Aqueous Crystal Growth and Dissolution Kinetics of Calcium Carbonate Minerals - Outreach

Activities for Teachers and Students:

• Preserving and Protecting Monuments and Historical Sites - this paper was published in Environmental Science and Technology, March 1989, v. 23, pp. 264-265 by the American Chemical Society.

• Stone Erosion by Acid Rain - this article was published in the Journal of Chemical Education, February 1993, v. 70, No. 2. pp. 104-108

• Inhibition of Calcite Growth by Natural Organic Acids from the Florida Everglades - poster presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Spring Meeting 1998.

• Limestone and Marble Characterization to Model Damage for Acidic Precipitation - this report was published on a CD-ROM called "Explore the Research Program - Acid Rain and Beyond, 1999".

Aragonite Whiting Events Pyramid Lake Nevada: What is the Mechanism? - presented during the 1999 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Spring Meeting, June 1-4, 1999, Boston, MA.

• Mercury and Organic Carbon Dynamics in an Upland Landscape during Snowmelt - a slide presentation presented in 2000.

• The Status of Mercury Studies for the WEBB Program - poster presented at the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Water Energy Biogeochemistry Budget Meeting held in San Francisco, California in conjunction with the 2001 American Geophysical Union National Meeting 2001.

• Three topics of interest at the Shingobee River Headwaters Area - Interdisciplinary Researach Initiative (IRI) meeting in 2001.

• Mercury and Methylmercury Dynamics in Streamwater during Snowmelt in an Upland Landscape - presented at the Biogeomon, 4th International Symposium in Ecosystem Behaviour, University of Reading UK, August 17-21, 2002.

• Characterization of Lake Water and Ground Water Movement in the Littoral Zone of Williams Lake, a Closed-Basin Lake in North Central Minnesota - presented at Interdisciplinary Researach Initiative (IRI) meeting March 27, 2002.

• Yukon River Basin Study - slide presentation presented at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Water Resources Division, National Research Program conference series at the U.S. Geological Survey headquarters in Reston, Virginia 2003.

• Export of Water and Carbon from the Yukon River Basin to the Bering Sea - poster presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Joint Assembly Meeting 2004.

• Pyramid Lake CACO3 Formation - talk presented to U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, National Research Program, Central Region in 2005.

• Yukon River Study - slide presentation at the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) Biannual meeting in Moosehide, Yukon Territory, Canada, August 2005.

• Mercury and Methylmercury Dynamics in Upland Landscapes at Sleepers River, Vermont USA - poster presented at the Geological Society of America, 101st Annual Meeting, San Jose, California in 2005.

• Reddy, M.M., 2012, Calcite growth rate inhibition by polycarboxylate ions, 244th ACS, Fall 2012 National Meeting & Expo., Materials for Health & Medicine, August 19-23, 2012, Philadelphia, PA. (Invited and chairing a session in the Mineral Scales in Biological and Industrial System – Industrial-carbonate, sulfate scales, session Z. Amjad, Organizer).

• Calcite growth rate reduction by a low-molecular weight, rigid, cyclic polycarboxylic acid - presentation presented at the Goldschmidt Conference 2014, June 8-13, Sacramento, California.

• The crystal growth of calcite crystals in the presence of a cyclic polycarboxylic acid - presentation presented at the 19th International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization, 16-19 September 2014, Toulouse, France.