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Dr. J. Van Brahana

Dr. J. Van Brahana
Department of Geosciences
222 Gearhart Hall
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Phone: (479) 575-3355
FAX: (479) 575-3469
brahana@uark.edu
Degrees Ph.D. University of Missouri, Hydrogeology, 1973
  M.A. University of Missouri, Geology, 1968
  B.A. University of Illinois, Geology, 1965
  Emeritus Professor, University of Arkansas (Department of Geosciences and Program of Environmental Dynamics) 2013-present; Professor, University of Arkansas (Department of Geosciences and 1999-present; Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey 1971-1999; Consulting Hydrogeologist (GeoSculpt), with emphasis on groundwater in karst, tracing of groundwater, and engineering geology
Professional Registration American Institute of Professional Geologists-2275
State of Arkansas-Board of Registration for Professional Geologists-1884
Research Projects - Short Titles Structural Controls on Ground-Water Flow Boundaries; Flow and Transport--Karst Hydrogeology; Subsurface Flow in Fractured-Rock; Savoy Experimental Watershed—Long-Term Karst Monitoring; Agroforestry Effects on Water Quality; Wetlands and Karst
Selected Aspects of Professional History
2013-present:  Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geosciences, U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
1999-2013:   Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
1999-present:            Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey, Fayetteville, AR.
1990-1999:   Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Geology, U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
1990-1999:   Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Fayetteville, AR.
1988-1990:   Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN
1976-1988:   Adjunct Professor, Geology, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN.
1975              Adjunct Professor, Univ. of Southern Mississippi (Univ. Center), Jackson, MS
1971-1988:   Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, Jackson, MS, and Denver, CO.
1964-1965:  J.W. Mack and Assoc. Geophysical Consultants, Madison, WI.
1962-1966:  Lab. Tech., Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL.
Professional Societies
Geological Society of America (Fellow)
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Professional Geologists
National Speleological Society
International Association of Hydrogeologists
National Ground Water Association
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society of America
Awards and Honors
Harold Alexander Conservationist of the Year Award - Arkansas Wildlife Federation, 2014
Hydrogeology Scholarship at University of Arkansas established in my name, 2014
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Geology Faculty of the Year Award, University of Arkansas, 2011-2012
Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, TX - Distinguished Lecturer, (12) March 2012
Distinguished Service Award - Hydrogeology Division of the GSA, 2010
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Geology Faculty of the Year Award, University of Arkansas, 2009-2010
University of Arkansas Honors Thesis Mentor Award, 2009
University of Arkansas Off-Campus Duty Assignment (sabbatical), January-August 2009
State of Arkansas Professional Geologist Certification, Certificate #1884, 2005-present
Baum Teaching Grant Award, University of Arkansas, 2002
Scientist Emeritus - USGS, 1999
STAR Award - USGS, 1998
Special Act Service Award - USGS, 1996
Superior Service Award - USGS, 1994
Quality Increase - USGS, 1994
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Outstanding Teacher - Geology Department, University of Arkansas, 1994
Special Achievement Award - USGS, 1993
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Outstanding Teacher - Geology Department, University of Arkansas, 1992
State of Tennessee Professional Geologist - Certificate #TN0096, 1988
Election to membership in Sigma Xi (Vanderbilt University Chapter), 1978
Awarded American Institute of Professional Geologists
Certified Professional Geologist, Certificate #2752, 1975-present
University of Missouri, Post-Residence Doctoral Fellowship, 1971
NSF Travel Grant (Birch Symposium), 1970
Illinois State Scholarship, 1961-1963
Professional Service
Includes Technical Consulting or Expert Witness Representation:  selected clients:
Walmart, Inc., Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, Waste Management, Inc., Northstar Holdings, LLC, City of Memphis, TN, KB Amber, City of Eureka Springs, AR, FTN Associates, Ltd.
Selected Service
Independent Groundwater Panel - Oak Ridge National Lab - DOE Oversight, 2012-present
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Trainer of Trail Guides in Hydrogeology, 2012-present
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Fayetteville, AR, Teacher, 2011-present
Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, TX - Aquifer Scientific and Advisory Panel, 2009-present
Chair - Fulbright College Cabinet, University of Arkansas, 2009-2010
Vice-Chair - Fulbright College Fiscal and Planning Committee, 2009-2011
Fulbright College Representative - Faculty Senate, 2008-2012
Steering Committee - Program of Environmental Dynamics, University of Arkansas, 2001-present
Technical peer reviewer for numerous professional journals, and water agency and NSF proposals
Mentor and advisor to more than 10 REU and Honors students, University of Arkansas, 2003-present
External thesis reviewer, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, 2010
External field mentor, Honors Thesis-Acadia Rohr, Barnard College, New York, 2010
Congress XXVIII Chair, Joint AIH/IAH International Groundwater Conference, Las Vegas, NV 1998
Secretary/Treasurer Hydrogelogy Division, GSA, 1994-1996
Geology Development Board, University of Missouri, 1994-2000.  Vice Chair, 1996-2000.
Chair Hydrogeology Technical Division, GSA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1985
Research Interests
Dr. Van Brahana's research includes investigations into the processes controlling groundwater flow and transport in carbonate rock terrain, tectonic control of regional groundwater flow boundaries, and the hydrogeology of Ozark springs.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Brahana, Van, Nix, Joe, Bitting, Carol, Bitting, Chuck, Quick, Ray, Murdoch, John, Roland, Victor, West. Amie. Robertson, Sarah, Scarsdale, Grant, and North, Vanya, 2014, CAFOs on karst—Meaningful data collection to adequately define environmental risk, with specific application from the southern Ozarks of northern Arkansas:  in Kuniansky, E.L., and Spangler, L.E., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Carlsbad, New Mexico, April 29-May 2, 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5035, p. 87-96.
