2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 132 Sunday, 5 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 320ABC

T93. Environmental Mineralogy (Mineralogical Society of America; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Peter J. Heaney and Jeffrey E. Post, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
132-18:00 AM Mineralogical Study for a Safer and Cleaner World: The Study of Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Crystalline Nuclear Waste Forms: XU, Huifang, Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, hfxu@geology.wisc.edu and WANG, Yifeng, P. O. Box, MS 0776, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87122
132-28:15 AM Amphibole Asbestos Contamination of Soil In Libby, Montana from a Former Vermiculite Mine, or Not?: GUNTER, Mickey E., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, MS 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, mgunter@uidaho.edu
132-38:30 AM Cadmium Adsorption on Mixed Mineral Assemblages of Kaolinite, Silica and Hydrous Ferric Oxide: SCHALLER, Melinda S., Geosciences Department, Western Michigan University, 1121 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, melinda.s.schaller@wmich.edu and KORETSKY, Carla M., Geosciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
132-48:45 AM Effects of Particle Size on Arsenic Speciation, Distribution, and Bioavailability in Mine Wastes: KIM, Christopher S.1, MILLER, Stefanie R.1, WILSON, Kimberly M.2, SUGIHARA, Eric1, and RYTUBA, James J.3, (1) Department of Chemistry, Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, cskim@chapman.edu, (2) Program in Environmental Sciences, Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, (3) US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
132-59:00 AM Arsenic Cycling during Chlorine Oxidation of Pyrite from the St. Peter Sandstone Aquifer, Eastern Wisconsin: WEST, Nicole, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, nrenwest@vt.edu, SCHREIBER, Madeline, Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, and GOTKOWITZ, Madeline, Wisconsin Geol and Nat History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705
132-69:15 AM Geochemistry of Scorodite-Bearing Hardpan and Its Significance to Arsenic Cycling at a Former Gold Mine: DESISTO, Stephanie L.1, JAMIESON, Heather E.1, and PARSONS, Michael B.2, (1) Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, desisto@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca, (2) Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
132-79:30 AM Cu Isotope Fractionation during Dissolution of Cu Sulfide Minerals: Assessing Metal Sources in Acid Mine Drainage with Isotope Analysis and Time-Resolved Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction: WALL, Andrew J., Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University, 542 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, awall@geosc.psu.edu, HEANEY, Peter J., Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University, 309 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, MATHUR, Ryan, Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore Street, Huntingdon, PA 16652, and POST, Jeffrey E., Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, NHB 119, PO Box 37012, Washington DC, DC 20560
132-89:45 AM Quantifying Mineralogical Transformations of Ferrihydrite Sulfidization in Microcapillary Columns by Rietveld Refinements Using In Situ Synchrotron-Based WAXS: QUICKSALL, Andrew N., BOSTICK, Benjamin C., and SIEGFRIED, Matthew R., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, aquick@dartmouth.edu
132-910:00 AM Mineralogical Changes during Ferrihydrite Sulfidization and Its Impact on Metal Behavior: HE, Y. Thomas1, WILSON, John T.2, and WILKIN, Rick T.2, (1) Groundwater and Ecosystems Restoration Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, 919 Kerr Research Drive, Ada, OK 74820, he.yongtian@epa.gov, (2) Groundwater and Ecosystems Restoration Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, 919 Kerr Research Drive, Ada, OK 74820
132-1010:15 AM Observations of Silicates in Both Retarding and Accelerating the Oxidation of Pyritic Sulfide in the Soil Environment: THOMAS, Joan E.1, WEBER, Paul2, SMART, Roger St.C3, SKINNER, William4, and SCHUMANN, Russell4, (1) FEL division, Jefferson lab, 12050 Jefferson Ave, Suite 602, Newport News, VA 23606, thomasj@jlab.org, (2) Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd, PO Box 1303, Christchurch, 8013, New Zealand, (3) ACeSSS, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, 5095, Australia, (4) IWRI, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, 5095, Australia
132-1110:30 AM Layered Manganese Oxide Stream Deposits In Spring Creek, Tennessee: JOHNSON, Elizabeth A.1, MEANS, Brent2, BORDWELL, Kathy1, and POST, Jeffrey E.3, (1) Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, James Madison University, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, johns2ea@jmu.edu, (2) Pittsburgh Field Division, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Harrisburg Transportation Center, 415 Market Street, Suite 3C, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (3) Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, NHB 119, PO Box 37012, Washington DC, DC 20560
132-1210:45 AM Zn Surface Complexes on Birnessite. A Density Functional Theory Study: KWON, Kideok, Geochemistry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 140 Mulford Hall #3114, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, kkwon@nature.berkeley.edu, REFSON, Keith, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom, and SPOSITO, Garrison, Geochemistry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 137 Mulford Hall #3114, Berkeley, CA 94720
132-1311:00 AM The Origin of Nano-Scale Stability Reversals in Titanium Oxide Minerals: HUMMER, Daniel R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, dhummer@geosc.psu.edu, HEANEY, Peter J., Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University, 309 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, KUBICKI, James D., Dept. of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 335 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2712, and POST, Jeffrey E., Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012
132-1411:15 AM Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Autunite Dissolution: WELLMAN, Dawn M.1, ARVIDSON, Rolf S.2, DAVIS, Kevin J.2, and LUTTGE, Andreas3, (1) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, dawn.wellman@pnl.gov, (2) Department of Earth Science MS-126, Rice University, 6100 S Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, (3) Dept. of Earth Science, Rice Univ, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
132-1511:30 AM Mineralogical and Hydrochemical Behaviour of a DAS-Passive Treatment System In SW Spain: CARABALLO MONGE, Manuel Antonio, Geology, University of Huelva, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas s/n, Huelva, 21071, Spain, manuel.caraballo@dgeo.uhu.es, MACÍAS SUÁREZ, Francisco, Geology, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas s/n, Huelva, 21071, Spain, RÖTTING, Tobias, Sir Joseph Swan Institute for Energy Research, 3rd Floor Devonshire Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NIETO LIÑÁN, José Miguel, Geology, University of Huelva, Avda. Fuerzas Armadas s/n, Huelva, 21071, Spain, and AYORA IBAÑEZ, Carlos, Institute of Earth Sciences “Jaume Almera”, CSIC, Lluís Solé y Sabarís, s/n, Barcelona, Spain
132-1611:45 AM Pedotransfer Functions to Estimate Phosphate Maximum Adsorption Capacity for the B-Horizon of Soils from the State of Paraná, Brazil: COSTA, Antonio C.S.1, SOUZA JUNIOR, Ivan G.1, BATISTA, Marcelo A.1, BIGHAM, Jerry M.2, and VILLAR, Cesar C.1, (1) Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Maringá, 87020-190, Brazil, antoniocscosta@gmail.com, (2) School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 420A Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus, OH 43210

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