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Research Chemistry
Project Objectives
Many projects within the Geologic and Biologic Resources Disciplines use chemical
analyses as a tool in the study of various earth, ecological, and biological processes and
features. Often, the success of these projects is dependent upon the availability of modern,
rapid, multi-element analytical instruments and techniques that are beyond the scope and
capability of most individual projects. The Research Chemistry Project provided access to
state-of-the-art chemical analysis hardware and software, as well as the expertise of highly
experienced research scientists to help solve unusually difficult problems in the field of
analytical geochemistry that could not be addressed by the routine methods of even the best
commercial laboratories. Techniques supported included
ultra-trace analyses (sub-ppb concentrations) of both solid and liquid samples for virtually
every element in the periodic chart, as well as the quantitative determination of specific
chemical species (e.g. As(III), As(V), metal cyanide complexes) and mode of occurrence of
elements in minerals. These methods permitted the USGS to participate in a broad spectrum of
scientific studies ranging from petrology and mineralogy to ecology and geo-environmental
issues. Long term efforts of this project included the development of new standard reference
materials that are used by USGS analytical labs and projects to assure the highest analytical
accuracy possible; in addition, these standards were used by more than 20 countries to
monitor the quality of geochemical data produced by laboratories from around the globe.
The objectives of the Research Chemistry Project were fivefold:
- develop new and emerging geoanalytical techniques that the Geologic Discipline would need within the next 5 years,
- maintain geochemical analysis instrumentation, laboratories, and techniques for use by other projects,
- provide training and oversight to other scientists in the use of geoanalytical hardware and software,
- develop new geological standard reference materials that were used by scientists to calibrate analytical instruments and monitor laboratory performance, and
- maintain specialized in-house chemical analysis capabilities for use in the characterization of new reference materials, and for use with outside funded projects on difficult-to-analyze sample matrices that are beyond the capabilities of the contract laboratory.
Relevance & Impact
The primary goal of this project was the continued development of new, state-of-the-art geoanalytical tools for application to topical studies in geology, climate history, mineralogy, ecology, and biology. Therefore, the impact of this
project was highly significant to integrated science activities across the USGS.
This project participated in NOAA-sponsored sediment round-robin exercises for the past 9 years. Our geochemistry
laboratories have consistently achieved high scores for both precision and accuracy, and have been the highest rated laboratory out of 30 internationally recognized geochemistry laboratories. (Ref:
Willie, S., 2003, Sixteenth round intercomparison for trace metals in marine sediments and biological tissues: Prepared for
the Coastal Monitoring and Bioeffects Division Office of Ocean Resources Conservations and Assessment, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
Several projects within the Mineral Resources Program utilized the sequential extraction techniques that have been
developed in this project for the determination of mode-of-occurrence of constituents. This technique provided
information on current and potential availability and mobility of chemical elements, especially those with possible
ecosystem health effects such as arsenic (As). It was applied to studies in (1) the Fairbanks As in drinking water project, (2)
Warrior Basin As Project, looking at the residence of As in sediments related to coal and Au mining in the basin, (3)
Alaskan biogeochemical studies looking at Cd and other trace element mobilities in mineralized and un-mineralized
areas, and (4) Bangladesh As studies, looking at the mode of occurrence of As in sediments to assess sources of high As
in drinking water wells.
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Products
Products are listed according to task:
Task 1 - Research and Development of New Analytical Methods
Presentations
- Chapin, T.P. and Crock, J.G., 2006, The Field SIA: An in-situ analyzer for real-time chemical monitoring: Geo-analysis 2006 - the Sixth International Conference on the Analysis of Geological and Environmental Materials, Beijing, China, September 19 - 21, 2006.
- Chapin, T.P., Patton, C.J., and Wanty, R.B., 2004, Development and Application of a Near Real-Time In-Situ Analyzer to Determine Na, Mg, and Ca in Streams affected by Coal Bed Methane Discharge Waters: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 536.
- Chesnick, I.E., Centeno, J.A., Todorov, T.I., Koenig ,A.E., and Potter,
K., 2008, Manganese- Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Microscopy of Mineralization Rates,
Presented at the 16th ISMRM, Toronto, Canada, 2008.
- Church, S.E., Choate, L.M., Marot, M.E., Fey, D.L., Adams, M., and Briggs, P.H., 2005, Geochemical Assessment of Metals in Sediment from the San Carlos Reservoir and the Gila, San Carlos, and San Francisco Rivers, Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 7, p. 178.
- Crock, J.G., Smith, D.B., and Baldwin-Yager, T.J., 2006, Application of municipal biosolids to dry-land wheat fields - A monitoring program at Deer Trail, CO (USA): International Conference on the Future of Agriculture: Science, Stewardship, and Sustainability, August 7 - 9, 2006, Sacramento, CA.
- Eppinger, R.G., Briggs, P.H., Dusel-Bacon, C., Giles, S., and Hubbard, B., 2005, Environmental geochemistry at Red Mountain, an undisturbed volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in the Bonnifield District, Alaska Range, east-central Alaska: Proceedings, 22nd International Geochemical Exploration Symposium, Perth, Australia.
- Eppinger, R.G., Briggs, P.H., Rieffenberger, B., and Van Dorn, C., 2004, Comparing pre-and post wildfire stream sediment and water geochemistry from drainages impacted by large wildfires of 2000, central Idaho, USA [abs], in Livingston, R.K., 3rd U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire Science Workshop, Denver, Colo., November 12-15, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2004-5005.
