Northeastern Section (45th Annual) and Southeastern Section (59th Annual) Joint Meeting (13-16 March 2010)

Session No. 43
Monday, 15 March 2010: 1:30 PM-5:35 PM
Poe (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

Environmental Geoscience and Health

 

Dennis J. Low and Zhongqi Cheng, Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
HYDROGEOLOGIC AND WATER-QUALITY VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS
LOW, Dennis J., 215 Limekiln Road, New Cumberland, PA 17070, djlow@usgs.gov, djlow@usgs.gov
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1:55 PM
ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER WELLS IN GLACIAL DRIFT, NORTH-CENTRAL VERMONT
CORENTHAL, Lilly, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, RYAN, Peter C., Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753 and KIM, Jon, Vermont Geological Survey, Waterbury, VT 05671, lcorenthal@geo.umass.edu, lcorenthal@geo.umass.edu
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2:15 PM
ANALYSIS OF ARSENIC SPECIATION IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS BY SEQUENTIAL CHEMICAL EXTRACTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR TACONIAN FLUID SOURCE AND MODERN AQUIFER CONTAMINATION
MOEN, Jonathan1, RYAN, Peter C.1 and KIM, Jon2, (1)Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, (2)Vermont Geological Survey, Waterbury, VT 05671, jmoen@middlebury.edu, jmoen@middlebury.edu
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2:35 PM
ROAD SALT PATHWAYS IN URBAN WATERSHEDS WITHIN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
HON, Rudi, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 and TEDDER, Newton, Geology & Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, hon@bc.edu, hon@bc.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
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3:35 PM
URBAN SOIL CONTAMINATION: AN OBSTACLE TO SUCCESSFUL URBAN AGRICULTURE
CHENG, Zhongqi1, LEE, Leda2, GRINSHTEIN, Michael2, DAYAN, Sara, WAI, Win2, WAZED, Bushra2, JOHNSON, Stacey2, SHAW, Richard K.4 and SIMMEN, Robin5, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College of CUNY, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (2)Department of Geology / Environmental Sciences Analytical Center, Brooklyn College of CUNY, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (3)USDA, NRCS, NYC Soil Survey, 1000 South Ave, Suite LL4, Staten Island, NY 10314, (4)Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY 11225, zcheng@brooklyn.cuny.edu, zcheng@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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3:55 PM
ERIONITE AND MESOTHELIOMA: ORIGINAL "OLD" TUZKOY VS RELOCATED "NEW" TUZKOY VILLAGE, CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY
DOGAN, Ahmet Umran, Earth Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, & Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia, umran-dogan@uiowa.edu, umran-dogan@uiowa.edu