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| 9-1 | 8:00 AM | SERPENTINITE WEATHERING AND TRACE METAL MOBILITY IN DRY TROPICAL FOREST (NW COSTA RICA) AND COOL TEMPORATE GRASSLAND (SW ENGLAND): RYAN, Peter1, HILLIER, Steve2, WALL, Andrew1, and WESOLOWSKI, Martin1, (1) Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, pryan@middlebury.edu, (2) Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, AB158QH, United Kingdom |
| 9-2 | 8:15 AM | ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CADMIUM AND OTHER TRACE-ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN SPHALERITE FROM MINERAL DEPOSITS: PIATAK, Nadine M., U.S. Geol Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, npiatak@usgs.gov, SEAL, Robert R. II, U.S. Geol. Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, and HAMMARSTROM, Jane M., U.S. Geol Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192 |
| 9-3 | 8:30 AM | UPTAKE AND FRACTIONATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS BY CRESTED WHEATGRASS IN A SAGEBRUSH STEPPE ECOSYSTEM: MCLING, Travis1, PALMER, Carl D.2, HUGHS, Scott3, and HESS, J. Richard2, (1) Geosciences Research Department, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab, P.O. Box 1625, Mail Stop 2107, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2107, tm1@inel.gov, (2) Geosciences Research, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2107, (3) Department of Geosciences, Idaho State Univ, 785 S. 8th St, Pocatello, ID 83209 |
| 9-4 | 8:45 AM | USING COMMERICALLY AVAILABLE ENZYME BIOASSAYS TO RAPIDLY SCREEN AND MONITOR METAL-CONTAMINATED SITES: CHOATE, LaDonna M.1, RANVILLE, James F.2, and BLUMENSTEIN, Eric P.2, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, Lakewood, CO 80225-0046, lchoate@usgs.gov, (2) Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 |
| 9-5 | 9:00 AM | CONCENTRATIONS AND SPECIATION OF ARSENIC ALONG A GROUNDWATER FLOW PATH IN THE CARRIZO SAND AQUIFER, TEXAS, USA: HAQUE, Shama, Graduate Program in Environmental Science and Engineering, The Univ of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Box 19049, Arlington, TX 76019-0049, sxh4352@exchange.uta.edu and JOHANNESSON, Karen H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Univ of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Box 19049, Arlington, TX 76019-0049 |
| 9-6 | 9:15 AM | SPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER, SEDIMENTS, BEDROCK, AND AGRICULTURAL LANDUSE IN NEW ENGLAND: ROBINSON, Gilpin R. Jr, U.S. Geol Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, grobinso@usgs.gov and AYOTTE, Joseph D., U.S. Geol Survey, 361 Commerce Way, Pembroke, NH 03275 |
| 9-7 | 9:30 AM | NATIONAL TRENDS IN TRACE ELEMENTS (METALS) IN RESERVOIR SEDIMENT CORES FROM 1970 TO 2004 AND THEIR RELATION TO INFLUENT STREAM QUALITY: MAHLER, Barbara J. and VAN METRE, Peter C., Water Resources Discipline, U.S. Geol Survey, 8027 Exchange Dr, Austin, TX 78754, bjmahler@usgs.gov |
| 9-8 | 9:45 AM | MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT FROM PAST MINING AND USE OF MERCURY-ENRICHED COAL: THE EXAMPLE OF GORLOVKA, UKRAINE: KOLKER, Allan1, PANOV, Boris S.2, KUNDIEV, Yuri I.3, TRACHTENBERG, Isaac M.3, GIBB, Herman J.4, KORCHEMAGIN, Viktor A.2, and CENTENO, José A.5, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, MS-956, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, akolker@usgs.gov, (2) Dept. Mineral Deposits and Ecological Geology, Donetsk National Technical Univ, 58 Artem St, Donetsk, 83000, (3) Ukraine Institute of Occupational Health, Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, 75 Saksagansky St, Kyiv, 01033, (4) Sciences Int'l, Inc, 1800 Diagonal Rd, Alexandria, VA 22314-2808, (5) Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306 |
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| 9-9 | 10:15 AM | SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF MERCURY LOADING IN MICHIGAN’S INLAND LAKES: PARSONS, Matthew J.1, LONG, David T.1, YOHN, Sharon S.1, and GIESY, John P.2, (1) Geological Sciences, Michigan State Univ, 206 Natural Science, East Lansing, MI 48824, parson65@msu.edu, (2) Zoology, Michigan State Univ, 203 Natural Science, East Lansing, MI 48824 |
| 9-10 | 10:30 AM | INFLUENCE OF HYPORHEIC ZONE DYNAMICS ON MERCURY GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE CARSON RIVER, NEVADA: FITZGIBBON, T.O.1, GREEN, A.C.2, LYONS, W. Berry1, WARWICK, J.J.3, HINES, Mark E.4, CARROLL, R.3, and JAMES, A.5, (1) Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ, 1090 Carmack Rd, Scott Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, lyons.142@osu.edu, (2) Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (3) Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Rsch Institute, Reno, NV 89512, (4) Department of Biological Sciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, (5) Soil and Water Science Department, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 |
| 9-11 | 10:45 AM | PRELIMINARY ASSESMENT OF THE SOURCES, DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORT OF POTENTIALLY TOXIC METALS IN THE ANCHORAGE WATERSHED, ALASKA: MUNK, LeeAnn1, BURICH, Bradley1, and KENNISH, John M.2, (1) Geological Sciences, Univ of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, aflm@uaa.alaska.edu, (2) Chemistry Department, Univ of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508 |
| 9-12 | 11:00 AM | STORM AND DIEL SURFACE-WATER CHEMISTRY VARIATIONS IN THE RED RIVER NEAR QUESTA, NEW MEXICO: MCCLESKEY, Richard Blaine, U.S. Geol Survey, 3215 Marine St, Boulder, CO 80303, rbmccles@usgs.gov, VERPLANCK, Philip L., U.S. Geol Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, and NORDSTROM, D. Kirk, Water Resources Div, U.S. Geol Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303 |
| 9-13 | 11:15 AM | GEOCHEMICAL AND REACTIVE-TRANSPORT MODELING BASED ON LOW-FLOW AND SNOWMELT TRACER INJECTION-SYNOPTIC SAMPLING STUDIES FOR THE RED RIVER, NEW MEXICO: BALL, James W.1, RUNKEL, Robert L.2, and NORDSTROM, D. Kirk1, (1) Water Resources Div, U.S. Geol Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, jwball@usgs.gov, (2) Water Resources Division, U.S. Geol Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 |
| 9-14 | 11:30 AM | SEASONAL TRENDS IN METAL TRANSPORT IN A MINING-IMPACTED STREAM: NORTH FORK CLEAR CREEK (NFCC), COLORADO: HARVEY, Barbara A.B.1, RANVILLE, James F.2, and ROSS, Philippe1, (1) Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, bharvey@mines.edu, (2) Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 |
| 9-15 | 11:45 AM | METAL ADSORPTION ONTO ORGANIC COMPONENTS IN GEOLOGIC SYSTEMS: BUILDING GENERALIZED PREDICTIVE MODELS: BORROK, David, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, dborrok@nd.edu and FEIN, Jeremy B., CE/GEOS, Univ of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46616 |
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