FRAGILE EARTH: Geological Processes from Global to Local Scales and Associated Hazards (4-7 September 2011)

Session No. 32
Tuesday, 6 September 2011: 15:30-17:50
A 014 (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

P4. Plenary: Geological Research for Our Health (2011 - Year of Science in Health Research)

GSA Geology and Health Division; LMU Fragile Earth Fund

 

Anke M. Friedrich and H. Catherine W. Skinner, Conveners
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Start Time
 
15:30
Introductory Remarks
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15:40
GEOSCIENCES AND HUMAN HEALTH
MATSCHULLAT, Jörg, Interdisciplinary Environmental Research Centre, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Brennhausgasse 14, Freiberg, 09599, Germany, joerg.matschullat@ioez.tu-freiberg.de, joerg.matschullat@ioez.tu-freiberg.de
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16:15
CONNECTING THE SILENT HAZARDS IN THE GEOENVIRONMENT: GEOCHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
SKINNER, 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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16:50
POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER QUALITY IN MINERALIZED WATERSHEDS
MANNING, Andrew H., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, TODD, Andrew S., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 964, Denver, CO 80225 and VERPLANCK, Philip L., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, M.S. 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, amanning@usgs.gov, amanning@usgs.gov
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17:10
TRANSPORT OF FECAL BACTERIA FROM PONDS TO AQUIFERS IN RURAL BANGLADESH: THE ROLE OF ADJACENT SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE
KNAPPETT, Peter S.K., Institute for Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, Neuherberg, 85764, Germany, MCKAY, Larry, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, LAYTON, Alice C., Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, WILLIAMS, Daniel E., Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, 676 Dabeny-Beuhler Hall, 1416 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37931, AHMED, K.M., Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Ramna, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, CULLIGAN, Patricia J., Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, Room 626, 500 W. 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, MAILLOUX, Brian, Environmental Sciences, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, 404 Altschul, New York, NC 10027, EMCH, Michael, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Saunders 308, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, SERRE, Marc L., Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3220 and VAN GEEN, A., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, peter.knappett@helmholtz-muenchen.de, peter.knappett@helmholtz-muenchen.de
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17:25
BACTERIALLY INDUCED FERRIC MINERAL PRECIPITATION IN ACID MINE WATERS
KIPRY, Judith1, GÖTZ, Andreas2, WIACEK, Claudia1, SCHMAHL, Wolfgang2 and SCHLÖMANN, Michael1, (1)TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Bioscience, Environmental Microbiology, Leipziger Straße 29, Freiberg, 09599, Germany, (2)LMU München, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Section of Applied Crystallography and Material Science, Theresienstraße 41/II, München, 80333, Germany, judith.kipry@ioez.tu-freiberg.de, judith.kipry@ioez.tu-freiberg.de
 
17:40
Concluding Remarks
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