T267 Advances in Spectroscopy for Geological and Mineralogical Analysis

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
208B

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  IN SITU TIME-RESOLVED RAMAN AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENT ION EXCHANGE IN NANOPOROUS SITINAKITE
  Michael Powers, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY and Aaron J. Celestian, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
  209903 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  FIELD CHARACTERIZATION OF FINE-GRAINED LAVAS AND VOLCANIC TEPHRA USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE
  Holli Frey, Union College, Schenectady, NY and Matthew R.F. Manon, Union College, Schenectady, NY and Grace M. Delgado, Union College, Schenectady, NY and Tyler J. Willey, Union College, Schenectady, NY
  213199 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  INFRARED AND RAMAN MICROANALYSIS OF GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES
  Thomas Tague, Bruker Optics, Billerica, MA
  207864 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  USING CL MICROSCOPY, CL SPECTROSCOPY, AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION DAMAGE ON QUARTZ GRAINS IN A ROLL-FRONT URANIUM DEPOSIT
  Julie Leibold, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Thomas Monecke, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Jens Götze, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, N/A
  211281 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  QUARTZ IN A NEW LIGHT: 3D SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION (SHG) MICROSCOPY OF MICROSTRUCTURES WITH SUB-MICROMETER RESOLUTION
  Robert C. Burruss, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Aaron D. Slepkov, Trent University, Peterborough, ON and Adrian F. Pegoraro, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON and Albert Stolow, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON
  210896 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  MULTI-STEP ION EXCHANGE OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS INTO MICROPOROUS ZORITE
  Melinda J. Rucks, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY and Aaron J. Celestian, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
  213459 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY OF FELDSPARS
  Henry L. Barwood, Troy University, Troy, AL
  211951 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  GEOLOGIC APPLICATIONS OF WATER CONCENTRATION MAPPING USING FTIR SPECTROSCOPY WITH A FOCAL PLANE ARRAY DETECTOR
  Sheila J. Seaman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
  211677 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  FLUORESCENCE INTERFERENCE IN RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY: WILL THE GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITY DRIVE THE INSTRUMENT INDUSTRY?
  Paul R. Bartholomew, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
  213270 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  MULTIMODAL COHERENT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND 3D MICROSCOPY: NONLINEAR OPTICAL TOOLS FOR GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH
  Albert Stolow, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON and A.D. Slepkov, Trent University, Peterborough, ON and Adrian Pegoraro, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON and Robert C. Burruss, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  212440 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  QUANTITATIVE LI ANALYSIS BY LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS)
  Sandra Mader, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Nancy McMillan, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
  210374 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  NEW METHODS FOR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF OH IN APATITE
  R. Christopher Tacker, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC and Joshua Hanks, NCSU, Raleigh, NC and Catelyn Joyner, NCSU, Raleigh, NC
  213167 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, CHEMOMETRICS, AND THE FUTURE OF SPECTROSCOPY: HOW STATISTICS CAN COMPLEMENT SPECTROSCOPY AT ANY WAVELENGTH
  M. Dyar, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
  212899 (Technical Sessions)