VAN PRICE,
JR.
Advanced
Environmental Solutions, LLC
(803)
951-8470
vprice1@mindspring.com
University of North
Various short courses and workshops including topics
such as strategic planning, experimental design, clastic depositional systems,
bio-geochemistry. Formal education includes about 40 hours in
inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry.
(name changed to Assoc.
Applied Geochemists 2004
Conducted a
radiation survey of an industrial site for RMT. Rented appropriate field MCA and sensor and briefed regulators on
work.
Detailed magnetometer survey
of brownfields area for confidential client.
Evaluated
effects of industrial pumpage on water quality and
quantity for confidential client.
Principle
Investigator for 4-year NRC research contract to develop ground-water
monitoring strategies for nuclear waste and decommissioning sites.
Principle
Investigator for EPA contract to revise and update guidance for treatability of
soils contaminated with radionuclides.
Research Professor, School of
the Environment;
Adjunct Professor, Department
of Geology
PI
on EPA research project to investigate causes and extent of natural uranium and
associated elements in domestic water wells.
Performing various support functions for DOE Office of
Science and Technology (EM-50) Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area. Database work in MS Access
and Excel. Developed and executed
Focus Area communications strategy based on annual visits to DOE Sites. Developed methodology for annual analysis of
Site technology needs. Developed concept and needs-based justification for current Focus
Area work packages. Presented paper at national American Chemical Society meeting on
subsurface environmental problems across the DOE Complex.
Taught senior/graduate hydrogeology
course, hydrogeology field camp- aquifer testing, physical geology, and
independent study (2-hr graduate course for 4 students in applied geophysics). Continue as
Adjunct Associate Professor.
Various
posiitons 1984 - 1995
Set up core study lab
Set up and taught clastic
deposition short courses (similar to AAPG course) for SRS geologists and
engineers
Developed database of core
and geophysical data
Mapped subsurface geology of
300 square mile SRS using homegrown and TerraSciences Software support
Published regional
stratigraphic papers
Conducted, analyzed, and
reported large-scale Transient EM Surveys
Analyzed and published
regional gravity and magnetic data for SRS area
Managed
Ground Water monitoring program within Environmental Protection Department (1991-93):
1500 wells sampled quarterly, analytical QA, database management, data
review/analysis, quarterly report generation for regulatory agencies. 10 professionals, >$10M/yr budget.
Research
Associate, Geochemistry and Minerals Department 1981
- 1983 (Gulf bought by Chevron and lab closed in ‘83)
Managed professionals, set up
and operated an ICP laboratory for soil, vegetation, rock and crude oil analysis. ICP was linked by modem to IBM 370, performed
data analysis and reporting with SAS.
Developed methods for rock
and soil analysis to support Gulf Mineral Resources Company
Developed ‘proximity
indicator’ program for drill core samples
Developed a
program to type crude oils by trace metal analysis.
Conducted soil gas surveys
for hydrocarbons in
Conducted hydrogeochemical
survey for buried copper deposits in
Conducted deep resistivity
and magnetometer surveys for ore deposits in southern
Interpreted
gas seep data from regional surveys offshore
Represented ERDA (now DOE) at
IAEA workshop on biogeochemical methods of uranium exploration,
Represented DOE at IAEA
symposium on Uranium Exploration Methods,
Served as scientist and
manager in this nationwide uranium exploration program
Led development of sampling
strategies for
Supervised about ten professionals as manager in
1980-81. Budget about one million dollars
Geology Department Chairman , 1968-1975
Taught mainly mineralogy,
geochemistry, and introductory courses
Supervised 3 PhDs. Budget of
about $10,000
Geologic
mapping in the Virginia Piedmont , part-time
1971-1975, published maps of four 7.5’ quadrangles
Price,
V. and Ragland, P.C., Ground Water
Chemistry as a Tool for Geologic Investigations in the
Price, V., Stratton, L.P., and Leitner, C., The Role of
Sulfide-Producing Bacteria in the Control of Trace Metal Concentrations in
Ground Water (abstract), GSA abstracts for 1969, part 7, p 183,
1969
Price, V., Stratton, L.P., and Leitner,
C., Bacterial Influence on Heavy Metal Content of Groundwater and Its
Implications for Hydrogeochemical Prospecting. Invited paper,
AIME Symposium on Geochemical Prospecting,
Price, V., Geology of the Draper 15’ Quadrangle, Virginia (abstract),
GSA Abstracts, v. 7, no. 4, p. 525, 1975
Ferguson, R.B. and Price, V., NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance
in the Eastern United States, Jour. Geochemical Exploration, V.6
No.1-2, pp103-117, 1976.
Price,
V., and Jones, P.L., Training Manual
for Water and Sediment Geochemical Reconnaissance.
