2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 1 Sunday, 28 October 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 503

Geochemistry

Liliana Lefticariu, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
1-18:00 AM PER MIL 238U/235U VARIATIONS IN URANIUM ORES: EVIDENCE FOR ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION BY NUCLEAR FIELD SHIFT?: BOPP, Charles John IV and LUNDSTROM, Craig, Geology, UIUC, 1301 W.Green St., 245NHB, Urbana, IL 61801, cbopp2@uiuc.edu
1-28:15 AM APPLICATION OF X-RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGY: MCINNES, Brent I.A.1, EVANS, Noreen J.1, AUSTIN, Peter J.2, SQUELCH, Andrew3, MCDONALD, Bradley J.1, and WU, Qianhong4, (1) John deLaeter Centre for Mass Spectrometry, CSIRO Exploration and Mining, PO Box 1130, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia, Brent.McInnes@csiro.au, (2) Parker Centre for Integrated Hydrometallury Solutions, CSIRO Minerals, Waterford, 6151, Australia, (3) iVEC, CSIRO Exploration and Mining, PO Box 1130, Bentley, Perth, 6102, Australia, (4) Geology, Central South University, Zuojialong, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
1-38:30 AM THE EFFECT OF GRAIN SIZE ON THE CLOSURE TEMPERATURE OF HE IN CALCITE: A CASE STUDY FROM THE MIOCENE BARSTOW FORMATION: COPELAND, Peter, Geoscience, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204, copeland@uh.edu, RASBURY, Troy, Dept of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, and WATSON, E. Bruce, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180
1-48:45 AM MODELING DIFFUSION PHENOMENA IN MINERALS: THE CASE OF HELIUM IN ZIRCON (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOMETER: REICH, Martin, Department of Geology, School of Engineering and Science, University of Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Casilla 13518 Correo 21, Santiago, Chile, mreich@ing.uchile.cl, EWING, Rodney C., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, EHLERS, Todd A., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, and BECKER, Udo, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, 1100 North University Avenue, C.C.Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063
1-59:00 AM RADIOLYTIC OXIDATION OF PYRITE BY GAMMA RADIATION: LEFTICARIU, Liliana1, PRATT, Lisa2, RIPLEY, Edward2, and LAVERNE, Jay3, (1) Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, lefticariu@geo.siu.edu, (2) IPTAI, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, (3) Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 47405
1-69:15 AM THERMOBAROMETRY OF >4 GA ZIRCONS: TOWARDS A HADEAN GEOTHERM: HOPKINS, M.D., Earth and Space Sciences and IGPP, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA 90095, mdhop1@ucla.edu and HARRISON, T.M., Earth and Space Sciences and IGPP, University of California,Los Angeles, Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
1-79:30 AM CONCENTRATION AND CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF FE(CO3)OH IN PEDOGENIC GOETHITE OF A MID-CRETACEOUS PALEOSOL IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA: FENG, Weimin and YAPP, Crayton, Dallas, TX 75275, wfeng@smu.edu
 9:45 AM Break
1-810:00 AM OXYGEN ISOTOPE DATA FROM HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ARCHEAN PLUTONS: CONSTRAINTS ON THE ISOTOPIC EVOLUTION OF THE HYDROSPHERE: BANERJEE, Sandeep, GREGORY, Robert T., RICHARDS, Ian, and FERGUSON, Kurt, Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75275, sbanerje@smu.edu
1-910:15 AM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE FROM LATE ORDOVICIAN δ18O DATA, BROMIDE AND VIOLA SPRINGS FORMATIONS, OKLAHOMA, USA: ROSENAU, Nicholas A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72204, nxrosenau@ualr.edu, LESLIE, Stephen A., Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, and HERRMANN, Achim, Barrett Honors College, Arizona State Universtiy, Tempe, AZ 85287-1612
1-1010:30 AM MOLECULAR SIGNATURES FOR CHANGES IN POPULATIONS OF NITROGEN-FIXING CYANOBACTERIA IN RESPONSE TO FLUCTUATIONS IN OXYGENATION LEVELS DURING THE EARLY APTIAN OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT: BRASSELL, Simon C., Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, simon@indiana.edu and DUMITRESCU, Mirela, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, 233 Benmar Drive, Houston, TX 77060
1-1110:45 AM d15N AND d18O OF NITRATE AND THE INFLUENCE OF ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS ON THE SURFACE WATER NITRATE BUDGET IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, USA: SJOSTROM, Derek and MUNK, LeeAnn, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, ands3@uaa.alaska.edu
1-1211:00 AM LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION OF OXYGEN- AND HYDROGEN-ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS DURING SNOW CRYSTAL FORMATION: LU, Guoping, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS 90-1116, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, gplu@lbl.gov and DEPAOLO, Donald J., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
1-1311:15 AM DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF ROAD SALTING ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY AT SELECT PUBLIC SUPPLY WELLFIELDS USING BR/CL MOLAR RATIO ANALYSIS, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK: FULLER, Tyrand T., 3525 sunrise highway, oakdale, NY 11432, tfuller@scwa.com
1-1411:30 AM REFINED GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PAINTBRUSH GROUP TUFFS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: PETERMAN, Zell E., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, peterman@usgs.gov and SPENGLER, Richard, U.S. Geol Survey, MS 421 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225
1-1511:45 AM EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON THE COMPOSITION OF SOLUBLE SALTS IN DUST AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: OLIVER, Thomas A., S.M. Stoller Corp., c/o U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 421, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, taoliver@usgs.gov

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