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

Session No. 46
Tuesday, 24 March 2009: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Environmental Geoscience/Hydrogeology

 

Anne Veeger, Chair
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8:00 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD EXPOSURE IN ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA: A CASE EXAMPLE OF NON-INDUSTRIALIZED CONTAMINATION IN AN URBAN SETTING
BELL, Trevor, Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X9, Canada, LIVERMAN, Dave, Geological Survey Branch, Department of Natural Resources, St. John's, NF A1B 4J6, Canada, CAMPBELL, Stacy, Environmental Sciences Program, Memorial University, St. John’s, NF A1C 5S7, Canada, ALLISON, David, Medical Officer of Health, Eastern Health, 20 Cordage Place, St. John’s, NF A1B 4A4, Canada and SYLVESTER, Paul, Earth Sciences Department, Memorial University, St. John’s, NF A1B 3X5, Canada, tbell@mun.ca, tbell@mun.ca
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8:20 AM
GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF HEAVY METALS AND RADIOACTIVE NUCLIDES IN THE EAST RIVER AND GOWANUS CANAL, NEW YORK CITY
KALOMERIS, Marjorie, ZACCHEO, Chiara, FORTIER, Clarissa, BOSCO, Talia and KOLKAS, Mossbah, Natural Sciences, Bard High School Early College, 525 East Houston Sreet, New York, NY 10002, mj3005@msn.com, mj3005@msn.com
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8:40 AM
IMPROVING DRINKING WATER QUALITY BY BETTER UNDERSTANDING GROUND-WATER/SURFACE-WATER INTERACTION
LOGAN, Patricia H., VEEGER, Anne I. and BOVING, Thomas B., Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, plogan@mail.uri.edu, plogan@mail.uri.edu
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9:00 AM
RIVERBANK RESTORATION SOLVES CONTAMINATION PROBLEM WHILE PRESERVING CRITICAL HABITAT
COLLINS, R. Duff1, HULTSTROM, Eric1 and JOHNS, Maryellen C.2, (1)Woodard & Curran Inc, 980 Washington Street, Dedham, MA 02026, (2)Remedium, 62 Whittemore Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140, dcollins@woodardcurran.com, dcollins@woodardcurran.com
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9:20 AM
SEASONAL GROUNDWATER LEVELS PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NORTHEASTERN US
GUERRA, William J., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 and BOUTT, David F., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, wjg66@cornell.edu, wjg66@cornell.edu
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9:40 AM
WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WATER IN THE GREATER NEWBURGH, NEW YORK AREA
KOLVENBACH, Kevin1, ALLISON, Platsky1, ROSCINO, Adam1 and CHOWDHURY, Shafiul2, (1)Geologocal Sciences, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561, (2)Geological Sciences, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561, kkolvenbach76@newpaltz.edu, kkolvenbach76@newpaltz.edu