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USGS Arsenic
Studies Group
USGS
Workshop on Arsenic in the Environment - February
21-22, 2001, Denver, CO
Final Abstracts
The
abstracts are listed alphabetically according to senior author with links to
extended abstracts (pdf format).
ARSENIC IN WATERS AFFECTED BY MILL TAILINGS AT THE LAVA CAP
MINE, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. R.P.
Ashley and A.L. Foster, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.
ARSENIC IN TAILINGS AND DRAINAGE WATERS FROM LODE GOLD
DEPOSITS, SIERRA NEVADA REGION, CALIFORNIA.
R.P. Ashley, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.
MOBILITY OF ARSENIC IN AGRICULTURAL AND WETLANDS SOILS AND
SEDIMENTS, NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN OF NEW JERSEY. J.L. Barringer1, Z. Szabo1, T.H.
Barringer1, and C.W. Holmes2.
1U.S. Geological Survey, W. Trenton,
N.J. 2U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Analytical Methods
Comparison for Dissolved Arsenic Speciation.
Anthony J. Bednar1, James F. Ranville1,
Thomas R. Wildeman1, John R. Garbarino2, Paul J. Lamothe2,
Kathleen S. Smith2, Blaine R. McCleskey3, James W. Ball3,
D. Kirk Nordstrom3 1
Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
2 US Geological Survey, Denver, CO.
3 US Geological Survey, Boulder, CO.
HEALTH
AND ELEVATED MORTALITY RATES IN DESERT TORTOISE POPULATIONS: THE ROLE OF ARSENIC
AND OTHER POTENTIAL TOXICANTS. K.
H. Berry1, B. L. Homer2, W. Alley3, M.
Chaffee4, and G. Haxel5.
1USGS-Western Ecological Research Center, 6221 Box Springs
Blvd., Riverside, CA 92507,
2Dept. of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of
Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611,
3Dept. of Biology, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, 4USGS-GD,
Federal Center, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, 5USGS-GD, 2255 N.
Gemini Dr., Flagstaff, AZ 86001.
ARSENIC IN TWELVE COAL BEDS/ZONES IN THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN COAL REGIONS. L. J. Bragg 1
, S. G. Neuzil 1 , L. F. Ruppert 1
, and S. J. Tewalt 1. 1U.S.
Geological Survey, MS 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192.
PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF ARSENIC CYCLING IN THE SEDIMENTS
OF BANGLADESH. G. N. Breit,
J. Whitney, A. Foster, A.H. Welch, J. Yount, R. Sanzolone, U.S. Geological
Survey. Md. K. Islam, Md. S. Islam,
Md. M. Islam, Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
S. Sutton and M. Newville, University of Chicago, Advanced Photon Source,
Argonne National Laboratory.
ARSENIC IN BEDROCK WELLS IN CONNECTICUT.
C.J. Brown 1 and S.K. Chute 2.
1Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 101 Pitkin St., East
Hartford, Connecticut, 06108. 2Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Ave., PO Box 340308,
Hartford, Connecticut, 06134.
REGIONAL ARSENIC
ANOMALIES SHOWN BY NURE STREAM
SEDIMENT AND HYDROGEOCHEMICAL DATA IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN. W.
F. Cannon, USGS, Reston, VA. L.
G. Woodruff, USGS, Mounds View, MN.
BEDROCK AND OVERBURDEN SOURCES OF ARSENIC IN LEACHATE
PLUMES FROM A LANDFILL IN SACO, MAINE.
J. A. Colman and F. P. Lyford.
U.S. Geological Survey, 10 Bearfoot Road, Northborough MA 01532.
Arsenic Is Ubiquitous but Not Elevated in Abandoned
Coal-Mine Discharges in Pennsylvania.
C.A.
Cravotta III, K.J. Breen (USGS-WRD Lemoyne, PA), R. Seal (USGS-GD Reston,
VA).
ARSENIC
SPECIES IN THE ENVIRONMENT. W.
R. Cullen, Environmental Chemistry Group, Chemistry Department, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, V6T 1Z1. Key Note
Speaker.
ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS IN FISH COLLECTED AS PART OF THE
BIOMONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AND TRENDS PROGRAM’S LARGE RIVER
MONITORING NETWORK. G.M.
Dethloff1, C.J. Schmitt2, and T.M. Bartish3. 1 ASCI, Fort Collins, CO; 2 USGS,
Columbia MO; 3 USGS, Fort Collins, CO.
Arsenic and Arsenic Species in the Rio Grande, and the
Effect of Irrigated Lands. Dilley,
L M, Norman, D I, and Miller, G P. Department
of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro,
NM 87801-4796 United States.