- Goldhaber, M.B., Morrison, J.M., Plumlee, G.S., Wanty, R.B., Helsel, D.R.,
Wolf, R.E., Smith, D.B., Hageman, P., Morman, S.A., and Holloway, J.M., Regional-Scale
Soil Geochemistry in Northern California: Natural and Anthropogenic Sources
of Soil Consitituents, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, PA,
July 9-15, 2006.
- Gough, L.P., Day, W.D., Crock, J.G., and Sanzolone, R.F., 2006,
Geochemical distribution patterns that influence element mobility and bioavailability in boreal forest and tundra ecosystems, Alaska, 102nd Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, GSA, 81st Annual Meeting of the Pacific Section, AAPG, and the Western Regional Meeting of the Alaska Section, SPE, May 8 - 10, 2006.
- Gough, L.P., Day, W.D., Crock, J.G., and Sanzolone, R.F., 2006, Geochemical processes affecting element mobility and bioavailability in boreal forest and tundra ecosystems, Alaska: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 5, p. 74.
- Gough, L.P., Lamothe, P.J., Sanzolone, R.F., Crock, J.G., and Foster, A.L., 2006, Cadmium mobility and bioaccumulation by willow in Denali National park and Preserve and from throughout Alaska: 2006 Alaska Park Science Symposium: park Science in central Alaska: Crossing Boundaries in a Changing Environment, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, September 12 - 14, 2006.
- Gough, L.P., Sanzolone, R.F., Lamothe, P.J., Foster, A.L., and Ager, C.M., 2005, Biogeochemical and Biochemical Pathway Investigations of Cd in Subarctic Ecosystems using a Bioaccumulator Species (Willow): 8th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, Adelaide, Australia, April 3-7, 2005.
- Gough, L.P., Sanzolone, R.F., Lamothe, P.J., Foster, A.L., Ager, C.M., and Crock, J.G., 2004, Bioaccumulation and mobility of Cd from mineralized and non-mineralized areas, Alaska: Proceedings Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Oct., 2004, SSSA, Madison, WI.
- Gough, L.P., Wang, B., Crock, J.G. R.R. Seal, R.R., and Weber-Scannell, P., 2005, Mineralization, Watershed Geochemistry, and Metals in Fish from a Subarctic River, Alaska: World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2005, May 2005, Anchorage, AK, paper 8020, extended abstract, 13 pp.
- Gray, J.E., Crock, J.G., and Fey, D.L., 2004, Mercury and methyl-mercury in mine wastes and downstream sediments from abandoned mercury mines in and around Big Bend National Park, Texas: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 125.
- Koski, R.A., Stakes, D.S., Hostettler, F.D., and Lamothe, P.J., 2004, Metal enrichments in hydrothermal petroleum from sediment-covered spreading centers, northeast Pacific Ocean: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 36, no. 5, p. 200.
- Koski, R., Zierenberg, R., Rosenbauer, R., Hostettler, F., Lamothe, P., and Clague, D., 2004, Geochemistry of hydrothermal asphalt deposits on the Gorda Ridge, northeast Pacific Ocean: Abstracts, Scientific Sessions (part 2), 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy, p. 1253.
- Lamothe, P.J., Koenig, A., and Wilson, S., 2006, Novel methods for the chemical analysis of solid phase pipe scale samples: American Water Works Inorganic Workshop, Austin, TX.
- Plumlee, G.S., Morman, S.A., Wolf, R.E., and
Todorov, T., 2007, The Bioaccessibility of Metal and Metalloid Toxicants in CompoundsUsed Historically in Medicines, Toiletries, and Murders: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 459.
- Sanzolone, R.F., Lamothe, P.J., Gough, L.P., Ager, C.M., and Crock, J.G.,
2005, The Biogeochemistry of Cd in Subarctic
and Tundra Soils, Alaska: 8th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry
of Trace Elements, Adelaide, Australia, April 3-7, 2005.
- Schmidt, T.S., Church, S.E., Wanty, R.B., Fey, D.L., McEachron, L., Crock, J.G., Adams, M., and Anthony, M.W., 2005, The influence of catchment geology on water quality and benthic macroinvertebrate communities in streams from
the Colorado Mineral Belt: Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 86, no. 18, Abstract NBSIC-02.
- Schmidt, T.S., Church, S.E., Wanty, R.B., Fey, D.,
McEachron, L., Crock, J.G., Adams, M., and Anthony, M.W., 2005, The influence of
catchment geology on geochemistry and benthic macroinvertibrate communities in streams
from Colorado Rocky Mountain Mineral Belt streams: AGU Spring 2005 Meeting, May
23-27, 2005, New Orleans, LA.
- Schmidt, T.S., Clements, W.H., Church, S.E., Wanty, R.B., Fey, D.L., McEachron, L., Verplank, P.L., Crock, J.G., Adams, M., and Anthony, M.W., 2006, Utilizing path analysis to model watershed structure and historical land use affects on local stream geochemistry and ecological responses: Special Session 9, The 54th annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Anchorage, Alaska, June 4 -9, 2006.
- Smith, K.S., Ranville, J.F., Church, S.E., Fey, D.L., Wanty, R.B., and Crock, J.G., 2006, Predicting toxic effects of metals on aquatic biota in mineralized areas using the Biotic Ligand Model: The Seventh International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD), March 27 - 30, 2006, St. Louis, MO.
- Squibb, K.S., Todorov, T., Centeno, J.A., and McDiarmid, M.A., 2008,
Blood Uranium (U) Isotopic Analysis as a Measure of DU Exposure in U.S. Soldiers:
presented at the Society of Toxicology Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 2008.
