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Activity

2018

• A PROPOSED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO MAP AND IMPROVE THE NATION’S UNDERSTANDING OF ITS SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY AND CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES
  T142 Geologic Mapping in the Twenty-First Century: Innovative Applications of Technology and Strategies to Aid Field-Based Studies
  Monday, 5 November 2018

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 242

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2016

• POTENTIAL RECOVERY OF CRITICAL ELEMENTS FROM HISTORICAL METAL MINING WASTE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING VARIOUS LEACHANTS TO EXTRACT PRECIOUS METALS, PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS, SELECTED RARE-EARTH-ELEMENTS, AND VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL METALS
  T151 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Assessing Environmental Impact of Mining (Posters)
  Monday, 26 September 2016

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall E/F
• MINING, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH: A GEOSCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR TRANSDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
  T34 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Assessing Environmental Impact of Mining
  Sunday, 25 September 2016

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 302

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2014

• IMPACTS OF THE SEPTEMBER 2013 COLORADO FRONT RANGE FLOODING ON THE BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
  T74 Global Challenges and Human Health
  Sunday, 19 October 2014

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  213
• FOLK REMEDIES - A SOURCE OF TRACE METAL EXPOSURE IN HUMANS
  T74 Global Challenges and Human Health
  Sunday, 19 October 2014

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  213

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2013

• METAL RECOVERY FROM WASTE STREAMS
  T313 Geology for the Common Good: Sustainable Resources for the 21st Century
  Wednesday, 30 October 2013

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 601
• TRACE METALS AND MINERALS IN MATERIALS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR RECYCLING, DISPOSAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
  T288 Urban Geochemistry
  Tuesday, 29 October 2013

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Room 503
• WATER REACTIVITY OF A VARIETY OF EARTH MATERIALS
  T151 Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements and Organics in the Environment (Posters)
  Monday, 28 October 2013

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Hall D
• CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARTH SCIENTISTS TO MENTOR PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS
  T112 Training, Assessment, and Outreach That Enhance Communication of Geosciences for Formal and Informal Audiences
  Monday, 28 October 2013

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 405
• THE LEGACY OF ARSENIC TRIOXIDE AT GIANT MINE, YELLOWKNIFE
  T179 Celebrating the Scientific Contributions of Kirk Nordstrom—Part 2: Geochemistry of Arsenic and Antimony, Microbial Biogeochemistry, Geothermal Systems, Radioactive Waste Disposal, and Geochemical Modeling
  Monday, 28 October 2013

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Room 503
• EARTH SCIENCE INPUT FOR EVALUATING SPATIALLY-DISTRIBUTED MESOTHELIOMA RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES TO ERIONITE AND OTHER ELONGATE MINERAL PARTICLES
  57 Environmental Exposure to Asbestos and Other Natural Fibers
  Thursday, 29 August 2013

  2:10 PM - 4:30 PM

  Washington II
• ADEQUACY OF HUMAN HEALTH DATA SOURCES FOR EVALUATING SPATIALLY-DISTRIBUTED MESOTHELIOMA RISK FACTORS
  57 Environmental Exposure to Asbestos and Other Natural Fibers
  Thursday, 29 August 2013

  2:10 PM - 4:30 PM

  Washington II
• MEDICAL GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY INSIGHTS INTO THE GLOBAL POTENTIAL FOR LEAD POISONING LINKED TO ARTISANAL OR RECREATIONAL METAL MINING
  45 Health Impacts of Global Artisanal Mining II
  Wednesday, 28 August 2013

  2:10 PM - 2:50 PM

  Washington III
• ENVIRONMENTAL AND MEDICAL GEOCHEMISTRY IN DISASTER SCENARIOS
  28 Urban Medical Geology: Integrating Geologic and Anthropogenic Processes
  Tuesday, 27 August 2013

  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Washington II

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2012

• THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND MEDICAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF URBAN DISASTERS
  T261 Geochemistry of Urban Environments
  Wednesday, 7 November 2012

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  202AB
• GEOLOGY AND HEALTH INSIGHTS INTO LEAD POISONING FROM ARTISANAL GOLD MINING, NW NIGERIA: SOURCES, EXPOSURE PATHWAYS, ADDITIONAL HEALTH CONCERNS, AND GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS
  188 Recent Advances in Geology & Health
  Tuesday, 6 November 2012

