Session: Environmental Geoscience (Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25

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8:00 AM

THE FLORIDA SPRINGS INITIATIVE – THE RESULTS OF THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY’S THREE YEAR INVESTIGATION AND THE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC POLICY

SCOTT, Thomas M., Florida Geol Survey, 903 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304 and MEANS, Guy H., FDEP, Florida Geol Survey, 903 W. Tennessee St, Tallahassee, FL 32304-7700, thomas.scott@dep.state.fl.us, thomas.scott@dep.state.fl.us

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8:20 AM

THE DISTRIBUTION OF RARE EARTH AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN FRACTIONS OF MARINE SHALE

FREY, Janet and GRANDSTAFF, D.E., Geology, Temple Univ, Beury Hall Rm. 303, Philadelphia, PA 19122, jfrey@ptd.net, jfrey@ptd.net

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8:40 AM

ISSUES OF SCALE, GEOLOGY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

CLEAVES, Emery T., Maryland Geological Survey, N.A, 2300 St. Paul Street, N.A, Baltimore, MD 21218, ecleaves@dnr.state.md.us, ecleaves@dnr.state.md.us

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9:00 AM

THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE, TRACED BY ELEVATED SILVER AND COPPER CONCENTRATIONS, ALONG THE HUDSON SHELF VALLEY

BALDWIN, S.M., Coastal and Marine Geology Program, ETI Professionals INC, U.S. Geologic Survey Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA 02453, MECRAY, E.L., Coastal and Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geologic Survey, Woods Hole, MA, KOOPMANS, D.J., Coastal and Marine Geology Program, ETI Professionals INC, U.S. Geologic Survey Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA and BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, M.R., Atlantic Ecology Division, USEPA Environmental Effects Rsch Lab, Narragansett, RI, sbaldwn@usgs.gov, sbaldwn@usgs.gov

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9:20 AM

THE DISTRIBUTION AND PERSISTENCE OF METAL CONTAMINANTS IN SURFACE SEDIMENTS OF THE NEW YORK BIGHT

KOOPMANS, D.J., Coastal and Marine Geology Program, ETI Professionals INC, U.S. Geologic Survey Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA 02453, MECRAY, E.L., Coastal and Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geologic Survey, Woods Hole, MA, BALDWIN, S.M., Coastal and Marine Geology Program, ETI Professionals INC, U.S. Geologic Survey Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA and BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, M.R., Atlantic Ecology Division, USEPA Environmental Effects Rsch Lab, Narragansett, RI, dkoopmans@usgs.gov, dkoopmans@usgs.gov

9:40 AM

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10:00 AM

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10:20 AM

STUDYING TRENDS IN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN ABANDONED AGRICULTURAL FIELDS: A GEOECOLOGICAL APPROACH

DAVIS, Adam M., Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, adadavis@indiana.edu, adadavis@indiana.edu

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10:40 AM

GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF RARE PLANT SPECIES AT WADAKOE MOUNTAIN IN THE JOCASSEE GORGES REGION OF SOUTH CAROLINA

RAY, Terry D.¹, CASTLE, James W.¹ and MCMILLAN, Patrick D.², (1)Geological Sciences, Clemson Univ, 340 Brackett Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0919, (2)Biological Sciences, Clemson Univ, 132 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0314, tray@clemson.edu, tray@clemson.edu

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11:00 AM

WHEN POLICY DRIVES MANAGEMENT: STRATEGIES TO ELIMINATE CAREX KOBOMUGI (ASIATIC SAND SEDGE), AN EXOTIC INVASIVE IN DUNES WITHIN FEDERAL AND STATE PARKS

HALSEY, Susan D., Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology, 77 Monument Road, Pine Beach, NJ 08741 and WOOTTON, Louise S., Department of Biology, Georgian Court College, 900 Lakewood Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08723, DrDuneNJ@aol.com, DrDuneNJ@aol.com

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11:20 AM

GEOLOGICAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF BUTLERS BLUFF, SOUTHEASTERN SHORE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY, VA

MONAGHAN, G. William, Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana Univ, 423 North Fess Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405 and HAYES, Daniel R., Hayes and Monaghan, Geoarchaeologists, 125 Bennington Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901, gmonagha@indiana.edu, gmonagha@indiana.edu

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11:40 AM

SOIL LEAD DETERMINATIONS IN THREE URBAN COMMUNITY GARDENS, LEWISTON, ME

BOOTY, Rachel D., Environmental Studies, Bates College, 111 Bardwell St, Lewiston, ME 04240 and JOHNSON, Beverly, Geology, Bates College, Carnegie Science Hall, Lewiston, ME 04240, rbooty@bates.edu, rbooty@bates.edu

Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004)

Environmental Geoscience