CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 166
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room M100BC (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T202. Coal Combustion Products and Impacts on the Society

GSA Geology and Health Division

 

Avner Vengosh, Advocate
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:15 AM
THE TVA KINGSTON COAL ASH SPILL--OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH UNDERWAY AND INITIAL EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
CARRIKER, Neil E., ROGERS, William J. and YANKEE, Dennis H., Tennessee Valley Authority, Kingston Ash Recovery Project, 1134 Swan Pond Road, Harriman, TN 37748, necarriker@tva.gov, necarriker@tva.gov
2
8:35 AM
GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: LESSONS FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY COAL ASH SPILL
RUHL, Laura, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Box 90227, Durham, NC 27708, VENGOSH, Avner, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 and DWYER, Gary S., Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Box 90227, Durham, NC 27708, lsr3@duke.edu, lsr3@duke.edu
3
8:50 AM
THE EFFECT OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER ON THE RELEASE OF TRACE ELEMENTS FROM COAL ASH IN NATURAL SURFACE WATERS
CRAVEN, Alison M., Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, 215 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, RYAN, Joseph N., Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 428 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 and AIKEN, George R., U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, 3215 Marine Street, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, alison.craven@colorado.edu, alison.craven@colorado.edu
4
9:05 AM
USING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY TO ASSESS PARTICULATE POLLUTION IN STREET SEDIMENT NEAR A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN HAMILTON, OHIO
LEGALLEY, Erin, Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, KREKELER, Mark P.S., Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University-Hamilton, Hamilton, OH 45011, WIDOM, Elisabeth, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 and KUENTZ, David C., Miami Univ, Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, legallem@muohio.edu, legallem@muohio.edu
 
9:20 AM
Break
5
9:35 AM
FULLERENES AND METALLOFULLERENES IN COAL-FIRED STOKER FLY ASH: EXAMPLES FROM A KENTUCKY POWER PLANT
HOWER, James C., University of Kentucky, Center for Applied Energy Research, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, MARDON, Sarah M., University of Kentucky, Center for Applied Energy Research, 1401 Corporate Court, Henderson, KY 42420 and SILVA, Luis F., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Engenharia, Departamento de Metalurgia, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501-970, Brazil, james.hower@uky.edu, james.hower@uky.edu
6
9:55 AM
RECENT COAL-RELATED HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES
FINKELMAN, Robert B., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, bobf@utdallas.edu, bobf@utdallas.edu
7
10:10 AM
A SEQUENTIAL CHEMICAL EXTRACTION STUDY OF THE LEACHABILITY OF TRACE ELEMENTS FROM UNTREATED AND TREATED COAL FLY ASH
BHATTACHARYYA, Sidhartha, Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, 201 7th Avenue, 2003 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 and DONAHOE, Rona J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Ave, Room 2003 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, bhatt001@crimson.ua.edu, bhatt001@crimson.ua.edu
8
10:25 AM
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS OF USING COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS IN SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
LEE, Jin Cheol1, BRADSHAW, Sabrina L.2, EDIL, Tuncer B.3 and BENSON, Craig H.1, (1)Recycled Materials Resource Center, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Geological Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2228 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Geological Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2226 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, tbedil@wisc.edu, tbedil@wisc.edu
9
10:40 AM
USING COAL ASH FOR LIMESTONE QUARRY RECLAMATION
LUNDY, Sherman, N/a, Elk Run Heights, IA 50707, sherml@bmcaggregates.com, sherml@bmcaggregates.com
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