- Stetson, S., Gray, J., Ridley W.I., Wanty, R.B.,
Pribil, M., Wolf, R.E., and Macalady, D.L., 2008, Variation of Hg isotope ratios between
cinnabar and its resulting calcines by multicollector ICP-MS with standard sample bracket
correction: 2008 Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, BC, July 12-18, 2008.
- Stetson, S.J., Ridley, W.I., Wolf, R.E., Wanty, R.B., Macalady, D.L., 2006, Determination of the Isotopic Composition of Mercury in Geologic Materials by Multicollector ICP-MS: 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006.
- Todd, A.S., Brinkman, S., Wolf, R.E., Lamothe, P.J., Smith, K.S.,
and Ranville, J.F., 2008, An enriched stable-isotope approach to determine the
gill-zinc binding properties of juvenile rainbow trout: SETAC Regional
Meeting - Rocky Mountain Chapter, April 18-19, 2008, Golden, Colorado.
- Todd, A.S.; Brinkman, S., Wolf, R., Lamothe, P.,
Smith, K., and Ranville, J., 2007, A Stable Isotope Technique to Determine ZincPathways and Aquatic Toxicity in the Aquatic Environment: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 178.
- Todorov, T.I., Koenig, A.E., Kajdacsy-Balla, A., Sarafanov, A.,
Gray, M.A., and Centeno, J.C., 2008, Distribution of Cd, Zn, Se and Fe in prostate tissues:
presented at the 11th Force Health Protection Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2008.
- Todorov,T.I., Wolf, R.E., Koenig, A.E., and Lamothe, P.J., 2008, Multi-
Element Isotope Dilution ICP-MS Analysis for the Certification of Reference Materials:
presented at the 2008 Winter Plasma Conference, Temecula, CA.
- Wang, B., Crock, J.G., Seal, R., Taggart, S., Mondragon, J., Andrews, A., and Nielsen, J., 2004, Evaluation of using signatures in Tanner crabs as natural fingerprints to aid in determining Tanner crab movement in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska: Glacier Bay Science Symposium, Oct. 6-28, 2004, Juneau, Alaska.
- Wanty, R.B., Ridley, W.I., Wolf, R.E., Lamothe, P., and Adams, M., 2005, Separation of Copper, Iron, and Zinc from Complex Aqueous Solutions for Isotopic measurement: Metal Sources and Processes of Acid-Rock Drainage: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 50.
- Wilson, S., 2006, Development of USGS Microanalytical Reference Materials: Eos Transactions AGU, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract MB51A-01.
- Wilson, S., and Koenig, A., 2006, Development of USGS Microanalytical reference materials for LA-ICPMS: 8th European LA-ICPMS conference, July 20, 2006.
- Wolf, R.E., 2006, ICP-MS Real World Analysis in a Production Lab: ILAP (Inter-laboratory Analysis Program) 2006 Meeting, Winter Park, Colorado, August 2-4, 2006.
- Wolf, R.E., 2005, Back to basics: An evaluation of sample introduction
systems for geochemical analysis using ICP-MS:
2005 Asian Plasma Conference, ChiangMai, Thailand.
- Wolf, R.E., Lamothe, P.J., and Bothner, M.H., 2008,
Determination of Low-level Silver in Marine Sediments by ICP-MS for Monitoring
Environmental Change: 2008 Winter Plasma Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry,
Temecula, CA, Jan. 7-12.
- Wolf, R.E., Morman, S.A., Morrison, J.M., and Lamothe,
P.J., 2007, Simultaneous Speciation of As, Se, and Cr: Feasibility for Real Samples, 11th
Workshop on Progress in Analytical Methodologies for Trace Metal Speciation, Muenster,
Germany, September 4-7, 2007.
- Wolf, R.E., Morman, S.A., and Plumlee, G.S., 2008,
Speciation Methods Used to Assess Potential Health Effects of Toxic Metals in
Environmental Materials, 2008, 11th Annual Force Health Protection Conference,
USACHPPM, Albuquerque, NM, Aug 9-15, 2008.
- Wolf, R.E., Morman, S.A., Plumlee, G.S.,
Hageman, P., and Adams, M., 2008, Methods for Evaluating Potential Release of
Hexavalent Chromium by Ash and Soils in Wildfire Impacted Areas: 2008 Goldschmidt
Conference, Vancouver, BC, July 12-18, 2008.
- Wolf, R.E., Morrison, J.M., and and Goldhaber, M.B.,
2007, Chromium Speciation in Soils by HPLC-HR-ICP-MS: 2007 European Conference on
Plasma Spectrochemisty, Taormina, Italy, February 18-23.
- Wolf, R.E., Morrison, J.M., and Goldhaber, M.B., 2006, Investigation of Extraction Methods for Chromium Speciation in Soils: 2006 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ, January 8-13, 2006.
- Wolf, R.E., Morrison, J.M., and Goldhaber, M.B., 2006, Extraction methods for Chromium Speciation in Soils by HPLC-HR-ICP-MS: Geoanalysis 2006, Beijing, China, September 19-21, 2006.
- Yager, T.J.B., Smith, D.B., and Crock, J.G., 2005, Effects of surface applications of biosolids on soils, crops, ground water, and streambed sediments near Deer Trail, Colorado, 1999-2003: Water Environment Federation/AWWA/KY-TN WEA Residuals and Biosolids Management Conference 2005 - Advancing the state of technology, Nashville, TN, April 17-20, 2005, Technical Program and Abstracts.
