(NAS Colloquium) Geology, Mineralogy, and Human Welfare

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Publication Year:1999

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Front Matter	i-v
Geology, Mineralogy, and Human Welfare	3348-3349	(skim)
Characterization of Complex Mineral Assemblages: Implications for Contaminant Transport and Environmental Remediation	3350-3357	(skim)
Surface Geochemistry of the Clay Minerals	3358-3364	(skim)
Contaminant Bioavailability in Soils, Sediments, and Aquatic Environments	3365-3371	(skim)
Airborne Minerals and Related Aerosol Particles: Effects on Climate and the Environment	3372-3379	(skim)
Oceanic Minerals: Their Origin, Nature of Their Environment, and Significance	3380-3387	(skim)
Mineral Surfaces and Bioavailabilty of Heavy Metals: A Molecular-scale Perspective	3388-3395	(skim)
Long-range Transport of Mineral Dust in the Global Atmosphere: Impact of African Dust on the Environment of the Southeastern United States	3396-3403	(skim)
Biological Impact on Mineral Dissolution: Application of the Lichen Model to Understanding Mineral Weathering in the Rhizosphere	3404-3411	(skim)
A Risk Assessment for Exposure to Grunerite Asbestos (Amosite) in an Iron Ore Mine	3412-3419	(skim)
Potential Effects of Gas Hydrate on Human Welfare	3420-3426	(skim)
Health Impacts of Domestic Coal Use in China	3427-3431	(skim)
Nuclear Waste Forms for Actinides	3432-3439	(skim)
Illite and Hydrocarbon Exploration	3440-3446	(skim)
Manganese Oxide Minerals: Crystal structures and Economic and Environmental Significance	3447-3454	(skim)
Negative pH, Efflorescent Mineralogy, and Consequences for Environmental Restoration at the Iron Mountain Superfound Site, California	3455-3462	(skim)
La Roca Magica, Uses of Natural Zeolites in Agriculture and Industry	3463-3470	(skim)
Synthetic Zeolites and Other Microporous Oxide Molecular Sieves	3471-3478	(skim)
Biochemical Evolution III: Polymerization on Organophilic Silica-rich Surfaces, Crystal-chemical, Modeling, Formation of First Cells, and Geological Clues	3479-3485	(skim)

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