Central Mineral Resources Team
Published Reports | Abstracts | Invited Presentations and Briefings
Clark, R.N., Swayze, G.A., Hoefen, T.M., Green, R.O., Livo, K.E., Meeker, G., Sutley, S.J., Plumlee, G.S., Pavri, B., Sarture, C., Boardman, J., Brownfield, I., and Wirt, L., 2006, Chapter 4: Environmental mapping of the World Trade Center area with imaging spectroscopy after the September 11, 2001 attack, Urban Aerosols and Their Impacts, J.S. Gaffney and N.A. Marley, eds., American Chemical Society Symposium Book Series 919, Oxford University Press, pp. 66-83.
Clark, R.N., Swayze, G.A., Wise, R.A., Livo, K.E., Hoefen, T.M., Kokaly, R.F., and Sutley, S.J., 2007, USGS digital spectral library splib06a: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 231. Available online at: http://speclab.cr.usgs.gov/spectral.lib06/ds231/.
Lowers, H.A., and Meeker, G.P., 2005, Particle atlas of World Trade Center dust: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1165. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1165/.
Meeker, G.P., Bern, A.M., Lowers, H.A., and Brownfield, I.K., 2005, Determination of a diagnostic signature for World Trade Center dust using Scanning Electron Micrscopy point counting techniques: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1031. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1031/.
Meeker, G.P., Lowers, H.A., Swayze, G.A., Van Gosen, B.S., Sutley, S.J., and Brownfield, I.K., 2006, Mineralogy and morphology of amphiboles observed in soils and rocks in El Dorado Hills, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1362, 47 p. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1362/.
Meeker, G.P., Sutley, S.J., Brownfield, I.K., Lowers, H.A., Bern, A.M., Swayze, G.A., Hoefen, T.M., Plumlee, G.S., Clark, R.N., Gent, C.A., 2006, Materials characterization of dusts generated by the collapse of the World Trade Center: in Gaffney, J.S., and Marley, N.A., eds., Urban Aerosols and Their Impacts: Lessons Learned from the World Trade Center Tragedy, American Chemical Society Book Series 919, Oxford University Press.
Plumlee, G.S., Hageman, P.L., Lamothe, P.J., Ziegler, T.L., Meeker, G.P., Theodorakos, P., Brownfield, I., Adams, M., Swayze, G.A., Hoefen, T., Taggart, J.E., Clark, R.N., Wilson, S., and Sutley, S., 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 Trade Center Tragedy, American Chemical Society Book Series 919, Oxford University Press.
Plumlee, G.S., Meeker, G.P., Lovelace, J.K., Rosenbauer, R.J., Lamothe, P.J., Furlong, E.T., and Demas, C.R., 2006, USGS environmental characterization of flood sediments left in the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina and Rita, 2005—Progress Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1023, 74 p. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1023/.
Swayze, G.A., 2004, Chapter 7: Using reflectance spectroscopy to evaluate minerals of environmental concern, in King, P.L., Ramsey, M.S., and Swayze, G.A., Infrared Spectroscopy in Geochemistry, Exploration Geochemistry, and Remote Sensing: Mineralogical Association of Canada, Short Course Series Vol. 33, pp. 181-196.
Swayze, G.A, Clark, R.N., Goetz, A.F.H., Gorelick, N.S., and Chrien, T.G., 2003, The effects of spectrometer band pass, sampling, and signal-to-noise-ratio on spectral identification using the Tetracorder algorithm: Journal of Geophysical Research, v.108, no. E9, 5105, doi: 10.1029/2002JE001975, 2003, 30 p.
Swayze, G.A., R.N. Clark, S.J. Sutley, T.M. Hoefen, G.S. Plumlee, G.P. Meeker, I.K. Brownfield, K.E. Livo, and L.C. Morath, 2006, Chapter 3: Spectroscopic and x-ray diffraction analyses of asbestos in the World Trade Center dust: in Urban Aerosols and Their Impacts: Lessons Learned from the World Trade Center Tragedy, J.S. Gaffney and N.A. Marley (eds.), American Chemical Society Symposium Series 919, pp. 40-65. Available online at: http://speclab.cr.usgs.gov/PAPERS/wtc.asc.ch3/.
