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

Session No. 192
Wednesday, 31 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T29. Arsenic: From Nature to Human I

GSA Geology and Society Division; Geochemical Society; International Society of Groundwater for Sustainable Development

 

Prosun Bhattacharya, Abhijit Mukherjee, Jochen Bundschuh and Alan H. Welch, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
ARSENIC AND ANTIMONY IN GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS
HAQUE, Shama E., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Raod, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada and JOHANNESSON, Karen, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698, kjohanne@tulane.edu, kjohanne@tulane.edu
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8:20 AM
ARSENIC SPECIATION AND MOBILITY IN GROUNDWATER, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
MUNK, LeeAnn, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, HAGEDORN, Birgit, Applied Science and Technology Laboratory, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, SJOSTROM, Derek, Geology, Rocky Mountain College, 1511 Poly Drive, Billings, MT 59102, CHRIEST, Amanda, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508 and FOSTER, Andrea, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, aflm@uaa.alaska.edu, aflm@uaa.alaska.edu
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8:35 AM
POSSIBLE SOURCES OF ARSENIC AND ITS TRANSPORT MECHANISM IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
HON, Rudolph1, BRANDON, William C.2, MAYO, Matthew3 and TEDDER, Newton1, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (2)U.S. EPA, Region 1, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100, HBT, Boston, MA 02114, (3)Northeast Geoscience, Inc, P.O. Box 655, Clinton, MA 01510, hon@bc.edu, hon@bc.edu
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8:50 AM
ARSENIC ENRICHMENT IN WATERS AND SEDIMENTS OF THE HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN OF NORTHERN NEVADA
MOHAMMAD, Shahnewaz, Gradutae Program of Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, MS-175, LMR-263, Reno, NV 89557 and TEMPEL, Regina N., Dept. of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557, mshahnewaz@gmail.com, mshahnewaz@gmail.com
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9:05 AM
MECHANISMS OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATION OF DEEP GROUNDWATER OF THE WESTERN BENGAL BASIN, INDIA
MUKHERJEE, Abhijit, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758 and FRYAR, Alan E., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, alan.fryar@uky.edu, alan.fryar@uky.edu
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9:25 AM
RESULTS FROM ONGOING HYDROGEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOCHEMICAL FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF GEOGENIC ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN GOTRA, NADIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
KOENIG, Cassandra E.M., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, DESBARATS, Alexandre J., Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, BECKIE, Roger D., Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, PAL, Taraknath, Geological Survey of India, 15 A & B Kyd Street, Kolkata, 700 016, India and MUKHERJEE, Pradip K., Geological Survey of India, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata, 700 016, India, desbarat@NRCan.gc.ca, desbarat@NRCan.gc.ca
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9:40 AM
EVALUATION OF REDOX PROCESSES IN GROUNDWATER BY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY: APPLICATIONS IN BANGLADESH
MLADENOV, Natalie1, ZHENG, Yan2, MILLER, Matthew P.3, HAGEMAN, Clarissa3 and MCKNIGHT, Diane4, (1)Instaar, University of Colorado, 1560 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, (2)School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, C.U.N.Y, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11365, (3)INSTAAR, University of Colorado, 1560 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, (4)Instarr, Univ of Colorado, 1560 30th Street, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309, mladenov@colorado.edu, mladenov@colorado.edu
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9:55 AM
GEOGENIC ARSENIC IN SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS OF SOUTHWESTERN SEBACO VALLEY, NICARAGUA
BUNDSCHUH, Jochen, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), UEN, PySA, Apartado Postal 10032, San José, 1000, Costa Rica, ALTAMIRANO ESPINOZA, Maximina, Nicaraguan Research Center for Aquatic Resources, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Apartado Postal 4598, Managua, 1000, Nicaragua and CUMBAL, Luis, Scientific Research Center, Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito, Sangolquí, Sangolquí, 1000, Ecuador, jochenbundschuh@yahoo.com, jochenbundschuh@yahoo.com
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10:10 AM
NATURALLY OCCURRING ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN A SEMIARID OXIDIZING SYSTEM, SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER, USA