Jarvie, Helen P., Sharpley, Andrew N., Brahana, Van, Simmons, Tarra , Price, April, Neal , Colin , Lawlor, Alan J. Sleep, Darren, Thacker, Sarah, Haggard , Brian E., 2014, Phosphorus retention and remobilization along hydrological pathways in karst terrain:  Environmental Science & Technology, v. 1, no. 48,  p.  3860-4868.  (DOI: 10.1021/es405585b)
Al-Qinna, Mohammed, Scott, H.D., Brye, K.R., Brahana, J.V.,Sauer, T.J., and Sharpley, A.N.,  2014, Coarse fragment effects on soil physical and hydraulic properties in a mantled-karst landscape in the Ozark Highlands:  Soil Science, v. 179, no. 1, p. 42-50,
Sauer, Thomas J., Coblentz, W.K., Defauw, S.L., Brye, K.R., Brauer, D.K., Skinner, J.V., Thomas, A.L., Brahana, J.V., Hays, P.D., Moffitt, D.C., Robinson, J.L., James, T.A., and Hickie, K.A., Nutrient cycling in a hardwood-forage alley cropping system receiving poultry litter or inorganic fertilizer:  Plant and Soil, 39 p., [in review with journal]
Brahana, Van, 2011, Ten relevant karst hydrogeologic insights gained from 15 years of in situ field studies at the Savoy Experimental Watershed; in Kuniansky, E.L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 26-29, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5031, p. 132-141.
Brahana, Van, 2011, Natural Groundwater Quality:  Geofluids, Blackwell Publishing Ltd., v. 11, no. 2, p. 242-244.  (DOI:  10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00332.x)
Pennington, Darrell and Brahana, J. Van, 2011, A hydrograph-recession technique for karst springs with quickflow components that do not exhibit simple, zero-order decay:   in Kuniansky, E.L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 26-29, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5031, p. 172-181.
Brion, G., Brye, K., Haggard, B., West, C., and Brahana, V., 2010, Land-use effects on water quality of a first-order stream in the Ozark-Highlands, mid-southern United States:  River Research and Applications, DOI:  10.1002/rra.1394, 19 p.
Brahana, Van,2009, The Savoy Experimental Watershed—A long-term research site for karst hydrogeology:  in Palmer, A.N. and Palmer, Margaret V., Caves and Karst of the USA, National Speleological Society Guidebook for the International Congress of Speleology, section 5-Ozark Plateaus, p. 179.
Brahana, John Van, Tennyson, Rodney, Terry, Jim, Hays, P.D., Pollock, Erik, 2009, Reactivated basement faulting as a hydrogeologic control of hypogene speleogenesis in the southern Ozarks of Arkansas, USA:  in Stafford, Kevin, ed., Advances in Hypogene Karst Studies, National Cave and Karst Research Institute Symposium 1, p. 99-110.
Daigh, Aaron L., Brye, Kristofor R., Sharpley, Andrew N., Miller, David M., West, Charles P., and Brahana, J. Van, 2009, Five-year change in soil profile chemical properties as affected by broiler litter application rate:  Soil Science, v. 174, no. 10, DOI:  10.1097/SS.0b013e3181bdbdb3, p. 531-542.
Hollingsworth, E., Brahana, V., Inlander, E., and Slay, M., 2009, Creation of an international digital karst database and an interactive worldwide map of karst:  International Congress of Speleology Proceedings, v. 1, Symposia, part 1, p. 442-446.
Varnell, Curtis J., Thawaba, Salem, and Brahana, J. Van, 2009, Constructed wetlands for the pre-treatment of drinking water obtained from coal mines:  The Open Environmental Engineering Journal, v. 2, p. 1-8.
Leh, M.D., Chaubey, I., Murdoch, J.F., Brahana, J.V., and Haggard, B.E., 2008, Delineating Runoff Processes and Critical Runoff Source Areas in a Pasture Hillslope of the Ozark Highlands:  Hydrological Processes, Wiley Interscience, DOI:  10.1002/hyp7021, 15 p.
Hollingsworth, E., Brahana, V., Inlander, E., and Slay, M., 2008, Karst Regions of the World (KROW)—Populating Global Karst Datasets and Generating Maps to Advance the Protection of Karst Species and Habitats Worldwide: in Kuniansky, E.L., ed., U.S. Geological survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2008:  U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, p. 17-24.
Sauer, T.J., Alexander, R.B., Brahana, J.V., and Smith, R.A., 2008, The importance and role of watersheds in the transport of nitrogen:  in Follett, R.F., and Hatfield, J.L., eds., Nitrogen in the Environment:  Sources, Problems, and Management, Second Edition:  ch. 8, p. 203-240.
Tennyson, Rodney, Terry, Jim, Brahana, Van, Hays, Phil, and Pollock, Erik, 2008, Tectonic control of hypogene speleogenesis in the southern Ozarks—Implications and beyond:  in Kuniansky, E.L., ed., U.S. Geological survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2008:  U.S. Geolological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, p. 37-46.
Hobza, Christopher M., Moffit, David C., Goodwin, Danny P., Kresse, Timothy, Fazio, John, Brahana, J.V., and Hays, Phillip D., 2005, Ground-water quality near a swine waste lagoon in a mantled karst terrane in northwestern Arkansas:  in Kuniansky, E.L., 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota, September 12-15, 2005:  U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5160, p. 155-162.
Sauer, T.J., Logsdon, S.D., Brahana, J.V., and Murdoch, J.F., 2005, Variation in infiltration with landscape position:  Implications for forest productivity and surface water quality:  Forest Ecology and Management, v. 220, Issues 1-3, p. 118-127.
