2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 170 Tuesday, 30 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 505

T130. Forensic Geoscience: Research and Case Studies

Elisa Bergslien and C.E. Nehru, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
170-11:30 PM SHERLOCK HOLMES GOES TO ANTARCTICA: ANDREWS, Sarah, P.O. Box 1521, Sebastopol, CA 95473, Sarah.Andrews@ebagroup.com
170-21:50 PM FORENSIC GEOLOGY CASE STUDIES FROM THE NORTHWEST: SCHNECK, William, Microanalysis, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory, 580 West 7th Street, Cheney, WA 99004, bill.schneck@wsp.wa.gov
170-32:10 PM THE LANDSCAPE AND THE VICTIM: RUFFELL, Alastair, School of Geography, Archaeology, Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast BT26 6BJ United Kingdom, a.ruffell@qub.ac.uk
170-42:30 PM EXAMINING EARTH EVIDENCE: IS ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY ENOUGH?: HALTERMAN, Don J. Jr and WILLIAMS, Thomas J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, dhalterman@vandals.uidaho.edu
170-52:45 PM A NEEDLE IN THE X-RAY HAYSTACK: DETECTION LIMITS IN POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION OF GEOLOGIC MATERIALS: WILLIAMS, Thomas J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, tomw@uidaho.edu, GUNTER, Mickey E., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, and SANCHEZ, Matthew S., R.J. Lee Group, 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville, PA 15146
170-63:00 PM DIFFERENTIATING SOILS IN WESTERN NEW YORK USING XRF AND XRD TO BUILD A DATABASE: BERGSLIEN, Elisa, Earth Sciences and Science Education, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave, 271 Science Building, Buffalo, NY 14222, bergslet@buffalostate.edu and HOVEY, Adam, Great Lakes Center, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222
170-73:15 PM FORENSIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF LEAD DISTRIBUTION IN ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTY SOILS: GEROVAC, Crystal M., Earth Sciences and Science Education, Buffalo State College, 415 Baynes Street, Lower Apt, Buffalo, NY 14213, cmgerovac@yahoo.com and BERGSLIEN, Elisa, Earth Sciences and Science Education, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave, 271 Science Building, Buffalo, NY 14222
 3:30 PM Break
170-83:45 PM FORENSIC GEOLOGY AS A VEHICLE FOR INQUIRY-DRIVE LEARNING: THE CASE OF THE SANDY BODY: EBY, G. Nelson, Department of Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, Nelson_Eby@uml.edu
170-94:00 PM BROWNFIELD ACTION: VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS: BOWER, Peter M., Environmental Science, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, pb119@columbia.edu and LIDDICOAT, Joseph C., Environmental Science, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, jliddico@barnard.edu
170-104:15 PM “CASE STUDIES” IN FORESIC CLASSES: NEHRU, Cherukupalli E., Geology, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY. 11210, Earth and Environmental Sciences, PhD Program, Graduate School, CUNY, New York, NY, 10016, Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 10024, Asian American/Asian Research Institute, New York, NY 10036, Nehru@Brooklyn.CUNY.edu
170-114:30 PM A FORENSIC TWIST TO A RUN OF THE MILL ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY LABORATORY COURSE: ASHER, Pranoti M., Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8149, PAsher@GeorgiaSouthern.Edu and RHODES, Dallas D., Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8149
170-124:45 PM GEOLOGIC AGENTS AS POISONS: WHAT'S OBVIOUS TO A GEOLOGIST MAY BE NEWS TO EVERYONE ELSE: ANDREWS, Sarah, PO Box 1521, Sebastopol, CA 95473, Sarah.Andrews@ebagroup.com
170-135:00 PM THE BIOACCESSIBILITY OF METAL AND METALLOID TOXICANTS IN COMPOUNDS USED HISTORICALLY IN MEDICINES, TOILETRIES, AND MURDERS: PLUMLEE, Geoffrey S.1, MORMAN, Suzette A.2, WOLF, Ruth E.2, and TODOROV, Todor2, (1) Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team, U.S. Geological Survey, MS964 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, gplumlee@usgs.gov, (2) Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team, U.S. Geological Survey, MS973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
170-145:15 PM ARSENIC AND MEDICAL GEOLOGY-A ROLE FOR THE EARTH SCIENTIST IN THE ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION OF HEALTH RISK: CENTENO, José A., Chief, Biophysical Toxicology Branch, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Dept of Environmental and Toxicological Pathology, 6825 16 NW, Bldg. 54, Washington, DC 20306, centeno@afip.osd.mil

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