Ward, F.N. and Price,
V., Analytical Methodology for Uranium Exploration: Retrospective and Prospective (abstract), GSA
abstracts, V. 11, No. 7, p 534, 1979
Price, V., NURE Geochemical Investigations in the Eastern
United States, in: Geochemical Exploration 1978, Proceedings of the Seventh
International Geochemical Exploration Symposium, Golden Colorado, Association of Exploration Geochemists, pp161-172, 1979.
Price, V., Atomic Energy, invited
paper at 1981 annual meeting of the American Institute of Professional
Geologists,
Price, V., Conley, J.F., Piepul,
R.G., Robinson, G.R., Henika, W.S., and Thayer, P.A.,
Geology of the Whitmell and Brosville
Quadrangles, Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources,
Publication 21,1980
Price, V., Conley, J.F., Piepul,
R.G., Robinson, G.R., and Thayer, P.A., Geology of the Axton and
Price, V., Thayer, P.A., and Ranson,
W.A., Convenors and Editors, Geological
Investigations of Piedmont and Triassic Rocks, Central North Carolina and Virginia,
Carolina Geological Society Annual field Guide, 188 p., 5 plates, 1980
Price,
V. and
Ward, F.N. and Price,
V., Analytical Methodology for Uranium Exploration: Retrospective and Prospective, Jour. Geochemical Exploration, V.13, No.2-3, pp97-113, 1980.
Price,
V., Fay, W.M., and Cook, J.R.,
Neutron Activation and Other Analytical Data for Plutonic Rocks from
Price,
V., Cook, J.R., Fay, W.M., and
Karfunkel, B.S., Chemical Variations in Monazite from the
Steele, K.F., Cains, W.C., Bevill, J.C., Cook, J.R.,
and Price, V., Uranium Content of
Groundwater from Central Arkansas, pp 63-80 in Contributions to the Geology of
Arkansas, J.D. McFarland, egitor, Arkansas Geol.
Comm., Misc. Pub. 18, 1982
Price, V., and Heatherington, A.,
Influence of Soil/Sediment pH or Mineralogy on the Absorbed Hydrocarbon
Technique for Geochemical Exploration of Petroleum. (abs.), American Chemical Society 187th National
Meeting,
Price,
V., Technology for Environmental
Hydrogeology at the Savannah River Plant (invited
paper). Presented
at Symposium on Ground Water
and Environmental Hydrogeology in
Lorenz, R. and
Price, V., Well volume Evacuation versus pH, Conductivity, Volatile Organic
Chlorocarbon, and Metal Concentrations, in Proceedings of NWWA Groundwater
Geochemistry Conference, Feb. 16-18, 1988, USDOE-DP-MS-86-174, 1988
James, B., Price, V., and Hild, J., Transient Electromagnetic Imaging of a
Basin Margin Underneath the
Zullo, V.A., Harris, W.B. and Price, V., editors, Savannah River Region: Transition between the
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains. Proceedings of the Second Bald
Cumbest, R.J., Price, V. and
Fallaw, W.C. and Price, V., convenors and editors,
Geological Investigations of the Central Savannah River Area,
Snipes, D.S. Fallaw, W.C., Price, V., and Cumbest, R.J., The
Pen Branch Fault: Documentation of Late Cretaceous-Tertiary Faulting in the
Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Southeastern Geology, V 33,
No. 4, pp195-218, 1993.
Kegley, W.P., Fallaw, W.C., Snipes, D.S., Benson, S.M., and Price, V., Textural Factors Affecting
Permeability at the MWD Well Field, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.
Southeastern Geology, V. 34, p 139-161, 1994
Fallaw, W.C. and Price, V., Stratigraphy of the
Parra, J. O., Price,
V., Zook, B. J., Addington, C., and Cumbest, R. J., Interwell Seismic
Imaging at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. Geophysics,
Vol 63, pp 1858-1865, 1998.