SCANLON, Bridget R., NICOT, Jean-Philippe, REEDY, Robert C., KURTZMAN, Daniel and MUKHERJEE, Abhijit, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg 130, Austin, TX 78758-4445, bridget.scanlon@beg.utexas.edu, bridget.scanlon@beg.utexas.edu
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10:30 AM
DETAILED VERTICAL PROFILES OF SEDIMENT AND GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY: COMPARISON BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW ARSENIC ZONES IN GOTRA, NADIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
BECKIE, Roger D.1, SENGUPTA, Subhasish2, PAL, Taraknath3, MUKHERJEE, Pradip3, HALL, Gwendy E.M.4, RENCZ, Andrew4, DESBARATS, Alexandre J.5 and KOENIG, Cassandra E.M.6, (1)Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, (2)Geological Survey of India, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata, 700 016, India, (3)Geological Survey of India, 15 A & B Kyd Street, Kolkata, 700 016, India, (4)Northern Canada Division, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (5)Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (6)Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, rbeckie@eos.ubc.ca, rbeckie@eos.ubc.ca
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10:45 AM
HIGH ARSENIC IN ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS IN VARIED CLIMATIC REGIME: HYDROGEOCHEMICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN HUHHOT BASIN, INNER MONGOLIA, PR CHINA AND BENGAL BASIN, INDIA AND BANGLADESH
BHATTACHARYA, Prosun1, MUKHERJEE, Abhijit2, SHI, Fei1, XIE, Zheng Miao3, MUKHERJEE, Arun B.4, SRACEK, Ondra5, ZHU, Yongguan6, BUNDSCHUH, Jochen7 and JACKS, Gunnar8, (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)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, (3)Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Xiasha Higher Education Garden, Street No. 2, Hangzhou, 310018, China, (4)Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland, (5)Institute of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlárská 2, Brno, 611 37, Czech Republic, (6)Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 18 Shuangqing RD, Beijing, 100085, China, (7)Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan, (8)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, prosun@kth.se, prosun@kth.se
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11:00 AM
ARSENIC IN CALIFORNIA'S MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT
MOTZER, William E. and WILL, Raymond K., Todd Engineers, 2200 Powell Street, Suite 225, Emeryville, CA 94608, bmotzer@toddengineers.com, bmotzer@toddengineers.com
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11:15 AM
REGIONAL HYDROCHEMICAL STUDY OF GROUNDWATER ARSENIC CONTAMINATION ALONG TRANSECTS FROM THE HIMALAYAN ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS TO THE INDIAN SHIELD, CENTRAL GANGETIC BASIN, INDIA
MUKHERJEE, Abhijit1, SCANLON, Bridget R.2, CHAUDHARY, Sunil3, MISHRA, Ranjan3, GHOSH, Ashok4, FRYAR, Alan E.5 and RAMANATHAN, Al6, (1)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, (2)Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg. 130, Austin, TX 78758, (3)Department of Botany, T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India, (4)Department of Environment and Water Management, Anugrah Narayan College, Magadh University, Patna, Bihar, India, (5)Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, (6)School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India, abhijit.mukherjee@beg.utexas.edu, abhijit.mukherjee@beg.utexas.edu
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11:30 AM
HYDROCHEMISTRY OF ARSENIC-ENRICHED AQUIFER FROM RURAL WEST BENGAL, INDIA: A STUDY OF THE ARSENIC EXPOSURE AND MITIGATION OPTION
NATH, Bibhash, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, M015, Crawley, 6009, Australia, JEAN, Jiin-Shuh, Depatment of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, #1 University Road, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan, SAHU, Sudip Jyoti, Department of Chemistry, Kalyani University, Kalyani, 741235, India, CHATTERJEE, Debashis, Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, 741235, India and BHATTACHARYA, Prosun, KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, bibhash.nath@uwa.edu.au, bibhash.nath@uwa.edu.au
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11:45 AM
ARSENIC IN SHALLOW AND DEEP AQUIFERS OF BENGAL DELTA PLAIN: A FIELD SCALE STUDY IN WEST-BENGAL, INDIA
CHATTERJEE, Debashis1, MUKHERJEE-GOSWAMI, A.1, NATH, Bibhash2, JANA, Joydev1, SAHU, Sudip Jyoti1, CHAKRABORTY, Sudipta1, SARKAR, Madhav Jyoti1, JACKS, Gunnar3, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun4 and MUKHERJEE, Abhijit5, (1)Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, 741235, India, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9w, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (4)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (5)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, dbchat2001@rediffmail.com, dbchat2001@rediffmail.com
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