Recent Published Abstracts / Meeting Presentations

MICHELLE ABRIANI

Rathburn, A.E., Levin. L.A., Gieskes, J.M., Ziebis, W., Martin, J.B., Tryon, M.D., Fryer,
            G.J., McMurtry, G.M., Perez, M.E., Fodrie, J., Bahls. A., Abriani, M.,
            Wrightsman, B., Adamic, J., McMillan, P.A.,  Neira, C.E., Mendoza, G.F., Leddick,
            J.E., Do, J., 2004, Of Tsunamis and Seafloor Dynamics: Initial Results of Research
            Off the Aleutian Islands, Alaska:  Joint Meeting of the 15^th Annual Argonne
            Symposium and CSUI.                  

Abriani, M.A., Rathburn, A.E., Perez, M.E., and DeDeckker, P., 2004, Microhabitat
            preferences of benthic foraminifera from Australia’s Murray submarine canyon
            group:  Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, Abst. with Programs, V. 36, no. 5,
            p. 296.

Abriani, M.A., Rathburn, A.E., Perez, M.E., Bahls, A., and De Deckker, P., 2004, Vertical distribution profiles of living (stained) benthic foraminifera from submarine canyons off southwest Australia: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central Sect., Abst. with Programs, V. 36, no. 3, p. 37.

Abriani, M.A., Rathburn, A.E., Perez, M.E., Williams, D. and DeDeckker, P., 2003, The ecology of living (stained) benthic foraminifera from offshore Kangaroo Island, Australia:  Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, Abst. with Programs, V. 35, no. 7, p. 416.

AARON BACKHERMS

Backherms, A., Williams, D., Shepherd, S., Duncan, A., Pérez, E., Rathburn, T., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., and Mahn, C., 2003, Ecology and paleoecology of benthic foraminifera associated with methane seeps on the Northern California margin: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central and Southeastern Sections, Abst. with Programs.

Williams, D., Shepherd, S., Duncan, A., Backherms, A., Pérez, E., Rathburn, T., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., and Mahn, C., 2003, Can benthic foraminifera be used as indicators of clathrate dissociation?: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central and Southeastern Sections, Abst. with Programs.

Rathburn, A., Pérez, E., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., Mahn, C., Ziebis, W., Williams, D., Duncan, A., and Backherms, A., 2003, Can we use ecological and geochemical signals from benthic foraminifera to assess modern and ancient methane seepage?: European Geophysical Society Annual Meeting.

Williams, D., Duncan, A., Backherms, A., Pérez, M.E., Rathburn, A.E., Martin, J.B., Day, S., Gieskes, J., Mahn, C., and Ziebis, W., 2002, Stable isotopic compositions of living methane seep foraminifera: Applications for Paleoceanography: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, Abst. with Programs, v. 34, no. 6.

AMANDA BAHLS (DUNCAN)

Williams, D., Shepherd, S., Duncan, A., Backherms, A., Pérez, E., Rathburn, T., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., and Mahn, C., 2003, Can benthic foraminifera be used as indicators of clathrate dissociation?: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central and Southeastern Sections, Abst. with Programs.

Rathburn, A.E., Pérez, M.E., Martin, J.B., Day, S., Mahn, C., Gieskes, J., Ziebis, W., Williams, D., and Bahls, A., 2003, Relationships between the distribution and stable isotopic signatures of living foraminifera and cold seep biogeochemistry in Monterey Bay, California: Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems (in press).

Backherms, A., Williams, D., Shepherd, S., Duncan, A., Pérez, E., Rathburn, T., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., and Mahn, C., 2003, Ecology and paleoecology of benthic foraminifera associated with methane seeps on the Northern California margin: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central and Southeastern Sections, Abst. with Programs.

Rathburn, A., Pérez, E., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., Mahn, C., Ziebis, W., Williams, D., Duncan, A., and Backherms, A., 2003, Can we use ecological and geochemical signals from benthic foraminifera to assess modern and ancient methane seepage?: European Geophysical Society Annual Meeting.

Williams, D., Duncan, A., Backherms, A., Pérez, M.E., Rathburn, A.E., Martin, J.B., Day, S., Gieskes, J., Mahn, C., and Ziebis, W., 2002, Stable isotopic compositions of living methane seep foraminifera: Applications for Paleoceanography: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, Abst. with Programs, v. 34, no. 6.

