2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 99
Monday, 8 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Environmental Geoscience II

 

Richard Pawlowicz and Van Price, Chairs
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1:30 PM
ACCELERATING WASTE SITE CLEANUP AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE USING GEOSTATISTICS
SHOFFNER, Lisel R., Bechtel Savannah River Inc, Bldg. 730-2B, Aiken, SC 29808, lisel.shoffner@srs.gov, lisel.shoffner@srs.gov
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1:45 PM
INNOVATIVE USE OF A MODIFIED RISK-BASED SAMPLING APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE A NATIONAL PRIORITY SITE
SCHOLFIELD, John C.1, PAWLOWICZ, Richard M.2, BLANCHARD, Stephen W.3, PEELER, Douglas L.2 and URIZAR, Lara L.2, (1)Brown and Caldwell, 119 Merchant Street, Suite 200, Honolulu, Honolulu, HI 96813, (2)Bechtel National, Inc, 1230 Columbia Street, Suite 400, San Diego, CA 92101, (3)Brown and Caldwell, 9665 Chesapeake Drive, Suite 201, San Diego, CA 92123, rmpawlow@bechtel.com, rmpawlow@bechtel.com
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2:00 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPE FORENSICS OF PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION
HORITA, Juske, Oak Ridge National Lab, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-2008, BOHLKE, Johnkarl F., U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA 20192, STURCHIO, Neil C., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, GU, Baohua, Oak Ridge National Lab, P.O.Box2008, MS6036, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6036, BROWN, Gilbert M., Oak Ridge National Lab, P.O.Box 2008, MS6119, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6119 and BATISTA, Jacimaria R., Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, HoritaJ@ornl.gov, HoritaJ@ornl.gov
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2:15 PM
THE LONG-TERM FATE AND TRANSPORT OF ARSENIC IN A DIFFUSION-DOMINATED IN-PIT MINE TAILINGS FACILITY
MOLDOVAN, Brett, Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N5E2 and HENDRY, M. Jim, Geological Sciences, Univ Saskatchewan, 114 Science Pl, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, bjm328@mail.usask.ca, bjm328@mail.usask.ca
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2:30 PM
EVOLUTION OF HISTORICALLY ACIDIC MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) TO ALKALINE DISCHARGES: IRWIN COAL BASIN, PENNSYLVANIA
CAPO, Rosemary C., Dept. of Geology & Planetary Science, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 200 SRCC, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, BRYANT, Elizabeth M., CH2MHill, Santa Ana, CA 92647, STAFFORD, Sherry L., Dept. of Geology and Planetary Science, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 200 SRCC, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, WEAVER, Theodore J., Hedin Environmental, Pittsburgh, PA 15228 and WINTERS, William R., Office of Surface Mining, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, rcapo@pitt.edu, rcapo@pitt.edu
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2:45 PM
SOIL SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS AT MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM FIRING POINTS, CAMP SHELBY TRAINING SITE, HATTIESBURG, MS
BOURNE, Patrick B., Geology, The Univ of Southern Mississippi, 420 South 14th Ave, Hattiesburg, MS 39401, patrick.bourne@usm.edu, patrick.bourne@usm.edu
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3:00 PM
PREDOMINANCE AND MINERAL STABILITY DIAGRAMS REVISITED
KINNIBURGH, David G., British Geol Survey, Wallingford, OX10 8BB and COOPER, David M., Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, dgk@bgs.ac.uk, dgk@bgs.ac.uk
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3:15 PM
POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF MAGNESITE-PRODUCING REACTIONS IN FUTURE, HYDROGEN-BASED GLOBAL ECONOMIES*
BLENCOE, James G.1, MARSHALL, Simon L.2, ANOVITZ, Lawrence M.1 and BEARD, James S.3, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Bldg. 4500-S, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6110, (2)Electrochemical Systems, Inc, 102 Midland Lane, Oak Ridge, 37830, (3)Virginia Museum of Natural History, 1001 Douglas Ave, Martinsville, VA 24112, blencoejg@ornl.gov, blencoejg@ornl.gov
 
3:30 PM
Break
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3:45 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY RECOVERY FROM WASTE TIRES
GIERÉ, Reto1, SMITH, Katherine2 and BLACKFORD, Mark2, (1)Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry, Univ of Freiburg, Albertstrasse 23b, Freiburg, 79104, Germany, (2)Materials Division, ANSTO, Menai, NSW 2234, Australia, giere@uni-freiburg.de, giere@uni-freiburg.de
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4:00 PM
CHEMICAL ARTIFACTS OF SAMPLING METHODS IN GROUNDWATER
BOYLAN, John A., Rocky Flats Project: Water Programs Group, URS Corporation, 8181 E. Tufts Ave, Denver, CO 80130, John.Boylan@rfets.gov, John.Boylan@rfets.gov
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4:15 PM
GROUND-WATER QUALITY MAPPING FOR THE VALLEY-FILL AQUIFER IN MORGAN VALLEY, WASATCH RANGE, NORTHEASTERN UTAH
WALLACE, Janae and LOWE, Mike, Utah Geol Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, janaewallace@utah.gov, janaewallace@utah.gov
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4:30 PM
INVESTIGATIONS OF HIGH URANIUM CONTENTS IN DOMESTIC WATER WELLS, SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT
PRICE, Van1, TEMPLES, Tom1, MCCARY, Laura Taj1, KELTNER, Susan1, SARGENT, Kenneth A.2, ANDERSEN, Brannon3, STONE, Peter4, CRAWFORD, Bruce5, WARNER, Richard6 and SOJDA, Scott6, (1)School of the Environment, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Furman Univ, Greenville, SC 29613, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Furman Univ, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613, (4)SC DHEC, Columbia, SC 29201, (5)Bureau of Water, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, SC 29201, (6)School of the Environment, Department of Geological Sciences, Clemson Univ, Clemson, SC 29634-0919, vprice@environ.sc.edu, vprice@environ.sc.edu
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4:45 PM
COMPARISON OF SPATIAL INTERPOLATION MODELS CHARACTERIZING SURFICIAL DIOXIN DISTRIBUTIONS IN MIDLAND, MI
KINNICUTT, Patrick G., Geology, Central Michigan Univ, 314 Brooks Hall, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, pat.kinnicutt@cmich.edu, pat.kinnicutt@cmich.edu
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5:00 PM
ROOT GROWTH IN REHABILITATED GOLD MINE TAILINGS
ARUNACHALAM, Selvakumar1, HINZ, Christoph2 and AYLMORE, Graham2, (1)Soil Science, School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, 6009, Australia, (2)Soil Science, School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, 6009, Australia, sarunach@agric.uwa.edu.au, sarunach@agric.uwa.edu.au