Direct and
In-Situ
Speciation of Arsenic in Microbial Mats and Sediments Using X-ray Absorption
Spectroscopy. A. L.
Foster, R. P. Ashley, and J. J. Rytuba.
U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 901, Menlo Park, CA, USA,
94205.
Synchrotron-Based
Spectroscopic Studies of Metal Species in Solid Phases: the Case of Arsenic.
A. L. Foster. U.S.
Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., MS 901, Menlo Park, CA.
DEGRADATION OF ROXARSONE IN POULTRY LITTER.
J.R. Garbarino1,
D.W. Rutherford 2 , and R.L. Wershaw 2.
1 U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS407, Denver Federal
Center, Denver, CO 80225 2 U.S.
Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS408, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO
80225.
DISPERSION OF ARSENIC FROM ARSENIC-ENRICHED COAL AND GOLD
ORE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. M.B.
Goldhaber (1), E. R. Irwin (2), J.B. Atkins (3), L. Lee (1), D.D. Black (2),
H. Zappia (3), J.R. Hatch (4), J. C. Pashin (5), R. F. Sanzolone(1), L.F.
Ruppert (6), A. Kolker (6), R. B. Finkelman
(6). (1)USGS, MS973, Denver Federal
Center, Denver, CO 80225; (2) USGS, 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn University,
Auburn, Al 36849-5414; (3)USGS 2350 Fairlane Drive, Suite 120, Montgomery, AL
36116; (4) USGS, MS977, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225; (5)Geological
Survey of Alabama, P. O. Box O., Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-9780; (6) USGS,
MS956, National Center, Reston, 20192.
Biogeochemistry of
Arsenic in Eolian Sub-Arctic Soils, Yukon-Tanana Upland, Alaska.
1L.P. Gough., 2J.G.
Crock, and 2W.C. Day. 1U.S. Geological Survey, 4200
University Dr., Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA; 2U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO, 80225, USA.
Source, Transport, and Fate of Arsenic in the
Pocomoke River Basin, a Poultry Dominated Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
T.C. Hancock1,
J.M. Denver2, G. F. Riedel3, and C.V. Miller4.
1USGS, Richmond, Virginia; 2USGS, Dover, Delaware; 3Academy
of Natural Sciences, Estuarine Research Center, St. Leonard, Maryland; 4USGS,
Baltimore, Maryland.
DOES BIOAVAILABLE ARSENIC AFFECT NUTRITIONAL SELENIUM?: A
BRIEF REVIEW of Se NUTRITION. M.
Harthill. U.S. Geological
Survey, Reston, VA 20192.
HIGH ARSENIC
CONCENTRATIONS IN GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED SEAFLOOR IRON-MANGANESE OXYHYDROXIDE
DEPOSITS. James
R.Hein1 and Andrea
Koschinsky2. 1U.S.
Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS999, Menlo Park, CA, 94025; 2Fachrichtung
Rohstoff und Umweltgeologie Freie Universität Malteserstrasse 74-100, Haus B,
D-12249, Berlin, Germany.
The atmospheric
transport and deposition of arsenic and other metals in Southeastern United
States. C.W. Holmes1,
E.A Shinn1, F. Rodrigues2. 1U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, Fl 33701,
2 Departmento
de Ciências Agrárias de Universidade Azores.
The influence of
oxidation-reduction and adsorption reactions on arsenic transport in the oxic,
suboxic, and anoxic zones of a mildly acidic sand and gravel aquifer.
D. B. Kent1, V. W. Niedan2, M.
Isenbeck-Schröter2, S. Stadler2, S. Jann2, R.
Höhn2, J. A. Davis1.
1U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd MS 465, Menlo
Park, CA 94025 USA. 2Institute of Environmental Geochemistry, INF 236,
Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
OCCURRENCE AND
MICRO-DISTRIBUTUION OF ARSENIC IN PYRITE.
Allan Kolker1 and D. K. Nordstrom2
U.S. Geological Survey,1Eastern Energy Resources Team,
956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192;
23215 Marine St., Suite E-127, Boulder, CO, 80303.
The fate of arsenic
in submarine hydrothermal environments: A
summary of recent data. R.
A. Koski1, T. Pichler2, and A. L. Foster1.
1U.S. Geological Survey, MS 941, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo
Park, CA 94025; 2Department of
Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620.
The behavior of As
in drinking-water aquifers containing Mississippi Valley-Type mineralization: a
characterization of the Ozark Plateaus region of the U.S.