Hasiotis, S.T., Brake, S.S., Dannelly, H.K., and Duncan, A., 2001, Eukaryote-dominated microbial communities that build iron stromatolites in acid mine drainage, western Indiana: An analog for Proterozoic banded iron formations and oxygenation of the early atmosphere? [extended abs.]: 32^nd Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf., v. 32, p. 386.

Hasiotis, S. T., Brake, S. S., Dannelly, H. K., Duncan, A., and Wells, T., 2000, A stromatolite-building eukaryote in acid mine drainage, west-central Indiana: a potential example of a blast-from-the-distant-past and its impact on Earth systems [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, Abst. with Programs, v. 32, p. A354.

JOY MATTOX

Mattox, J.M., Brake, S.S., Jensen, R.R., 2002, Temporal variations in trace metal uptake measured in plants grown in coal fly ash amended soil [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting.

Mattox, J.M., Brake, S.S., Jensen, R.R., and Short, S.E., 2002, Stressed out? Assessing trace metal uptake and stress in plants grown in coal fly ash-amended soils [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central Sect., v. 34, no. 2.

Mattox, J.M., Short, S.E., Jensen, R.R., and Brake, S.S., 2001, Measuring the effects of coal fly ash-amended soils on the uptake of metals and stress in plants [invited abs.]: Indiana Soc. Mining and Reclamation Annual Meeting, December 2001.

Mattox, J.M., Brake, S.S., Wells, T.J., and Dannelly, H.K., 2000, The nature and role of an acidophilic microorganism in acid mine drainage environments [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central Sect., Abst. with Programs, v. 32, p. A50.

Mattox, J.M., Wells, T.J., Brake, S.S., and Dannelly, H. K., 2000, An acidophilic microorganism: its distribution and impact on coal-related acid mine drainage systems [abs.]: Indiana State University, Undergraduate and Graduate Research Showcase.

Wells, T.J., Brake, S.S., and Mattox, J.M., 2000, Contaminant attenuation from coal-related acid mine drainage via precipitation of metal-rich particulates [abs.]: Indiana State University, Undergraduate and Graduate Research Showcase.

Brake, S.S., Connors, K.A., Wells, T.J., and Mattox, J.M., 2000, Naturally occurring precipitate removal of contaminants from acid mine drainage at the Green Valley coal mine site, Vigo County, Indiana [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central Sect., Abst. with Programs, v. 32, p. A6.

Mattox, J.M., Brake, S.S., Dannelly, H.K., and Wells, T.J., 1999, Possible metal sequestering by a colonial alga in acid mine drainage at five Indiana coal mine sites [abs.]: 115th Annual Indiana Acad. Sci. Meeting, p.66.

Wells, T.J., Brake, S.S., Connors, K.A., and Mattox, J. M., 1999, Precipitate removal of contaminants from acid mine drainage at the Green Valley coal mine site, Vigo County, Indiana: Natural mitigation or stored risk? [abs.]: 115th Annual  Indiana Acad. Sci. Meeting, p. 67

SCOTT SHEPHERD

Shepherd, B.S., Wolf, S.F., Dannelly, H.K., Brake, S.S., and Adamic, J., 2004, A quantitative comparison of the benefits of Euglena mutabilis and a similar species of euglena in acid mine drainage systems: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central Sect. (accepted).

Shepherd, B.S., Wolf, S.F., Dannelly, H.K., Brake, S.S., Vencel, J., and Bradberry, H., 2003, An evaluation of the potential     benefits of an acidophilic protozoan in acid mine drainage systems: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, v. 35, p. 149.

Williams, D., Shepherd, S., Duncan, A., Backherms, A., Pérez, E., Rathburn, T., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., and Mahn, C., 2003, Can benthic foraminifera be used as indicators of clathrate dissociation?: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central and Southeastern Sections, Abst. with Programs.

Backherms, A., Williams, D., Shepherd, S., Duncan, A., Pérez, E., Rathburn, T., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., and Mahn, C., 2003, Ecology and paleoecology of benthic foraminifera associated with methane seeps on the Northern California margin: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central and Southeastern Sections, Abst. with Programs.

