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Activity

2024

• OLLE SELINUS: A FRIEND, A COLLEAGUE, A PIONEER, AN INSPIRATION
  T6 The Founding of Medical Geology: The Contributions and Legacy of Dr. Olle Selinus
  Sunday, 22 September 2024

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  209A

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2023

• WHAT DO VOLCANOES AND UNCONTROLLED COAL FIRES HAVE IN COMMON?
  21 Improving Natural Hazard Resilience of Society
  Tuesday, 14 March 2023

  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 108

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2021

• HEALTH IMPACTS OF UNCONTROLLED COAL FIRES
  T216 Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes: Delineating Biogeochemical and Metabolic Pathways Linking Environmental Exposures and Human Health
  Wednesday, 13 October 2021

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Portland Ballroom 253 (Hybrid Room)

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2020

• EXPLORING THE INTERSECTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND URBAN MEDICAL GEOLOGY
  T126 Environmental Geochemistry and Health I
  Wednesday, 28 October 2020

  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Meeting Rooms
• MINERALOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF ENTRAINED-FLOW COAL GASIFICATION RESIDUES FROM NORTHWEST CHINA
  T116 Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry: New Approaches to Harnessing the Multidimensionality of Complex Systems I
  Wednesday, 28 October 2020

  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Meeting Rooms
• HEALTH IMPACTS OF UNCONTROLLED COAL FIRES: A PERSPECTIVE FROM JHARIA, INDIA
  66 D2. Energy Geology
  Tuesday, 27 October 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Meeting Rooms
• HOW DO MINERALS IMPACT HUMAN HEALTH? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS
  3 Little Minerals, Big Implications
  Monday, 9 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Meeting Room 201B
• A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF A GEODE: MICROMINERAL DISCOVERIES WITH MACRO-IMPLICATIONS
  3 Little Minerals, Big Implications
  Monday, 9 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Meeting Room 201B
• MICROANALYSIS OF A TONSTEIN UNCOVERS A MINERALOGICAL MYSTERY: THE FIRST REPORTED OCCURRENCE OF FERROAN MAGNESITE IN COAL
  3 Little Minerals, Big Implications
  Monday, 9 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Meeting Room 201B

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2019

• HEALTH IMPACTS OF UNCONTROLLED COAL FIRES: AN EXAMPLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE FROM JHARIA, INDIA
  158 D8. Minerals, Energy, Microbes, and Organics: Impacts on the Environment, Society and Health
  Tuesday, 24 September 2019

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 132ABC, North Building
• MICROMINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS OF OLD KEOKUK GEODES REVEALS NEW MYSTERIES
  T57 Visions of Minerals at the Nanoscale II: In Honor of Mineralogical Society of America Roebling Medalist Peter R. Buseck
  Sunday, 22 September 2019

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 132ABC, North Building
• POSSIBLE GENESIS OF AN UNUSUAL MINERAL IN A SIBERIAN COAL
  17 D6. Geochemistry (Posters)
  Tuesday, 26 March 2019

  8:30 AM - 5:45 PM

  Big Basin/Kaw Nation Rooms
• MICRO-MINERALOGY OF A SINGLE KEOKUK GEODE; HOW COMPLEX CAN IT GET?
  3 Microanalyses, Macro Implications: Using Microscale Analyses to Decipher System-to-Regional Scale Processes
  Monday, 25 March 2019

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Kings Room

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2018

• MEDICAL GEOLOGY: A PERSONAL STORY OF LUCK, DEDICATION, AND FRIENDSHIP
  T81 Is There a Medical Geologist in the House? A Session Honoring the Contributions of Robert Finkelman to the Field of Medical Geology
  Monday, 5 November 2018

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Sagamore Ballroom 6
• INVESTIGATING A LINK BETWEEN LOW-RANK COAL BEARING CARRIZO-WILCOX AQUIFER WATER AND KIDNEY DISEASE IN EAST TEXAS
  T81 Is There a Medical Geologist in the House? A Session Honoring the Contributions of Robert Finkelman to the Field of Medical Geology
  Monday, 5 November 2018

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Sagamore Ballroom 6
• SAHARAN DUST AND PEDIATRIC ASTHMA IN THE CARIBBEAN
  T81 Is There a Medical Geologist in the House? A Session Honoring the Contributions of Robert Finkelman to the Field of Medical Geology
  Monday, 5 November 2018

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Sagamore Ballroom 6
• MEDICAL GEOLOGY IN AFRICA: AN EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL GEOLOGY EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE
  3 Geology and Health Research on Trace Elements in Drinking Waters, and Outreach and Education Activities
  Monday, 12 March 2018

  8:00 AM - 11:10 AM

  Chicot Room
• MEDICAL GEOLOGY OUTREACH: A MAJOR SUCCESS STORY FROM TURKEY
  3 Geology and Health Research on Trace Elements in Drinking Waters, and Outreach and Education Activities
  Monday, 12 March 2018

