151 Environmental Geoscience (Posters)

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  MAGNETICS AS A TOOL FOR URBAN SITE CHARACTERIZATION, SHREVEPORT CONVENTION CENTER, LOUISIANA
  Carl J. Pierce, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Mark E. Everett, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX and James L. Carter, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Mark Moore, Jones Environmental, Inc, Shreveport, LA and Roger Bright, Jones Environmental, Inc, Shreveport, LA
  14396 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  HEAVY METALS IN FLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF THE PICHER MINING FIELD, NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  Randa N. Hope, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK and Richard A. Marston, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK
  15510 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  NATURAL ATTENUATION OF URANIUM IN AN OXIDIZING ROCK-SOIL-GROUNDWATER SYSTEM: COLES HILL URANIUM DEPOSIT, VIRGINIA
  James L. Jerden, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and A. K. Sinha, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  16848 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PREDICTING ARID VEGETATION SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS USING AVIRIS, TOPOGRAPHY, AND GEOLOGY IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, EASTERN CALIFORNIA
  Christopher M. Van de Ven, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Stuart B. Weiss, Creekside Ctr for Earth Observations, Menlo Park, CA
  19067 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON SPAWNING HABITAT IN SPEARFISH CREEK, BLACK HILLS, SD
  Larry D. Stetler, South Dakota School Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD and Heidi L. Sieverding, South Dakota School Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD and John Knight, South Dakota School Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD
  19403 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS OF SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY TO EVALUATE RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION IN PRAIRIE SOILS
  Lewis Edward Hunter, U.S. Army ERDC/Cold Regions Rsch and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH and Dick L. Gebhart, U.S. Army ERDC/Construction Engineering Rsch Lab, Champaign, IL and Gwen L. Macpherson, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and William C. Johnson, Univ Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Sheldon Landsberger, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Matthew G. Hohmann, U.S. Army ERDC/Construction Engineering Rsch Lab, Champaign, IL and Lawrence Gatto, U.S. Army ERDC/Cold Regions Rsch and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH
  20087 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  A COMPARISON OF CHLOROPHYLL-A PATCHINESS IN KIGOMA BAY, LAKE TANGANYIKA AFRICA AND SENECA LAKE, GENEVA NEW YORK
  Sandra Baldwin, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY and John D. Halfman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY and Andrew S. Cohen, N/A
  20129 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MICROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FLY ASH PARTICLES
  Loran Carleton, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, IN and Reto Giere, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, IN
  21582 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  BATHYMETRY, WATER BALANCE, AND LEAK RATE OF PRAIRIE LAKE AND ITS CONNECTION TO WELDON SPRING, EASTERN MISSOURI
  Samantha A. Fernandes, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO and Michael J. Singleton, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO and William E. Winston, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO and Robert E. Criss, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO
  21836 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING OF FOREST TOPSOILS: REPRODUCIBILITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
  Tetyana Boyko, University, Leoben, N/A and Robert Scholger, University, Leoben, N/A and Sonja Höll, University, Leoben, N/A
  22402 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  IMPACT OF EMISSIONS FROM COAL COMBUSTION ON SOILS IN THE MPUMALANGA HIGHVELD REGION, SOUTH AFRICA
  Azah Peter Abanda, Univ of Capetown, Capetown, N/A and John S. Compton, Univ of Capetown, Capetown, N/A and Martin V. Fey, Univ of Stellenbosch, Matieland, N/A
  23047 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  LIMNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF LAKE SHEPHERD SPRINGS, CRAWFORD COUNTY, NW ARKANSAS
  Ben Odhiambo, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR and Stephen K. Boss, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  23665 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  NATURAL VS. ANTHROPOGENIC HEAVY METAL SOURCES, GUANAJUATO MINING DISTRICT, CENTRAL MEXICO
  Alejandro Carrillo-Chávez, UNAM, Queretaro, N/A and Ofelia Morton-Bermea, UNAM, Mexico, N/A and Eduardo González-Partida, UNAM, Queretaro, N/A and Hilda Rivas-Solorzano, Calle Corregidora No. 487, Casa 16B, Mexico, DF and Gretchen Oelsner, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, N/A
  23721 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  HYDROFLUORIC ACID GENERATION IN MINE DUMPS AND TAILINGS: EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF REACTION RATES