Price, V. 1999, The
Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area: Innovative Technology Development for
Environmental Remediation; Chapter 3, pp35-47 in: Eller, P Gary, and Heinemann,
W.R., Nuclear Site Remediation, First Accomplishments of the Environmental
Management Science Program, ACS Symposium Series 778, American Chemical
Society, Washington, DC, 464p
Price, V., Temples, Tom, McCary,
Laura Taj, Keltner, Susan, Sargent, Kenneth A., Andersen, Brannon, Stone,
Peter, Crawford, Bruce, Warner, Richard, and Sojda, Scott, Investigations
of High Uranium Contents In Domestic Water Wells, South Carolina Piedmont
Warner, Richard, Meadows, Jason, Fleisher, Chris, Sojda, Scott,
Crawford, Bruce, Stone, Peter A., Price,
Van, and Temples, Tom: Petrography and Uranium Mineralogy of SC DHEC
Well Core, Jenkins Bridge Road, Near Simpsonville, South Carolina, Uranium
Contamination Detection By Well Water, Tree Bark, and Stream Sediment Sampling
Price, Van, Temples, Tom, McCary, Laura, Keltner, Susan,
Sargent, Ken, Anderson, Brannon, Stone, Peter, Crawford, Bruce, Warner,
Richard, and Sojda, Scott, (1) School of the Environment, Univ. of South
Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, laura.mccary@gmail.com, (2) Geology, Furman
Univ., Greenville, SC 29613, (3) Furman Univ., (4) SC DHEC, Columbia, SC 29201,
(5) Bureau of Water, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control, Columbia, SC 29201, (6) School of the Environment, Department of
Geological Sciences, Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC 29634-0919
Price,
V. and Ragland, P.C., Trace Metals in
Quartz by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Southeastern Geology, V.7, No.3, pp93- 100, 1966.
Price, V. and Ragland, P.C., Relationship Between Metal
Concentrations in Ground Water and the Geology in the Kings Mountain-Charlotte
Area, North Carolina (abstract), GSA Spec. Paper 101, p. 371, 1968
Price, V., Trace Element Distribution in Plutonic Rocks of the
Southeastern Piedmont (abstract), GSA Abstracts for 1969, part 4, p. 65, 1969
Price, V., Stratton, L.P., and Leitner, C., The Role of
Sulfide-Producing Bacteria in the Control of Trace Metal Concentrations in
Ground Water (abstract), GSA abstracts for 1969, part 7, p 183, 1969
Price, V., Notes on a fault in
Hatcher, R.D. Jr., Price, V., and Snipes, D.S., Analysis of Chemical and Paleotemperature Data from selected Carbonate
Rocks of the
Howell, D.E., Loomis, E.C., and Price, V., Preliminary Results of Geochemical Exploration in the
Carolina Barite Belt (abstract), GSA abstracts, V. 7., No. 4, p 502-503, 1975
Price, V. and Wagener, H.D., Geology of the Wilkinsville 7-1/2’
Quadrangle, S.C. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 1975
Snipes, D.S. and Price,
V., Paleotemperature determinations using regression functions relating
d-spacings, composition and equilibrium temperatures of magnesian calcite
(abstract). Geol Soc. America, SE/NE Sections meeting abstracts,
1976
Price, V. and
Price, V., SRL-HSSR Raw Data from Crystalline Rock Areas of the
Price, V. and Ferguson, R.B., Geochemical Interpretation of Kings Mountain Orientation Area, U.S. Energy Research and
Development Administration, Symposium GJBX-77-77, pp279-295, 1977.
Price, V., and Jones, P.L.,
Price, V., and
Ferguson, R.B., Baucom, E.I., and Price, V., SRL-HSSR Orientation
Studies in the Spruce Pine, Moore, and Johnson, N.C., Areas, USDOE-GJBX-17-78,
82p, 1978
Price,
V., and Jones, P.L., Training Manual
for Water and Sediment Geochemical Reconnaissance.
Price, V., Some results of NURE Uranium Geochemical Studies, AIME paper SME-79-131,
Koch, G.S., Carpenter, R.H., Price, V., Ferguson, R.B., A Geological
Evaluation of Stream Geochemical Data in the Southeastern U. S., (abstract),
Geol. Soc. Am., Programs, vol. 11, no. 4, p. 185, 1979
Jones, P.L., and Price,
V., SRL-HSSR,
Price,
V., Fay, W.M., and Cook, J.R.,
Neutron Activation and Other Analytical Data for Plutonic Rocks from
Price,
V., Cook, J.R., Fay, W.M., and
Karfunkel, B.S., Chemical Variations in Monazite from the
Pirkle, R.J. and Price, V., Leak Detection and
Monitoring. pp379-406
in: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Hazardous Materials Management Conference.
Tower Conference Management Company,
Fallaw, W.C. and Price,
V., Subsurface Structures in the Southwestern Coastal Plain of South
Carolina (abstract), GSA Abstracts, V. 19, No. 7, p 658-659, 1987
Laws, R.A., Zullo, V.A., and Price, V., Age and Correlation of Calcareous Subsurface Strata in the
Western South Carolina Coastal Plain (abstract), GSA Abstracts, V. 19, no. 2, p. 94, 1987
Laws, R.A., Harris, W.B., Zullo, V.A., Price, V., and Clark, J.L., Coastal
Onlap Stratigraphy, Age, and Correlation of Tertiary Sediments, Western South Carolina (abstract), GSA Abstracts, V. 19, No. 7, p. 741, 1987
Thayer, P.A., Fallaw, W.C. and Price, V., Petrology and diagenesis of Eocene Carbonate Sediments, Savannah River Plant, S.C.
