2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 199
Wednesday, 5 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Environmental Geoscience II

 

Richard E. Woodward and Sanford Britt, Chairs
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8:00 AM
TORTUOSITY OF IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS IN POROUS MEDIA BASED ON PHASE INTERFACIAL AREAS: A NEW DEFINITION AND ITS APPLICATION TO HANFORD’S UNSATURATED MEDIA
SARIPALLI, K. Prasad1, KHALEEL, Raz2, SERNE, Jeff3, LINDBERG, Michael3 and PARKER, Kent3, (1)ETD, PNNL, Richland, WA 99352, (2)Fluor Federal Services, Richland, WA 99352, (3)PNNL, Richland, WA 99352, khaleel@rl.gov, khaleel@rl.gov
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8:15 AM
DYE “STRINGER” INTRODUCED IN SAND-TANK WELL-MODEL SHOWS IN-WELL DILUTION AND HOMOGENIZATION, NOT HORIZONTAL LAMINAR FLOW
BRITT, Sanford L., California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control, 1011 North Grandview Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201, sbritt@dtsc.ca.gov, sbritt@dtsc.ca.gov
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8:30 AM
EFFECT OF ARSENIC SUBSTITUTION ON PYRITE OXIDATION IN BITUMINOUS COAL SAMPLES: EXPERIMENTS AND SPECTROSCOPIC MONITORS
KOLKER, Allan, U.S. Geol Survey, MS-956, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, HUGGINS, Frank E., Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0043, KHALID, Syed, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY 11973-5000, FEDORKO, Nick, Coal Section, West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, Mont Chateau Research Center, P.O. Box 879, Morgantown, WV 26507, MASTALERZ, Maria, Indiana Geol Survey, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405 and CARROLL, Richard E., Geol Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, akolker@usgs.gov, akolker@usgs.gov
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8:45 AM
MISCONCEPTIONS CONCERNING THE BEHAVIOR, FATE AND TRANSPORT OF THE FUEL OXYGENATES TBA AND MTBE
WOODWARD, Richard E., Sierra Environmental Svcs, Inc, 9431 W Sam Houston Pkwy. South, Houston, TX 77099 and SLOAN, Richard L., Chickadee Remediation Co, 15010 FM 2100, Suite 200, Crosby, TX 77532, rwoodward@mindspring.com, rwoodward@mindspring.com
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9:00 AM
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE SOLUBILITY OF REE PHOSPHATES IN AQUEOUS CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS FROM 23 TO 150ºC
CETINER, Ziya S.1, WOOD, Scott A.1 and GAMMONS, Christopher H.2, (1)Geology, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, (2)Department of Geological Engineering, Montana Tech of the Univ of Montana, Butte, MT 59701, ceti4798@uidaho.edu, ceti4798@uidaho.edu
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9:15 AM
COUPLED DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATION REACTION RATES AT MINERAL SURFACES: CALCITE IN SIMULATED AMD SOLUTIONS
HUMINICKI, Danielle M.C., Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Univ, 513 Hunt Club Road 28B, Blacksburg, VA 24060 and RIMSTIDT, J. Donald, Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, dhuminic@vt.edu, dhuminic@vt.edu
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9:30 AM
IMPACTS OF MINING ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN FINLAND
SALONEN, Veli-Pekka1, VALPOLA, Samu1 and TUOVINEN, Nanna2, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of Helsinki, P.O. BOX 64, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland, (2)Southwest Finland Regional Environ Centre, P.O. Box 47, FIN-20801, Turku, Finland, veli-pekka.salonen@helsinki.fi, veli-pekka.salonen@helsinki.fi
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
INCORPORATING AN EPA WATERSHED INITIATIVE DESIGNATION INTO RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AT BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
GRANEY, Joseph R., Geological Sciences, Binghamton Univ, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, jgraney@binghamton.edu, jgraney@binghamton.edu
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10:15 AM
THE HYDROGEOLOGY OF THE MIOCENE – PLIOCENE ROCKS OF THE PIEDMONT OF THE CORDILLERA CENTRAL, NORTHWESTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
COLEMAN, Andrew Jay, Environment Department, Electric Power Rsch Institute, Land and Groundwater Protection - Bldg.2, 3412 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, TROESTER, Joseph W., Water Resources Dept, US Geol Survey, 651 Federal Drive, Suite 400-15, US Department of the Interior, Guaynabo, PR 00965 and MASTICE, Robert Charles, Environment, Health & Safety, Tripower Consulting, 259 New Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054, acoleman@epri.com, acoleman@epri.com
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10:30 AM
DELAWARE--A STATEWIDE DRINKING WATER ASSESSMENT
ROBERTSON, Keith John, Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, State of Delaware, Site Investigation and Restoration Branch, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720, keith.robertson@state.de.us, keith.robertson@state.de.us
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10:45 AM
GROUND-WATER QUALITY CLASSIFICATION AND SEPTIC-TANK DENSITY ANALYSIS IN MOAB-SPANISH VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH
WALLACE, Janae1, LOWE, Mike1 and BISHOP, Charles E.2, (1)Utah Geol Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (2)ESP, Utah Geol Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, janaewallace@utah.gov, janaewallace@utah.gov
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11:00 AM
ORGANIC MATTER SOURCES AND TRANSPORT IN THE UPPER SCIOTO RIVER, OHIO
MUNSON, Shelly A., Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State Univ, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398 and CAREY, Anne E., Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43214, carey.145@osu.edu, carey.145@osu.edu
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11:15 AM
PLIGHT OF FORAMINIFERA AND OSTRACODA IN AN URBAN LAGOON
FINGER, Kenneth L., Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, LIPPS, Jere H., Dept. of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, PEHL, Curtis, Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767 and PETERSON, Dawn E., Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 94118-4599, kfinger@uclink.berkeley.edu, kfinger@uclink.berkeley.edu
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11:30 AM
EFFECT OF LAND USE ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY: A STUDY USING GIS AND ISOTOPE TOOLS
HWANG, Hue-Hwa, Isotope Geochemistry Section, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, PANNO, Samuel V., Groundwater, Illinois State Geol Survey, Natural Resources Bldg, 615 East Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and HACKLEY, Keith C., Isotope Geochemistry, Illinois State Geol Survey, Natural Resources Bldg, 615 East Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, hwang@isgs.uiuc.edu, hwang@isgs.uiuc.edu