2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 13
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
202/203 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T102. Asbestos, Fibrous Zeolites, and Other Elongate Mineral Particles (EMP) of Environmental Concern: Where Mineralogy and Geology Meet Epidemiology, Industrial Hygiene, and Public Policy

GSA Environmental & Engineering Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division

 

Sean M. Fitzgerald, Advocate
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
13-1
8:10 AM
WHAT IS ASBESTOS?
FITZGERALD, Sean M., Scientific analytical Institute, 4604 Dundas Dr, Greensboro, NC 27407
13-2
8:25 AM
NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS NEAR POPULATED AREAS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES OF FIBROUS LIBBY-TYPE NAFE3+-AMPHIBOLE AND ACTINOLITE
METCALF, Rodney V., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, BUCK, Brenda J., Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 and MCLAURIN, Brett T., Department of Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 400 E. 2nd St., Bloomsburg, PA 17815
13-3
8:40 AM
ASBESTIFORM AMPHIBOLES OF THE FRANCISCAN COMPLEX, CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST RANGE
BAILEY, R. Mark, Asbestos TEM Laboratories, 630 Bancroft way, Berkeley, CA 94710-
13-4
8:55 AM
DEVELOPING A RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR TEM ANALYSIS
HARRIS, John R., LabCor Inc, 7619 6th Avenue NW, Seattle, WA 981117
13-5
9:10 AM
DIRECT ANALYSIS OF AMPHIBOLES ON TREE BARK BY SEM UTILIZING BOTH EDS AND EBSD TECHNIQUES FROM LIBBY, MONTANA AND IMPLICATIONS ON PUBLIC PERCEPTION
SANCHEZ, Matthew S., RJ Lee Group, Inc, 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville, PA 15146 and BANDLI, Bryan R., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812
13-6
9:25 AM
OUT OF THE WORKPLACE AND INTO THE WILD: SOME NOVEL TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING FIBROUS MINERALS IN NATURE AND EXPERIMENTS ANYONE CAN TRY
HALTERMAN Jr, Don J., Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Salt Lake Technical Center, 8660 South Sandy Parkway, Sandy, UT 84070
 
9:40 AM
Break
13-7
9:55 AM
THE RELATIONSHIP IN PHYLLOSILICATES AND POLYSOMATIC BIOPYRIBOLES TO FORMATION OF ASBESTIFORM HABIT VIA TETRAHEDRAL/OCTAHEDRAL FIT COMPENSATION AND THE MOLECULAR ACTION OF WATER
FITZGERALD, Sean M., Scientific analytical Institute, 4604 Dundas Dr, Greensboro, NC 27407
13-8
10:15 AM
FORMATION OF ASBESTIFORM TALC FROM NON-ASBESTIFORM CHAIN-SILICATES IN THE GOUVERNEUR, NEW YORK TALC MINING DISTRICT
MCNAMEE, Brittani D., Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina - Asheville, CPO 2330, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804 and GUNTER, Mickey E., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter MS 443022, Moscow, ID 83844
13-9
10:35 AM
AMPHIBOLE VS. AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ASBESTOS-IN-TALC METHODOLOGY
PIER, Julie Warner, Research & Analytical Laboratory, Imerys Filtration and Perfomance Additives, 71 Daggett Dr, San Jose, CA 95134
13-10
10:50 AM
ASBESTOS IDENTIFICATION FROM HUMAN TISSUE
GORDON, Ronald E., Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029
13-11
11:05 AM
MINERAL FIBRE DEPOSITS IN WORK ENVIROMENTS AND WORKERS: WHERE AND WHY THEY DIFFER
CASE, Bruce, Pathology, Epidemiology, School of Environment, McGill University, 462 Argyle Avenue, Westmount, QC H3Y3B4, Canada
13-12
11:20 AM
FROM REALITY TO REGULATIONS: REVISITING THE CURRENT OSHA STANDARDS AND PRACTICES IN LIGHT OF ERIONITE, ASBESTIFORM MINERALS IN THEIR GEOLOGIC SETTINGS, AND OTHER NEW CHALLENGES
HALTERMAN Jr, Don J., Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Salt Lake Technical Center, 8660 South Sandy Parkway, Sandy, UT 84070
 
11:40 AM
Discussion
 
11:50 AM
Concluding Remarks
See more of: Technical Sessions
<< Previous Session | Next Session >>