Northeastern Section - 44th Annual Meeting (22–24 March 2009)

Session No. 4
Sunday, 22 March 2009: 8:10 AM-12:00 PM

T2. From Road Salt to Arsenic and Other Environmental Contaminants in Hydrologic Systems I

 

Rudolph Hon, William C. Brandon and Joseph D. Ayotte, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:10 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:20 AM
CONNECTION BETWEEN ORDOVICIAN MANTLE METASOMATISM AND ARSENIC IN VERMONT GROUNDWATER
RYAN, Peter C.1, KIM, Jon2, CHOW, Daniel1, SULLIVAN, Colleen1 and BRIGHT, Kevin1, (1)Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, (2)Vermont Geological Survey, Waterbury, VT 05671, pryan@middlebury.edu, pryan@middlebury.edu
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8:40 AM
SOURCE OF ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER AND GROUNDWATER FLOW PATHWAYS IN SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT
MANGO, Helen, Natural Sciences, Castleton State College, 233 South Street, Castleton, VT 05735, helen.mango@castleton.edu, helen.mango@castleton.edu
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9:00 AM
FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS AND GROUNDWATER ARSENIC IN BEDROCK WELLS OF MANCHESTER, MAINE
YANG, Qiang1, NIELSON, Martha2, SCHALK, Charles2, CULBERTSON, Charles2, STUTE, Martin3 and ZHENG, Yan4, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, (2)Maine Water Science Center, USGS, 196 Whitten Road, Augusta, ME 04330, (3)Geochemistry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Rte. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (4)Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, QYang@gc.cuny.edu, QYang@gc.cuny.edu
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9:20 AM
SPATIAL PATTERN OF GROUNDWATER ARSENIC OCCURRENCE AND ASSOCIATION WITH BEDROCK GEOLOGY IN GREATER AUGUSTA, MAINE, USA
ZHENG, Yan1, YANG, Qiang2, JUNG, Hun Bok3, CULBERTSON, Charles4, MARVINNEY, Robert5, LOISELLE, Marc5, LOCKE, Daniel5, CHEEK, Heidi5 and THIBODEAU, Hilary5, (1)Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, (3)Geoscience, Universityof Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (4)Maine Water Science Center, USGS, 196 Whitten Road, Augusta, ME 04330, (5)Maine Geological Survey, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, yan.zheng@qc.cuny.edu, yan.zheng@qc.cuny.edu
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9:40 AM
GEOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS IN FRACTURED BEDROCK AT AN ARSENIC-CONTAMINATED LANDFILL SITE
LIPFERT, Gail, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 17 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, gail.e.lipfert@maine.gov, gail.e.lipfert@maine.gov
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10:00 AM
ARSENIC ADSORPTION ONTO AQUIFER SEDIMENTS: IMPLICATION FOR REMEDIATION AT THE VINELAND SUPERFUND SITE, NEW JERSEY
CHENG, Zhongqi1, LEE, Leda1, ZARROUK, Tarik1, WOVKULICH, Karen2, CHILLRUD, Steven2, BOSTICK, Benjamin3 and VAN GEEN, Alexander2, (1)Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hinman Box 6105, Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, zcheng@brooklyn.cuny.edu, zcheng@brooklyn.cuny.edu
 
10:20 AM
Break
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10:40 AM
IMPACT OF LAND USE ON THE MOBILIZATION OF LEAD ARSENATE PESTICIDES APPLIED TO HISTORICAL ORCHARD LANDS
ASHER, Elizabeth, Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hinman Box 0457 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, BOSTICK, Benjamin C., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hinman Box 6105 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, RENSHAW, Carl, Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hinman Box 6105, Hanover, NH 03755 and CADWALADER, Gardner O., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hinman Box 0575 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, elizabeth.c.asher@dartmouth.edu, elizabeth.c.asher@dartmouth.edu
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11:00 AM
BOREHOLE FLOW MODIFICATION: DEVELOPING A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO A COMPLEX DRINKING WATER COMPLIANCE PROBLEM
BELAVAL, Marcel1, ROY, Stephen J.2, MACK, Thomas J.3, ARGUE, Denise M.3 and HARTE, Philip T.3, (1)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114, (2)Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau, NH Department of Environmental Services, PO Box 95, Concord, NH 03302-0095, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 331 Commerce Way, Pembroke, NH 03275, belaval.marcel@epamail.epa.gov, belaval.marcel@epamail.epa.gov
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11:20 AM
INFERRING REGIONAL AND LOCAL SOURCES OF MERCURY TO THE SEDIMENTS OF SENECA LAKE, NEW YORK
ABBOTT, April1, HALFMAN, John D.1 and BOTHNER, Michael2, (1)Department of Geoscience, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney Street, Geneva, NY 14456, (2)US Geological Survey, USGS Woods Hole Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Quissett Campus, Wood Hole, MA 02543, April.Abbott@hws.edu, April.Abbott@hws.edu
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