Varnel, C.J., and Brahana, J.V., and Steele, K.F., 2004, The influence of coal quality variation on utilization of water from abandoned coal mines as a municipal water source:  Mine Water and the Environment, v. 23, no. 4, p. 204-208.
Brahana, J.V., 2003, Karst aquifers: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, p. 37-40.
Brahana, J.V., 2003, Water quality in karst aquifers: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, p.41-42.
Brahana, J.V., 2003, The Hydrologic cycle: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, p. 412-414
Hays, P.D., and Brahana, J.V., 2003, Ground water observation wells: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York., p. 633-635.
Varnel, C.J., and Brahana, J.V., 2003, Neuse River-Impact of Animal Production on Water Quality: in Stewart, B.A., and Howell, Terry, eds., The Encyclopedia of Water Science:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, p.622-624.
Peterson, E.W., Davis, R.K., Brahana, J.V., and Orndorff, H.O., 2002, Movement of nitrate through regolith covered karst terrane, northwest Arkansas:  Journal of Hydrology, v. 256, p. 35-47.
Steele, K.F., Davis, R.K., Brahana, J.V., Godfrey, Lyle, and Tatom, Ginger, 2002, Research and regulatory water-quality perspectives, Ozark Mountain Region, Arkansas:  American Water Resources Association, Ground Water/Surface Water Interactions, p. 199-204
Davis, R.K., Brahana, J.V., and Johnston, 2000, Ground water in northwest Arkansas:  Minimizing nutrient contamination from non-point sources in karst terrane:  Arkansas Water Resources Center, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 59 p.
Peterson, E.W., Davis, R.K., and Brahana, J.V., 2000, The use of regression analysis to predict nitrate-nitrogen in springs in northwest Arkansas: in Sasowsky, I.D. and Wicks, C.M., editors, Groundwater flow and contaminant transport in carbonate aquifers:  A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 43-63.
Sauer, T.J., Alexander, R.B., Brahana, J.V., and Smith, R.A., 2001, The importance and role of watersheds in the transport of nitrogen:  in Follett, R.F., and Hatfield, J.L., eds., Nitrogen in the Environment:  Sources, Problems, and Management:  ch. 7, p. 147-181.
Brahana, J.V. and Broshears, R.E., 2001, Hydrogeology and ground-water flow in the Memphis and Fort Pillow aquifers in the Memphis area, Tennessee:  U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 89-4131, 56 p.
Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., Murdoch, John, Little, Paul, Al-Rashidy, Said, and Cole, Jack, 2000, Geomorphology, hydrology, and environmental issues in a mantled karst terrane:  Geological Society of America, South Central Field Trip Guidebook #2, 23 p.
Brahana, J.V., and Sauer, T.J., 2000, Geomorphology, hydrology, and environmental issues in a mantled karst terrane:   South Central Regional Meeting—National Association of Conservation Districts, Field Trip Guidebook #2, 14 p.
Brahana, J.V., 1999, Book review of “Hydrogeology in Practice—A Guide to characterizing ground-water systems” by William J. Stone:  Journal of Ground Water, v. 37, no. 3, p 328.
Brahana, J.V., Hays, P.D., Kresse, T.M., Sauer, T.J., and Stanton, G.P., 1999, The Savoy Experimental Watershed—Early lessons for hydrogeologic modeling from a well-characterized karst research site:  in Palmer, A.N., Palmer, M.V., and Sasowsky, I.D., editors, Karst Modeling:  Special Publication 5,  Karst Waters Institute, Charles Town, WV, p. 247-254.
Funkhouser, J.E., Little, P.R., Brahana, J.V., Kresse, T.M., Anderson, M., Formica, S., and Huetter, T., 1999, Methodology to study the effects of animal production in mantled karst aquifers of the southern Ozarks:  in Palmer, A.N., Palmer, M.V., and Sasowsky, I.D., editors, Karst Modeling:  Special Publication 5,  Karst Waters Institute, Charles Town, WV, p. 255-258.
Brahana, John Van, Eckstein, Yoram, Ongley, Lois K., Schneider, Robert, and Moore, John E., 1998, editors, Gambling with groundwater—Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of aquifer-stream relations:   Proceedings Volume of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress XXVIII and the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology, Las Vegas, 753 p.
Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., Kresse, Tim, Al-Rashidy, Said, Shirley, Tracy, and McKee, Paul, 1998, Tipping the scale in long-term karst research—Hydrogeologic characterization of the Savoy Experimental Watershed:  Proceedings Volume, Water Quality of Surface  and Ground Water and Best Management Practice, Arkansas Water Resources Center, p. 9-17.
Brahana, J.V., Stanton, G.P., Hays, P.D., and Davis, R.K., 1998, Workbook—Field Hydrogeology—Theory, Techniques, and Applications:  Department of Geology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 69 p.
Marshall, David, Brahana, J.V., and Davis, R.K., 1998, Resuspension of viable sediment-bound enteric pathogens in shallow karst aquifers: in Brahana, John Van, Eckstein, Yoram, Ongley, Lois K., Schneider, Robert, and Moore, John E., 1998, editors, Gambling with groundwater—Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of aquifer-stream relations:   Proceedings Volume of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress XXVIII and the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology, Las Vegas, p. 179-186.
Brahana, J.V., 1997, Rationale and methodology for approximating spring-basin boundaries in the mantled karst terrane of the Springfield Plateau, northwestern Arkansas: in Beck, B.F. and Stephenson, J. Brad, eds., Sixth Multidisciplinary Conference on Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology of Karst Terranes, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 77-82.
