Session No. 206
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)

T78. Environmental Impacts of Coal Utilization

GSA Coal Geology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Geology and Health Division

 

Laura Ruhl and Amrika Deonarine, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
THE IMPACTS OF COAL MINING ON THE TERRESTRIAL PHOSPHORUS CYCLE: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE FRIAR TUCK MINING COMPLEX, SULLIVAN COUNTY, INDIANA
LATIMER, Jennifer C., Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terra Haute, IN 47809, TERRELL, Natasha Nicole, Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, 600 Chestnut St, Terre Haute, IN 47809 and MCBRIDE, Windy J., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, 600 Chestnut St, Terre Haute, IN 47809, Jen.Latimer@indstate.edu
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8:20 AM
EMISSION OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS DURING STORAGE OF COALS IN UTILITIES 
GREEN, Uri, Chemistry Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel and COHEN, Haim, Biological Chemistry, Ariel University, Department of Biological Chemistry, Ariel University, Ariel, 40700, Israel, hcohen@ariel.ac.il
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8:35 AM
VARIATIONS OF MINERALS OBSERVED IN OCHRE AT ABANDONED MINE DRAINAGE SITES IN MAHANOY CREEK WATERSHED, PA
BALAKRISHNAN, Aneesha, Geological Sciences, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306 and DOWLING, Carolyn B., Department of Geological Sciences, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, abbalakrishn@bsu.edu
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8:50 AM
COMPOSITION, MORPHOLOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT LEACHING FROM US COAL FLY ASH
DEONARINE, Amrika, U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, KOLKER, Allan, U.S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, HUGGINS, Frank, Center for Applied Research, University of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, FOSTER, Andrea, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and DOUGHTEN, Michael W., U S Geological Survey, 432 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, adeonarine@usgs.gov
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9:05 AM
BORON AS AN INDICATOR FOR CONTAMINATION OF SHALLOW GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATED WITH COAL ASH PONDS IN NORTH CAROLINA
HARKNESS, Jennifer S., Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, CA 27701, RUHL, Laura, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204 and VENGOSH, Avner, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, jsh45@duke.edu
 
9:20 AM
Break
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9:35 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY KINGSTON COAL ASH SPILL. 2. METHYLMERCURY IN HISTORICALLY CONTAMINATED RIVER SEDIMENTS
DEONARINE, Amrika, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 121 Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708-0287, BARTOV, Gideon, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 152 Computing Applications Bldg., 605 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign, IL 61820, JOHNSON, Thomas M., Geology, UIUC, 156 Computing Applications Building, 605 E. Springfield Ave, Champaign, IL 61820, RUHL, Laura, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, VENGOSH, Avner, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 and HSU-KIM, Heileen, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 121 Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708, amrikadeonarine@gmail.com
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9:55 AM
GEOCHEMICAL AND STRONTIUM ISOTOPE INVESTIGATION OF COAL UTILIZATION BY-PRODUCTS INTERACTING WITH AQUEOUS FLUIDS: LABORATORY LEACHING EXPERIMENTS
STEWART, Brian W.1, CAPO, Rosemary C.1, BRUBAKER, Tonya M.2, SPIVAK-BIRNDORF, Lev J.3, SCHROEDER, Karl T.4, VESPER, Dorothy J.5, CHAPMAN, Elizabeth C.1, CARDONE, Carol4 and ROHAR, Paul4, (1)Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (2)University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology & Planetary Science, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (3)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Indiana, 1001 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, (4)National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, PO Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, (5)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26505, bstewart@pitt.edu
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10:15 AM
COAL ASH AS A POTENTIAL SCRUBBER FOR QUARRY SLUDGE
COHEN, Haim1, LIEBERMAN, Roy Nir1 and ANKER, Yaakov2, (1)Biological Chemistry, Ariel University, Department of Biological Chemistry, Ariel University, Ariel, 40700, Israel, (2)Samaria and the Jordan Rift Regional R&D Center, Ariel, 40700, Israel, hcohen@ariel.ac.il
 
10:30 AM
Concluding Remarks
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