Geology, Mineralogy, and Human Welfare
Organized by Joseph Smith, Malcolm Ross, and Peter Buseck
November 8-9, 1998
Irvine, CA
Sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences
Sunday, November 8
J. V. Smith, Conference logistics & science
Agricultural Mineralogy/Soils, Surfaces
Surface geochemistry of the clay minerals
Garrison Sposito, University of California, Berkeley
Characterization of complex mineral assemblages: implications for contaminant transport and environmental remediation
Paul M. Bertsch, University of Georgia/SREL
Contaminant bioavailability in soils, sediments and aquatic environments
Samuel J. Traina, Stanford University
Mineral surfaces and bioavailability of heavy metals: A molecular-scale perspective
Gordon E. Brown, Jr., Stanford University
Aerosols and Climate
Long-range transport of mineral dust in the global atmosphere: Impact of African dust on the environment of the southeastern United States
Joseph M. Prospero, University of Miami RSMAS
Airborne minerals and related aerosol particles: Effects on climate and the environment
Peter R. Buseck, Arizona State University
Oceans and Biomineralogy
Oceanic minerals and rocks, their origin, occurrence, and economic significance
Miriam Kastner, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Potential effects of gas hydrates on human welfare
Keith A. Kvenvolden, U.S. Geological Survey
Biological impact on mineral issolution application of the lichen model to understanding mineral weathering in rhizosphere
Jillian F. Banfield, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Monday, November 9
J. V. Smith: conference logistics & science
Radwaste, Mining, and Environmental Issues
Nuclear waste forms of actinides
Rodney C. Ewing, University of Michigan
The health impacts of domestic coal use in China
Robert B. Finkelman, U.S. Geological Survey
A risk assessment for exposure to grunerite asbestos (amosite) in an iron ore mine
Robert P. Nolan, City University of New York
Negative pH, efflorescent mineralogy, and consequences for environmental restoration at the Iron Mountain Superfund site, California
D. Kirk Nordstrom, U.S. Geological Survey
Pure and Applied Mineralogy
Illite and hydrocarbon exploration
David R. Pevear, Exxon Production Research Co.
Manganese oxide minerals: crystal structures & economic and environmental significance
Jeffrey E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Synthetic zeolites and other microporous oxide molecular sieves
John D. Sherman, UOP Research Center
Natural zeolites - la rocca magica?
Frederick A. Mumpton, SUNY College
Biochemical evolution: II. Polymerization on organophilic silica-rich surfaces; crystal-chemical modeling; formation of first cells; geological clues
J.V. Smith, University of Chicago