SHAUN SHORT

Short, S.E., Speer, J.H., Wolf, S.F., Jackson, S.L., and Brake, S.S., 2002, Use of dendrochemistry to evaluate element uptake in black walnut trees growing on a coal waste pile in Indiana [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, (in review).

Brake, S.S., Hasiotis, S.T., Dannelly, H.K., and Short, S.E., 2002, Diatoms in coal-related acid mine drainage [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, (in review).

Mattox, J.M., Brake, S.S., Jensen, R.R., and Short, S.E., 2002, Stressed out? Assessing trace metal uptake and stress in plants grown in coal fly ash-amended soils [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central Sect., v. 34, no. 2.

Brake, S.S., Hasiotis, S.T., and Short, S.E., 2001, Microbial eukaryotic ecology and preservation in an acid mine drainage system [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, Abst. with Programs, v. 33, p. A365.

DERICK UNGER

Unger, D.L., Bird, J.R., Wolf, S.F., Mattox, J.M., and Brake, S.S., 2004, Effects of increased hydrologic input on AMD water chemistry at the Green Valley Mine, Indiana: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central Sect. (accepted).

Unger, D.L., Brake, S.S., Wolf, S.F., Mattox, J.M., and Hasiotis, S.T., 2003, Investigation of water chemistry and precipitate composition in an acid mine drainage system at the Green Valley coal mine site, Indiana: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, v. 35, no. 6.

DAVE WILLIAMS

Williams, D., Shepherd, S., Duncan, A., Backherms, A., Pérez, E., Rathburn, T., Martin,   J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., and Mahn, C., 2003, Can benthic foraminifera be used as indicators of clathrate dissociation?: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central and Southeastern Sections, Abst. with Programs.

Rathburn, A.E., Pérez, M.E., Martin, J.B., Day, S., Mahn, C., Gieskes, J., Ziebis, W., Williams, D., and Bahls, A., 2003, Relationships between the distribution and stable isotopic signatures of living foraminifera and cold seep biogeochemistry in Monterey Bay, California: Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems (in press).

Rathburn, A., Pérez, E., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., Mahn, C., Ziebis, W., Williams, D., Duncan, A., and Backherms, A., 2003, Can we use ecological and geochemical signals from benthic foraminifera to assess modern and ancient methane seepage?: European Geophysical Society Annual Meeting.

Williams, D., Rathburn, A.E., Perez, M.E., Smith, C., and Baco-Taylor, A.R., 2004, The ecology of living (rose-Bengal-stained) benthic foraminifera associated with whale falls off the coast of California:  Geol. Soc. America, North-Central Sect., Abst. with Programs (accepted).

Backherms, A., Williams, D., Shepherd, S., Duncan, A., Pérez, E., Rathburn, T., Martin, J., Day, S., Gieskes, J., and Mahn, C., 2003, Ecology and paleoecology of benthic foraminifera associated with methane seeps on the Northern California margin: Geol. Soc. America, North-Central and Southeastern Sections, Abst. with Programs.

Abriani, M.A., Rathburn, A.E., Perez, M.E., Williams, D., and DeDeckker, P., 2003, The ecology of living (stained) benthic foraminifera from offshore Kangaroo Island, Australia:  Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, Abst. with Programs, v. 35, no. 6.

Williams, D.S., Perez, M.E., Rathburn, A.E., Martin, J.B., Day, S., Gieskes, J., Mahn, C., and Ziebis, W., 2002, Clues to modern and ancient methane release: Living benthic foraminifera associated with cold methane seeps of Monterey Bay, California: Geol. Soc. America, North Central Section Meeting, v. 34, no. 2.

Williams, D., Duncan, A., Backherms, A., Pérez, M.E., Rathburn, A.E., Martin, J.B., Day, S., Gieskes, J., Mahn, C., and Ziebis, W., 2002, Stable isotopic compositions of living methane seep foraminifera: Applications for Paleoceanography: Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting, Abst. with Programs, v. 34, no. 6.

Williams, D., and Rathburn, A.E., 2002, Collaborative oceanography in Indiana: Supplemental educational experiences in the field of oceanography as enhancements to traditional teaching methods: Argonne National Laboratory, CSIO Fall Conference.