2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 69
Monday, 17 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T25. Arsenic Occurrence and Fate in Hydrogeologic Systems I

GSA Hydrogeology Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

Alan Fryar, Abhijit Mukherjee and Alan Welch, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS AND ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN BANGLADESH
HARVEY, Charles F., CEE, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139-4301, charvey@mit.edu, charvey@mit.edu
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8:25 AM
REDOX CHARACTERISTICS OF SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS AS A TOOL FOR TARGETTING ARSENIC-SAFE GROUNDWATER IN BANGLADESH
BHATTACHARYA, Prosun1, VON BRÖMSSEN, Mattias1, JAKARIYA, Md.1, AHMED, Kazi Matin2 and JACKS, Gunnar1, (1)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (2)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Curzon Hall Campus, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, prosun@kth.se, prosun@kth.se
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8:45 AM
A COMPOSITE APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZE DEEP GROUNDWATER OF THE ARSENIC-CONTAMINATED WESTERN GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA-MEGHNA DELTA
MUKHERJEE, Abhijit and FRYAR, Alan E., Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, amukh2@uky.edu, amukh2@uky.edu
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9:00 AM
DOUBLE HEALTH RISK IN ARSENIC CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER ----- EVIDENCE OF ENHANCED ALPHA RADIOACTIVITY
GHOSH, Dipak1, DEB, Argha1, PATRA, Kanchan Kumar1, SENGUPTA, Rosalima1, MUKHERJEE, Abhijit2 and FRYAR, Alan E.2, (1)Physics, Jadavpur University, Raja S C Mallick Road, Kolkata-700032, India, Kolkata, 700032, India, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, afryar1@uky.edu, afryar1@uky.edu
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9:15 AM
NEPALESE GROUNDWATER ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IS RELATED TO SIWALIK SOURCE ROCK
WILLIAMS, Van S., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 80225, KANSAKAR, Dibya R., Groundwater Irrigation Division, Department of Irrigation/HMG of Nepal, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, NA, Nepal and GHIMIRE, Bardan, Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kathmandu University, PO Box 6250, Kathmandu, NA, Nepal, vwilliam@usgs.gov, vwilliam@usgs.gov
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:45 AM
ARSENIC DISTRIBUTION IN A COASTAL AQUIFER AFFECTED BY SEAWATER INTRUSION
O'SHEA, Bethany, Faculty of Geology, Dickinson College, PO Box 1773, Carlisle, PA 17013 and JANKOWSKI, Jerzy, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia, beth.oshea@unsw.edu.au, beth.oshea@unsw.edu.au
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10:00 AM
SPECIATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ARSENIC ALONG A GROUNDWATER FLOW PATH IN THE UPPER FLORIDAN AQUIFER, FLORIDA, USA
HAQUE, Shama E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Box 19049, Arlington, TX 76019 and JOHANNESSON, Karen H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Univ of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Box 19049, Arlington, TX 76019-0049, sxh4352@exchange.uta.edu, sxh4352@exchange.uta.edu
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10:15 AM
ARSENIC OCCURANCE IN THE UNCONFINED FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFER SYSTEM OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT
PIPPIN, Charles G., Aquifer Protection Section, NCDENR - DWQ, 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301, Mooresville, NC 28115, REID, Jeffery C., NCDENR, North Carolina Geologic Survey, 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699, WITHERS, Courtney, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223 and ENNIS, Lisa, S&ME Inc, 3118 Spring Forrest Road, Raleigh, NC 27616, cwithers@uncc.edu, cwithers@uncc.edu
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10:30 AM
CONTROLS ON THE MOBILITY OF NATURALLY OCCURRING ARSENIC IN A SHALLOW AQUIFER UNDER VARIABLE CHEMICAL CONDITIONS
KENT, Douglas B., U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 465, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and LEBLANC, Denis R., USGS, dbkent@usgs.gov, dbkent@usgs.gov
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10:45 AM
ARSENIC AND PATHWAYS OF SELECTED TRACE ELEMENTS IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
HON, Rudolph, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 and BRANDON, William C., Office of Site Remediation and Restoration, USEPA Region I: New England Region, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114, hon@bc.edu, hon@bc.edu
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11:00 AM
PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR ARSENIC OCCURRENCE AND TRANSPORT IN GROUND WATER, SURFACE WATER AND POND-BOTTOM SEDIMENTS, RED COVE, PLOW SHOP POND, CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
BRANDON, William C., Office of Site Remediation and Restoration, USEPA Region I: New England Region, 1 Congress St, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114, STEIN, Carol L., Geochemist, Gannett Fleming, Inc, 15 Willard Rd, New Ipswich, NH 03071, MCTIGUE, David F., Hydrologist, Gannett Fleming, Inc, 15 Willard Rd, New Ipswich, NH 03071, HOSKINS, Bart, Ecologist, US EPA Region 1, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114 and HON, Rudolph, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, brandon.bill@epa.gov, brandon.bill@epa.gov
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