2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 68 Monday, 23 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 110 AB

T23. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Geochemical Problems

Nancy Washton and Karl T. Mueller, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
68-18:05 AM STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MG1-XALX(OH)2(NO3)XNH2O LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES: SIDERIS, Paul J., NIELSEN, Ulla G., and GREY, Clare P., Chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, psideris@ic.sunysb.edu
68-28:20 AM FROM PEPTIDES TO PROTEINS: CONTROL OF NET MOLECULAR CHARGE AND HYDROPHILICITY ON THE KINETICS OF CALCITE GROWTH: DOVE, Patricia M.1, ELHADJ, Selim1, and DE YOREO, James J.2, (1) Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, dove@vt.edu, (2) Chemistry and Materials Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551
68-38:35 AM THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLABORATORY TOOLS TO FACILITATE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, MULTI-SCALE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTAL KINETICS RESEARCH: MUELLER, Karl T.1, BROUWER, William1, WASHTON, Nancy M.1, GARRISON, Barbara J.1, NANGIA, Shikha1, BRANTLEY, Susan L.2, BANDSTRA, Joel3, KUBICKI, James4, MITRA, Prasenjit5, and GILES, C. Lee5, (1) Chemistry, Penn State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, PA 16802, ktm2@psu.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (3) Geosciences, Penn State University, 226D Earth & Engineering Sciences, University Park, 16802, (4) Geosciences, Penn State University, 335 Deike Bldg, University Park, 16802, (5) Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, 104 Information Sciences and Technology Building, University Park, PA 16802
68-48:50 AM THE CAPE COD WASTEWATER PLUME AS A FIELD LABORATORY FOR THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF PROCESSES AFFECTING CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN GROUND WATER: LEBLANC, Denis R., U.S. Geological Survey, 10 Bearfoot Road, Northborough, MA 01532, dleblanc@usgs.gov, KENT, Douglas B., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 465, Menlo Park, CA 94025, SMITH, Richard L., U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Boulder, CO 80303, HARVEY, Ronald W., U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Boulder, CO 80303, and BARBER, Larry B., U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Boulder, CO 80303
68-59:10 AM USING NUCLEATION THEORY TO UNDERSTAND THE DISSOLUTION KINETICS OF VITREOUS AND BIOGENIC SILICA: HAN, Nizhou, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, nhan@vt.edu and DOVE, Patricia M., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
68-69:25 AM A TEST OF A FUNCTIONAL GROUP-CONTRIBUTION SCHEME FOR PREDICTING THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF AQUEOUS ORGANIC SPECIES: MCALISTER, Jason A. and KETTLER, Richard M., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, rkettler1@unl.edu
 9:40 AM Break
68-79:55 AM MICROBIAL BIOMASS: A CATALYST OF CACO3 PRECIPITATION IN ADVECTIVELY DOMINATED FLOW REGIMES: KANDIANIS, Michael T., Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 245 Natural History Building, 1301 Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, kandiani@uiuc.edu and FOUKE, Bruce W., Department of Geology, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
68-810:10 AM MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE AT UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: FEIN, Jeremy B., Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, fein@nd.edu
68-910:30 AM KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC DRIVERS OF AMORPHOUS SILICA NUCLEATION ON ORGANIC SURFACES: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF BIOSILICIFICATION PROCESSES: WALLACE, Adam F., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, afw@vt.edu and DOVE, Patricia M., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
68-1010:45 AM NEW TOOLS AND CONCEPTS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF MINERAL SURFACE AREA FOR EXTRAPOLATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISSOLUTION KINETICS: WASHTON, Nancy M.1, MUELLER, Karl T.1, DAVIS, Michael1, KUBICKI, James2, BANDSTRA, Joel3, MOORE, Joel4, and BRANTLEY, Susan L.5, (1) Chemistry, Penn State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, PA 16802, nam@chem.psu.edu, (2) Geosciences, Penn State University, 335 Deike bldg, University Park, 16802, (3) Geosciences, Penn State University, 226D Earth & Engineering Sciences, University Park, 16802, (4) Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16801, (5) Geosciences, Penn State University, 2217 Earth & Engineering Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University Park, PA 16802
68-1111:00 AM STUDIES OF ADSORPTION AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THE IRON SOIL MINERALS, LEPIDOCROCITE AND GOETHITE, BY MULTI-NUCLEAR SOLID-STATE NMR SPECTROSCOPY: KIM, Jongsik1, KEINIA, Julmis1, NIELSEN, Ulla Gro1, PAIK, Younkee1, FITTS, Jeffrey P.2, and GREY, Clare P.1, (1) Chemistry, SUNY, Stony Brook, Department of Chemistry, SUNY, Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, jonkim@ic.sunysb.edu, (2) Environmental Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, PO 5000 Bldg 830, Upton, NY NY 11973-500
 11:15 AM Concluding Remarks

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