(Press-News.org) Boulder, CO, USA – More than a dozen papers to be presented next week at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in North Carolina touch on aspects of uranium mining, environmental contamination, leakage, sorption, geochemistry, and mineral dating. Two studies focus on the Coles Hill uranium deposit in nearby Chatham, Virginia. Another discusses environmental contamination near a uranium mine, while a fourth focusses on potential nuclear repository conditions.
The following highlighted papers will be presented on Sunday and Monday at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Session 2: Environmental Geoscience I
When: Sunday, 4 Nov., 8 a.m. to noon
Where: Charlotte Convention Center, Room 212AB
Highlights include
Paper no. 2-7, Uranium in the floodplains of the Mulde River, by Stefan Bister and colleagues (9:30 a.m.), https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/webprogram/Paper209044.html
Paper no. 2-8, Environmental contamination nearby a uranium mine, by Phoenix Baldez and colleagues (9:45 a.m.), https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/webprogram/Paper210414.html
Paper no. 2-13, Baseline studies for the Coles Hill uranium deposit, Chatham, Virginia, by Joseph G. Aylor Jr. and colleagues (11:15 a.m.), https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/webprogram/Paper211971.html
Session 70: T7. Progress in Forensic Geochemistry
When: Monday, 5 Nov., 8 a.m. to noon
Where: Charlotte Convention Center, Room 212AB
Highlights include
Paper no. 7-4, CO2 leakage impacts on shallow groundwater: Application of uranium isotope composition to track the origin and mobility of uranium at a natural analog site, Chimayo, NM, by Thai T. Phan and colleagues (8:45 a.m.), https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/webprogram/Paper212280.html
Session 82: T128. Investigating the Future of Uranium in the Geosciences: An Examination of Environmental Studies and Applications
When: Monday, 5 Nov., 8 a.m. to noon
Where: Charlotte Convention Center, Room 208B
Highlights from this 14-paper session include
Paper no. 82-7, Stream sediment geochemistry at the Coles Hill uranium deposit, Virginia, by Denise M. Levitan and colleagues (9:35 a.m.), https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/webprogram/Paper209886.html
Paper no. 82-12, Sorption of uranium(VI) to graphite under potential nuclear repository conditions, by Gary S. Cerefice and colleagues (11:10 a.m.), https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/webprogram/Paper212898.html
Find out what else is new and newsworthy by browsing the complete technical program schedule at https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/finalprogram/.
To identify presentations in specific areas of interest, search topical sessions by discipline categories or sponsors using the drop-down menus at www.geosociety.org/meetings/2012/sessions/topical.asp, or use your browser's "find" feature to search for keywords or convener names.
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