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1 PATHWAY GEOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH GROUP projects & research MOROCCO-HUNGARY Bilateral Project Meknes 2012 GYOZO JORDAN Geochemistry Department, Hungarian Geological and Geophysical Institute RECEPTOR SOURCE

2 my professional background Eötvös University,, Budapest (MSc) Queen s University of Belfast, UK Uppsala University, Sweden (MSc, PhD) geology, env. geology (1993) environmental geology (1991) digital modelling ( ) Geological Institute of Hungary environmental geology,, GIS (1997-) Int l l Inst. Geo-Information Sci. & Earth Observation (ITC), The Netherlands Joint Research Centre European Commission, Italy digital terrain modelling (2000) EU mine waste directive ( ) 2003) BOKU University, Vienna, Austria floodplain geochemistry (2007) USGS, Denver,, USA acidminedrainage (2008, 2012)

3 professional background 1. Affiliation Head, Geochemistry Department, Hungarian Geological and Geophysical Institute 2. Committment EUROPEAN COMMISSION - 'Mine Waste Inventory Working Group' UNITED NATIONS - 'Accident Prevention and Control Expert Group', ICPDR Danube River Basin Programme Assoc. European Geological Surveys - 'EuroGeoSurveys Geochemical Expert Group' Hungarian National Catastrophe Defence Agency Industrial Accidents Task Group 3. Projects - 2 EU projects (ThermoMap, Turkey MWD) - 1 bilateral - 2 contracted (National Mining Bureau) - 16 research projects 4. Students & Courses - PhD: 6 ongoing (New Zealand, Egypt, Romania, Belgium, Hungary) (3 completed) - MSc: 2 ongoing (Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Hungary) (8 completed) - BSc: 1 completed Courses: Geochemistry (MSc), Data modelling (PhD), 3D Geological models (MSc)

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5 Projects (project leader) COMPETITIVE FUND PROJECTS 3 EU, 1 International CONTRACTED PROJECTS 3 Government contracts INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION PROJECTS 4 projects RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects

6 COMPETITIVE FUND PROJECTS PATHWAY 3 EU, 1 international 1. EU TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TURKEY PROJECT risk-based inventory for the Mine Waste Directive RECEPTOR SOURCE

7 COMPETITIVE FUND PROJECTS 3 EU, 1 international 2. EU THERMOMAP PROJECT shallow geothermal energy resources project web page:

8 COMPETITIVE FUND PROJECTS 3 EU, 1 international 3. EU NORWEGIAN FUND PROJECT mine contamination transport in sensitive catchments young internationally recognised researcher research group development

9 COMPETITIVE FUND PROJECTS 3 EU, 1 international 4. MOROCCO-HUNGARY BILATERAL PROJECT climate zones: mine contamination mobility

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11 CONTRACTED PROJECTS 3 government contracts 1. EU MINE WASTE DIRECTIVE risk-based inventory in Hungary

12 CONTRACTED PROJECTS 3 government contracts 2. INERT MINING WASTE geochemical classification in Hungary

13 CONTRACTED PROJECTS 3 government contracts 3. RARE EARTH ELEMENT (REE) mineral resources assessment, Hungary

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15 INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION PROJECTS 4 projects 1. GEMAS PROJECT geochemical mapping of soils in Europe 2211 samples: agricultural soil, 2118 samples: grazing land soil (32 countries) C. Reimann, P. Caritat, The GEMAS Project Team (G. Jordan), New soil composition data for Europe and Australia: demonstrating comparability, identifying continental-scale processes and learning lessons for global geochemical mapping. Science of Total Environment (in press)

16 INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION PROJECTS 4 projects 2. UNITED NATIONS DANUBE BASIN PROGRAMME (ICPDR) web-based geochemical maps for the Danube Basin

17 INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION PROJECTS 2. UNITED NATIONS DANUBE BASIN PROGRAMME (ICPDR) web-based geochemical maps for the Danube Basin 4 projects