Swayze, G.A., Higgins, C.T., Clinkenbeard, J.P., Kokaly, R.F., Clark, R.N., Meeker, G.P., and Sutley, S.J., 2004, Preliminary report on using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentinites, and tremol,ite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1304, also co-released as California Geological Survey Geologic Hazards Investigation 2004-01, 12 p. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1304/.
Van Gosen, B.S., 2005, Reported historic asbestos mines, historic asbestos prospects, and natural asbestos occurrences in the Eastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1189. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1189/.
Boardman, J.W., Clark, R.N., Mazer, A.S., Biehl, L.L., Kruse, F.A., Torson, J., and Staenz, K., 2006, Development and implementation of software systems for imaging spectroscopy: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2006, IEEE International Converence International Conference, pp.1969-1973.
Clark, R.N., Boardman, J., Mustard, J., Kruse, F., Ong, C., Pieters, C., and Swayze, G.A., 2006, Mineral mapping and application of imaging spectroscopy: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2006, IEEE International Converence, pp. 1986- 1989.
Higgins, C.T., Perez, F.G., Busch, L.L., Fonseca, M.C., Swayze, G.A., and Kokaly, R.F., 2003, Use of remote-sensing technology to enhance geologic products of the California Geological Survey used for public policy: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 141. View Higgens GSA abstract.
Lowers, H.A., Harrison, W.J., Wendlandt, R.F., and Meeker, G.P., 2005, Origin of fibrous amphiboles in the Iron Hill carbonatite complex, Gunnison County, Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 246. View Lowers GSA abstract.
Meeker, G.P., Lowers, H.A., and Brownfield, I. , 2005, Asbestos from Libby Montana; compositions and morphologies that don't fit current asbestos definitions: 2005 Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Special Supplement, v. 69, #10S, p. A189.
Plumlee, G.S., 2005, The medical geology and geochemistry of mineral deposits: 2005 Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Special Supplement, v. 69, #10S, p. A194.
Plumlee, G.S., and Ziegler, T.L., 2004, The toxicological geochemistry of dusts, soils, and other earth materials — an overview of processes and the interdisciplinary research methods used to understand them: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 25. View Plumlee GSA abstract.
Schaepman, M.E., Green, R.O, Ungar, S.G., Curtiss, B., Boardman, J., Plaza, A.J., Gao, Bo-Cai, Ustin, S., Kokaly, R., Miller, J.R., Jacquemound, S., Ben-Dor, E., Clark, R., Davis, C., Dozier, J., Goodenough, D.G., Roberts, D., Swayze, G., and Goetz, A.F.H, 2006, The future of imaging spectroscopy: Prospective technologies and applications: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2006, IEEE International Converence, pp. 2005-2009.
Swayze, G.A., 2006, Mapping naturally occurring asbestos using imaging spectroscopy: Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Sixth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, April 24-28, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5094, p. 26. Proceedings available online at: http://md.water.usgs.gov/publications/sir-2006-5094/.
Swayze, G.A., Clark, R.N., Higgins, C.T., Kokaly, R.F., Livo, K.E., Hoefen, T.M., Ong, C., and Kruse, F.A., 2006, Evaluating minerals of environmental concern using spectroscopy: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2006, IEEE International Converence, pp. 1990-1991.
Swayze, G., Higgins, C., Clinkenbeard, J., Kokaly, R., Clark, R., Meeker, G., and Sutley S., 2005, Using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentinites, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California: 2005 Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Special Supplement, v. 69, #10S, p. A191.
Swayze, G., Higgins, C., Clinkenbeard, J., Kokaly, R., Clark, R., Meeker, G., and Sutley, S., 2005, Using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentinites, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California: AVIRIS Workshop, Pasadena, California, May 25-26, 2005.
Swayze, G.A., Higgins, C.T., Clinkenbeard, J.P., Kokaly, R.F., Clark, R.N., Meeker, G.P., and Sutley, S.J., 2005, Use of AVIRIS to assist mapping of areas in California that may contain naturally occurring asbestos: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 4, p. 54. (invited talk presented by co-author Higgins). View Swayze GSA abstract.
Swayze, G.A., Higgins, C.T., Clinkenbeard, J.P., Kokaly, R.F., Clark, R.N., Meeker, G.P., and Sutley, S.J., 2004, Preliminary report on using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentinites, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California: 12th Jet Propulsion Laboratory Airborne Earth Science Workshop, March 2004, Pasadena, California.
