Session No. 205
Tuesday, 2 November 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 1AB (Colorado Convention Center)
T18. Reaching New Peaks in Geoscience: Geoscience in the Service of a Sustainable Future
D. Craig Cooper and Jonathan Goodwin, Advocates
2:30 PM
CARBON MITIGATION IN THE POWER SECTOR AS A SOLUTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, A GOOD IDEA BUT HOW MUCH WATER WILL It COST?
DATKO, James A., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and IBARAKI, Motomu, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1308, datko.1@osu.edu, datko.1@osu.edu
3:00 PM
FREEING POLAR DATA IN AN INFORMATION COMMONS WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NORMS OF SCIENCE
PARSONS, Mark A., National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, UCB449 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 and DUERR, Ruth, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, parsonsm@nsidc.org, parsonsm@nsidc.org
3:15 PM
MODELLING OF 3D PHYSICAL PROPERTY INTRA-UNIT HETEROGENEITY OF THE UK EAST MIDLANDS FOR THE BGS PropBase PROJECT
KINGDON, Andrew, WILLIAMS, John D.O. and WILLIAMSON, J. Paul, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, aki@bgs.ac.uk, aki@bgs.ac.uk
3:30 PM
EVALUATING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SITES: A GEOLOGIST'S ROLE
BAUER, Laurel M., U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of New Reactors, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, Rockville, MD 20852 and STIREWALT, Gerry L., U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Laurel.Bauer@nrc.gov, Laurel.Bauer@nrc.gov
3:45 PM
IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES FROM CO-PRODUCED FLUIDS USING EXISTING DATA FROM DRILLING LOGS: WILLISTON BASIN, NORTH DAKOTA
CROWELL, Anna M.1, GOSNOLD, William
2 and YARBROUGH, Lance D.
1, (1)Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, (2)Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell, Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, amcrowell@gmail.com, amcrowell@gmail.com
4:00 PM
ACCELERATING SEA-LEVEL RISE – PROJECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
WANLESS, Harold R., Geological Sciences, Univ of Miami, P.O. Box 249176, Coral Gables, FL 33124 and HARLEM, Peter, Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33199, hwanless@miami.edu, hwanless@miami.edu
4:15 PM
SEA LEVEL RISE RESPONSE OF DEVELOPED BARRIER ISLANDS: SEAWALLS ARE DAMS
PILKEY, Orrin H., Duke University, P.O. Box 90228, Durham, NC 27708 and BUSH, David M., Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, opilkey@duke.edu, opilkey@duke.edu
4:45 PM
A STATEWIDE ANALYSIS OF WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN MAINE AS A STEP TOWARD SUSTAINABLE WATER USE
LOISELLE, Marc, Maine Geological Survey, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 and
MARVINNEY, Robert G., Maine Geolical Survey, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0022, robert.g.marvinney@maine.gov, robert.g.marvinney@maine.gov
5:00 PM
ASSESSING FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY OF WATERSHED: WATER, BIOFUEL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
YAN, Eugene and DEMISSIE, Yonas, Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439-4843, eyan@anl.gov, eyan@anl.gov