  Jason W. Sutter, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Donald M. Burt, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ
  24281 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SOIL WATER DYNAMICS IN NATURAL PINE FOREST AND DISTURBED GRASSLAND
  Anetta Rosari Indra Fernando, Geoscience, Tsukuba, N/A and Tadashi Tanaka, Geoscience, Tsukuba, N/A
  25100 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MODELING RATES OF EROSION USING ANTHROPOGENIC HEAVY METALS
  Mark R. Noll, SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, NY and Jennifer M. Seiter, State Univ of New York College at Brockport, Brockport, NY
  25201 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  QUANTITATIVE XRD ANALYSIS OF SPODOSOLS AS A MEANS OF ASSESSING RESPONSE TO ACID DEPOSITION
  H. A. Carlson, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and P. C. Ryan, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
  25435 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  X-RAY DIFFRACTION EVIDENCE FOR TRANSITION METAL CATION EXCHANGE IN ANIONIC CLAYS IN ROOM-TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS FLUIDS
  Peter J. Heaney, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA and Jeffrey E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, N/A and Jonathan C. Hanson, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY and Sridhar Komarneni, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA
  25607 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MICROBIAL EUKARYOTIC ECOLOGY AND PRESERVATION IN AN ACID MINE DRAINAGE SYSTEM
  S. S. Brake, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Stephen T. Hasiotis, The Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KY and Shaun E. Short, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN
  25701 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  LEAD DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS ON SHOOTING RANGES: MEASUREMENT, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION
  James R. Craig, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and J. Donald Rimstidt, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Patrick F. Scanlon, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Thomas K. Collins, Roanoke, VA and Oliver Schabenberger, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Jeffrey B. Birch, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and David H. Edwards, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  25926 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  DETERMINATION OF SEDIMENT PROVENANCE IN AN URBANIZED STREAM, BRUSH CREEK, KANSAS CITY, MO
  Jing Tao, Univ. Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and James B. Murowchick, Univ. Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and Jerry Dias, Univ Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and Thomas J. Kimes, Public Works Department, Kansas City, MO
  25937 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  DISTRIBUTIONS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN PEAT BAY AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
  Travis Williams, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC and Arthur D. Cohen, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  26039 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  URBAN GEOCHEMISTRY AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH HAZARDS IN THE SEDIMENTS OF VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
  Charlotte Bowman, Univ of Victoria, Victoria, BC and Peter Bobrowsky, Univ of Victoria, Victoria, BC
  26166 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  A WATERSHED ASSESSMENT OF TRIBUTARY STREAMS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER IN THE PIEDMONT OF HEARD COUNTY, GEORGIA
  Joseph D. Davidson, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Teddy D. Martin, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Curtis L. Hollabaugh, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Julie K. Bartley, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Randy Kath, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Johnny A. Waters, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
  26318 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  IMPACTS OF A LARGE RESERVOIR: LAKE MCCONAUGHY, NEBRASKA, USA
  R. F. Diffendal, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE and R. M. Joeckel, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  26412 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN LONG ISLAND SOUND: INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
  Irina Abramson, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT and Shaleen Bowman, N/A and Ellen Thomas, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT and Johan C. Varekamp, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT and Ellen L. Mecray, U. S. Geol Survey, Woods Hole, MA and Joel Moore, U. S. Geol Survey, Woods Hole, MA and Marilyn Buchholtz ten Brink, U. S. Geol Survey, Woods Hole, MA
  26921 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  INVESTIGATING SPORADIC ELEVATED METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN MONITORING WELLS AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SOUTH CAROLINA
  Jay V. Noonkester, Westinghouse Savannah River Co, Aiken, SC and Margaret R. Millings, Westinghouse Savannah River Co, Aiken, SC and Miles E. Jr. Denham, Westinghouse Savannah River Co, Aiken, SC and Mark B. Amidon, Bechtel Savannah River Inc, Aiken, SC