- Yager, T.J.B., Smith, D.B., and Crock, J.G., 2005, Summary of effects of surface applications of biosolids on soil, crops, ground water, and streambed sediment near Deer Trail, Colorado, 1999-2003: Extended abstract for the 2005 WEF/AWWA/TN-KY WEA Residuals and Biosolids - Session 6 (6d), 18 pp.
Reports
- Benson, L., Barber, D., Andrews, J.T., Taylor, H., and Lamothe, P., 2003, Rare-earth elements and Nd and Pb isotopes as source indicators for Labrador Sea clay-size sediments during Heinrich event 2: Quaternary
Science Reviews, 22, pp. 881-889.
- Borrok, D., Wanty, R., Ridley, W., Wolf, R., Lamothe, P., and Adams, M.,
2007, Separation of Copper, Iron, and Zinc from Complex Aqueous Solutions for Isotopic
measurement: Chemical Geology, vol. 242, no. 3-4, pp. 400-414.
- Box, S.E., Wallis, J.C., Briggs, P.H. and Brown, Z.A., 2004, Stream-sediment geochemistry in mining impacted streams: Prichard, Eagle, and Beaver Creeks, North Coeur d'Alene mining district, Northern Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5284, 68 pp.
- Caffrey, J.M., Chapin, T.P., Jannasch, H.W., and Haskins, J.C., 2006,
High nutrient pulses, tidal mixing and biological response in a small California estuary,
Elkhorn Slough, CA, USA: variability in nutrient concentrations from hourly to decadal time scales: Estuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science 71, pp. 368-380.
- Chapin, T.P., Caffrey, J.M., Jannasch, H.W., Coletti, L.J., Haskins, J.C., and Johnson, K.S., 2005, Nitrate Sources and Sinks in Elkhorn Slough, California: Results from Long-term Continuous in situ Nitrate Analyzers: Estuaries, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 882-894.
- Chapin, T.P., Nimick, D.A., Gammons, C.H,. and Wanty, R.B., 2007, Diel Cycling of Zinc in a Stream Impacted by Acid Rock Drainage: Initial Results from a New in situ Zn Analyzer:
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 33, No. 1-3, pp. 161-167.
- Chapin, T.P., and Wanty, R.B., 2005, Development of a solenoid pumped in-situ zinc analyzer for environmental monitoring: Analytica
Chimica Acta, 543, pp. 199-208.
- Church, S.E., Choate, L.M., Marot, M.E., Fey, D.L., Adams, Monique, Briggs, P.H., and Brown, Z.A., 2005, Geochemical Assessment of Metals and Dioxins in Sediment from the San Carlos Reservoir and the Gila, San Carlos, and San Francisco Rivers, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5086, 61 pp.
- Church, S.E., Kirschner, F.E., Choate, L.M., Lamothe, P.J., Budahn,
J.R., and Brown, Z.A., 2008, Determination of premining geochemical background and
delineation of extent of sediment contamination in Blue Creek downstream from Midnite
Mine, Stevens County, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5262, 177 p.
- Crock, J.G., 2005, Determination of total mercury in biological and geological samples: U.S. Geological Suvey Open-File Report 2005-1030, 59 pp.
- Felicetti, L.A., Schwartz, C.C., Rye, R.O., Gunther, K.A., Crock, J.G., Haroldson, M.A., Waits, L., and Robbins, C.T., 2004, Use of naturally occurring mercury to determine the importance of cutthroat trout to Yellowstone grizzly bears: Canadian
Journal of Zoology, 82, 3, pp. 493 - 501.
- Gilchrist, S., Gates, A., Szabo, Z., and Lamothe, P.J., 2008, Impact of AMDon water quality in critical watershed in Hudson river drainage basin: Phillips Mine, Hudson Highlands, New York: Environmental
Geology, DOI:10.1007/s00254-008-1310-4.
- Giles, S.A., Eppinger, R.G., Granitto, M., Zelenak, P.P., Adams, M.G.,
Anthony, M.W., Briggs, P.H., Gough, L.P., Hageman, P.L., Hammarstrom, J.M., Horton,
J.D., Sutley, S.J., Theodorakos, P.M., and Wolf, R.E., 2007, Geochemical data for stream-sediment,
surface-water, rock, and vegetation samples from Red Mountain (Dry Creek), an
unmined volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in the Bonnifield district, Alaska Range, eastcentral
Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 204, 64 p.
- Goldstein, H.L., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M.C., Yount, J.C., and Lamothe,
P.J., 2007, Physical and chemical Data from Eolian Sediment Collected along a transect
from the Mojave Desert to the Colorado Plateau: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1153, 29 p.
- Goldstein, H., Reynolds, R., Reheis, M., Yount, J., Lamothe, P., Roberts, H., and McGeehin, J., 2005, Particle-size, CaCO3, chemical, magnetic, and age data from surficial deposits in and around Canyonlands National Park, Utah: U.S. Geological Open-File Report 2005-1186, 201 p.
- Gough, L.P., Crock, J.G., Seal, R.R., II, Wang, B., and Weber-Scannell, P., 2004, Biogeochemistry, stable isotopic composition, and feeding habits of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in the lower Fortymile River, eastern Alaska, in Gough, L.P., ed., Selected geochemical and biogeochemical studies of the Fortymile River watershed, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1685, pp. 21-43.
- Gough, L.P., Crock, J,G., Wang, B., Day, W.C., Eberl, D.D., Sanzolone,
R.F., and Lamothe, P.J., 2008, Substrate Geochemistry and Soil Development in Boreal
Forest and Tundra Ecosystems in the Yukon-Tanana Upland and Seward Peninsula,
Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5010, 18 p.