  8:00 AM - 11:10 AM

  Chicot Room

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2017

• CAN COAL HELP U.S. TECHNOLOGY?
  12 Recent Advances in Geoscience Research
  Monday, 13 March 2017

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom G

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2016

• COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHIES: AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO THE GEOLOGY AND HEALTH COMMUNITY
  T217 Current Medical Geology Research on Natural Materials, Outreach, and Education Activities
  Tuesday, 27 September 2016

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 507
• THE ROLE OF MEDICAL GEOLOGY IN RISK ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY
  T217 Current Medical Geology Research on Natural Materials, Outreach, and Education Activities
  Tuesday, 27 September 2016

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 507

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2014

• GEOLOGY AND HEALTH: WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE
  T156 Geology of Metals and Human Health Impacts
  Monday, 20 October 2014

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  306

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2013

• GEOLOGY AND HEALTH IN TEXAS: DIGGING INTO THE ISSUES
  191 Geology and Health: Recent Advances in Medical Geology
  Tuesday, 29 October 2013

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 402
• GEOLOGY AND HEALTH: A BRIEF HISTORY FROM THE PLEISTOCENE TO TODAY
  65 Special Session: GSA 125th Anniversary Books: I, The Web of Geological Sciences: Advances, Impacts, and Interactions; II, The Impact of Geological Sciences on Society: Authors Present Summaries of Their Articles II
  Sunday, 27 October 2013

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Room 607
• THE GEOLOGY AND HEALTH DIVISION: AN IMGA HONORARY CHAPTER
  52 IMGA Chapters
  Thursday, 29 August 2013

  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Washington II
• MEDICAL GEOLOGY ISSUES IN TEXAS
  51 General Session
  Thursday, 29 August 2013

  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Washington III
• INVITED KEYNOTE: COAL IN CHINA: UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDICAL GEOLOGISTS
  39 Energy Related Health Issues
  Wednesday, 28 August 2013

  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Washington I
• MERCURY, FLUORIDE AND ACID RELEASE FROM UNDERGROUND COAL FIRES IN WUDA, INNER MONGOLIA OF CHINA
  44 Arsenic and Other Toxic Oxyanions in the Environment II
  Wednesday, 28 August 2013

  2:10 PM - 5:10 PM

  Washington II
• COAL IN TEXAS: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
  20 Geology of Texas
  Friday, 5 April 2013

  8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

  Amphitheater 204

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2012

• HOW NOT TO COMMUNICATE GEOLOGY AND HEALTH ISSUES
  188 Recent Advances in Geology & Health
  Tuesday, 6 November 2012

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  212AB
• NATURAL ALTERATIONS OF WATER QUALITY BY LOW-RANK COALS: HUMAN HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
  188 Recent Advances in Geology & Health
  Tuesday, 6 November 2012

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  212AB

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2011

• THE IMPACTS OF COAL ON PUBLIC HEALTH
  T282 Intersection of Geology and Health: Impacts of Geologic Materials on Public Health
  Wednesday, 12 October 2011

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room M100BC
• RECENT COAL-RELATED HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES
  T166 Coal Combustion Products and Impacts on the Society
  Tuesday, 11 October 2011

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room M100BC
• POSSIBLE IMPACT OF CARRIZO-WILCOX AQUIFER WATER ON KIDNEY DISEASE IN LOUISIANA
  5 Gulf Coastal Plain Groundwater Systems
  Monday, 28 March 2011

  9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

  Orleans A & B

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2010

• ARSENIC – A BENEFICIAL THERAPEUTIC AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL POISON
  T88 Geomicrobiology of Arsenic Transformation and Mobilization in Arsenic-Enriched Alluvial Aquifers and Subsequent Impact on Ecosystem as Well as Human Health
  Monday, 1 November 2010

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Mile High Ballroom 1AB
• IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN LIGNITE BEDS AND DIALYSIS BEDS?
  T90 Minerals, Microbes, and Health
  Monday, 1 November 2010

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 302
• AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACTS OF MINERAL DUST ON HUMAN HEALTH
  37 Is Mother Nature out to Get You? Medical Geology Issues in the Mid-Continent
  Tuesday, 13 April 2010

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Compton Ferry

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2009

• ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THE CARRIZO-WILCOX AQUIFER OF EAST TEXAS AND POSSIBLE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
  9 Geology and Health Issues in Texas, Mexico and Beyond
  Tuesday, 17 March 2009

  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
• THE FUTURE OF COAL IN THE UNITED STATES
  1 Coal
  Monday, 16 March 2009

  8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL TOOLS TO GULF COAST LIGNITE GEOCHEMISTRY
  1 Coal
  Monday, 16 March 2009

  8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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2008

• Geology and Health In Texas: An Overview
  T139 Geology and Health Issues in Texas, Mexico, and Beyond
  Sunday, 5 October 2008

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• MEDICAL GEOLOGY ISSUES IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL US
  10 Geologic Hazards of the South-Central United States
  Tuesday, 1 April 2008

  8:00 AM - 11:00 AM