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Elizabeth A. Bailey

Title: Research Chemist
Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626
Phone: (907) 786-7442
Fax: (907) 786-7401
Email: eabailey@usgs.gov


Education and/or Training

Graduate classes1994-1998Pennsylvania State University, State College, PAChemistry
B.Sc.1980University of Alaska AnchorageEnvironmental Chemistry, Microbiology, and Geology

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Mercury cycling in the terrestrial environment in southwestern Alaska
Regional-scale landscape geochemistry

Professional Experience

1996 - 2005Research Chemist, USGS, Anchorage AK
1987 - 1996Chemist, USGS, Anchorage AK
1982 - 1987Chemist, USGS, Denver CO

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Fellow, Association of Applied Geochemists
Editorial Review board, Geochemistry: Environment, Exploration, Analysis
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Member, Geological Society of America
Member, Alaska Miners’ Association
Member, Soil Science Society of America

Honors and/or Awards

2005, STAR award, USGS
2001, STAR award, USGS
1998, STAR award, USGS
1997, Quality Step Increase, USGS

Significant Recent Publications

Bailey, E.A., Wang, B., Lee, G.K., Mueller, S., Beischer, G.A., Ellana, M., and Miller, M.L., 2004, Regional geologic and geochemical data for Alaskan economic development – 2004 central southwestern Alaska geochemistry [abs.], in Alaska Miners’ Association 2004 Annual Convention, November 1-6, 2004, Anchorage, AK, p. 9.

Bailey, E.A., Gray, J.E., and Theodorakos, P.M., 2002, Mercury in vegetation and soils at abandoned mercury mines in southwestern Alaska, USA: Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, vol. 2, no. 3, p. 275-285.

Bailey, E.A., Gray, J.E., and Hines, M.E., 2001, Mercury transformations in soils near mercury mines in Alaska, USA: RMZ - Materials and Geoenvironment, v. 48, no. 1, p. 212-218.

Bailey, E.A. and Gray, J.E., 1997, Mercury in the terrestrial environment, Kuskokwim Mountains Region, southwestern Alaska, in Dumoulin, J.A. and Gray, J.E., eds., Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1574, p. 41-56.

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