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COLLOQUIUM
ON
GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY' AND HUMAN WELFARE
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 1999
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Colloquium Series
In 1991, the National Academy of Sciences inaugurated a series of scientific
colloquia, five or six of which are scheduled each year under the guidance of the
NAS Council's Committee on Scientific Programs. Each colloquium addresses a
scientific topic of broad and topical interest, cutting across two or more of the
traditional disciplines. Typically two days long, colloquia are international in scope
and bring together leading scientists in the field. Papers from colloquia are
published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Geology, Mineralogy, and Human Welfare
A Colloquium sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences
November 8-9, 1998
PROGRAM
Sunday. November 8, 1998
AGRICULTURAL MINERALOGY/SOILS, SURFACES
9:40am
GarIison Sposito, University of California, Berkeley, Surface
geochemistry of the clay minerals
0:20am Paul M. Bertsch, University of Georgia/SREL, Characterization of
complex mineral assemblages: implications for contaminant transport and
environmental rem ediation
11:20am Samuel I. Traina, Stanford University, Contaminant hiouvailability in
soils, sediments and aquatic environments
2:00pm Gordon E. Brown, Ir., Stanford University, Mineral surfaces and
bioovailability of heavy metals: A molecular-scale perspective
AEROSOLS AND CLIMATE
2:00pm
2:40pm
Joseph M. Prospero, University of Miami RSMAS, Long-range transport
of mineral dust in the global atmosphere: Impact of African dust on the
environment of the southeastern United States
Peter R. Buseck, Arizona State University, Airborne minerals anclt related"
aerosol particles: Elects on climate and the environment
OCEANS AND BIOMINERALOGY
3 :40pm
4:20pm
5 :OOpm
Miriam Kastner, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Oceanic minerals
and rocks, their origin, occurrence, and economic significance
Keith A. Kvenvolden, U.S. Geological Survey, Potential effects of gas
hydrates on human welfare
Jillian F. Banfield, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Biological impact
on mineral dissolution - application of the lichen mode! to understanding
mineral weathering in rhizosphere
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Mondav. November 9, 1998
RADWASTE, MINING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
9:10am Rodney C. Ewing, University of Michigan, Nuclear waste forms of
actir~ides
9:50am Robert B. Finkelman, U.S. Geological Survey, The health impacts of
domestic coal use in China
lO:SOam Robert P. Nolan, City University of New York, A risk assessment for
exposure to grunerite asbestos (amosite) in an iron ore mine
Il:30am D. Kirk Nordstrom, U.S. Geological Survey, Negative pH, efflorescent
mineralogy, and consequences for environmental restoration at the Iron
Mountain Superfund site, California
PURE AND APPLIED MINERALOGY
2:00pm David R. Pevear, Exxon Production Research Co., Illite and hydrocarbon
exploration
2:40pm Jeffrey E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural
History, Manganese oxide minerals: crystal structures & economic and
environmental significance
3:40pm John D. Sherman, UOP Research Center, Synthetic zeolites and other
microporous oxide molecular sieves
4:20pm Fredenck A. Mumpton, SUNY - College, Natural zeolites - la rocca
· do
magical
5 :OOpm I.V. Smith, University of Chicago, Biochemical evolution: IlI.
Polymerization on organophilic silica-rich surfaces; crystal-chemical
modeling; formation offirst cells; geological clues
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Table of Contents
Papers from a National Academy of Sciences
Colloquium on Geology, Mineralogy,
and Human Welfare
Geology, mineralogy, and human welfare
Joseph V. Smith
Characterization of complex mineral assemblages:
Implications for contaminant transport and
environmental remediation
Paul M. Bertsch and John C. Seaman
Surface geochemistry of the clay minerals
Garrison Sposito, Neal T. Skipper, Rebecca Sutton,
Sung-ho Park, Alan K. Soper,
and Jeffery A. Greathouse
3358-3364
Contaminant bioavailability in soils, sediments, and 3365-3371
aquatic environments
Samuel J. Traina and Valerie Laperche
Airborne minerals and related aerosol particles: 3372-3379
Effects on climate and the environment
Peter R. Buseck and Mihaly Posfai
Oceanic minerals: Their origin, nature of their 3380-3387
environment, and significance
Miriam Kastner
Mineral surfaces and bioavailability of heavy metals: 3388-3395
A molecular-scale perspective
Gordon E. Brown, Jr., Andrea L. Foster,
and John D. Ostergren
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
Biological impact on mineral dissolution: Application 3404-3411
of the lichen model to understanding mineral
weathering in the rhizosphere
Jillian F. Banfield, William W. Barker, Susan A.
Welch, and Anne Taunton
A risk assessment for exposure to grunerite asbestos
(amosite) in an iron ore mine
3350-3357 R. P. Nolan, A. M. Langer, and Richard Wilson
3412-3419
Potential effects of gas hydrate on human welfare 3420-3426
Keith A. Kvenvolden
Health impacts of domestic coal use in China
Robert B. Finkelman, Harvey E. Belkin,
and Baoshan Zheng
Nuclear waste forms for actinides
Rodney C. Ewing
Illite and hydrocarbon exploration
David R. Pevear
Manganese oxide minerals: Crystal structures and
economic and environmental significance
Jeffrey E. Post
Negative pH, efflorescent mineralogy, and
consequences for environmental restoration at the
Iron Mountain Superfund site, California
D. Kirk Nordstrom and Charles N. Alpers
3427-3431
3432-3439
3440-3446
3447-3454
3455-3462
La roca magica: Uses of natural zeolites in agriculture 3463-3470
and industry
Frederick A. Mumpton
Synthetic zeolites and other microporous oxide 3471-3478
molecular sieves
John D. Sherman
Biochemical evolution III: Polymerization on 3479-3485
organophilic silica-rich surfaces, crystal-chemical
modeling, formation of first cells, and geological clues
Joseph V. Smith, Frederick P. Arnold, Jr.,
Ian Parsons, and Martin R. Lee
