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Session No. 90
Monday, 1 November 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 302 (Colorado Convention Center)

T88. Minerals, Microbes, and Health

GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; Mineralogical Society of America; International Medical Geology Association

 

Robert B. Finkelman, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
ROLE OF MINERALOGY AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON on THE REMOVAL OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS AND OOCYSTS SURROGATES IN DISPARATE AGRICULTURAL SOILS
MOHANRAM, Arvind1, RAY, Chittaranjan1, HARVEY, Ronald W.2 and METGE, David W.3, (1)Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole St, Honolulu, HI 96822, (2)US Geological Survey, WRD, 3215 Marine St, Marine Street Science Center, Boulder, CO 80303, (3)US Geological Survey, National Research Program, 3215 Marine St, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, arvind@hawaii.edu, arvind@hawaii.edu
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8:30 AM
INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC CARBON LOADING AND SEDIMENT SURFACE–ASSOCIATED METAL OXIDE CONTENT UPON CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM REMOVAL AND TRANSPORT DURING RIVERBANK FILTRATION OPERATIONS, SONOMA COUNTY, CA
METGE, David W.1, HARVEY, R.W.2, AIKEN, G.R.2, ANDERS, R.3, UNDERWOOD, J.C.2, LINCOLN, G.4 and JASPERSE, J.4, (1)US Geological Survey, National Research Program, 3215 Marine St, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, (2)US Geological Survey, WRD, 3215 Marine St, Marine Street Science Center, Boulder, CO 80303, (3)USGS W.R.D. SW, 4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92101, (4)Sonoma County Water Agency, 404 Aviation, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, dwmetge@usgs.gov, dwmetge@usgs.gov
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8:45 AM
ASBESTOS AND HEALTH ISSUES
SKINNER, H. Catherine, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, catherine.skinner@yale.edu, catherine.skinner@yale.edu
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9:00 AM
IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF NATURAL OCCURRING ASBESTOS IN SERPENTINITES OF SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
ROIG-SILVA, Carla, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers- Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180 and JOYCE, James, Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00680, Carla.Roig-Silva@usace.army.mil, Carla.Roig-Silva@usace.army.mil
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9:15 AM
IS THE APATITE IN BONE A COMBINED HYDRATED-HYDROXYLATED MINERAL?
PASTERIS, Jill Dill, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., CB 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, YODER, Claude H., Department of Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603 and WOPENKA, Brigitte, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Center for Materials Innovation, Washington University, CB 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, PASTERIS@LEVEE.WUSTL.EDU, PASTERIS@LEVEE.WUSTL.EDU
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9:30 AM
WHAT MAKES CLAY MINERALS ANTIBACTERIAL?
WILLIAMS, Lynda B., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, Lynda.Williams@asu.edu, Lynda.Williams@asu.edu
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9:45 AM
ANTIMICROBIAL CLAY MINERAL DEPOSITS AND FE(II) EXCHANGED SMECTITE
MORRISON, Keith D.1, EBREL, Dennis D.2, METGE, David W.3, UNDERWOOD, J.C.2 and WILLIAMS, Lynda B.1, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (2)US Geological Survey, WRD, 3215 Marine St, Marine Street Science Center, Boulder, CO 80303, (3)US Geological Survey, National Research Program, 3215 Marine St, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, keith.morrison@asu.edu, keith.morrison@asu.edu
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10:00 AM
IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN LIGNITE BEDS AND DIALYSIS BEDS?
BRANNING, Hannah L., Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080 and FINKELMAN, Robert B., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, hannah.branning@gmail.com, hannah.branning@gmail.com
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10:15 AM
ROLE OF GEOSCIENCE IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE-INDUCED HEALTH ISSUES
HASAN, Syed E., Geosciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, hasans@umkc.edu, hasans@umkc.edu
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10:30 AM
TRACKING A MEDICAL MENACE: CLIMATE CHANGE, ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING, AND THE BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER (LOXOSCELES RECLUSA)
SAUPE, Erin E., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, PAPES, Monica, Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin Madison, 680 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, SELDEN, Paul A., Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and VETTER, Richard, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, eesaupe@gmail.com, eesaupe@gmail.com
 
10:45 AM
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