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ADVANCES IN MASS SPECTROMETRY OF THE EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
A Symposium in Honor of A. G. (Jack) Sharkey, Jr.
Department of Geology & Planetary Science
University of Pittsburgh
Friday, April 11 & Saturday, April 12, 1997
The University Club
123 University Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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FRIDAY, APRIL 11
8:30 - 8:40 AM Opening Remarks
8:40 - 9:30 AM DR. ROBERT E. FINNIGAN
Consultant, Thermo Instrument Systems Inc. and co-founder, Finnigan Corporation
Early development and commercialization of quadrupole mass spectrometers
9:30 - 10:20 AM DR. RONALD A. HITES
School of Public & Environmental Affairs and Department of Chemistry,
Indiana University
Mass spectrometry used to trace the movement of contaminants through the
atmosphere
10:20 - 11:00 AM Break
11:00 - 11:50 AM DR. CATHERINE FENSELAU
Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland
Baltimore County
Mass spectrometric analysis of proteins and other involatile samples
12:00 - 1:20 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:20 PM DR. ALEXANDER N. HALLIDAY
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
Multiple collector ICP-MS: From the origin of the solar system to the
dynamics of our climate
2:20 - 3:10 PM DR. DAVID HERCULES
Centennial Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University
Laser mass spectrometry: Quantitative analyses and coupling with thin-layer
chromatography
3:10 - 4:00 PM DR. GERALD J. WASSERBURG
John D. MacArthur Professor of Geology and Geophysics, California Institute
of Technology
Negative ion mass spectrometry: Osmium and oxygen
4:00 - 5:30 PM Social Hour and Lab Tours, Room 402 Space Research
Coordination Center (SRCC), Department of Geology & Planetary Science
5:45 - 6:00 PM Introduction to Professor Sharkey
6:00 - 6:50 PM PROFESSOR ANDREW G. (JACK) SHARKEY, JR.
Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh
The development and applications of early commercial mass spectrometers
7:00 - 9:00 PM Banquet in Honor of Professor Sharkey
SATURDAY, APRIL 12
8:30 - 8:40 AM Introductory Remarks
8:40 - 9:30 AM DR. DONALD J. DEPAOLO
Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of California and Earth
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Systematic use of strontium isotope ratios for quantifying flow and
transport in groundwater systems
9:30 - 10:20 AM DR. SAMUEL M. SAVIN
Professor of Geological Sciences and Associate Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
An isotopic and mineralogic study of laterite formation in Amazonia
10:20 - 11:00 AM Break
11:00 - 11:50 AM DR. SAMUEL EPSTEIN
William E. Leonhard Professor of Geology, California Institute of Technology
Climatic temperatures as recorded in the deuterium/hydrogen ratios in trees
which grew during the past 200 years and during the glacial and
post-glacial periods
12:00 - 1:20 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:20 PM DR. L. PETER GROMET
Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University
Pb-207/206 geochronology by direct evaporation in a thermal ionization mass
spectrometer: Roasting zircons at 10E-7 torr
2:20 - 3:10 PM DR. LEON T. SILVER
W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Resource Geology, California Institute
of Technology
A new-fangled revival for an old-fashion geochronometer
3:30 - 4:30 PM Social Hour, Room 402 Space Research Coordination Center
(SRCC), Department of Geology & Planetary Science
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Sponsored by the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh and the
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
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For more information about the symposium:
- browse our web site at http://www.geology.pitt.edu/
- email [log in to unmask]
- call the Geology & Planetary Science office at 412-624-8784
- write to The Sharkey Symposium, Department of Geology & Planetary
Science, 321 EH, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260
Preregistration is required to attend. You can register by printing the
registration form at our website, or by printing and sending the form below.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS APRIL 2, 1997
NAME _______________________________________
(for badge)
AFFILIATION ________________________________
ADDRESS ____________________________________
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$_____ REGISTRATION FEE ($35)
FREE for students and sponsoring society members
check if applicable: SSP or SACP member _____
student ____ institution ____________________
$_____ LUNCH ($30 for both days)
$_____ BANQUET ON FRIDAY NIGHT ($35)
Housing at the symposium site is available at reasonable rates. Housing
requests must be received by MARCH 21, 1997.
$_____ SINGLE ($65/night)
$_____ DOUBLE ($70/night)
$_____ SHARED ($35/night)
indicate desired dates for housing:
Thursday 4/10 ____ Friday 4/11 ____ Saturday 4/12 ____
$_____ TOTAL REMITTED
(check payable to Geology & Planetary Science)
Send form and payment (if any) to:
The Sharkey Symposium
Department of Geology & Planetary Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh PA 15260
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Brian W. Stewart
Department of Geology & Planetary Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
office: (412) 624-8883
FAX: (412) 624-3914
email: [log in to unmask]
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