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Associate Professor |
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Ph.D. University of Alberta
Office: F-216B/Mirarco
Lab: WGMC-B2070
Mailing Address:
Dr. G. Spiers
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Laurentian University
Sudbury, ON
P3E 2C6
Telephone:
Voice: (705) 675-1151, ext 5087
FAX: (705) 675-4844
Internet:
gspiers@laurentian.ca
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Effects of acidification and extreme metal insult on pedologic processes
At MIRARCO's Centre for Environmental Monitoring (CEM) his R&D focus includes:
- Remote environmental monitoring technology development
- Environmental chemistry
- Stressed ecosystem rehabilitation and Aquatic system quality control
Selected Recent Publications:
D. Willson and G. A. Spiers. Quantification of arsenic in soils by atomic fluorescence spectroscopy. Communications in Soil Science and Plant analysis, (In review) (2006)
P. Satyendra, S. P. Bhavsar, N. Gandhi, M. L. Diamond, H. E. Allen, A. S. Lock, G. A. Spiers and M. Catalina Alfaro de la Torre. Effects of estimates from different geochemical models on metal fate predicted by coupled speciation-fate models. Environmental Science and Technology, (In review) (2006)
A. Lock, F. Prevost, G. A. Spiers, T. Roth, T. Maki and B. Hostetler. Multi-dimensional Water Quality Assessment of an Urban Drinking Water Source. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, (In press) (2006)
A. Lock, D. A. B. Pearson and G. A. Spiers. Diagenetic controls on the release of Ni and Cu in lake sediment contaminated by sewage effluent and metals from mining and smelting, Kelly Lake, Sudbury, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, (In review) (2006)