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GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 227
Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 224A, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T162. Environmental and Engineering Geology Division

GSA Environmental & Engineering Geology Division

 

Anne C. Witt, Stephen L. Slaughter and Robert J. Mitchell, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
227-1
1:30 PM
MICROPLASTIC ACCUMULATION PATTERNS IN SAND AT THREE HAWAIIAN BEACHES
VANDERZYL, Nicolas M.A., COLBERT, Steven and WIEGNER, Tracy N., Marine Science, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 W Kawili St, Hilo, HI 96720
227-2
1:45 PM
WRACK AND RUIN: CHARACTERIZING PLASTIC AND MICROPLASTIC OCCURRENCES ON SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES
BODENBENDER, Brian E., OLGERS, Amy E. and VAIANA, Ang F., Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Hope College, P.O. Box 9000, Holland, MI 49422-9000
227-3
2:00 PM
ELEVATED MICROPLASTIC CONCENTRATION IN A SMALL TRIBUTARY STREAM UNDER HIGH-FLOW CONDITIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MOHAWK RIVER, NEW YORK
SMITH, Jacqueline A.1, CARUSO, Emily1, WRIGHT, Nicholas1, WILLARD-BAUER, Eva1 and GARVER, John I.2, (1)Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311, (2)Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union ST, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311
227-4
2:15 PM
ASSESSING MICROPLASTIC DEBRIS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERSHED ACROSS SPACE, TIME, AND VARYING FLOW CONDITIONS (Invited Presentation)
HASENMUELLER, Elizabeth A.1, RITTER, Abigail N.1, CORCORAN, Miles J.2 and SLOAN, John J.2, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108, (2)National Great Rivers Research & Education Center, 1 Madison County Transit Confluence Trail, Alton, IL 62002
227-5
2:30 PM
ANTHROPOGENIC GRAINS: MICROPLASTICS IN BENTHIC COMPARTMENTS OF THE GREAT LAKES WATERSHED (Invited Presentation)
CORCORAN, Patricia L.1, BALLENT, Anika2, DEAN, Bethany1, BELONTZ, Sara1 and ARTURO, Ian1, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada, (2)Algalita Marine Research Foundation, 148 North Marina Drive, Long Beach, CA 90803-4601
227-6
2:45 PM
MICROPLASTIC NURDLES AS SEDIMENT GRAINS: PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF SETTLING VELOCITIES IN AIR BY ELUTRIATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AEOLIAN TRANSPORT (Invited Presentation)
EBERT, James R., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015 and WHITE, Abby, Department of Physics and Astronomy, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015
 
3:00 PM
Break
227-7
3:15 PM
A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GEOLOGISTS AND ENGINEERS: CONTROL OF BIOFOULING AT SEAWATER DESALINATION PLANTS
MISSIMER, Thomas M.1, DEHWAH, Abdullah H.A.2 and HARVEY, Natalie1, (1)U. A. Whitaker College of Engineering, Florida Gulf Coast University, Emergent Technology Institute, 16301 Innovation Lane, Fort Myers, FL 33913, (2)DEsalination Technologies Research Institute, Saline Water Conversion Corporation, P. O. Box 8328, Al-Jubail, FL 31951, Saudi Arabia
227-8
3:30 PM
A DUSTY TALE: DETERMINING SOURCES FOR ELEMENTS FOUND IN SALT LAKE DUSTS
EBY, G. Nelson and NYE, Benjamin, Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854
227-9
3:45 PM
Withdrawn
227-10
4:00 PM
Withdrawn
227-11
4:15 PM
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROCK FRAGMENT SIZE DISTRIBUTION, EXCAVATED SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND CUTTER FORCES FROM LINEAR ROCK CUTTING MACHINE EXCAVATION
AYAWAH, Prosper and GERTSCH, Leslie, Dept. of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1400 N. Bishop, Rolla, MO 65409
Handouts
  • Prosper Ayawah_GSA2.pptx (50.1 MB)
    • 227-12
    4:30 PM
    USING LIDAR FOR MAPPING COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES DUE TO MINING TAILINGS MIGRATING ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE AT GRAND TRAVERSE BAY, MI
    REGIS, Robert S., Earth, Environmental,and Geographical Sciences, Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Ave, MARQUETTE, MI 49855 and KERFOOT, W. Charles, Biological Sciences & Great Lakes Research Center, Michigan Technological University, 305 Great Lakes Research Center, Houghton, MI 49931
    227-13
    4:45 PM
    AN INITIAL X-RAY FLUORESCENCE, X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND REFLECTIVE SPECTROSCOPY INVESTIGATION OF MINE WASTE FROM TONOPAH, NEVADA
    DAWSON, Claudia1, ORD, Samara1, STURMER, Daniel M.2, CHAPPELL, J. Caleb3, MCLEOD, Claire3 and KREKELER, Mark P.S.3, (1)Geology & Environmental Earth Sciences, Miami University Hamilton, 1601 University Blvd, Hamilton, OH 45011, (2)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (3)Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 118 Shideler hall, 250 S. Patterson Ave, Oxford, OH 45056
    227-14
    5:00 PM
    INCREASING DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES – IT’S NOT JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT’S THE SMART THING TO DO
    GREEN, Deborah, 79 Forest Ln, Placitas, NM 87043
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