GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 83
Tuesday, 6 November 2001: 1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Public Policy

 

Larry D. Woodfork and Thomas M. Scott, Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING (MRTM) IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
WOODFORK, Larry D., MCCLELLAND, Steven W., NEWELL, Dawn A. and THOMSON, Amanda G., West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, P.O. Box 879, Morgantown, WV 26507-0879, thomson@geosrv.wvnet.edu, thomson@geosrv.wvnet.edu
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2:00 PM
FRACTURE VARIABILITY AND HYDROLOGIC IMPLICATIONS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
HINDS, Jennifer J., Earth Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mailstop 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, jhinds@lbl.gov, jhinds@lbl.gov
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2:15 PM
GEOCHEMICALLY HOMOGENEOUS TUFFS HOST THE POTENTIAL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
PETERMAN, Zell E., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, peterman@usgs.gov, peterman@usgs.gov
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2:30 PM
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
KAARLELA, Erick, Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Mgnt, 1620 L st, Washington, DC 20036, ekaarlel@wo.blm.gov, ekaarlel@wo.blm.gov
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2:45 PM
NATURAL ANALOGS: INDEPENDENT REASONING FOR BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN DEEP GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE
SIMMONS, Ardyth M., Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, asimmons@lbl.gov, asimmons@lbl.gov
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
PEAK OF WORLD OIL PRODUCTION
DEFFEYES, Kenneth S., Geosciences, Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544, deffeyes@princeton.edu, deffeyes@princeton.edu
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3:30 PM
TEMPERATURE, TIMING, AND UNSATURATED-ZONE ORIGIN OF SECONDARY CALCITE AND SILICA AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
WHELAN, Joseph F., NEYMARK, Leonid A., MARSHALL, Brian D. and PACES, James B., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, jfwhelan@usgs.gov, jfwhelan@usgs.gov
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3:45 PM
THE PALEOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF THE EASTERN ALPS’ RHENODANUBIAN FLYSCH AND RELATED ALPINE GEODYNAMICS: A BASIN ANALYSIS APPROACH
MATTERN, Frank, Institut fur Geologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Malteserstrabe 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany, fmattern@capecod.net, fmattern@capecod.net
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4:00 PM
WATER SUSTAINABILITY IN FLORIDA—RESEARCH, POLICY AND GEOLOGISTS' RESPONSIBILITIES
SCOTT, Thomas M., 876 Meginnis Ln, Tallahassee, FL 32312-2117, Thomas.Scott@dep.state.fl.us, Thomas.Scott@dep.state.fl.us
 
4:15 PM
Discussion