Brahana, J.V., 1995, Controlling influences on ground-water flow and transport in the shallow karst aquifer of northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas:  Proceedings Volume, Hydrologic Problems Along the Arkansas-Oklahoma Border, Arkansas Water Resources Center Publication No. MSC-168, p. 25-30. 
Brahana, J.V. and Mesko, T.O., 1994, Hydrology of the McNairy-Nacatoch and adjacent aquifers in the northern Mississippi embayment:  U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1416-K, 276 p.
Brahana, J.V., Leidy, Valarie A., Lindt, John, and Hodge, S.A., 1993, Hydrogeologic data for Carroll County, Arkansas:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-150, 32 p.
Ford, G.L., and Brahana, J.V., 1992, Soil-gas data for the underground hydrocarbon contamination site in the Highland Avenue Area, Fayetteville, Arkansas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-77, 11 p.
Brahana, J.V., Gonthier, Gerard J., and Remsing, Larry M., 1991, Hydrogeologic data for Boone County, Arkansas:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-518, 36 p.
Brahana, J.V., Haugh, C.J., Mahoney, L.N., and Hanchar, D.W., 1991, Hydrogeology of Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee--Preliminary conceptual model of ground-water flow:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 69 p.
Vourvopoulos, G., Brahana, J.V., Nolte, E., Korschinek, G., Priller, A., and Dockhorn, B., 1990, 36Cl measurements and hydrology of an acid injection site:  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., B52, p. 451-454.
Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1988a, Dry stream reaches in dense carbonate terranes--surface indicators of ground-water reservoir:  Water Resources Bulletin, v. 24, no. 3, p. 577-580.
Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1988b, Relation between the hydrogeology of carbonate rocks and the development of karst landforms:   Proceedings of 21st Congress--International Association of Hydrogeologists, Guilin City, China, p. 270-275.
Brahana, J. V., and Mesko, T. O., 1988, Hydrogeology and preliminary assessment of regional flow in the upper Cretaceous and adjacent aquifers in the northern Mississippi embayment:  U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 87-4000, 65 p.
Brahana, J. V., Thrailkill, John, Freeman, Tom, and Ward, W. C., 1988, Comparative hydrogeology of carbonate rocks, in Back, William, Seaber, P. R., and Rosenshein, J. S., eds., Ground Water Hydrogeology:  Volume of Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) Series, v. 0-2, ch. 38, p. 333-352.
Seaber, P. R., Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1988, Appalachian Plateaus and Valley and Ridge:  in Back, William, Seaber, P. R., and Rosenshein, J. S., eds., Ground Water Hydrogeology:  Hydrogeology   Volume of Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) Series, v. 0-2, ch. 23, p. 189-200
Brahana, J. V., 1987, The role of a multilayer model in refining understanding of deep regional ground-water flow in a tectonically active area:  Proceedings of National Water Well Association Conference, Solving Ground-Water Problems with Models, v. 2, p. 1051-1070.
Brahana, J. V., Parks, W. S., and Gaydos, M. W., 1987, Quality of water from freshwater aquifers and principal well fields in the Memphis area, Tennessee:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4052, 22 p.
Brahana, J. V., and Bradley, M. W., 1986a, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - The Central Basin aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4002, 35 p.
Brahana, J. V., and Bradley, M. W., 1986b, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - Highland Rim aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4054, 38 p.
Brahana, J.V., and Bradley, M.W., and Macy, J.A., 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee--The East Tennessee aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4091, 30 p.
Brahana, J. V., Bradley, M. W., Macy, J. A., and Mulderink, Dolores, 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - Basal Sandstone aquifer west of the Valley and Ridge province:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-762, 21 p.
Brahana, J. V., Macy, J. A., Mulderink, Dolores, and Zemo, Dawn, 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - Cumberland Plateau aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-338, 24 p.
Brahana, J. V., Bradley, M.W., and Mulderink, Dolores, 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - Tertiary aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4011, 23 p.
Brahana, J. V., Mesko, T. O., Busby, J. F., and Kraemer, T. F., 1986, Ground-water quality data from the northern Mississippi embayment -- Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi:  U.S.   Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-683, 15 p.
Brahana, J. V., Mulderink, Dolores, and Bradley, M. W., 1986, Delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee - The Cretaceous aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4039, 20 p.
Brahana, J. V., and Bradley, M. W., 1985, Delineation and description of the regional aquifer of Tennessee - The Knox aquifer system:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4012, 32 p.
Brahana, J. V., 1983a, Physiography, in May, V. Jeff and others, Hydrology of area 21, eastern coal province, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-679, p. 10-11.
Brahana, J. V., 1983b, Geology, in May, V. Jeff and others, Hydrology of Area 21, eastern coal province, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-679, p. 12-13.
Brahana, J. V., 1982, Underground water supply:  Chapter 3 in Memphis Metropolitan Area Urban Water Resources Study, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis, 30 p.
Brahana, J. V., 1982, Digital ground-water model of the Memphis Sand and equivalent units, Tennessee-Arkansas-Mississippi:  U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 82-99, 55 p.
Brahana, J. V., 1981, Ground-water occurrence, in May, V. Jeff and others, Hydrology of area 18, eastern coal province, Tennessee:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-492, p. 42-43.
Brahana, J. V., 1978, Digital ground-water model of the Memphis Sand, and equivalent units, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 80 p.
Brahana, J. V., and Dalsin, G. J., 1977, Water for industrial development in George, Hancock, Pearl River, and Stone Counties, Mississippi:  Mississippi Research and Development Center Bulletin, 70 p.
Brahana, J. V., 1976, Beneath the Tenn-Tom:  Water Spectrum, Winter 1975-76, p. 17-24.