18 INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION PROJECTS 4 projects 3. BOTTLED WATER CHEMISTRY geochemical mapping of groundwater quality in Europe Fugedi U., Laszlo K., Jordan G., Kerek B Bottled water geochemistry, the Hungarian case study. Investigation of the hydrogeochemistry of some bottled mineral waters in Hungary. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 107:

19 INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION PROJECTS 4 projects 4. URGE PROJECT urban geochemistry in Europe urban soil geochemical survey

20 INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION PROJECTS 4 projects 4. URGE PROJECT urban geochemistry in Europe attic dust geochemical survey

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22 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 1. CONTAMINATION RISK ASSESSMENT (RA) a decision support tool

23 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 1. CONTAMINATION RISK ASSESSMENT (RA) a decision support tool

24 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 2. CONTAMINATION MOBILITY field & lab leaching tests ANC, EPA 1310, EPA 1320, TCLP (EPA 1311), NAG and ABA tests for mine waste toxic element mobility assessment

25 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 2. CONTAMINATION MOBILITY field & lab leaching tests ANC, EPA 1310, EPA 1320, TCLP (EPA 1311), NAG and ABA tests for mine waste toxic element mobility assessment.

26 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 2. CONTAMINATION MOBILITY field & lab leaching tests red mud

27 1500 Ca Ti 1000 Ca Ti O Al Si Fe 500 Na Fe Mg S S Ca Ti Fe Ti map Perovskite (CaTiO3) spektra kev 3500 Al 3000 O Si Na 1500 Ti Ca 1000 Ca map Fe S S Ca Ca Ti Ti Cankrinite ((Na2,Ca)4[(AlSiO4)6) spektra Fe Fe kev

28 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 3. CONTAMINATION TRANSPORT transport & reaction modelling catchment erosion and sediment transport modelling: quantifying particle-bound contamination fate

29 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 3. CONTAMINATION TRANSPORT transport & reaction modelling geochemical reaction modelling

30 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 3. CONTAMINATION TRANSPORT transport & reaction modelling geochemical reaction modelling

31 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 3. CONTAMINATION TRANSPORT transport & reaction modelling geochemical reaction modelling Thermodynamic modelling with PHREEQC reaction modelling for saturation index calculations (left) and mixing of surface waters in the Recsk Mining Area, Hungary, stream waters (right).

32 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 4. CONTAMINATION DEPOSITION human & ecosystems Human & Ecosystem health: MEDICAL GEOLOGY

33 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 4. CONTAMINATION DEPOSITION human & ecosystems Ecosystem receptors: FLOODPLAIN GEOCHEMISTRY

34 RESEARCH PROJECTS 5. GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING 16 projects

35 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 6. LANDSCAPE GEOCHEMISTRY an integrated modelling method G. Jordan and A. Szucs, Geochemical Landscape Analysis:Development and Application to the Risk Assessment of Acid Mine Drainage. A Case Study in Central Sweden. Landscape Research, 36:

36 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 7. TIME SERIES ANALYSIS environmental dynamics & prediction

37 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 7. TIME SERIES ANALYSIS environmental dynamics & prediction H. Nagy, Z. Szabó, G. Jordan, C. Szabó, Á. Horváth, A. Kiss, Time variations of 222Rn concentration and air exchange rates in a Hungarian cave. Isotopes in Environmental & Health Studies (in press)

38 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 8. RED MUD & BAUXITE world-wide review and geochemical analysis

39 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 8. RED MUD & BAUXITE world-wide review and geochemical analysis A. Al2O3 B. Fe2O3 C. TiO2 D. SiO2 E. CaO F. LOI of bauxite based on world wide data.

40 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 9. CATASTROPHE RESPONSE RED MUD spill in Ajka 2010 MOBILE GIS TECH development and application

41 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 10. DIGITAL TERRAIN ANALYSIS & 3D MODELLING numerical methods

42 RESEARCH PROJECTS 16 projects 10. 3D MODELLING numerical methods

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