GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 215
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)

T43. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements and Organics in the Environment

International Association of GeoChemistry; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
LeeAnn Munk, David T. Long and W. Berry Lyons, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
MODELING OF POTENTIAL HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER FROM PETROLEUM PRODUCTION IN LORETO REGION, NORTHERN PERU
MERTEN, Katie, KECK, Marissa, CHRISTIANSEN, Mark, PAYNE, Cody and EMERMAN, Steven H., Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, K.Merten92@gmail.com
1:50 PM
HEXAHYDRO-1,3,5-TRINITRO-1,3,5-TRIAZINE (RDX) NATURAL ATTENUATION AND ACTIVE BIOREMEDIATION
MARINA, Oana C.1, MARTINEZ, Bennie A.1, GOERING, Tim J.2, WANG, Dongping1, REARICK, Michael S.3 and BOUKHALFA, Hakim4, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Environmental Restoration Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P. O. Box 1663, Mail Stop M992, Los Alamos, NM 87544, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop D469, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J966, Los Alamos, NM 87544, oanam@lanl.gov
2:05 PM
VANADIUM AND NICKEL GEOCHEMISTRY OF FLUID PETROLEUM COKE DEPOSITS AT AN OIL SANDS MINE, ALBERTA, CANADA
NESBITT, Jake A., LINDSAY, Matthew B.J. and SWERHONE, Lawrence A., Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, matt.lindsay@usask.ca
2:20 PM
USES OF ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS TO DETERMINE THE SOURCES OF POSSIBLE MINING-RELATED CONTAMINANTS IN UTAH LAKE, UTAH
CAMPBELL, Stephen, JACKSON, Joshua W. and EMERMAN, Steven H., Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, unkara@msn.com
2:35 PM
SOURCE ATTRIBUTION OF PB IN SIX SOILS FROM MITROVICA, REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO AT THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE LEVEL USING COMPUTER CONTROLLED SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (CCSEM)
HUNT, Andrew, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univesity of Texas at Arlington, Geosciences Building, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019 and ENTWISTLE, Jane A., Department of Geography, Northumbria University, Ellison Place, Ellison A Block, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom, hunt@uta.edu
2:50 PM
A PITZER MODEL FOR NA+—ND3+—SO42–—H+—OH SYSTEM TO HIGH IONIC STRENGTHS
XIONG, Yongliang, Repository Performance Department, Sandia National Laboratories, 4100 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220, yxiong@sandia.gov
 
3:05 PM
Break
3:20 PM
FATE AND TRANSPORT OF RDX AND ITS DEGRADATION PRODUCTS IN SOILS OF THE BANDELIER TUFT, LOS ALAMOS NEW MEXICO
HEERSPINK, Brent P.1, BOUKHALFA, Hakim1, WARE, Stuart D.1, MARINA, Oana1, REIMUS, Paul W.1, WOLDEGABRIEL, Giday1, PANDEY, Sachin1, VESSELINOV, Velimir1 and GOERING, Tim2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87544, (2)Environmental Restoration Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P. O. Box 1663, Mail Stop M992, Los Alamos, NM 87544, brenth@lanl.gov
3:35 PM
FATE OF URANIUM FROM ARKANSAS RIVER WATER IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE, SOUTHWEST KANSAS
WHITTEMORE, Donald O., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, AGUILAR, Jonathan, Southwest Research-Extension Center, Kansas State University, Garden City, KS 67846, MACPHERSON, G.L., Dept. of Geology, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, UESHIMA, Masato, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan and FOWLE, David A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Multidisciplinary Research Building, 2030 Becker Dr, Lawrence, KS 66047, donwhitt@kgs.ku.edu
3:50 PM
MICROBIAL PIGMENTS AND MEMBRANE LIPIDS AS INDICATORS OF SOIL CRUST INPUTS TO ATMOSPHERIC DUST
FULTON, James M.1, HERCKES, Pierre2 and FRASER, Matthew P.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, james_fulton@baylor.edu
4:05 PM
GEOMORPHIC AND BIOTIC CONTROLS ON THE AEOLIAN TRANSPORT OF URANIUM-BEARING DUST
BROWN, Reid D., Earth and Enviromental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM 87801, CADOL, Daniel, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 and FREY, Bonnie, New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM 87801, reiddbrown@gmail.com
4:20 PM
INVESTIGATING TRANSPORT OF DUST-BORNE TRACE ELEMENTS FROM SNOWPACK TO SNOWMELT RUNOFF IN THE PROVO RIVER, UTAH
CARLING, Gregory T.1, FERNANDEZ, Diego P.2, NELSON, Stephen T.1, AANDERUD, Zachary T.3, TINGEY, David G.1, CHECKETTS, Hannah4 and DASTRUP, Dylan B.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (3)Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, 4125 LSB, Provo, UT 84602, (4)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, greg.carling@byu.edu
4:35 PM
CHALLENGES OF ACCURATELY DETERMINING THE CR(VI) CONTENT OF SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH CHROMIUM ORE PROCESSING RESIDUE
MILLS, Christopher T.1, FOSTER, Andrea L.2, BERN, Carleton R.3, WOLF, Ruth E.1 and MORRISON, Jean M.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., MS 901, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 415, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, cmills@usgs.gov
 
4:50 PM
Concluding Remarks
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