- Gough, L.P., Wang, B., Crock, J.G., Seal, R.R., and Weber-Scannell, P., 2005, Mineralization, watershed geochemistry, and metals in fish from a subarctic river, Alaska: Reston, VA, Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 11 p.
- Hageman, Philip L., 2006, Determination of mercury in aqueous and geologic
materials by continuous flow- cold vapor-atomic fluorescence spectrometry
(CVAFS),
U. S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 5-D2, 6 pp.
- Hageman, P.L., Plumlee, G.S., Martin, D.A., Hoefen,
T.M., Meeker, G.P., Adams, M., Lamothe, P.J., and Anthony, M.W., 2008, Leachate Geochemical Results for Ash Samples from the June 2007 Angora
Wildfire Near Lake Tahoe in Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1170, 14 p.
- Hageman, P.L., Plumlee, G.S., Martin, D.A., Hoefen,
T.M., Meeker, G.P., Adams, M., Lamothe, P.J., and Anthony, M.W., 2008, Leachate Geochemical Results for Ash and Burned Soil Samples from the
October 2007 Southern California Wildfires: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1139, 14 p.
- Lamothe, P.J. and Herring, J.R., 2004, Gaseous Selenium and other elements in near-surface atmospheric samples, southeast Idaho, in, Hein, J.R., ed., Handbook of Exploration and Environmental Geochemistry 8 - Life Cycle of the Phosphoria Formation, Chapter 15.
- Leach, D.L., Marsh, E., Emsbo, P., Romach, C.S., Kelley, K.D., and Anthony, M., 2004, Nature of hydrothermal fluids at the shale-hosted Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska: Economic
Geology, 99, pp. 1449-1480.
- Manies, K.L., Harden, J.W., Silva, S.R., Briggs, P.H. and Schmid, B.M., 2004, Soil data from mariana Stands near Delta Junction, Alaska of different ages and soil drainage type: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1271, 19 p.
- Murray, J.W., Paul, B., Dunne, J.P., and Chapin, T., 2005, 234Th, 210Pb, 210Po and stable Pb in the central equatorial Pacific - Tracers for particle cyling: Deep-Sea
Research I, 52, pp. 2109-2139.
- Neff, J.C., Reynolds, R.L., Belnap, J., and Lamothe, P., 2005, Multi-decadal impacts of grazing on soil physical and biogeochemical properties in southeast Utah: Ecological
Applications, 15, pp. 87-95.
- Piatak, N.M., Seal, R.R., Sanzolone, R., Lamothe, P., Brown, Z., and Adams, M., 2007, Sequential Extraction Results and Mineralogy of Mine Waste and Stream Sediments Associated with Metal Mines in Vermony, Maine, and New Zealand: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1063, 34 p.
- Plumlee, G.S., Casadevall, T.J., Wibowo, H.T., Rosenbauer, R.J.,
Johnson, C.A., Breit, G.N., Lowers, H.A., Wolf, R.E., Hageman, P.L., Goldstein, H., Anthony,
M.W., Berry, C.J., Fey, D.L., Meeker, G.P., and Morman, S.A., 2008, Preliminary analytical
results for a mud sample collected from the LUSI mud volcano, Sidoarjo, East Java,
Indonesia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1019.
- Plumlee, G.S., Hageman, P., Lamothe, P.J., Ziegler, T.L., Meeker, G.P., Theodorakos, P., Brownfield, I.K., Adams, M., Swayze, G.A., Hoefen, T.M., Taggart, J., Clark, R.N., Wilson, S.A., and Sutley, S.J., 2006, Inorganic chemical composition and chemical reactivity of settled dust generated by the World Trade Center building collapse, in, Gaffney, J.S. and Marley, N.A. (eds.), Urban aerosols and their impacts - lessons learned from the World Trace Center tragedy: Washington D.C., American Chemical Society, pp. 238-276.
- Plumlee, G.S., Martin, D.A., Hoefen, T., Kokaly, R., Hageman, P.,
Eckberg, A., Meeker, G.P., Adams, M., Anthony, M., and Lamothe, P.J., 2007, Preliminary analytical results for ash and burned soils from the October 2007 southern California
Wildfires: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1407, 15 p.
- Reynolds, R., Neff, J., Reheis, M., and Lamothe, P., 2006, Atmospheric dust in modern soil on aeolian sandstone, Colorado Plateau (USA): Variation with landscape position and contribution to potential plant nutrients: Geoderma, 130, pp. 108-123.
- Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Yount, J., and Lamothe, P., 2006, Composition of aeolian dust in natural traps on isolated surfaces of the central Mojave Desert - Insights to mixing, sources, and nutrient inputs: Journal
of Arid Environments, 66, pp. 42-61.
- Sarafanov, A., Todorov T.I., Kajdacsy-Balla A., Gray M.A., Macias V.,
Centeno J.A., 2008, Analysis of iron, zinc, selenium, and cadmium in paraffin-embedded prostate tissue
specimens using inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry: J. Tr. Elem. Biol. Med., v. 22, no. 4, pp. 305-314, doi:10.1016/j.jtemb.2008.03.010.
- Thornber, C.R., Pallister, J.S., Rowe, M., McConnell, S., Herriott, T.M.,
Eckberg, A., Stokes, W.C., Cornelius, D.J., Conrey, R.M., Hannah, T., Taggart, J.E., Adams,
M., Lamothe, P.J., Budahn, J.R., and Knaach, C.M., 2008, Catalog of Mount St. Helens 2004-
2007 dome samples with major- and trace-element chemistry: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 2008-1130, 9 p.
