South-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (April 1–2, 2005)
Session No. 14 Saturday, April 2, 2005
1:20 PM-5:40 PM, Trinity University: Northrup Hall 040

General Session 4: Environmental Geoscience and Hydrogeology

Konstantinos Makris and Saurabh Sharma, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:20 PM Introductory Remarks
14-11:30 PM ARSENIC REMEDIATION POTENTIAL OF VETIVER GRASS: QUISPE, Mario A.1, THERAPONG, Chacharee1, DATTA, Rupali2, and SARKAR, Dibyendu3, (1) Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 west, San Antonio, TX 78249, angelmaq@yahoo.com, (2) Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop, 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, (3) Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663
14-21:50 PM BIOAVAILABILITY OF ARSENIC AND PHOSPHORUS IN A FLORIDA SOIL AMENDED WITH WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS: EFFECT OF EQUILIBRATION TIME: KHAIROM, Alpana, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, akhairom@utsa.edu, SARKAR, Dibyendu, Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, and DATTA, Rupali, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop, 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663
14-32:10 PM CONSIDERATION OF ARSENIC BIOAVAILABILITY IN HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT: PRELIMINARY GREENHOUSE RESULTS: QUAZI, Shahida, Earth and Environmental Science, Univ Of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249, squazi@utsa.edu, SARKAR, Dibyendu, Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, DATTA, Rupali, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop, 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, and SHARMA, Saurabh, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-066
14-42:30 PM BIOAVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS IN SEDIMENTS OF A SLUDGE DISPOSAL LAKE: BARBER, Summer J.1, SIMPSON, Neil W.1, SHARMA, Saurabh2, SARKAR, Dibyendu3, and DATTA, Rupali4, (1) Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, sbarber@utsa.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-066, (3) Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, (4) Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop, 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663
14-52:50 PM POTENTIAL PHYTOAVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS AS A FUNCTION OF SOIL PROPERTIES IN BIOSOLIDS-AMENDED SOILS: NAGAR, Rachana, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249, rnagar@utsa.edu, SARKAR, Dibyendu, Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, SHARMA, Saurabh, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-066, and DATTA, Rupali, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop, 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663
 3:10 PM Break
14-63:30 PM A CURSORY EXAMINATION OF WATER QUALITY IN THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER BASIN: JUCKETT, Miriam1, QUAZI, Shahida2, MORALES, Marla3, SMITH, Brian4, WANG, Xianwei2, and SARKAR, Dibyendu5, (1) Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Rsch Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, mjuckett@swri.org, (2) Earth and Environmental Science, Univ Of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249, (3) Univ Of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249, (4) Chemistry Division, AFIOH/SDC, 2350 Gillingham Drive, Brooks City Base, San Antonio, TX 78235, (5) Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663
14-73:50 PM ZEOLITIC LIFEBOATS: AN ANALOGUE FOR INVESTIGATING LIFE ON MARS: JANUSZ, Robert Emil and BIRNBAUM, Stuart J., Earth and Environmental Science, The Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249, rjanusz@utsa.edu
14-84:10 PM GIS AND GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENTATION IN FORT PHANTOM HILL RESERVOIR, WEST CENTRAL TEXAS, CORRELATED TO WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS: NEBLE, Nancy and ODHIAMBO, Ben, Environmental Mangement, Hardin Simmons Univ, POB 16155, 2200 Hickory Street, Abilene, TX 79698, nebl5638@hsutx.edu
14-94:30 PM INFLUENCE OF DESICCATION FRACTURES IN HIGH-SMECTITE CLAY SOILS ON GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION RATES: ULIANA, Matthew M., Department of Biology - Geology Program and Aquatic Resources, Texas State Univ-San Marcos, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, mu12@txstate.edu.
14-104:50 PM CASE STUDIES IN FORENSIC PETROGRAPHY: PATTY, Tom S., Wiss, Janney Elstner Associates, Inc, 13581 Pond Springs Rd Ste 107, Austin, TX 78729-4423, tsp@wje.com.

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