Brahana, J.V., German, E. R., Davis, M. E., and Wasson, B. E., 1976, Predicted effects of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on the hydrologic environment - Mississippi - Alabama:  First Supplemental  Environmental Report - Continuing Environmental Series - Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway - Alabama and Mississippi, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala, Vol. II-IV.
Rima, D. R., and Brahana, J. V., 1976, Hydrogeology of the Milan Arsenal area, Tennessee:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 89 p.
Brahana, J. V., 1974, Hydrologic monitoring in the area of the Tennessee -Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi-Alabama--Ground-water levels and surface-water quality, April 1973 through June 1974:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 95 p.
Brahana, J. V., German, E. R., Davis, M. E., and Wasson, B. E., 1974, Predicted effects of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on the hydrologic environment, Mississippi-Alabama:  U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report, 88 p.
Brahana, J. V., Lambert, M. B., and Viele, G. W., (eds.), 1971, Field trip guide - Boone County, Missouri:  Technical Education Services Press, 40 p.
Brahana, J. V., and Johnson, C. H., (eds.), 1970, Field trip guide - Boone County, Missouri; Technical Education Services Press, 40 p.
Bibliography
Unpublished Academic Theses
Brahana, J. V., 1973, Systematic jointing in slightly deformed rocks:  Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 130 p.
Brahana, J. V., 1969, Gravity and tectonic analysis of the northwestern Illinois zinc-lead district:  Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri unpublished M.A. thesis, 82 p.
Published Abstracts—Peer Reviewed, and Presentations
 
Brahana, Van, 2012, Far-field tectonic factors of the Ouachita orogeny and their influence on the karst hydrogeology of the southern Ozarks; published in Proceedings with Abstracts, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, abstract
Moore, Safarie, Ivey, Mack, and Brahana, J. Van, 2011, Comparative analysis of fecal coliform bacteria in springs within the Savoy Experimental Watershed:  Proceedings of the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists Annual Meeting, abstract.
Brahana, Van, and Pennington, Darrell, 2010, Observations and speculation on the role of the Potosi Formation on regional ground-water flow and large springs of the Ozark Plateaus, midcontinent U.S.:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 42, no. 5.
Pennington, Darrell W. and Brahana, Van, 2010, A new hydrograph-decompostion methology for karst springs with recession coefficients that increase with time:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 5.
Brahana, Van, Davis, Ralph, Hays, Phillip D., and Steele, Kenneth F., 2009, Flow characterization from epikarst and shallow bedrock springs across a range of hydrologic conditions, Savoy Experimental Watershed, Ozark Region, USA:  International Congress of Speleology Proceedings, p. 1428
Brahana, J.V., 2008, The hydrogeology of thermal springs—Tectonic settings, origins, and necessary tools to document our understanding:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no.3.
Brahana, John Van, Tennyson, Rodney, Terry, Jim, Hays, Phillip D., and Pollock, Erik, 2008, Reactivated basement faulting as a hydrogeologic control of hypogene speleogenesis in the southern Ozarks of Arkansas:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no.3.
Hays, P.D., Kresse, Tim, Brahana, J. Van, and Bolyard, Susan, 2008, Influence of locally derived recharge on the water quality and temperature of springs in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no.3.
Hollingsworth, E., Brahana, V., Inlander, E., and Slay, M., 2008, Karst Regions of the World (KROW)—Populating Global Karst Datasets and Generating Maps to Advance the Protection of Karst Species and Habitats Worldwide:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no.3
Pennington, Darrell, and Brahana, John V., 2008, Investigation flow paths and mixing relationships in a shallow, mantled-karst aquifer using chemical analyses, geophysical well logs, and continuous monitoring of temperatures and water levels at the Savoy Experimental Watershed:  Geological Brahana, J.V., Killingbeck, Jonathan J., Stielstra, Clare, Leh, Mansour, Murdoch, John, and Chaubey, Indrajeet, 2006, Elucidationg flow characteristics of epikarst springs using long-term records that encompass extreme hydrogeologic stresses:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no.6.
Brahana, J.V., 2007, Medical geology, anomalous health distributions, and geologic control of transport mechanisms—A case study of arsenic in Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no.6.
Varnell, C.J. and Brahana, J.V., 2006, Establishing hydraulic connections between flooded underground coal mines using continuous monitoring of surface flood pulses:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no.6.
Killingbeck, Jonathan J., and Brahana, J.V., 2006, Delineation of three contiguous karst spring basins and their daily evapotranspiration at the Savoy Experimental Watershed in Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no.5.
Laincz, Jozef, Hays, P.D., Ziegler, Sue, Winston, Byron, Murdoch, John F., Brahana, J.V., Steele, K.F., Chaubey, Indrajeet, and Davis, R.K., 2005, Characterization of nutrient processing at the field and basin scale in the mantled karst of the Savoy Experimental Watershed, Arkansas:  :  in Kuniansky, E.L., 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota, September 12-15, 2005:  U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5160, p. 153.
Leh, M.D., I. Chaubey, J. Murdoch and J.V. Brahana, 2005, Quantification of runoff-contributing areas in a pasture watershed -A field-scale approach: Proceedings of American Water Resources Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. November 7-10, 2005.
Leh, M.D., I. Chaubey, J. Murdoch and J.V. Brahana, 2005, Quantification of critical runoff contributing areas in a pasture watershed: Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Arkansas Water Resources Center. Fayetteville, AR. April 19, 2005.
Davis, R. K., Ting, Tiong Ee, Thoma, G., Brahana, J.V., Unger, T., Androes, D., and Perkins, R., 2005, Application of multiple tracers to elucidate complex transport phenomena in a karst spring system:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no.5.