Lopaka Lee and Martin Goldhaber USGS, Crustal Imaging and
Characterization Team. MS 973 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO.
Surficial arsenic concentrations in the northern Great Basin.
Ludington, S.,
Folger, H., Hildenbrand, T.G., Kotlyar, B.,
Coombs, M.J., and Mossotti, V., U.S.
Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS IN U.S. FRESHWATER FISH, 1976-1986:
NATIONAL CONTAMINANT BIOMONITORING PROGRAM.
T. W. May1, C.J. Schmitt1, W.G. Brumbaugh1,
and J.D. Petty1. 1U.S.
Geological Survey, Biological Sciences Division, Columbia Environmental Research
Center, 4200 New Haven Road, Columbia, MO 65201.
Cation-exchange
separation of interfering metals from acid mine waters for accurate
determination of total arsenic and arsenic(III) by hydride generation-atomic
absorption spectrometry. R.
B. McCleskey1, D.K. Nordstrom1, and J.W. Ball1.
1 U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St., Suite E127,
Boulder, CO 80303.
ARSENIC
PARTITIONING: MAKING PREDICTIONS
USING PHREEQC. G. P.
Miller, Geochemical, Inc., PO Box 1468, Socorro, New Mexico, 87801.
A seasonal study of
the arsenic and groundwater geochemistry IN Fairbanks, Alaska.
S.H. Mueller1,2, R.J. Goldfarb1,G.L.
Farmer2, R. Sanzolone1, M. Adams1, and P.
Theodorakus1. U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado USA1.
University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado, USA2.
Processes governing arsenic geochemistry in the thermal
waters of Yellowstone National Park. D.K.
Nordstrom, R.B. McCleskey, and J.W. Ball.
U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St., Boulder CO 80303.
ARSENIC IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA, GROUND WATERS.
D. I. Norman1, G.P. Miller1, L. Branvold2,
T. Thomas2, H. Appiah3, J. Ayamsegna4, and R.
Nartey4. 1 Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New
Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; 2
NM Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM;
3 Korforidua Polytechnic, Korforidua, Ghana; 4
KNUST- School of Mines, Tarkwa, Ghana.
BREATHING ARSENATE: MICROBES, MINERALS, MONO LAKE, AND
MAYBE EVEN MARS. R.S. Oremland.
WRD, WR, Menlo Park, CA, 94025.
BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS IN WATER SAMPLING FOR
ARSENIC STUDIES. Frederick
Paillet. U. S. Geological
Survey, Denver, CO. John Williams.
U. S. Geological Survey, Troy, NY.
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PRELIMINARY STUDY OF VARIOUS FACTORS INFLUENCING ARSENIC MOBILITY IN POROUS
MEDIA. AD Redman, DL
Macalady, D Ahmann. Colorado School
of Mines,Golden, Co 80401.
Arsenic in Modern
Dust, Southern Nevada and Southern California.
Marith Reheis, Jim
Budahn, and Paul Lamothe. Earth Surface
Processes Team, Geologic Division, Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver,
Colorado 80225.
METABOLIC RESPONSE TO INGESTED INORGANIC ARSENIC: A
NUTRITIONAL PERSPECTIVE. DB
Reissman1, BA Bowman2, AK Henderson1. 1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Hazards and
Health Effects, Health Studies Branch, 1600 Clifton Rd, M.S. E-23, Atlanta, GA
30333. 2 Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Chronic
Disease Prevention Branch, 1600 Clifton Rd, M.S. K-10, Atlanta, GA 30333.
ARSENIC IN CHESAPEAKE BAY TRIBUTARIES.
G. F. Riedel1. 1Academy
of Natural Sciences, Estuarine Research Center, St. Leonard, Maryland.
In Situ Determination of Arsenic and other Toxic Trace
Elements by Laser Ablation ICP-MS. W.
Ian Ridley.
USGS, Denver, CO.
Local-scale
Variability of Arsenic in the Fire Clay coal zone, Middle Pennsylvanian
Breathitt Formation, eastern Kentucky. Leslie
F. Ruppert 1
, James Hower 2 , Cortland Eble 3
, and Martin Goldhaber 4. 1 U.S.
Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192; 2
University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, Lexington, KY
40511; 3 Kentucky
Geological Survey, Lexington, KY 40506; 4 U.S.
Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225.
The Sorption and
Extraction of Arsenic in Soils that have been ammended with Chicken Manure.
Rutherford, D.W1., Garbarino, J.R2.,
Kennedy, K. 1, Wershaw, R.L1.
1 U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 408, Denver
Federal Center, Denver, CO 50225. 2
U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 407, Denver Federal Center, Denver,
CO 50225.