(abstract), GSA Abstracts, V. 20, No. 4, p 319-320, 1988
Fallaw, W.C., Thayer, P.A., Price, V., and Lucas-Clark, J., Paleocene Strata Beneath the
Savannah River Plant, Coastal Plain of South Carolina (abstract), GSA abstracts, V. 20, No. 4, p 263, 1988
Lorenz, R. and Price,
V., Well volume Evacuation versus pH, Conductivity,
Volatile Organic Chlorocarbon, and Metal Concentrations, in Proceedings of NWWA
Groundwater Geochemistry Conference, Feb. 16-18, 1988, USDOE-DP-MS-86-174, 1988
Maciolek, J., Fritz, H.E., Nopper, R, and Price, V., Mapping with the TEM in the
Savannah River Plant Area (abstract), GSA Abstracts, V. 20, No. 4, p 277, 1988
Fallaw, W.C. Snipes, D.S., and Price, V., Traveling (and getting lost) with William Bartram
(abstract) GSA abstracts, V. 21, No. 6, p A61-A62, 1989
Fallaw, W.C. Price,
V. and Thayer, P.A., An Updip Equivalent of the Lower Eocene Fishburn Formation in the Southwestern Coastal
Plain of South Carolina (abstract), GSA Abstracts, V. 21, No. 3, p. 14, 1989
Harris, W.B., Zullo, V.A., and Price, V, Coastal Onlap Stratigraphy and
Sea-Level History of the onshore Paleogene, Southeastern Atlantic Coastal
Plain, USA (abstract), International Sedimentological Congress, V. 13, p. 212,
1990
Fallaw, W.C. Thayer, P.A., and Price, V., Basal Coastal Plain Deposits in
Southwestern South Carolina (abstract), GSA Abstracts, V. 22, No. 4, p. 13,
1990
Fallaw, W.C. Price,
V. and Thayer, P.A., Effects of Varying Degrees of Marine Influence on
Tertiary Sediments in Southwestern South Carolina (abstract), GSA abstracts, V.
22, No. 7, p 45, 1990
Zullo, V.A., Harris, W.B. and Price, V., editors, Savannah River Region: Transition between the
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains. Proceedings of the Second
Bald
Cumbest, R.J., Price, V. and
Fallaw, W.C. and Price, V., convenors and editors,
Geological Investigations of the Central Savannah River Area,
Fallaw, W.C., Snipes, D.S., Daggett, J.S., Furlow,
L.J., James, A.L, Moore, J.P., and Price,
V., Stratigraphic Relationships in Eocene Outcrops Along Upper Three Runs at the Savannah River Site, p XII1-XII2 in
Carolina Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, 1992
Fallaw, W.C. Snipes, D.S., and Price, V., Silver Bluff: A Very Celebrated
Place, p B-13-1-B-13-2,
Snipes, D.S., Stieve, A.L., Price, V., Fallaw, W.C., Kegley, W.P., and
Daggett, J.S., Middle Eocene ‘Green Clay’ interval at the Savannah River Site
(abstract). GSA Abstracts, V. 24, No. 2., p. 65, 1992
Smith, N., Fallaw, W.C., Kegley, W.P., Snipes, D.S.,
and Price, V., Grain Morphology in Eocene Sediments at the Savannah River
Site, S.C. (abstract). GSA Abstracts, V. 24, No. 2, p. 65, 1992
Snipes, D.S. Fallaw, W.C., Price, V., and Cumbest, R.J., The Pen
Branch Fault: Documentation of Late Cretaceous-Tertiary Faulting in the Coastal
Plain of South Carolina. Southeastern
Geology, V 33, No. 4, pp195-218, 1993.
Kegley, W.P., Fallaw, W.C., Snipes, D.S., Benson, S.M., and Price, V., Textural Factors Affecting
Permeability at the MWD Well Field, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.
Southeastern Geology, V. 34, p 139-161, 1994
Fallaw, W.C., Snipes, D.S., and Price, V., Wandering with William Bartram: the Section at Silver
Bluff,
Fallaw, W.C. and Price, V., Stratigraphy of the
Parra, J. O., Zook, B., Addington,
C., Cumbest, R. J., and Price, V., Reverse VSP and crosswell seismic imaging at the
Price,
Van, Parra, Jorge, Zook, Brian,
Addington, Carl, Cumbest, Randy, Cross-well Seismic Methods
for Studies beneath existing Buildings. Poster Presentation, GSA Southeastern Section meeting,
Price, V., Maciolek, J. B., Nopper, R., Hild, J., Fritz, H.,
James, B., Mapping with Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) Surveys at the Savannah
River Plant, South Carolina. Oral Presentation, GSA Southeastern Section
meeting,
Numerous internal reports at SRS and
Gulf Oil.