P.A., 2008, Assessment of Seasonal, pumping-induced water quality changes in the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system: 53rd Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference, Program with Abstracts, p. 44.

Selected Recent Kansas Geological Survey Open-File Reports

• Macfarlane, P.A., 2003, Hydrogeology of Crystal spring and delineation of its source water assessment area: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2003-35, 156 p. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., Townsend, M.A., Bohling, G., and Case, C., 2004, A preliminary teacher's guide to Plume Busters: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2004-60, 66 p. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., Healey, J.M., and Wilson, B.B., 2005, The southeast Kansas Ozark aquifer water supply program Phase 1 project results: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-15, 52 p. [Online]
• Young, D.P., Macfarlane, P.A., Whittemore, D.O., and Wilson, B.B., 2005, Hydrogeologic characteristics and hydrologic changes in the Cimarron River basin, southwestern Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-26, 41 p. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., Wilson, B.B., and Bohling, Geoffrey, 2005, Practical Saturated Thickness of the Ogallala Aquifer in Two Small Areas of Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District 3: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-29, 33 p. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., Townsend, M.A., and Ohlmacher, G., 2005, Midcontinent meeting for the National Karst Map project--field trip notes: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-50, 71 p. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P. A., and Schneider, N., 2007, Distribution of the permeable fraction and practical saturated thickness in the Ogallala portion of the High Plains aquifer in the Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District 3: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2007-28, 70 p. [Online]
• Macfarlane, P.A., 2007, The southeast Kansas Ozark aquifer water supply program--phase 2 project results: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2007-20, 117 p. [Online]
• Joeckel, R.M., Ludvigson, G.A., Macfarlane, P.A., and Grocke, D.R. 2008, Field Trip 2: Fluvial-Estuarine Deposition in the Mid-Cretaceous Dakota Formation, Kansas and Nebraska: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2008-2, 30 p. [Online]

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