14 General Session 4: Environmental Geoscience and Hydrogeology

Saturday, 2 April 2005
1:20 PM - 5:40 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  ARSENIC REMEDIATION POTENTIAL OF VETIVER GRASS
  Mario A. Quispe, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Chacharee Therapong, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Rupali Datta, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Dibyendu Sarkar, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  83999 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  BIOAVAILABILITY OF ARSENIC AND PHOSPHORUS IN A FLORIDA SOIL AMENDED WITH WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS: EFFECT OF EQUILIBRATION TIME
  Alpana Khairom, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Dibyendu Sarkar, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Rupali Datta, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  84002 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  CONSIDERATION OF ARSENIC BIOAVAILABILITY IN HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT: PRELIMINARY GREENHOUSE RESULTS
  Shahida Quazi, Univ Of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Dibyendu Sarkar, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Rupali Datta, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Saurabh Sharma, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  84001 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  BIOAVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS IN SEDIMENTS OF A SLUDGE DISPOSAL LAKE
  Summer J. Barber, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Neil W. Simpson, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Saurabh Sharma, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Dibyendu Sarkar, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Rupali Datta, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  83942 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  POTENTIAL PHYTOAVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS AS A FUNCTION OF SOIL PROPERTIES IN BIOSOLIDS-AMENDED SOILS
  Rachana Nagar, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Dibyendu Sarkar, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Saurabh Sharma, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Rupali Datta, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  84006 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  A CURSORY EXAMINATION OF WATER QUALITY IN THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER BASIN
  Miriam Juckett, Southwest Rsch Institute, San Antonio, TX and Shahida Quazi, Univ Of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Marla Morales, Univ Of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Brian Smith, AFIOH/SDC, San Antonio, TX and Xianwei Wang, Univ Of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Dibyendu Sarkar, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  84010 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  ZEOLITIC LIFEBOATS: AN ANALOGUE FOR INVESTIGATING LIFE ON MARS
  Robert Emil Janusz, The Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Stuart J. Birnbaum, The Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  83992 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  GIS AND GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENTATION IN FORT PHANTOM HILL RESERVOIR, WEST CENTRAL TEXAS, CORRELATED TO WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
  Nancy Neble, Hardin Simmons Univ, Abilene, TX and Ben Odhiambo, Hardin Simmons Univ, Abilene, TX
  83914 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  INFLUENCE OF DESICCATION FRACTURES IN HIGH-SMECTITE CLAY SOILS ON GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION RATES
  Matthew M. Uliana, Texas State Univ-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX
  83953 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  CASE STUDIES IN FORENSIC PETROGRAPHY
  Tom S. Patty, Wiss, Janney Elstner Associates, Inc, Austin, TX
  83873 (Technical Sessions)