Chaubey, I., M.D. Leh, K.L. White, J. Murdoch and J.V. Brahana, 2005, Development of Field Scale Methodology to Identify Runoff Source Areas in a Pasture Dominated Watershed’. Proceedings of USDA-CSREES National Water Quality Conference, San Diego, CA. February 7-9, 2005.
Ting, Tiong Ee, Davis, R.K, Brahana, J.V., Hays, P.D., and Thoma, G., 2005, Application of multiple tracers to characterize complex sediment and pathogen transport in karst:  in Kuniansky, E.L., 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota, September 12-15, 2005:  U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5160, p. 114.
Brahana, John V., Hays, Phillip, Davis, R.K., Kresse, T.M., and Sauer, T.J, 2004, Case studies from a long-term karst research site illustrating data requirements necessary to adequately characterize and represent flow in karst aquifers at meaningful scales:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 32.
DeFauw, S.L., Hays, P. D., Brye , K.R., Brahana, J.V., and T. J. Sauer, 2004, Hydrodynamics of an Experimental Silvopastoral Field in the Ozark Plateau of Northwestern Arkansas, USA.  Poster Abstract for the First World Congress of Agroforestry, 27 June-02 July 2004, Orlando, FL.
Thomas A.L., DeFauw, S.L., Sauer, T.J., and D. Brauer, 2004, Hydrologic Influences on the Growth of Young Grafted Black Walnut Trees.  Poster Abstract for the First World Congress of Agroforestry, 27 June-02 July 2004, Orlando, FL.
Sauer, T. J., J. V. Brahana, J. V. Skinner, S. L. DeFauw, P. D. Hays, W. K. Coblentz, D. C. Moffitt, J. L. Robinson, T. A. James, and K. X. Hickie.  2003.  Nutrient Assimilation by a Silvopastoral System Receiving Annual Applications of Poultry Litter.  Poster Abstract for 8th North American Agroforestry Conference, 22-25 June 2003, Corvallis, OR.
McGuire, T., Varnell, Curtis J., Rogers, J.A., Thawaba, S., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, The Effects of Rice Production on Water Quality and Growth of an Invasive Plant Species in the Wetlands of Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica:  Poster, Arkansas Environmental Federation Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas, October 21-23.
McGuire, T., Varnell, Curtis J., Rogers, J.A., Thawaba, S., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, The Effects of Rice Production on Water Quality and Growth of an Invasive Plant Species in the Wetlands of Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica:  Poster, University of Arkansas Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 19.
Thawaba, S., Varnell, Curtis J., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, Anthropogenic Impact on Water Quality—A Case Study from the West Bank, Palestine:  Poster, Arkansas Environmental Federation Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas, October 21-23.
Thawaba, S., Varnell, Curtis J., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, Anthropogenic Impact on Water Quality—A Case Study from the West Bank, Palestine:  Poster, University of Arkansas Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 19.
Varnell, Curtis J., and Brahana, J. Van, 2003, The Social, Economic, and Political Impact of Coal Mining in the Arkansas River Valley:  Plains Anthropological Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 24, 2003.
Brahana, J.V., Davis, R.K., Sauer, T.J., Ting, Tiong Ee, Al-Rashidy, Said, Whitsett, Kelly, and Al-Qinna, Mohammed, 2002, Recurring, multicomponent ground-water tracing experiments at a well characterized basin in mantled karst--Lessons from the Savoy Experimental Watershed:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 158-159.
Rutledge, E.M., Owens, P.R., Steele, M.A., Morrison, A.S., DeFauw, S.L. and J.V. Brahana.  2002.  Relict Redoximorphic Features in the Soils of the Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium,      USA.  Poster Abstract for the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14-21 August 2002, Bangkok, Thailand.
Ting, Tiong Ee, Thoma, G.J., Davis, R.K., and Brahana, J.V., 2002, Development of Europium-labeled Escherichia Coli as a bacterial tracer for water-quality studies:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 157.
Whitsett, K.S., Davis, R.K., Thoma, G.T., Tiong-Ee, T. and Brahana, J.V., 2001, Sediment and bacterial tracing in mantled karst of northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6.
Ting, Tiong-Ee, Whitsett, K.S., Thoma, G.T., Davis, R.K., Brahana, J.V., 2001, Sediment and bacterial tracing in mantled karst of northwest Arkansas:  EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 82, no 47, abstract H41B-0290.
Brahana, J.V., Davis, R.K., and Marshall, D., 2000, Integrating empirical and theoretical considerations into a viable conceptual model of pathogen transport and storage in shallow karst aquifers of the southern Ozarks:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A432.
Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., Kresse, T.M., and Murdoch, John, 2000, Hydrogeologic and water-quality effects of brittle fractures in shallow spring basins of the Springfield Plateau in northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 3, p. A4.
Cole, J.H., and Brahana, J.V., 2000, The University of Arkansas Savoy Field Research Facility:  A developmental status report:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 3, p. A6.
Little, P.R., Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., and Cole, J.H., 2000, The role of interflow in a mantled-karst aquifer, Basin 2, Savoy Experimental Watershed:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 3, p. A34.
Russell, R.A., Brahana, J.V., and Cole, J.H., 2000, Ground-water and surface-water interaction in mantled karst:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 3, p. A40.
Al-Rashidy, Said, Shirley, Tracy, Brahana, J.V., Sauer, T.J., Kresse, Tim, and Woodstrom, Freya, 1998, Application of continuous hydrologic monitoring to characterize dominant groundwater flow and transport in mantled karst terrane, Northwest Arkansas:  in Gambling with groundwater--Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of aquifer-stream relations, Abstracts with Program of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress XXVIII and the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology, Las Vegas, p. 19-20.