- Wolf, R.E., Morrison, J.M., Goldhaber, M.B., 2007, Simultaneous determination of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) using reversed-phased ionpairing
liquid chromatography with dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometry: J. Anal. At. Spec, Vol. 22, pp. 1051-1060.
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Task 2 - Standard Reference Materials
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Task 3 - Laser ablation ICP-MS
Posters
- Andrews, W.J., Nairn, R.W., Koenig, A.E., and Conlon, R.P., 2006, Preliminary investigation of time trends in bioavailable metals in the Tri-State mining District through analyses of metals concentrations in tree rings: 7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD), March 26-30, St. Louis, MO, CD-ROM.
- Diehl, S.F., Goldhaber, Koenig, A.E., Tuttle, M.L.W., Ruppert, L.F., Lowers, H.A., and Morrison, J.M., 2006, Distribution of Arsenic, Selenium, and Other Trace Elements in Pyrite in Appalachian Coal Basins in Alabama, Kentucky, and West Virginia: 7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD), March 26-30, St. Louis, MO,
CD-ROM, p. 2638.
- Koenig, A.E. and Emsbo, P., 2005, Discovery and significance of gold rich bitumen in the Rodeo Deposit, northern Carlin Trend, Nevada: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 69, Issue 10, Supplement 1, 15 May 2005, p. 122.
- Koenig, A.E. and Magloughlin, J.F., 2005, Systematics and controls on REE zoning in metamorphic garnet: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 69, Issue 10, Supplement 1, 15 May 2005, p. 29.
- Magloughlin, J.F., Merkel, I.S., and Koenig, A.E., 2005, Chemistry and textures of magmatic epidote and muscovite in a tonalite pegmatite, North Cascades, USA: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 69, Issue 10, Supplement 1, 15 May 2005, p. 4.
Presentations
- Diehl, S.F., Goldhaber, M.B., Tuttle, M.L.W., Ruppert, L.F., and Koenig. A.E., 2005, A Comparison between Concentrations of Arsenic, Selenium, and Other Trace Elements in Pyrite-Filled Structures in Appalachian Coal Basins in Alabama and Kentucky (abs.): Program and Abstracts Volume, 22nd International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, September 12-15, 2005, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Diehl, S.F., Hageman, P.L., Smith, K.S., and Koenig, A.E., 2006, What's
Weathering in Mine Waste? Mineralogic Evidence for Sources of Metals in Leachates: EPA Hard
Rock 2006, Sustainable Modern Mining Applications, November 14-16, Tucson, AZ.
- Emsbo, P., Breit, G., Koenig, A.E., Lowers, H.A., Premo, W.R., Harris, A.G., 2006, Conodont Apatite: A Geochemical and Isotopic Time Capsule of the Paleocean?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol.
38, No. 7, p. 183.
- Graham, G.E., Kelley, K.D., Slack, J.F., and Koenig, A.E., 2005, Thallium: A Pathfinder Element for Shale-hosted SEDEX Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs,
Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 452.
- Harwood, C., Rogers, R., Koenig, A., Fricke, H., and Thole, J., 2005, A Comparative Study of Authigenic Mineralization and Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages in the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 301.
- Koenig, A.E., 2006, Trace Element Analyses of Gemstones and Other Mineral Resources Using Laser Ablation ICP-MS: Pittcon 2006.
- Koenig, A.E., 2004, New Directions (and Wavelengths) for Solid-State Laser Ablation Systems: 2004 European Laser Ablation Workshop, Sheffield England. (Invited)
- Koenig, A.E. and Bove, D.J., 2005, Trace Elements in Pyrite from Six Areas Affected by Large Scale-Pervasive Hydrothermal Alteration: Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) and Signatures of Mineralization Style: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 510.
- Koenig, A.E. and Wilson, S.A., 2006, Development of Methods and Standard Reference Materials for Trace Element Analyses of Geological Materials by Laser Ablation ICP-MS: American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, September 2006.
- Lamothe, P.J., Koenig, A., and Wilson, S., 2006, Novel methods for the chemical analysis of solid phase pipe scale samples: American Water Works Inorganic Workshop, Austin, TX.
- Ridley, W.I., and Koenig, A.E., 2006, The future of laser ablation ICP-MS in Geochemistry: Eos Transactions AGU, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract MB51A-02 (Invited).
Reports
- Diehl, S.F., Goldhaber, M.B., Koenig, A.E., Tuttle, M.L.W., and Ruppert, L.F., 2005, Concentration of arsenic, selenium, and other trace elements in pyrite in Appalachian coals of Alabama and Kentucky, in Barnhisel, R., ed.,
22nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, June 19-23, Breckenridge, Colorado, p. 283-301.
- Diehl, S.F., Hofstra, A.H., Koenig, A.E., Emsbo, P., Vikre, P.G., and Lufkin, J., 2005, Distribution of hydrothermal zebra dolomite and its relation to base and precious metal deposits in the great basin, in Proceedings Volume, Geological Society of Nevada 2005 Symposium - Window to the World, May 11-21, Reno, Nevada, 37 p.
- Koenig, A.E., 2004, Unique Solid-State Triple Wavelength Laser Ablation Systems for High Performance Analysis of Solids: Spectroscopy Magazine Application Notebook, February 2004.
