Dr. DeBonne N. Wishart

Office: 760 Natural Sciences Complex Phone: 716.645.4268 Email: debonnew@buffalo.edu Title: Lecturer Degree: PhD. Environmental Science, Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey 2008 Specialty: Near Surface Geophysics, Hydrogeophysics, Hydrogeology, Fracture Characterization, Numerical Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Fate and Transport

Courses Offered

Hydrogeology GLY 414(514), Surface Processes and Hydrology II GLY 313

Research Interests

•  Near surface geophysical methods: azimuthal self potential, asymmetric azimuthal resistivity, induced polarization, seismic, ground penetrating radar

•  Hydrogeophysics: integrating hydrogeophysics, civil engineering, and remediation for improving the characterization of characterize fluid flow in  

fractured media

•  Fracture Characterization: hydraulic and electrical anisotropy

•  Hydrogeochemical analysis: thermal springs

•  Water Quality: testing and management

•  Landslides: prediction and mapping of the susceptibility to directional mass movement using electric geophysical methods

Recent Publications

Wishart, D. N., L. D. Slater , D. L. Schnell, and, and G. Herman, Hydraulic anisotropy characterization of pneumatic-fractured sediments using azimuthal self potential gradient, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology , 103, ( 3-4 ), 134-144, doi:10.1016/j.conhyd. 2008. 09. 023.

Wishart, D. N ., L. D. Slater, and A. E. Gates, Fracture Anisotropy Characterization in Crystalline Bedrock Using Field-Scale Azimuthal Self Potential Gradient, Journal of Hydrology, 358, 35 - 45 , doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.017

Wishart , D.N ., L.D. Slater, and A.E. Gates, Self potential improves characterization of hydraulically-active fractures from azimuthal geoelectrical measurements, Geophysics Research Letters, 33, 17314, doi:1029/2006GL027092.

Slater, L. D., D. Ntarlagiannis, and D. N. Wishart , On the relationship between induced polarization and surface area in metal-sand and clay-sand mixtures, Geophysics , 71 (2), A1 - A5.