Brahana, J.V., 1998, Integrated hydrochemical methods to constrain conceptual models of deeply-buried groundwater flow boundaries:  in Gambling with groundwater--Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of aquifer-stream relations, Abstracts with Program of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress XXVIII and the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology, Las Vegas, p. 23-24.
Brahana, J.V., 1997, Aqueous geomicrobiology--The new frontier of chemical hydrogeology:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A288.
Brahana, J.V., Hays, P.D., Stanton, T.M., Sauer, T.J., and Coffey, K., 1997, Controlling influences affecting surface-water and ground-water interaction at the Savoy Experimental Watershed (Illinois River) Northwest Arkansas:  7th Biennial State Water Conference and 10th Annual  Arkansas Ground Water Association and American Water Resources Association Joint Symposium , Proceedings, Little Rock, AR, p.10.
Orndorff, H.A., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, John V., 1997, Comparison of shallow aquifer flow systems in Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A328. 
Peterson, E.W., Davis, R.K., and Brahana, J.V., 1997a, The use of regression analysis and soil coring in monitoring nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in Stafford Spring, Carroll County, Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A182. 
Peterson, E.W., Davis, R.K., and Brahana, J.V., 1997b, The use of regression analysis and soil coring in monitoring nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in Stafford Spring, Carroll County, Arkansas:  7th Biennial State Water Conference of Arkansas Ground Water Association and American Water Resources Association, Proceedings, Little Rock, AR, p. 14.
Sinor, N.J., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, J.V. 1997a, Storm event analysis of two Washington County springs in Northwest Arkansas to determine the impacts to groundwater quality from land applied animal wastes:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A329.
Sinor, N.J., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, J.V. 1997b, Dye-trace analyses of two spring watersheds in Washington County, Arkansas:  EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall 1997 meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Sauer, T.J., Brahana, J.V., Kresse, T.M., Moore, P.A., Jr., Logsdon, S.D., Coffey, K.P., Daniel, T.C., Maxwell, C.V., West, C.P., and Braum, S.M., 1997, Using landscape position and soil information to optimize manure application:  Soil and Water Conservation Society Proceedings, Managing Manure in Harmony with the Environment and Society, Ames, IA. 
Sauer, T.J., Moore, P.A., Brahana, J.V., and Coffey, K.P., 1997, Characterizing the surface hydrology at different landscape positions adjacent to the Illinois River:  7th Biennial State Water Conference and 10th Annual  Arkansas Ground Water Association and American Water Resources Association Joint Symposium , Proceedings, Little Rock, AR,  p. 12.
Bostian, Rick, and Brahana, J.V., 1996, Regional tectonic and structural control on the hydrogeology of the Boone-St. Joe aquifer, Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 5-6.
Brahana, J.V., 1996a, The role of fractures as tectonically-controlled ground-water flow boundaries in deep aquifers of the northern Mississippi embayment:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 6.
Brahana, J.V., 1996b, Arkansas ground water in the 21st Century--New directions for an old science:  Arkansas Ground Water Association and American Water Resources Association Joint Symposium, Proceedings, p.7.
Brahana, J.V., Davis, Ralph K., Stanton, G.P., Doherty, E.H., and Bartholmey, E.C., 1996, A conceptual model for preliminary spring-basin delineation in the mantled karst terrane of the southern Ozarks:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 344.
Doherty, Eloise, and Brahana, J.V., 1996a, Use of remote-sensing data and GIS models for mapping hydrogeology and structure in the karst terraine of northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 11.
Doherty, Eloise, and Brahana, J.V., 1996b, Delineation of structural controls on the Boone-St. Joe aquifer of northwestern Arkansas using GIS-based predictive modeling, remotely-sensed data, and ground-truth determination:  EOS, v. 77, no. 17 (April 23), p. S117.
Ford, G.L., and Brahana, J.V., 1996, U.S. Geological Survey's self-supporting hydrogeologic research office:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 13-14.
Monk, Richard G., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, John V., 1996a, Fault control of ground-water flow to Decatur spring, Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 54.
Monk, Richard G., Davis, Ralph K., and Brahana, J. V., 1996b, Waste management and its effects on Decatur spring, Northwest Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 345.
Roggio, Robin G., Ford, Grace L., and Brahana, J.V., 1996, Hydrogeologic controls of the springs in northern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 61.
Stanton, Gregory P., and Brahana, J. Van, 1996, Structural control on hydrogeology of a mantled karst aquifer in northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 344.
Bartholmey, E.C., Martin, J.W., Kresse, T.M., and Brahana, J.V., 1995, Influence of fractures and faults on the hydrogeology of springs in the Springfield Plateau of northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A-100.
Brahana, J.V., 1995a, Field Hydrogeology--Theory, techniques, and applications or How we spent our summer vacation:  University of Arkansas Teaching Academy, 3rd Annual Teaching and Research Ideas Exchange Workshop, Abstracts, p. 50.
Brahana, J.V., 1995c, Hydrogeological delineation and continuous monitoring of the shallow karst aquifers of northern Arkansas--Practical implications for land-use planning:  Proceedings of the 6th Biennial State Water Conference and 8th Annual American Water Resources Association and Arkansas Ground-Water Association Joint Symposium, p. 21-22.
Hays, T.S., Scott, H.D., Parker, D.G., and Brahana, J.V., 1995, An assessment of potential phosphorus contamination in the upper Illinois River watershed:  Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Abstracts for 92nd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Martin, Jerry W., and Brahana, J.V., 1995, Comparative hydrogeology of large springs of the Springfield Plateau in northwestern Arkansas: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A-181.
