H131
Sources, Fate, and Transport of Metals, Metalloids, and Rare Earth Elements in Fresh Waters
Session ID#: 248767
Session Description:
Natural and anthropogenic sources of metals, metalloids, and rare earth elements are ubiquitous in the environment, and elevated concentrations of these constituents are often found in fresh waters. These elevated concentrations have wide-ranging implications, including potential lethal and sub-lethal effects on aquatic biota, adverse effects on water used for drinking water and irrigation, and overall degradation of water bodies used for recreation and other purposes. This session is devoted to research that aims to characterize and quantify (1) source areas which contribute constituent mass, (2) transport processes which move constituents from source areas to and through affected water bodies such as streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and groundwater, and (3) biogeochemical processes which attenuate and/or transform constituents. Submissions from a variety of subfields are welcome, including research on the effects of mining, metals from consumer products including nanoparticles, studies of stormwater runoff, and industrial sources of contamination.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Index Terms:
0461 Metals [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1806 Chemistry of fresh water [HYDROLOGY]
1831 Groundwater quality [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Robert Lee Runkel, USGS Colorado Water Science Center Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners: Johanna Blake, U.S. Geological Survey New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque, United States, Ben Colman, University of Montana, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, United States and Karen Johannesson, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Sara R Warix, University of Utah, Geology & Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Elements in the Boulder Creek Watershed: Mass Loads, Sources, and the Potential for Geochemical Prospecting (1853387)
Robert Lee Runkel, USGS Colorado Water Science Center Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Sheila F Murphy, USGS Water Mission Area, Boulder, United States, Philip L Verplanck, USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, United States and Edward Stets, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, Mounds View, MN, United States
Geochemical Characterization and Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Sediments of River Ganges, India: Occurrence, Contamination Sources, Seasonal Variations, Toxicity Assessment, and Ecological Risk Evaluation (1859523)
Abhijit Debnath1, Prabhat Kumar Singh1 and Yogesh Chandra Sharma2, (1)Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi, Varanasi, India, (2)Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi, Varanasi, India
Assessing the impact of dredged material storage on groundwater chemistry; geochemical characterization and opportunities for critical metal recovery (Invited) (1866503)
Aaron Goodman, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, James F Ranville, Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States and Anthony Bednar, USACE-ERDC CRREL, Vicksburg, United States
Latitudinal gradients of snow contamination in the Rocky Mountains associated with anthropogenic sources (1888519)
Monica M Arienzo, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, Kelly Gleason, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, Graham A Sexstone, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, United States, Mae Sexauer Gustin, University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, United States, Melissa Schwan, University of Nevada Reno, Geography, Reno, United States, Nicole Choma, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, United States, Sarrah M. Dunham-Cheatham, University of Nevada, Reno, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources, Reno, United States, Joseph R McConnell, Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Science, Reno, United States, Peter Weisberg, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, United States and Adam Z Csank, University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Geography, Reno, NV, United States
Climate Change Driven Acceleration of Weathering of Trace Metals and Rare Earth Elements in an Alpine Mineralized Watershed Overtakes Impacts from Outflows of an Abandoned Mine (1905884)
Diane M McKnight1, Marchitto Thomas2, Athena Bolin3 and Adam Odorisio3, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, United States, (2)Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, CU Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States
Investigation of Hydrologic Mechanisms Influencing Potential Transport of Mine Waste at the Kanab North Mine Site, Grand Canyon, USA (1912972)
Kimberlie S Perkins1, Christopher T Green2, Christopher H Conaway3, Callum Walter4, Brian Andraski5, Ronald Kauble5 and Zackery Hood5, (1)USGS, Water Resources Mission Area, Moffett Field, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling Prediction Division, Moffett Field, California, United States, (3)US Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, Earth System Processes Division, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (5)USGS Nevada Water Science Center, Carson City, United States
Enhanced Role of Science in Abandoned Mine Remediation Projects: The Legacy of Ed Hathaway at the Elizabeth Copper Mine Superfund Site, Vermont (Invited) (1918921)
Robert R Seal II1, Nadine M Piatak1, Jane Hammarstrom2, Matthew Kierstead3, Barbara Butler4 and Lucila Dunnington5, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, (3)Milestone Heritage Consulting, Marlboro, United States, (4)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, United States, (5)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, United States
Tracking Acid Seeps in the Arctic from Subsurface Source through Stream Transport (1924761)
Joshua C Koch1, Dr. Jonathan A O'Donnell2, Michael Carey1, Brett A Poulin3, Carson A. Baughman4, Taylor Evinger5, Rebecca Josephine Frei5, Kenneth Hill6, Aaron Mohammed7 and Sam Neitlich8, (1)USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States, (2)National Park Service Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, (3)University of California Davis, Davis, United States, (4)Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, (5)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (6)National Park Service, Fairbanks, United States, (7)Dalhousie University, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Halifax, NS, Canada, (8)Independent researcher, Bozeman, United States
