T289 125 Years of Geoscientific Leadership: Success Stories of Using Geoscience to Serve Society

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 401

Presentations

• 1:05 PM
  RATS, FLIES, AND LANDFILLS: USING GIS AND GEOLOGY TO GET RID OF VERMIN ON COLUMBUS' ISLE (SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS)
  R. Laurence Davis, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT and Matthew C. Robinson, Harpers Ferry, WV
  232265 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:25 PM
  SOMETIMES THEY LISTEN: STORIES FROM A SCIENCE NEWS CORRESPONDENT
  Richard F. Harris, Washington, DC
  230724 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  EVALUATION OF A NOVEL PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR ACID DEPOSITION AND PH AND ALKALINITY MEASUREMENT CHALLENGES
  Carl S. Kirby, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA and Kyle Kissock, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA and Jon Dietz, State College, PA and Steven Means, Williamsport, PA and Rachel Celniker, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
  225758 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  MAPPING OF POTENTIAL MINERAL HAZARDS IN CALIFORNIA – PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  Chris T. Higgins, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and Ronald K. Churchill, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and John P. Clinkenbeard, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and Milton C. Fonseca, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA
  233775 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  USING THE GROUP LEVEL ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY NEEDS AND SUPPORT CITIZEN SCIENCE IN THE GEOSCIENCES
  Julia Linnaea Wise, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Aaron Diefendorf, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and L. Vaughn, Cincininati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
  227606 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OF GLACIO- LACUSTRINE CLAY SOILS FOR THE RECOVERY OF LIQUID NATURAL GAS CONDENSATE CONTAMINATION AT A FORMER GAS PLANT SITE
  Gordon Bures, Frac Rite Environmental Ltd, Calgary, AB and Barry Flood, RemedX Remediation Services Inc, Calgary, AB
  226652 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  USING AN ONLINE TV STATION AND VIDEO ABSTRACTS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
  Michael Conway, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and M. Lee Allison, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and Jordan Matti, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and Ron Palmer, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ
  232891 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  USING GEOMORPHOLOGY TO GUIDE STREAM RESTORATION ON NASH STREAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
  John Field, Farmington, ME and James M. MacCartney, Concord, NH and John A. Magee, Concord, NH
  233715 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  INTEGRATING SCIENCE AND COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO: THE UNION COUNTY HYDROGEOLOGY PROJECT
  Kate E. Zeigler, Zeigler Geologic Consulting, LLC, Albuquerque, NM and Barbara Podzemny, Northeastern Soil and Water Conservation District, Clayton, NM and Gregory Peacock, Zeigler Geologic Consulting, LLC, Albuquerque, NM and Andrew Yuhas, Yuhas Geoinformatics, Albuquerque, NM and Shannon Williams, Zeigler Geologic Consulting, LLC, Albuquerque, NM and Elizabeth Yuhas, Zeigler Geologic Consulting, LLC, Albuquerque, NM
  225995 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  GEOSCIENCE SERVING SOCIETY: INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR FACILITATING SUCCESS AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY
  Craig M. Schiffries, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC
  233075 (Technical Sessions)