ARSENIC IN GROUND-WATER RESOURCES
OF THE UNITED STATES: A NEW
NATIONAL-SCALE ANALYSIS. S.J.
Ryker1 and A.H. Welch2.
1USGS MS-415, Denver Federal Center, Denver CO 80225; 2USGS,
333 W. Nye Lane, Carson City NV 89706.
OCCURRENCE OF ARSENIC IN GROUND AND SURFACE WATER IN SOUTH
DAKOTA. S.K. Sando, U.S.
Geological Survey, Huron, South Dakota.
WALL ROCK GEOCHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO A HIGH-ARSENIC,
ALKALINE PIT LAKE AT THE JAMESTOWN MINE, CALIFORNIA. K. S. Savage1,
D. K. Bird1, and R. Ashley2.
1Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA 94305; 2
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo
Park, California.
NATURALLY OCCURRING ARSENIC IN THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AQUIFER. Jamie L.
Schlottmann. U.S. Geological
Survey, Oklahoma City, Okla., U.S.A.
OCCURRENCE AND
RELEASE OF GROUND WATER ARSENIC IN PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELLS IN OHIO. Slattery, Michael and Kenah, Christopher, Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters,
Columbus, OH
IS THE PROPOSED NEW
ARSENIC WATER STANDARD OF 10 UG/L SUFFICIENTLY PROTECTIVE OF PUBLIC HEALTH? Allan
H. Smith MD, PhD. Director, Arsenic
Health Effects Research Program. School of Public Health. University of
California, Berkeley CA 94720. Key
Note
GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF ARSENIC IN THE ALBUQUERQUE BASIN,
NEW MEXICO. M. R. Stanton,
R. F. Sanzolone, S. J. Sutley, D. J. Grimes, P. J. Lamothe, and R. A. Zielinski.
U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 973, Denver, Colorado, USA 80225.
NATURAL REMEDIATION OF ARSENIC-CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER:
SOLUTE- TRANSPORT MODEL PREDICTIONS. Stollenwerk,
K.G. MS 413, Box 25046 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.
Considerations for
the determination of trace concentrations of arsenic in environmental samples.
H.E. Taylor. U.S.
Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St., Boulder CO.
MANAGEMENT OF ARSENIC TRIOXIDE BEARING DUST AT GIANT MINE,
YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. N.
Thompson, P. Spencer, P. Green. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development. P.O. Box 1500,
Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R3
ARSENIC IN COAL AND STREAM SEDIMENTS FROM THE APPALACHIAN
BASIN, KENTUCKY. Michele Tuttle1, Martin Goldhaber1,
James Hower2, Leslie Ruppert1. 1U.S. Geological Survey, 2University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy
Research.
Distribution of
Arsenic in the Environment in New Jersey. E.F. Vowinkel1,
A.E. Grosz2, J.L.Barringer1, Z. Szabo1, P.E.
Stackelberg1, J.A. Hopple1, J.N. Grossman2,
E.A.
Murphy3, M. Serfes3, and S. Spayd3.
1U.S. Geological Survey, West Trenton, N.J., 2U.S.
Geological Survey, Reston, Va., 3New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection, Trenton, N.J.
Arsenic in Shallow
and Deep Glacial Drift Aquifers –Illinois. Kelly L.Warner. U.S.
Geological Survey. Urbana, IL.
Smectite-catalyzed
conversion of 3-amino-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid to an azobenzene derivative.
R. L. Wershaw, D. W. Rutherford, C. E. Rostad, J. R. Garbarino,
Imma Ferrer-Felis, and K. R. Kennedy. U.S.
Geological Survey. Denver Federal
Center. Denver, Colorado 80225.
DISTRIBUTION OF NATURALLY OCCURRING ARSENIC IN GROUND WATER
IN SOUTHEASTEN MICHIGAN. D.B.
Westjohn, Allan Kolker, W.F.Cannon, AND D.F. Sibley.
IRON SULFIDE-ARSENITE INTERACTIONS: ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR
ONTO IRON MONOSULFIDES AND CONTROLS ON ARSENIC ACCUMULATION IN PYRITE.
R. T. Wilkin, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk
Management, Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, Ada, OK
74820.
The potential use of Deep Aquifer Remediation
Tools (DARTs) to passively remove arsenic from ground water. C.D. Wilkowske1,
D.L. Naftz1, J.A. Davis2, R.C. Rowland1. 1 U.S. Geological Survey, 2329 W. Orton Circle,
Salt Lake City, UT, 84119; 2 U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield
Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
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