- Plumlee, G., Lowers, H., Ludington, S., Koenig, A., and Briggs, P., 2006, Questa baseline and premining ground-water quality investigation. 13. Mineral microscopy and chemistry of mined and unmined porphyry molybdenum mineralization along the Red River, New Mexico: Implications for ground- and surface-water quality: U.S Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1442, 95 p.
- Ridley, W.I., Koenig, A.E., and Pribil, M.J., 2008, Laser ablation ICP-MS in geochemistry and biogeochemistry: A progress report: Microscopy and Microanalysis 14 (Suppl. 2), pp. 534-535.
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Task 4 - Multi-collector ICP-MS
Databases
- Cotsonike, L., Perfit, M., Stakes, D., and Ridley, W.I., 2005, The occurrence and origin of andesites and dacites from the Juan de Fuca Ridlge: AGU Fall meeting.
Posters
- Ridley, W.I., Wilson, S.A., Anthony, M.W., 2006, Advances in the measurement
of sulfur isotopes by multi-collector ICP-MS (MC-ICP-MS), AGU.
Presentations
- Balistrieri, L.S., Borrok, D.M., Wanty, R.B., and Ridley,
W.I., 2007, Fractionation of Cu and Zn isotopes during adsorption onto amorphous Fe(III) oxides:experimental mixing of acid-rock drainage and ambient river water: Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 177.
- Borrok, D.M., Wanty, R.B., Ridley, W.I., Lamothe, P.J.,
Kimball, B.A., Verplanck, P.L., and Runkel, R.L., 2007, Isotopic signatures of dissolved Cu, Fe,and Zn in an alpine watershed impacted by acidic metal-rich drainage: Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 115.
- Hinds, A., Soule, A., Perfit, M., Fornari, D., and Ridley, W.I., 2005, Discriminating Lava Flows From the EPR ISS (9 25'-9 55' N) Using Lava Morphology, Petrography, and Geochemistry: AGU Fall Meeting.
- Ridley, W.I., and Koenig, A.E., 2006, The future of laser ablation ICP-MS in Geochemistry: Eos Transactions AGU 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract MB51A-02 (Invited).
- Ridley, W.I., Pribil, M.J., and Wilson, S.A., 2007, Application of
multi-collector ICP-MS (MC-ICP-MS) to geochemistry: aqueous and solid sampling:
Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Studies (FACSS) 2007 Conference, Memphis, TN.
- Rubin, K., Perfit, M.R., Fornari, D., and Ridley, W.I.,
2007, The volcanic history of a recent effusive sea floor eruption: timing, distribution
and composition of lavas from the 2005-2006 eruption of the East Pacific
Rise, 9 46'-56'N: Inter. Assoc. Volc.
- Stetson, S., Ridley, W.I., Wolf, R., Wanty, R., and Macalady, R., 2006, Determination of the isotopic composition of mercury by multi-collector ICP-MS [abs.]: American Chemical Society Annual Meeting.
- Verplanck, P.L., Williams, M., Taylor, H.E., Ridley, W.I.,
and Manthorne, D.J., 2007, Trace element and lead isotopic signatures in alpine lakesediments, Front Range, Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 178.
- Wanty, R.B., Ridley, W.I., Wolf, R.E., Lamothe, P., and Adams, M., 2005, Separation
of Copper, Iron, and Zinc from Complex Aqueous Solutions for Isotopic measurement:
Metal Sources and Processes of Acid-Rock Drainage: Geological Society
of America Abstracts
with Programs, vl. 37, no. 7, p. 50.
- Witte-Lien, K., Ridley, W.I., and Wanty, R.B., 2005, A laser ablation ICP-MSstudy of tree rings in an area impacted by metal mining, Waldorf Mine, Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, vol. 37, no. 7, p. 111.
Reports
- Balistrieri, L.S., Borrok, D.M., Wanty, R.B., and Ridley, W.I., 2008, Fractionation of Cu and Zn isotopes during adsorption onto amorphous Fe(III) oxyhydroxide: Experimental mixing of acid rock drainage and ambient river water: Geochemica
et Cosmochimica Acta 72 (2), pp. 311-328.
- Borrok, D.M., Nimick, D.A., Wanty, R.B., and Ridley, W.I., 2008, Isotopic variations of dissolved copper and zinc in stream waters affected by historical mining: Geochemica
et Cosmochimica Acta 72 (2), pp. 329-344.
- Borrok, D.M., Wanty, R.B., Ridley, W.I., Wolf, R., Lamothe, P.J., and Adams, M., 2007, Separation of copper, iron, and zinc from complex aqueous solutions for isotopic analysis: Chemical
Geology 242 (3-4), pp. 400-414.
- Chadwick, J., Perfit, M., Ridley, W.I., Jonasson, I., Kamenov, G., Chadwick,
W., Embley, R., le Roux, P., and Smith, M., 2005, Magmatic effects of the
Cobb hot spot on the Juan de Fuca Ridge: Jour.
Geophys. Res., 110, B03101, doi:10.1029/2003JB002767.
- Ridley, W.I., 2005, Plumbo-isotopy: the measurement of lead isotopes by multi-collector inductively coupled mass spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1393, 16 p.
- Ridley, W.I., Perfit, M.R., Smith, M.C., and Fornari, D.J., 2006, Magmatic processes in developing oceanic crust revealed in a cumulate xenolith collected at the East Pacific Rise, 9° 50'N: Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems, 7, Q12O04, doi:10.1029/2006GC001316.
- Ridley, W.I., and Stetson, S.J., 2006, A review of isotopic composition as an indicator of the natural and anthropogenic behavior of mercury: Applied Geochemistry, v. 2, no. 11, pp. 1889-1899.