Swayze,G., Kokaly, R., Higgins, C., Clinkenbeard, J., Clark, R., Lowers, H., and Sutley, S., 2006, Mapping potentially asbestos-bearing rocks with imaging spectroscopy, U.S. Geological Survey Land Remote Sensing Conference, April 4, 2006.
Van Gosen, B.S., 2005, The geology of asbestos in the Continental U.S. and its application to regulatory policy: 2005 ASTM Intenrational, Johnson Conference, Burlington, Vermont, July 18-22, 2005.
August, 2004 — Swayze, G.A., Invited talk—U.S. EPA Asbestos Science Seminars, August 18 - 19, 2004, Folsom, CA: Preliminary report on using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentines, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California.
October, 2004 — Plumlee, G.S., Invited talk—National Research Council, Committee on Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health: “The toxicological geochemistry of earth materials: examples, opportunities, and challenges of collaborative earth and health science research”.
November, 2004 — Plumlee, G.S., Invited talk—American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Panel discussion on the health effects of volcanic ash, ACCP 2004 National Meeting, Seattle: “Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of volcanic ash from a human health perspective”.
November, 2004 — Plumlee, G.S., Invited talk—Geological Society of America Pardee Symposium on Medical Geology, 2004 Annual Meeting, Denver: “The toxicological geochemistry of dusts, soils, and other earth materials — an overview of processes and the interdsiciplinary research methods used to understand them”.
April, 2005 — Swayze, G.A., Invited talk—University of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences: Using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentines, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California.
April, 2005 — Plumlee, G.S., Invited talk—University of North Dakota, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering (also attended by Medical School scientists): The emerging disciplines of medical geology and toxicological geochemistry — earth scientists working with health scientists to understand the Earth's impacts on human health.
April, 2005 — Plumlee, G.S., Invited keynote speaker—University of North Dakota, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering Spring Banquet: Interdisciplinary science in the international hot seat: results of an independent U.S. assessment of mining-related engineering, environmental, and health problems, Marinduque Island, Philippines.
April, 2005 — Plumlee, G.S., Invited speaker—SUNY Stonybrook, Colloquium Series (attended by both Earth Sciences and Medical School scientists): The toxicological geochemistry of dusts, soils, and other earth materials.
May, 2005 — Van Gosen, B., Invited briefing—“Asbestos-bearing terrains in the Continental U.S.”, given to staffer for Senator Diane Feinstein (D, CA), designed to provide general background information on the distribution of natural asbestos deposits in the U.S.
May, 2005, — Swayze, G.A., Invited talk—14th Jet Propulsion Laboratory Airborne Earth Science Workshop: Using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentines, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California.
May, 2005 — Meeker, G., and Plumlee, G., Invited Session Chairs—2005 Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow Idaho: Earth Materials and Human Health.
May, 2005 — Plumlee, G., Meeker, G., Invited briefing—For representatives of the Zambian Copperbelt Environment Project and the World Bank: Results of USGS characterization studies of mine wastes, mining-impacted soils, and edible soil samples, Kabwe, Zambia.
June, 2005 — Van Gosen, B., Meeker, G., and Plumlee, G., Invited talk—Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta: Naturally Occurring Asbestos — Mineralogy, Distribution, and Health Effects.
June, 2005 — Van Gosen, B., Meeker, G., and Plumlee, G., Invited talk—Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment: Naturally Occurring Asbestos — Mineralogy, Distribution, and Health Effects.
August, 2005 — Plumlee, G.S., Invited talks—US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, 8th Annual Force Health Protection Conference, Louisville, KY, Medical Geology Workshop: Natural and anthropogenic sources, transport, and fate of toxic metal ions in the environment; and The toxicological geochemistry of dusts, soils, and other earth materials.
August, 2005 — Clark, R.N., Invited talk—US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, 8th Annual Force Health Protection Conference, Louisville, KY, Medical Geology Workshop: Reflectance and Imaging Spectroscopy as a Rapid Assessment Tool: Lessons from the World Trade Center and Other Places.
August 2006 - Clark, R.N., Invited Keynote—IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: Mineral mapping and application of imaging spectroscopy.
August 2006 - Swayze, G.A., Invited Keynote—IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: Evaluating minerals of environmental concern using spectroscopy.
November 2006 - Swayze, G.A., Invited talk—University of Louisville, KY: Evaluating minerals of environmental concern.
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