Primary Convener:
Sean Kinney, Rutgers University

Convener:
Anirban Basu, Columbia University of New York
Clara Chang, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Early Career Convener:
David Tibbits, Rutgers University

Chair:
Sean Kinney, Rutgers University
Anirban Basu, Columbia University of New York
Clara Chang, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
David Tibbits, Rutgers University

The principal goal of this session is to place geogenic contamination in context, where we examine the role of contingent geological histories in assessing modern aquifer vulnerability. We aim to facilitate a dialogue between disparately working groups of researchers: 1) those whose research attempts to understand the fundamental controls on ancient sedimentary depositional systems, where subsequent burial, lithification, and diagenesis structure the modern hydrogeologic system and distribution of strata-bound metals; and 2) those who seek to understand the release, transport and cycling of those metals in the modern environment. We welcome submissions across a range of disciplines (e.g., geohealth, hydrology, sedimentary geology, cyclostratigraphy, isotope geochemistry, geoscience education) and locality-specific contaminants (e.g., uranium and lithium in the Western US, arsenic in the Newark Basin). In particular, we want to highlight contributions from those looking at the evolution of these systems in response to future changes in temperature and precipitation.

Index Terms
1051 Sedimentary geochemistry
0215 Economic geology
1630 Impacts of global change
1831 Groundwater quality

Cross-Listed:
PP - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
H - Hydrology
GC - Global Environmental Change

Suggested Itineraries:
Climate Change and Global Policy
Biochemistry
Inclusive and Indigenous Science
Community and People-Powered Science
Critical Minerals and Renewable Energy
Global Impacts‚ Solutions‚ & Policies
Environmental Justice

Co-Organized Sessions:
Hydrology

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering
1. Science Nexus