- Slack, J.F., Shanks, W.C. III, Karl, S.M., Gemery, P.A., Bittenbender,
P.E., and Ridley, W.I., 2007, Geochemical and sulfur-isotope signatures of
volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity,
southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1732-C, 37
p.
- Soule, S.A., Fornari, D.J., Perfit, M.R., Tivey, M.A., Ridley, W.I., and
Schouten, H., 2005, Channelized lava flows at the East Pacific Rise crest
9°-10°N: The importance of off-axis lava transport in developing
the architecture of young ocenic crust: Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems, 6, Q08005, doi:10.1029/2005GC000912.
- Soule, S.A., Fornari, D.J., Perfit, M.R., Ridley, W.I., Reed, M.H., and Cann, J.R., 2006, Incorporation of seawater into mid-ocean ridge lava flows during emplacement: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 252 (3-4), pp. 289-307.
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Task 5 - Research Mineralogy, Eastern Region
Presentations
- Folger, H., Hubbard, B., Duval, J., McCafferty, A., and Page, R., 2006, Synergistic
use of airborne gamma-ray survey data and ASTER imagery
for mapping cross-border radon potential in the lower Rio Grande Valley,
South Texas USA and north
Tamaulipas, Mexico: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 1, p. 7.
- Folger, H, Hubbard, B, Duval, J., McCafferty, A., And Page, R.,
2006, Synergistic use of airborne gamma-ray survey data and ASTER imagery for mapping
cross-border radon potential in the lower Rio Grande Valley, South Texas USA and north Tamaulipas, Mexico, [abs.]: Geological Society of America - South-Central Section
Meeting, March 4, 2006, Abstracts with Programs 3-5, p. 24.
- Horton, J.W., Vanko, D.A., Naeser, C.W., Naeser, N.D., Larsen, D., Jackson, J.C., and Belkin, H.E., 2006, Post-impact hydrothermal conditions at the Central Uplift, Chesaapeake Bay Impact Structure: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII, 1842.
- Horton, J.W., Jr., Vanko, D.A., Naeser, C.W., Naeser, N.D., Larsen,
D., Jackson, J.C., and Belkin, H.E, 2006, Hydrothermal
alteration of breccias at the Central Uplift, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 59.
- Merrill, M.D., Folger, H., Hubbard, B., and Page,
W.R., 2006, Soil geochemistry and geology in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 136.
- Robinson, G.R., Jr., Van Gosen, B.S., and Foley, N.K., 2006, Ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite deposits, in Reid, J.C., editor, Proceedings of the 42nd Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals: Information Circular 34, North Carolina Geological Survey.
Reports
- Cravotta III, C.A., Ward, S.J., and Hammarstrom, J.M., 2008, Downflow limestone beds for treatment of net-acidic, oxic, iron-laden drainage from a flooded anthracite mine, Pennsylvania USA: 2. Laboratory evaluation: Mine
Water and the Environment 27(2), pp. 86-99.
- Desborough, G.A., Smith, K.S., Lowers, H.A., Swayze, G.A., Hammarstrom, J.M., Diehl, S.F., Driscoll, R.L., and Leinz, R.W., 2006, The use of synthetic jarosite as an analog for natural jarosite, in Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD 7), St. Louis, Missouri, March 26-30, 2006, pp. 458-475.
- Hammarstrom, J.M., Johnson, A.N., Seal, R.R., II, Meier, A.L., Briggs, P.L., and Piatak, N.M., 2006, Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of the abandoned Valzinco (lead-zinc) and Mitchell (gold) mine sites prior to reclamation, Spotsylvania County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5085, 27 p.
- Jackson, J.C., Horton, J.W., Jr., Chou, ., and Belkin, H.E., 2006, A shock-induced polymorph of anatase and rutile from the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Virginia, USA: American Mineralogist vol. 91,
pp. 604-608.
- Peterson, R.C., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2006, Alpersite MgO.6CuO4SO4● 7H2O, a new mineral of the melanterite group and cuprian pentahydrite: their occurrence within mine waste: American Mineralogist, vol. 91, pp. 261-269.
- Piatak, N.M., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2006, Geochemical characterization of mine waste from the Pike Hill Superfund site in Vermont, USA, in Barnhisel, R.I., ed., Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD), March 26-30, 2006, St. Louis, MO, American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Lexington, KY, pp. 703-720.
- Van Gosen, B.S., Hammarstrom, J.M., Eppinger, R.G., Briggs, P.H., Crock, J.G., Meier, A.L., Sutley, S.J., Theodorakos, P.M., and Hageman, P.L., 2006, A Reconnaissance Geochemical and Mineralogical Study of the Stanley Uranium District, Custer County, Central Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5264, 62 p.
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Task 6 - Rare Earth Geochemistry of Waste Water Systems
Reports
- Verplanck, P.L., Murphy, S.F., Birkeland, P.W., Pitlick, J.,
Barber, L.B., and Schmidt, T.S., 2008, Boulder Creek: A
stream ecosystem in an urbanlandscape, in Raynolds, R.G. (ed.)
Roaming the Rocky Mountains and Environs: Geological Field Trips: Geological
Society of America Field Guide 10, p. 217-233, doi: 10.1130/2008.fld010(11).
- Verplanck, P.L., Taylor, H.E., Nordstrom, D.K., Barber, L.B., 2005, Aqueous stability of gadolinium in surface waters receiving sewage treatment plant effluent, Boulder Creek, Colorado: Environmental
Science and Technology, vol. 39, no. 18, pp. 6923-6929.
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