Stanton, G.P., Brahana, J.V., and Hays, P.D., 1995, Field Hydrogeology--Theory, techniques, and applications or How we spent our summer vacation:  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A-148
Walters, Dorothy, and Brahana, J.V., 1995, Methodology development and preliminary field assessment of infectious bursal disease virus as a tracer in shallow karst aquifers:  University of Arkansas Teaching Academy, 3rd Annual Teaching and Research Ideas Exchange Workshop, Abstracts, p. 49.
Brahana, J.V., and Martin, J.W., 1994, Temporal variability in discharge and water quality from large springs in northwestern Arkansas--Implications for data collection:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. A-286.
Brahana, J.V., and Walters, Dorothy, 1994, Methodology development and preliminary field assessment of host-specific viruses as tracers in shallow karst aquifers:  Conference Proceedings of Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry, Colorado Springs, Colorado,  p.2-3.
Brahana, J.V., 1993, Tectonic control of regional ground-water flow in deeply buried aquifers of the northern Mississippi embayment, Missouri and Arkansas:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.25, p 9.
Brahana, J.V., 1993, Conceptual model of hydrogeology in the Ozark Plateaus Region during Pennsylvanian Time:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.25, p. 9.
Brahana, J.V., 1993, Dominant factors affecting ground-water flow and transport in the carbonate-rock aquifers of Northwestern Arkansas, in Proceedings of Abstracts, December 9, 1993, Sixth Annual AWRA/AGWA Symposium, Ground Water Issues of the 90's--Quantity and Quality, p. 5-6.
Fanning, Bobby J., and Brahana, J.V., 1993, Hydrogeologic factors affecting cavern morphology within rocks of Mississippian Age in Northwestern Arkansas:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, p. 13.
Brahana, J.V., Hollyday, E.F., Bradley, M.W., and Hileman, G.E., 1991, Lithologic controls on the evolution of permeability in chart-bearing carbonate rocks of Mississippian Age from the southern United States:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, p. A266.
Hollyday, E.F., Hileman, G.E., and Brahana, J.V., 1991, Relation of potential yield of water wells to depositional sequences in Paleozoic Rocks of the Valley and Ridge Province, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, p. A26-A27.
Mahoney, E.M., and Brahana, J.V., 1991, Inhomogeneity and anisotropy in variably thick, non-indurated coastal plain confining units in the Memphis Area--facts or faults?:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.23, p. A323.
Hollyday, E. F., Brahana, J. V., and Pavlicek, D. J., 1989, Conceptualization of ground-water flow in the Valley and Ridge province, New Jersey to Alabama:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, no. 7, p. A41. 
Vourvopoulos, G., Brahana, J. V., Nolte, E., Korschinek, G., Priller, A., and Dockhorn, B.,1990, 36Cl measurements and the hydrology of an acid injection site:  Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Abstracts, Annual meeting--Paris.
Vourvopoulos, G., Brahana, J. V., Kraemer, T. F., Wolfli, W., Synal, M., Sutter, A., 1989, Applied research using chlorine-36 as a hydrogeologic tool:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-409,   p 104.  (Second National Symposium on Water Quality)
Seaber, P. R., and Brahana, J. V., 1989, Application of regional aquifer coefficients to evaluate hydrogeologic controls on permeability and porosity:  International Geological Congress Abstracts, v. 3, p. 3-64  - 3-65. 
Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1988, Dry stream reaches in dense carbonate rock terranes--surface indicators of ground-water reservoirs: First Tennessee Hydrology Symposium Proceedings, p. 7,
Brahana, J. V., and Vourvopoulos, George, 1988, Regional ground-water flow boundary delineation using radioisotopes:  American Institute of Hydrology Conference Abstracts--Advances in Ground-Water Hydrology, p. 20.
Broshears, R. E., and Brahana, J. V., 1988, A risk assessment algorithm for hazardous and radioactive waste sites:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 4, p. 255. 
Kraemer, T. F., and Brahana, J. V., 1988, Radioisotopes of chlorine, uranium, and radium used in defining tectonically controlled ground-water flow boundaries:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 7, p. A364. 
Brahana, J. V., 1985, The use of a ground-water flow model as an aid to water management in the Memphis area, Tennessee, metropolitan area (abs.):  Proceedings, Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute. 
Brahana, J. V., 1983, Techniques for defining the hydrogeologic environment and their application to studies of ground-water contamination:  Proceedings, First Atlantic Workshop, Organic Chemical Contamination of Ground Water. 
Brahana, J. V., Reesman, A. L., and Reesman, R. H., 1982, Stable carbon isotopes as a tool for interpreting the origin of sodium-bicarbonate ground water in Cretaceous and Tertiary aquifers in the northern Mississippi embayment [abs.]:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 14, no. 7, p. 451. 
Hollyday, E. F., Brahana, J. V., Harvey, E. J., and Skelton, John, 1981,   Comparative regional hydrogeology of three Lower Paleozoic carbonate aquifer systems of Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 13, no. 7, p. 475.
Burchett, C. R., Brahana, J. V., and Hollyday, E. F., 1980, The occurrence of ground water in relation to facies within the Fort Payne Formation in Tennessee:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 395. 
Hollyday, E. F., and Brahana, J. V., 1980, Karst hydrogeology of the Salem Plateau of Central Missouri compared to the Central Basin of Tennessee:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 448. 
Brahana, J. V., and Davis, S. N., 1973, Effect of short-term stress on jointed rock near the land surface:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 5, no. 5, p. 379-380.
Brahana, J. V., 1971, Localization of strain along joints in bedrock:   Transaction of Missouri Academy of Sciences, v. 5, p. 138. 
Brahana, J.V., 1969, Gravity and tectonic analysis of northwestern Illinois zinc-lead district [abs.]:  Transactions of Missouri Academy of Sciences, v. 3, p. 104.