  26969 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LITTLE TALLAPOOSA RIVER WATERSHED: VARIATIONS IN WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS WITH SEASONALITY, LAND USAGE, AND POINT SOURCES
  Randa R. Harris, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Curtis L. Hollabaugh, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Julie K. Bartley, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Randy Kath, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Johnny A. Waters, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
  27146 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TEMPERATURE-RESOLVED SYNCHROTRON X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDY OF RAMSDELLITE AND GROUTITE
  Jeffrey E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Peter J. Heaney, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA and Jonathan C. Hanson, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY
  27174 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SULFATE CONTENT OF SURFACE WATERS OF WEST GEORGIA: VARIATIONS WITH LAND USAGE AND FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF STREAMS IN CARROLL AND HEARD COUNTIES, GEORGIA
  Elizabeth A. Souligny, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Joseph D. Davidson, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Teddy D. Martin, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Melondee B. McInnish, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Bryan S. Schultz, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Crystal G. Wilson, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Julie L. Wood, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Curtis L. Hollabaugh, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
  27312 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  POSSIBLE ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE DECAY OF BETX IN GROUNDWATER AT PETROLEUM IMPACTED SITES
  Neal C. Grasso, Environmental Rscs Mgnt, Boston, MA
  27566 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE ROLE OF FE(III) HETEROGENEITY IN CONTROLLING BIOREMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS
  Jackson M. Spain, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Madeline Schreiber, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  27636 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  INNOVATIVE TREATMENT METHOD FOR REMOVING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS FROM ROADWAY RUNOFF
  Thomas B. Boving, Univ of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI and Wei Zhang, Univ of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
  27645 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE EFFECT OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE ON TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION OF FRESHWATER MOLLUSCS: SHAMOKIN CREEK (SUNBURY), PA
  Robert H. Clark, N/A, N/A, PA and Jennifer M. Elick, Susquehanna Univ, Selinsgrove, PA
  27852 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SOME PERSPECTIVES ON THE STATUS OF GEOSCIENCE TRAINING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
  Robert A. Stewart, Consulting Environmental Engineers, Inc, West Hartford, CT
  28262 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER STRATEGIES FOR REMEDIATION OF ARSENIC-CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER
  Richard T. Wilkin, National Risk Mgnt Rsch Lab, Ada, OK and Cynthia J. Paul, National Risk Mgnt Rsch Lab, Ada, OK
  28748 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MERCURY METHYLATION AND DEMETHYLATION IN SOILS NEAR ABANDONED MERCURY MINES IN ALASKA, USA
  Elizabeth A. Bailey, U.S. Geol Survey, Anchorage, AK and John E. Gray, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Mark E. Hines, Univ of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
  28820 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TEMPORAL VARIATIONS OF HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN SEDIMENT CORES FROM BIG CREEK, A SMALL WATERSHED IN METRO ATLANTA, GA
  Stacey G. Cochiara, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA and Felicia Burkes, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA and Edward Barefield, Youngstown State Univ, Youngstown, OH and Autumn Rhodes, West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV and Deborah Freile, Berry College, Mt. Berry, GA and Pamela Burnley, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA and Russell Malchow, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA and Mohamad Ghazi, georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA
  28824 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE EFFECT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON GLOBAL SEA LEVEL
  D. L. Sahagian, Dept. of Earth Sci, Durham, NH
  29213 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THEMATIC REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTED DATA SERVICES (THREDDS) AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR EARTH SYSTEM EDUCATION (DLESE): FACILITATING PUBLICATION, DISCOVERY AND USAGE OF EARTH SYSTEM DATA
  Ben Domenico, Boulder, CO and Tom Boyd, Boulder, CO and Dave Fulker, Boulder, CO
  29503 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  STUDY OF SOIL ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMICAL BASELINE IN PANZHIHUA REGION, SW CHINA
  Teng Yanguo, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, N/A and Ni Shijun, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, N/A
  8940 (Technical Sessions)