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

Session No. 203
Wednesday, 19 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Environmental Geoscience

 

Wayne C. Isphording and Dottie Lofstrom, Chairs
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8:00 AM
THE WEST DESERT BASIN MICROCLIMATE
MALEK, Esmaiel, Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, Utah State University, 4820 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4820, emalek@mendel.usu.edu, emalek@mendel.usu.edu
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8:15 AM
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETIC RECORD OF PLEISTOCENE VALLES CALDERA LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS, NEW MEXICO
DONOHOO HURLEY, Linda1, GEISSMAN, John2, FAWCETT, Peter3, WAWRZYNIEC, Tim4 and GOFF, Fraser1, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, ldonohoo@unm.edu, ldonohoo@unm.edu
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8:30 AM
FUTURE STUDIES AT PENA BLANCA: RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION IN THE VADOSE ZONE OF AN ALLUVIAL FAN
GOODELL, Philip, Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, WALTON, John, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Texas @ El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, RODRIGUEZ-P, Alfredo, Instituto de Ecologia, A.C, Aldama, Chihuahua, 79301, Mexico and REYES-C, Ignacio, Dept. of Geological Engineering, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Chihuahua, Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, 939980, Mexico, goodell@geo.utep.edu, goodell@geo.utep.edu
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8:45 AM
PERDIDO BAY: AN ESTUARY IN CRISIS
ISPHORDING, Wayne C., Earth Sciences, Univ of South Alabama, LSCB 136, Mobile, AL 36688 and ENRIGHT, Richard L.C., Jr, Bridgewater State College, Dept Earth Science & Geography, Bridgewater, MA 02325, wisphord@jaguar1.usouthal.edu, wisphord@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
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9:00 AM
VARIATIONS IN THE HG AND N CONTENT OF SHELLS FROM FRESHWATER MUSSELS EXPOSED TO HG CONTAMINATION
HUNTLEY, John Warren, Department of Geoological Sciences, Virginia Poltechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ROMANEK, Christopher S., Dept. of Geology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and BROWN, Megan E., Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jhuntley@vt.edu, jhuntley@vt.edu
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9:15 AM
GAS VENT MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY: THE BURNING-CULM BANKS OF SOUTH AFRICA
STRACHER, Glenn Blair, Division of Science and Mathematics, East Georgia College, 131 College Circle, Swainsboro, GA 30401, PONE, J. Denis N., School of Geosciences, University of Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, FINKELMAN, Robert B., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, ANNEGARN, Harold J., Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa, MCCORMACK, John, Department of Geology, University of Nevada, Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Reno, NV 89506, BLAKE, Donald R., Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 507 Rowland Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-2025 and SCHROEDER, Paul, Department of Geology, Univ of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602, stracher@ega.edu, stracher@ega.edu
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9:30 AM
EFFECTS OF ACID VOLATILE SULFIDE ON BLACK SHALE SEDIMENT-METAL BIOAVAILABILITY AND TOXICITY TO CHIRONOMUS TENTANS
OGENDI, George M., Program of Environmental Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Arkansas State University, P.O. Box 419, State University, AR 72467, BRUMBAUGH, William, Columbia Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4200 East New Haven Road, Columbia, MO 65201, HANNIGAN, Robyn, Program for Environmental Science, Arkansas State Univ, PO Box 419, State Univ, AR 72467 and FARRIS, Jerry, Environmental Science, Arkansas State Univ, PO Box 847, State University, AR 72467, gogendi@astate.edu, gogendi@astate.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON TWO WATERSHEDS: HOW DOES DISCHARGE SCALE WITH DRAINAGE AREA IN AN URBAN AREA?
GALSTER, Joshua C., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Dr, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 and PAZZAGLIA, Frank J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, jcg6@lehigh.edu, jcg6@lehigh.edu
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10:15 AM
LAND-USE PLANNING TOOLS FOR PROTECTING GROUND-WATER QUALITY IN UTAH
WALLACE, Janae, Utah Geol Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100 and LOWE, Mike, Utah Geological Survey, State of Utah Department of Nat Rscs, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, janaewallace@utah.gov, janaewallace@utah.gov
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10:30 AM
A TECHNIQUE FOR IDENTIFYING THE SOURCES OF NA AND CL CONTAMINATION IN SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER
PANNO, Samuel V.1, HACKLEY, Keith C.1, HWANG, Hue-Hwa1, GREENBERG, Sallie1, KRAPAC, Ivan G.1, LANDSBERGER, Sheldon2 and O'KELLY, Donna J.2, (1)Isotope Geochemistry, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, (2)Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program, University of Texas at Austin, Pickle Research Campus, R-9000, Austin, TX 78712, panno@isgs.uiuc.edu, panno@isgs.uiuc.edu
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10:45 AM
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11:00 AM
GROUND WATER ARSENIC CONTAMINATION INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR MAKING ARSENIC FREE DRINKING WATER NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR ARSENIC MITIGATION (NAPAM, 2005-09)
UL-HAQ, Islam, Environmental Engineering, Institute of Environmental Science & Engineering , National University of Sciences & Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tamiz ud Din Road, Rawalpindi, 4444, Pakistan, islamhaq3@yahoo.com, islamhaq3@yahoo.com
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11:15 AM
MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS OF ARSENIC IN A GOLD MINE TAILINGS DAM. A CASE STUDY AT ANGLO GOLD ASHANTI, OBUASI, GHANA
NDUR, Samuel, NORMAN, David and PARTEY, Frederick, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, sndur@nmt.edu, sndur@nmt.edu
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11:30 AM
PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION IN SURFACE STREAMS AT A FORMER ROCKET MANUFACTURING SITE
LOFSTROM, Dottie, Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Environmental Protection Agency, 8800 Cal Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826 and ROBERSON, Keith, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency, 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400, Oakland, CA 94612, dlofstro@dtsc.ca.gov, dlofstro@dtsc.ca.gov
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11:45 AM
HIGHWAY FLARES AND RUNOFF: A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF PERCHLORATE TO SURFACE WATER IN RHODE ISLAND
VEEGER, A.I., BOVING, T.B., COVINO, D. and RATTAY, N., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 315 Woodward Hall, Kingston, RI 02881, veeger@uri.edu, veeger@uri.edu