Current and Past Work
Current Work | Past Work
Current Work
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Publications
Asbestos
- 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 06-1362. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1362/.
- Meeker, G.P., Bern, A.B., Brownfield, I.K.,
Lowers, H.A., Sutley, S.J., Hoefen, T.M., and Vance, J.S., 2003, The composition
and morphology of amphiboles from the Rainy Creek complex, near Libby, Montana:
American Mineralogist, 88, p. 1955 -1969.
- Lowers, Heather and Meeker, Greg, 2002, Tabulation of asbestos-related terminology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0458. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/ofr-02-458/.
World Trade Center Dust
- 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., and Gent, C.A., 2005, Materials characterization of dusts generated by
the collapse of the World Trade Center, in Urban Aerosols and Their
Impacts: Lessons Learned from the World Trade Center Tragedy, American Chemical
Society Symposium Series 919.
- Clark, Roger N.; Meeker, Greg; Plumlee, Geoff; Swayze, Gregg, 2002, USGS environmental studies of the World Trade Center area, New York City, after September 11, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 0050-02. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0050-02/.
- 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 Microscopy Point Counting Techniques: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1031. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1031/.
- Lowers, H.A., Meeker, G.P., and Brownfield, I.K., 2005, Analysis of Background Residential Dust for World Trade Center Signature Components Using Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1073. Available online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1073/.
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Past Work
World Trade Center WTC Dust After September 11, 2001 Attack
Environmental studies of the World Trade Center area
after the September 11, 2001 attack
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-0429
Yellowstone Lake
Spires from the floor of Yellowstone Lake appear to be composed of diatoms and silicified bacteria.
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