Uranium Source Apportionment in the Headwaters of the Scioto River Basin, Ohio: Insights from a Spatial-Temporal Analysis (1930585)
Maral Khodadadi1, Elisabeth Widom1, David C. Kuentz1, Marion Lytle1, William B Lyons2, Christopher B Gardner2, Bartosz P. Grudzinski3 and James Andrew Monton Leong1, (1)Miami University, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Oxford, OH, United States, (2)Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, (3)Miami University, Department of Geography, Oxford, OH, United States
Occurrence and transport of sedimentary arsenic and iron from the Himalayas to the plains in the Beas River basin (1940321)
Rajat Dhiman1, Deeksha Kumari2, Thomas Varner3, Anand Giri2, Saugata Datta3, Peter Knappett4, Vinay Chembolu5 and Harshad Vijay Kulkarni2, (1)Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mandi, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mandi, India, (3)The University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, San Antonio, United States, (4)Texas A&M University, Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, United States, (5)Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, Department of Civil Engineering, Jammu, India
Diagnosing Performance Barriers in Electrochemical Rare Earth Elements Recovery from Acid Mine Drainage (1941709)
Habibollah Fakhraei1, Pratik Kushwaha2, Bikash Subedi2 and Mary Kinsel3, (1)Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, Carbondale, IL, United States, (2)Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, Carbondale, United States, (3)Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Carbondale, United States
Hydrogeological Characterization of Groundwater Contamination in the Northern Indo-Gangetic Plains. (1947295)
Anuja Girap1, Shubham Bhagat2, Manoj Kumar2 and Chandrakanta Ojha2, (1)Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Department of Chemical Sciences, Mohali, India, (2)Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mohali, India
Mercury Exposure in Two Indigenous Amazonian Communities of Ecuador (1954379)
Melany Ruiz-Urigüen1, Erika Llumiquinga1, Daniel Escobar-Camacho1, Daniela Rosero-Lopez1, Jose Daza1, Karla Barragán1, Andrea Encalada1, Natalia Carpintero-Salvador1, Allison Aldous2, Silvia Benitez3, Timothy Tear4, Pedro Jimenez Prado3 and Gabriela Celi3, (1)Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, (2)The Nature Conservancy, Calgary, Canada, (3)The Nature Conservancy, Quito, Ecuador, (4)Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, United States
Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Geo-spatial and Pollution Indices of Heavy Metals in Sediment of Buriganga River in Bangladesh (1966644)
Mehedi Hasan1,2, Moumita Choudhury3, Sanoar Rahman1,4 and Md Abdul Baten2, (1)Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Department of Environmental Sciences, Edwardsville, United States, (2)Bangladesh Agricultural University, Department of Environmental Science, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, (3)Jashore University of Science and Technology, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh, (4)Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Department of Geography and GIS, Edwardsville, United States
Heavy Metal Fallout from the World’s Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Fire: A Case Study of Contaminant Mobilization in Coastal Wetlands (1969055)
Ivano W Aiello, San Jose State University, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose, United States, Maxime Grand, San Jose State University, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, United States, Kerstin Wasson, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Royal Oaks, United States and Wesley Heim, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA, United States
Stream sediment and biofilm geochemistry in critical mineral exploration: A case study in the Upper Clark Fork River, Montana (1971136)
Johanna Blake1, Madison Foster2, Travis Schmidt2, Chloe Zampetti3 and Michelle Fillion2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey WY-MT Water Science Center, Helena, United States, (3)University of Connecticut, Mansfield, United States
Uranium and Iron Speciation Changes in Microbial-Simulated Reduced Environments During Oxidative Enhanced Flushing Experiments (1974194)
Catherine Pettinger1, Noah Venable2, Raymond H Johnson3, Eric E Roden4, Charles J. Paradis5 and Erica Majumder1, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Bacteriology, Madison, WI, United States, (2)Drury University, Springfield, United States, (3)RSI EnTech, LLC, Contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management, Grand Junction, United States, (4)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, United States, (5)University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Geosciences, Milwaukee, United States
Hydrologic drivers of rare earth element flux from mineralized coastal watersheds (1977948)
Aeon Russo1,2, Jordan Jenckes, PhD1, Wyatt Matyas2, Sean Regan2, Schery Umanzor3, Karen Johannesson4, Peng Ho5 and Lee Munk6, (1)University of Alaska Anchorage, Computer Science and Engineering, Anchorage, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geosciences, Fairbanks, United States, (3)University of Alaska Southeast, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau, United States, (4)University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, United States, (5)University of Massachusetts Boston, Environmental Analytical Facility, Boston, United States, (6)Geophysical Institute Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States
Tracing Boron Sources in Urban Streams (1988189)
Adnan Deshaee1, Daniel Bain2, Bridget O'Neill3, Marion Divers3 and Emily M. Elliott1, (1)University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, United States, (2)University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, United States, (3)University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
Stratification Enables Severe Underestimation of Methylmercury Contamination in Peruvian Amazon Mining Ponds: Implications for Bioaccumulation and Ecosystem Risk (2003397)
Shannon Plunkett, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, Emily S Bernhardt, Duke University, Biology, Durham, NC, United States, Jennifer Angel Amaya, GMAS, Bogotá, Colombia, Sarah E Janssen, USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Madison, United States, Claudia M. Vega, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, United States, A. Joshua West, University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Heileen Hsu-Kim, Duke University, Durham, United States
