Address: 68 Cherry Lane, Durham, Connecticut 06422;  Telephone: (860) 349-8088

Education: M.Sc., Geology, University of New Brunswick, 1966 Fredericton, N.B., Canada.

B.A., Geology, University of Connecticut, 1962 Storrs, Connecticut.

Experience:
1994-present U.S. Geological Survey Volunteer for Science (part-time).  Consulting hydrologist
 
 

1980-1994 U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut District, Hartford, Conn.  Position - Chief, Hydrologic Studies Section.  Responsible for management of the USGS hydrological investigations in Connecticut.  Most of these investigations addressed complex problems, including the effects of pesticides on ground-water quality, natural radionuclides in ground water, quantitative evaluations of aquifer yields, applications of surface geophysics to aquifer characterization, impacts of acid rain on water quality, and the effects of urbanization on flood flows of streams.  Personally conducted complex ground-water studies, including investigations of hydraulic characteristics of -glacial sediments, geohydrologic characterization of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund sites, and design of a statewide observation well network.

1966-1980 U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut District, Hartford, Conn.  Position - Project Chief for water-resources studies of aquifers in southeastern Connecticut and the Farmington River Basin and for the Connecticut Valley Urban Area Project (a demonstration program to produce hydrologic and geologic maps for direct application in land-use planning).  Also conducted studies of water resources in the Housatonic River Basin, Long Island Sound, and the Quinnipiac River Basin.  Served as Ground-Water Specialist for the Connecticut District (1975-1980).

1962-1965 U.S. Geological Survey, New York District
Assisted (part-time) in basinwide hydrologic and geologic studies in eastern Connecticut and attended graduate school.

Honors and Awards:  Outstanding Performance Award, USGS, 1987, 1989;  Special Achievement Award, USGS, 1976, 1992;  Communication Award, USGS, 1978

Membership in Professional and Scholarship Societies:
American Geophysical Union;  Geological Society of America (Section Representative, Hydrogeology Division, 1992-96)

Association of Ground-Water Scientists and Engineers (NWWA) Connecticut Ground Water Association

American Institute of Hydrology (certified hydrogeologist)

Reports and Publications:

Have authored or co-authored 37 hydrologic and geologic reports and maps.  A list of most recent publications is attached.  A complete list of publications is available on request.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Robert LeRoy Melvin

Melvin, R.L., deLima, V.A., and Stone, B.D., 1992, Stratigraphy and hydraulic properties of tills in southern New England: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-481, 53 p. (Reprinted as part of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Bulletin 20.)

Melvin, R.L., Stone, B.D., and Stone, J.R., 1992, Hydrogeology of thick till deposits in Connecticut and inferences for siting low-level radioactive- waste disposal facilities [abs.], in 1992 spring meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 12-16, 1992, Proceedings: Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union, p. 125.

Melvin, R.L., Stone, B.D., Stone, J.R., and Trask, N.J., 1992, Hydrogeology of thick till deposits in Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-43, 43 p. (Reprinted as part of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Bulletin 20.)

Melvin, R.L., Schafer, J.P., and Demars, K.R., 1994, Laboratory-determined hydraulic conductivity and total porosity of tills in the southern part of the Connecticut Valley lowland: Northeastern Geology, v. 16, no. 3&4, p. 251-267.

Melvin, R.L., Stone, J.R., Craft, P.A., and Lane, J.W., Jr., 1995, Geohydrology of the Gallup's Quarry area, Plainfield, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 93-4138, 52 p. (Characterization of the geohydrology of a Superfund site; conducted for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency).

Melvin, R.L., Stone, J.R., Craft, P.A., Lane, J.W., Jr., and  Davies, B.S., 1995, Geohydrology and water quality of the   Durham Center area,   Durham, Connecticut:   U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations  Report 94-4237, 97 p. (Characterization of the geohydrology of  a Superfund site);  conducted for the U.S.  Environmental   Protection Agency.

Melvin, R.L., and Stone, J.R., 1995, Geohydrologic characterization of the sedimentary bedrock at the Durham Center area, Durham, Conn. [abs.]: Geological Society of America 30th Annual Northeast Section Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, p. 68.

Stone, J.R., Melvin, R.L., and Starn, J.J., 1996, Hydrogeologic characterization of fractured sedimentary bedrock in the Hartford Rift Basin using borehole-geophysical techniques fabs]: in LeToumeau, P.M., and Olsen, P.E., eds., Conference on aspects of Triassic-Jurassic rift basin geoscience, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, Nov. 910, 1996: Hartford, Connecticut, State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut Miscellaneous Reports 1, p. 48-49.

Wershaw, R.L., Leenheer, J.A., Sperline, R.P., Song, Yuan, Noll, L.A., Melvin, R.L., and Rigatti, G.P., 1995, Mechanism of formation of humus coatings on mineral surfaces, 1. Evidence for multidentate binding of organic acids from compost leachate on alumina: Colloids and Surfaces, Part A.  Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, v. 96, p. 93-104.