Department of Geological
Sciences
University of Kentucky
101 Slone Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0053
Phone: (859) 257-4392
Fax: (859) 323-1938
E-mail alan.fryar@uky.edu
B.S. cum laude 1984,
geology and history, Duke University
M.S. 1986, geology, Texas A&M University
Ph.D. 1992, geology, University of Alberta
American
Geophysical Union
Geological Society
of America
International Association
of Hydrogeologists
Kentucky Society of Professional
Geologists
National Ground Water
Association
Fryar, A.E., 2005, Review
of "Fundamentals of Ground Water," by F.W. Schwartz and Hubao Zhang: Environmental
& Engineering Geoscience, v. 11, no. 3, p. 285 - 286.
Mukherjee, A., Fryar, A.E.,
and LaSage, D.M., 2005, Using tracer tests to assess natural attenuation
of contaminants along a channelized Coastal Plain stream: Environmental
& Engineering Geoscience, in press.
*Fryar, A.E., Mullican,
W.F., III, and Macko, S.A., 2001, Chemical
evolution during recharge to and flow within the High Plains aquifer, Texas:
Hydrogeology Journal, v. 9, no. 6, p. 522 - 542.
Etienne, N., Butler, D.L.,
Fryar, A.E., and Coyne, M.S., 2001, Trichloroethene
biodegradation potential in wetland soils and paleowetland sediments:
Bioremediation Journal, v. 5, no. 1, p. 27 - 50.
*Mehta, S., Fryar, A.E.,
Brady, R.M., and Morin, R.H., 2000, Modeling
regional salinization of the Ogallala aquifer, Southern High Plains, TX,
USA: Journal of Hydrology, v. 238, p. 44 - 64.
Fryar, A.E., Wallin, E.J.,
and Brown, D.L., 2000, Spatial and temporal variability in seepage between
a contaminated aquifer and tributaries to the Ohio River: Ground Water
Monitoring & Remediation, v. 20, no. 3, p. 129 - 146.
*Fryar, A.E., Macko, S.A.,
Mullican, W.F., III, Romanak, K.D., and Bennett, P.C., 2000, Nitrate
reduction during ground-water recharge, Southern High Plains, Texas:
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 40, p. 335 - 363.
*Mehta, S., Fryar, A.E.,
and Banner, J.L., 2000, Controls
on the regional-scale salinization of the Ogallala aquifer, Southern High
Plains, Texas, USA: Applied Geochemistry, v. 15, p. 849 - 864.
Fryar, A.E., 1999, Review
of "Groundwater in Geologic Processes," by S.E. Ingebritsen and W.E. Sanford:
Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 47, p. 498.
*Fryar, A.E., and Schwartz,
F.W., 1998,
Hydraulic-conductivity
reduction, reaction-front propagation, and preferential flow within a model
reactive barrier: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 32, p. 333 -
351. (Erratum:
Fryar, A.E., and Schwartz, F.W., 2001, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology,
v. 51, p. 127 - 129.)
Mullican, W.F., III, Johns,
N.D., and Fryar, A.E., 1997, Playas and recharge of the Ogallala aquifer
on the Southern High Plains of Texas - an examination using numerical techniques:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of
Investigations No. 242, 72 p.
Fryar, A.E., and Schwartz,
F.W., 1994, A method for studying diagenesis in shallow sediments using
flow-through columns: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. A64, no. 3, p.
679 - 681.
Fryar, A.E., and Schwartz,
F.W., 1994, Modeling the removal of metals from ground water by a reactive
barrier: experimental results: Water Resources Research, v. 30, no. 12,
p. 3455 - 3469.
Mullican, W.F., III, Fryar,
A.E., and Johns, N.D., 1994, Vertical transport of contaminants through
perched aquifers to the Ogallala aquifer, Pantex Plant area, Southern High
Plains, Texas, in Dutton, A.R., ed., Toxic substances and the hydrologic
sciences: Minneapolis, American Institute of Hydrology, p. 547 - 562.
Mullican, W.F., III, Johns,
N.D., and Fryar, A.E., 1994, What a difference a playa can make: defining
recharge scenarios, rates, and contaminant transport to the Ogallala (High
Plains) aquifer, in Urban, L.V., and Wyatt, A.W., eds., Proceedings, Playa
Basin Symposium: Lubbock, Texas Tech University, p. 97 - 106.
Fryar, A.E., and Domenico,
P.A., 1989, Analytical
inverse modeling of regional-scale tritium waste migration: Journal
of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 4, p. 113 - 125.
Development of a conceptual
stratigraphic model for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant: Kentucky Water
Resources Research Institute, University of Kentucky, $116,002, May 2004
- September 2005.
Role of adsorption and
desorption on the movement and tracking of fecal indicator microbes through
soil and karst environments: UK College of Agriculture, Senate Bill 271
program, $76,738, July 2004 - June 2006.
Regional ground-water flow
and water-quality trends in the Bengal basin: Office of the Vice-President
for Research, University of Kentucky, Research Committee Grant, $3,500,
July 2003 - June 2004.
Natural attenuation of
trichloroethene and technetium-99: Kentucky Department for Environmental
Protection, $22,800, July 2002 - June 2004.
Role of suspended sediment
in facilitating pathogen transport in Inner Bluegrass karst aquifers: UK
College of Agriculture, Senate Bill 271 program, $68,999, July 2002 - June
2004.
Laboratory investigations
of abiotic attenuation of trichloroethene by soils and sediments: Kentucky
Department for Environmental Protection, $20,274, February 1999 - June
2002.
Natural attenuation of
trichloroethene and technetium-99 during seepage to and flow within Little
Bayou Creek: Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, $64,380,
February 1999 - June 2002.
Reservoir-watershed linkages:
the effects of water level management on hydrology and water quality in
hydro-electric reservoirs (co-principal investigator): Kentucky DOE/EPSCoR
program, $49,898, October 1999 - September 2000.
Modeling of chemical evolution
during ground-water recharge and flow, Southern High Plains, Texas: Office
of the Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies, University of
Kentucky, Special Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, $7,500, June - August
2000.
Natural attenuation of
trichloroethene in wetland soils and paleowetland sediments: U.S. Geological
Survey, Regional Water-Resources Competitive Grants Program, $57,380, September
1997 - August 2000.
Experimental and mathematical
modeling of trichloroethene sorption to and diffusion in basalt: Office
of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, University of
Kentucky, Research Committee Grant, $3,230, June - August 1999.
Spatial and temporal variability
in seepage fluxes between contaminated aquifers and tributary streams:
U.S. Geological Survey, Regional Water-Resources Competitive Grants Program,
$16,118, September 1996 - February 1998.
Proposed laboratory studies
of abiotic reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene by basalt and sediments:
Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, $25,000, November 1995
- August 1997.
Ph.D. dissertations - 2
completed, 2 in progress
M.S. theses - 6 completed, 2 in progress
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