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  212AB

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2011

• A COMPARISON OF TOXICOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER FROM DIVERSE SOURCES
  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
• A SIMPLE METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE BIOACCESSIBILITY OF AS, CD, AND PB IN SMELTER CONTAMINATED SOIL SAMPLES: A CASE STUDY OF SOILS IN THE DESERT SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES CONTAMINATED BY PB-AG ORE SMELTER EFFLUENT
  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

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2010

• MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL INFLUENCES on THE 2010 NIGERIAN LEAD POISONING OUTBREAK LINKED TO ARTISANAL GOLD ORE PROCESSING
  T141 Geochemistry of Atmospheric Particulates: From Sources to Impacts on the Environment and Health
  Monday, 1 November 2010

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 302
• MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EXOGENIC AND ENDOGENIC PARTICLES IN THORACIC TISSUE
  T141 Geochemistry of Atmospheric Particulates: From Sources to Impacts on the Environment and Health
  Monday, 1 November 2010

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 302
• AN OUTBREAK OF ACUTE CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING RELATED TO ARTISANAL GOLD ORE PROCESSING – NIGERIA, 2010
  T141 Geochemistry of Atmospheric Particulates: From Sources to Impacts on the Environment and Health
  Monday, 1 November 2010

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 302
• DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL- TO NATIONAL-SCALE MINERAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES
  11 Geospatial Modeling and Management of our Minerals and other Natural Resources: New Developments and Interdisciplinary Applications
  Wednesday, 9 June 2010

  8:00 AM - 2:45 PM

  Interlocken D
• 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

• THE GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL ASBESTOS OCCURRENCES IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES
  T233 Issues Surrounding Exposure to Asbestos and Other Potentially Hazardous Fibrous Minerals Occurring in Their Natural Settings I
  Wednesday, 21 October 2009

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  E143/144
• CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VOLCANIC SUBSTRATE AND SOIL FOLLOWING THE 2008 ERUPTION OF KASATOCHI ISLAND VOLCANO, ALASKA
  218 Environmental Geoscience: Global Science, Local Focus
  Wednesday, 21 October 2009

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Portland Ballroom 253
• ENVIRONMENTAL- AND HEALTH-HAZARDS CHARACTERIZATION OF ASH AND SOILS FROM WILDLAND AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS BURNED BY 2007–2009 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
  T212 Geochemistry of Atmospheric Particulates: From Sources to Impacts on the Environment and Health
  Tuesday, 20 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  D137/138
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SAMPLING METHOD FOR SOILS, SEDIMENT, DEBRIS AND ASH PRODUCED BY DISASTERS
  T212 Geochemistry of Atmospheric Particulates: From Sources to Impacts on the Environment and Health
  Tuesday, 20 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  D137/138
• ASSESSING CONCENTRATION AND BIOACCESSIBILITY OF POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS IN AFRICAN DUST
  T212 Geochemistry of Atmospheric Particulates: From Sources to Impacts on the Environment and Health
  Tuesday, 20 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  D137/138
• AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO ASSESSING AND COMMUNICATING HEALTH HAZARDS OF VOLCANIC ASH FALL
  T212 Geochemistry of Atmospheric Particulates: From Sources to Impacts on the Environment and Health
  Tuesday, 20 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  D137/138
• DUST-SOURCE SETTING AS A FACTOR FOR ANTICIPATING THE HEALTH RISKS OF ATMOSPHERIC DUST
  T212 Geochemistry of Atmospheric Particulates: From Sources to Impacts on the Environment and Health
  Tuesday, 20 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  D137/138
• ROLES FOR EARTH SCIENTISTS IN HELPING TO ENHANCE RESILIENCE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTERS
  T140 Risks and Realities: Current Advances in Understanding Societal Risk and Resilience to Natural Hazards I
  Monday, 19 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  D135/136

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2008

• In-Vitro Physiologically Based Extraction Tests of Lunar Regolith Simulants
  T345 Living on a Dusty Moon
  Thursday, 9 October 2008

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Bioaccessibility of Toxic Elements In Dusts from Dry Saline Lakes In the Mojave Desert (USA)
  78 Developments in Aeolian Research: Bridging the Interface between Soil, Sediment, and Atmosphere II
  Wednesday, 8 October 2008

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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2007

• THE BIOACCESSIBILITY OF METAL AND METALLOID TOXICANTS IN COMPOUNDS USED HISTORICALLY IN MEDICINES, TOILETRIES, AND MURDERS
  T170 Forensic Geoscience: Research and Case Studies
  Tuesday, 30 October 2007

