North-Central Section - 37th Annual Meeting (March 24–25, 2003)

Session No. 4
Monday, 24 March 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S9. Recent Progress in Medical Geology

 

Syed E. Hasan, Convener
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8:00 AM
MEDICAL GEOLOGY: A 10,000 YEAR-OLD OPPORTUNITY
FINKELMAN, Robert B., US Geol Survey, 956 National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001, rbf@usgs.gov, rbf@usgs.gov
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8:30 AM
RESEARCH NEED AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN MEDICAL GEOLOGY
HASAN, Syed E., Department of Geosciences, Univ Missouri - Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, hasans@umkc.edu, hasans@umkc.edu
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8:50 AM
UNIVERSALITY OF GEOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGIC PROCESSES LEADING TO NATURAL ARSENIC CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER IN HOLOCENE ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS
SAUNDERS, James A.1, LEE, Ming-Kuo1, MOHAMMAD, Shahnewaz1, RODEN, Eric E.2 and KORTE, N.E., (1)Geology and Geography, Auburn Univ, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Univ of Alabama, A122 Bevill Bldg 7th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0206, saundja@auburn.edu, saundja@auburn.edu
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9:10 AM
OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER OF SINGAIR THANA, MANIKGANJ DISTRICT, BANGLADESH
MOHAMMAD, Shahnewaz1, AHMED, Kazi Matin2, SAUNDERS, James A.1 and LEE, Ming-Kuo3, (1)Geology and Geography, Auburn Univ, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Geology, Univ of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, (3)Department of Geology, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL 36849, mohamsh@auburn.edu, mohamsh@auburn.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:55 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TOXIC ELEMENTS IN LOESS OF THE MID-CONTINENT
SPENCER, Charles G., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Missouri - Kansas City, 420 Flarsheim Hall, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, spencerc@umkc.edu, spencerc@umkc.edu
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10:15 AM
CRUCIAL FACTORS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MERCURY
LECHLER, Paul J., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, MS178, Reno, NV 89557, plechler@unr.edu, plechler@unr.edu
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10:45 AM
AN ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS OF PENNSYLVANIAN BLACK SHALES
COVENEY Jr, Raymond M., Geosciences, Univ of Missouri, Room 420, Robert H. Flarsheim Bldg, 5110 Rockhill Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, coveneyr@umkc.edu, coveneyr@umkc.edu
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11:05 AM
URBAN RUNOFF QUALITY INVESTIGATION FOR BRUSH CREEK WATERSHED IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
TAO, Jing1, ALMAI, Ali2, TURNER, Ruth2, BARNES, Sharon2 and MUROWCHICK, James B.1, (1)Geosciences, Univ. Missouri - Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, (2)Water Services Department, Kansas City, MO 64126, jtd6c@umkc.edu, jtd6c@umkc.edu
 
11:25 AM
Discussion
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