2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 75
Monday, 29 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T87. A Retrospective and Prospective Look at Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry I: A Session in Honor of Gordon E. Brown, Jr.

Mineralogical Society of America; Geochemical Society

 

Michael F. Hochella Jr and Jerry Gibbs, Advocates
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8:00 AM
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES OF ELECTRON DENSITY AND BOND CHARACTER FOR M-O BONDED INTERACTIONS FOR FIRST AND SECOND ROW M ATOMS IN MINERALS
GIBBS, G.V., Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, gvgibbs@vt.edu, gvgibbs@vt.edu
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8:15 AM
HIGH-PRESSURE CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND INSIGHTS IN TO THE NATURE OF THE CHEMICAL BOND
ANGEL, Ross J.1, ROSS, Nancy2 and ZHAO, Jing2, (1)Department of GeoSciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, rangel@vt.edu, rangel@vt.edu
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8:30 AM
HIGH-PRESSURE MINERAL SCIENCES: FROM ALCHEMY TO THE MODERN ERA
HEMLEY, Russell J., Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, rhemley@ciw.edu, rhemley@ciw.edu
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8:45 AM
GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION WITH GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE: METAL AND CARBON FLUXES FROM THE CORE?
HAYDEN, Leslie A., USGS, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and WATSON, E. Bruce, Earth and Environmetal Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jonsson-Rowland Science Center 1W19, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180-3590, watsoe@rpi.edu, watsoe@rpi.edu
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9:00 AM
ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHISM—PAST RESULTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
ERNST, W.G. and LIOU, J.G., Stanford Univ, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, ernst@geo.stanford.edu, ernst@geo.stanford.edu
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9:15 AM
THERMODYNAMICS FOR A SMALL PLANET (INVITED PAPER)
NAVROTSKY, Alexandra, Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory and NEAT ORU, Univ of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, anavrotsky@ucdavis.edu, anavrotsky@ucdavis.edu
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9:30 AM
THE CRITICAL ZONE: EARTH'S WEATHERING ENGINE
BRANTLEY, Susan L., Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis, Penn State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, 2217 EES Building, University Park, PA 16802, brantley@eesi.psu.edu, brantley@eesi.psu.edu
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9:45 AM
FROM OBSERVATION OF FORM TO MOLECULAR SCALE MECHANISMS: BIOMINERALIZATION RESEARCH PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
DOVE, Patricia M.1, STEPHENSON, Allison1, WANG, Dongbo1, HAMM, Laura1, WALLACE, Adam F.2 and DE YOREO, James J.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 103 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, dove@vt.edu, dove@vt.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
SMITHSONIAN ROCK AND ORE COLLECTIONS, 1955-56 AND 2005-06: AQUISITIONS AND LOANS 50 YEARS AGO, TODAY AND 50 YEARS HENCE
SORENSEN, S.S., HALE, L.J., HEARN Jr, B.C. and COTTRELL, E., Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History MRC-119, Washington, DC 20013-7012, sorensen@si.edu, sorensen@si.edu
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10:30 AM
RALPH W. G. WYCKOFF: HIS INFLUENCE ON MODERN MINERALOGY AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
PREWITT, Charles T., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and HEMLEY, Russell J., Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, prewitt@email.arizona.edu, prewitt@email.arizona.edu
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10:45 AM
THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME AT THE BEGINNING: TIME-RESOLVED AND ULTRAFAST GEOCHEMISTRY
WAYCHUNAS, Glenn A., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, gawaychunas@lbl.gov, gawaychunas@lbl.gov
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11:00 AM
APPLICATION OF NEUTRON SCATTERING TECHNIQUES IN THE MINERAL SCIENCES
ROSS, Nancy L., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, nross@vt.edu, nross@vt.edu
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11:15 AM
RADIATION- AND PRESSURE-INDUCED TRANSFORMATIONS IN PYROCHLORE
EWING, Rodney C., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, C.C. Little Bldg, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, rodewing@umich.edu, rodewing@umich.edu
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11:30 AM
USING ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION TO UNDERSTAND TEXTURES IN SECTOR-ZONED GARNETS
BOYLE, Alan P., Earth & Ocean Sciences, Univ of Liverpool, 4 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GP and PRIOR, David J., Earth & Ocean Sciences, Univ of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, apboyle@liverpool.ac.uk, apboyle@liverpool.ac.uk
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11:45 AM
ADVANCED MINERALOGY RESEARCH: MINERAL CHARACTERIZATION USING QEMSCAN® TECHNIQUES
HOAL, Karin O.1, BOTHA, Pieter W.S.K.2, FORSYTH, Adam3 and BUTCHER, Alan R.3, (1)Advanced Mineralogy Research Center, Colorado School of Mines, 1310 Maple St, Golden, CO 80401, (2)FEI Australia, 2/27 Mayneview St, Milton, Queensland, 4064, Australia, (3)Intellection Pty Ltd, 2/27 Mayneview St, Milton, Queensland, 4064, Australia, khoal@mines.edu, khoal@mines.edu
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