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND MEDICAL GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS-AN UPDATE
  T8 The Environmental Geology and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits: Best Practices for Effective Prediction, Mitigation, Closure, and Remediation I
  Sunday, 28 October 2007

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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2006

• AN EARTH SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE ON ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF MATERIALS GENERATED BY DISASTERS
  4 Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters: Earth and Health Scientists Working Together to Identify Potential Health Issues and Improve Outcomes
  Sunday, 22 October 2006

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF A LARGE-SCALE TAILINGS SPILL ON MARINDUQUE ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES
  T45 Geology, Health, and Public Policy
  Sunday, 22 October 2006

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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2005

• CONTROLS OF SURFACE AND GROUND-WATER CHEMISTRY IN MINERALIZED BUT UNMINED AREAS, SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
  T175 Mine Rock Piles and Pyritically Altered Areas: Their Slope Stability and Effect on Water Quality
  Tuesday, 18 October 2005

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• IN-SITU ACID WEATHERING REACTIONS IN AREAS AFFECTED BY LARGE-SCALE AND PERVASIVE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS: IMPLICATIONS REGARDING ACID-PRODUCING MINE DUMP STABILITY
  T175 Mine Rock Piles and Pyritically Altered Areas: Their Slope Stability and Effect on Water Quality
  Tuesday, 18 October 2005

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• CHROMIUM, NICKEL, AND LEAD IN SOILS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: SOURCES AND BIOACCESSIBILITY
  T73 Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements in the Environment
  Monday, 17 October 2005

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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2004

• ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY OF EROSIONAL SCAR AREAS DEVELOPED ABOVE CLIMAX-TYPE MOLYBDENITE DEPOSITS IN THE RED RIVER WATERSHED, NEW MEXICO
  T200 Mountain Watershed Pollutant Transport and Water Quality Issues, Including Groundwater Surface-Water Interplay in Pollutant Transfer
  Wednesday, 10 November 2004

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• LINKING GEOCHEMICAL AND HYDROLOGIC MODELS OF GROUND WATER IN TWO ROCKY MOUNTAIN CATCHMENTS: STRAIGHT CREEK, NM AND HANDCART GULCH, CO
  T233 The Occurrence, Storage, and Flow of Groundwater in Mountainous Terrain
  Wednesday, 10 November 2004

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• THE TOXICOLOGICAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF DUSTS, SOILS, AND OTHER EARTH MATERIALS - AN OVERVIEW OF PROCESSES AND THE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH METHODS USED TO UNDERSTAND THEM
  7 Medical Geology
  Sunday, 7 November 2004

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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2003

• CHEMICAL MODELING OF VOLCANIC GAS INTERACTIONS WITH GROUND WATER AND ANDESITE: INSIGHTS INTO HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AT MOUNT RAINIER, WASHINGTON
  T218 Hydrothermal Alteration on Active Volcanoes: Processes, Rates, and Applications to Hazards and Resources
  Wednesday, 5 November 2003

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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2002

• PORPHYRY SYSTEM ALTERATION AT QUESTA NEW MEXICO, MAPPED USING AIRBORNE VISIBLE-INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROMETER DATA
  T242 Remotely Sensed Data for Geologic and Environmental Studies
  Wednesday, 30 October 2002

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• RAPID ASSESSMENT OF AN URBAN HAZARD: SPECTROSCOPY OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DUST
  T242 Remotely Sensed Data for Geologic and Environmental Studies
  Wednesday, 30 October 2002

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• THE GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND REACTIVITY OF DUSTS DEPOSITED BY THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 WORLD TRADE CENTER COLLAPSE
  T65 Human Health Sciences and Geosciences: Bridging the Gap
  Monday, 28 October 2002

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• MINERALOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL, AND TOXICOLOGICAL VARIATIONS OF ASBESTOS TOXICOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND AMPHIBOLE SAMPLES FROM LIBBY, MT
  T65 Human Health Sciences and Geosciences: Bridging the Gap
  Monday, 28 October 2002

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• CHEMISTRY AND MORPHOLOGY OF AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS FROM LIBBY, MONTANA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HEALTH, MINERALOGIC, AND REGULATORY COMMUNITIES
  T65 Human Health Sciences and Geosciences: Bridging the Gap
  Monday, 28 October 2002

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Date Unknown

• POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS OF OWENS LAKE DUST
  100 Geochemistry (Posters)
• ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING WITH IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AREA AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACK
  88 Remote Sensing/Geographic Info System (Posters)