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Session No. 211
Tuesday, 2 November 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)

T63. Sources, Transport, and Fate of Trace and Toxic Elements in the Environment

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; International Association of GeoChemistry (IAGC); GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

LeeAnn Munk, David T. Long and W. Berry Lyons, Advocates
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1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
RECONNAISSANCE OF WEATHERING RATES IN ALPINE CATCHMENTS OF CENTRAL COLORADO, USA
WANTY, Richard B., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 964d, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, VERPLANCK, Philip L., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, M.S. 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, BERN, Carleton R., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, TODOROV, Todor, Dial, U.S. Geological Survey, MS-964, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, SANJUAN, Carma, USGS, MS 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, DEWITT, Ed H., Central Mineral Resources Team, US Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 80225, KLEIN, Terry L., U.S. Geological Survey, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, FEY, David, U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, SCHMIDT, Travis S., USGS, 2150 Centre Ave Bldg C, Fort Collins, CO CO 80526 and CHURCH, Stanley E., Church GeoScience Consultants, Inc, 601 Little River Path, The Villages, FL 32162, rwanty@usgs.gov, rwanty@usgs.gov
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1:50 PM
CONTRASTS IN TRACE ELEMENT AND REE BEHAVIOR DURING INCIPIENT WEATHERING OF BASALTIC-DACITIC LAVAS IN THE DESCHUTES WATERSHED OF CENTRAL OREGON
FREY, Holli M., Department of Geology, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY 12308-1307, KISSANE, Matthew, Department of Geology, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY 12308 and SZRAMEK, Kathryn, Environmental Science and Policy, Drake University, 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50311, freyh@union.edu, freyh@union.edu
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2:05 PM
EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC ACIDS ON SERPENTINITE SOIL DISSOLUTION; RELEASE OF NICKEL AND MANGANESE TO THE ENVIRONMENT
RAJAPAKSHA, Anushka Upamali1, VITHANAGE, Meththika2, BANDARA, W.M.A. T.3 and WEERASOORIYA, R.3, (1)Korea Biochar Research Center & Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea, 200-701, South Korea, (2)Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, 20000, Sri Lanka, (3)Department of Chemistry, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka, anushkaupamali@gmail.com, anushkaupamali@gmail.com
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2:20 PM
URBAN LAND USE TYPES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON LOW ORDER STREAM CHEMISTRY, COLUMBUS, OHIO
STUCKER, J.D., Byrd Polar Research Center and School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, LYONS, W. Berry, Byrd Polar Research Center and School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, WELCH, Kathleen A., Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Rd, 108 Scott Hall, Columbus, OH 43210-1002 and WELCH, Susan A., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, stucker.4@osu.edu, stucker.4@osu.edu
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2:35 PM
EFFECT OF REDOX CONDITIONS ON ARSENIC MOBILITY AND THE FORMATION OF ARSENIC SULFIDES IN A WETLAND AT TERRA MINE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
SEALEY, Heather N. and JAMIESON, Heather E., Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, sealey@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca, sealey@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca
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2:50 PM
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS FOR NATURAL WATERS
MCCLESKEY, R. Blaine, U.S. Geol Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, NORDSTROM, D. Kirk, U. S. Geol Survey, 3215 Marine St, Boulder, CO 80303 and RYAN, Joseph N., Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 428 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, rbmccles@usgs.gov, rbmccles@usgs.gov
 
3:05 PM
Break
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3:20 PM
URANIUM GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE: EFFECTS on METAL MOBILIZATION
BANK, Tracy1, MALIZIA, Thomas1 and ANDRESKY, Lisa2, (1)Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, tlbank@buffalo.edu, tlbank@buffalo.edu
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3:35 PM
URANIUM VARIATIONS AND LOADS OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN THE HIGH PLAINS, USA
WHITTEMORE, Donald O.1, PETROSKE, Elizabeth2, MAGNUSON, Michael2, AHRING, Trevor S.3 and NORQUEST, Jason L.3, (1)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047, (2)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, (3)Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3, 2009 E Spruce St, Garden City, KS 67846, donwhitt@kgs.ku.edu, donwhitt@kgs.ku.edu
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3:50 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF CITRIC ACID, EDTA, AND FULVIC ACID on UO22+ SORPTION TO KAOLINITE
BARGER, Michelle L., Geosciences, Western Michigan Univ, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 and KORETSKY, Carla M., Geosciences Department, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241, michelle.l.barger@wmich.edu, michelle.l.barger@wmich.edu
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4:05 PM
COMPARISON OF SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELING APPROACHES TO DESCRIBE CR(VI) ADSORPTION on γ-ALUMINA IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF CO2
REICH, Thomas J., Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1187 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 and KORETSKY, Carla M., Geosciences Department, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241, thomas.j.reich@wmich.edu, thomas.j.reich@wmich.edu
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4:20 PM
RADIUM IN THE JORDAN SANDSTONE AQUIFER (MINNESOTA): NEW INSIGHTS FROM ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENTS OF GROUNDWATER AND AQUIFER SOLIDS
VINSON, David S.1, LUNDY, James R.2 and VENGOSH, Avner1, (1)Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, (2)Minnesota Department of Health, 625 North Robert St, P.O. Box 64975, St. Paul, MN 55164, dsv3@duke.edu, dsv3@duke.edu
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4:35 PM
EVIDENCE OF MERCURY BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING ALONG A GROUNDWATER FLOW PATH
JOHANNESSON, Karen, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698 and NEUMANN, Klaus, Geological Sciences, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, kjohanne@tulane.edu, kjohanne@tulane.edu
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4:50 PM
MERCURY IN SOILS ALONG A N/S TRANSECT IN ALASKA
WANG, Bronwen1, GOUGH, Larry2, EBERL, Dennis D.3 and FROHBIETER, Derek1, (1)Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS954, Reston, VA 20192, (3)2. U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St., Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, bwang@usgs.gov, bwang@usgs.gov
 
5:05 PM
Concluding Remarks
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