Geological Society of America

8:20 AM

APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)-BASED COAL GEOLOGY MAPS IN WEST VIRGINIA

Nick Fedorko, West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV and Kimberly J. Hutchinson, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV and Frank L. Hutchinson, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV

31035 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

8:40 AM

DEVELOPING A MODERN SYSTEM TO ANALYZE WEST VIRGINIA COAL QUALITY DATA

Gayle H. McColloch, West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV and William C. Grady, West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV

31266 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

9:00 AM

RESULTS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S REGIONAL COAL ASSESSMENT IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN COAL REGIONS

Leslie F. Ruppert, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Susan J. Tewalt, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Linda J. Bragg, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Robert C. Milici, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Philip A. Freeman, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA

30909 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

9:20 AM

RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE SPRINGFIELD, HERRIN, DANVILLE AND BAKER COALS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN

Joseph R. Hatch, US Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Ronald H. Affolter, US Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Gregory L. Gunther, US Geol Survey, Denver, CO

31545 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

9:40 AM

USING DIGITAL MAPPING TECHNIQUES TO EVALUATE BENEFICIATION POTENTIAL IN A COAL ASH POND

Mark A. Tyra, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and John G. Groppo, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Thomas Robl, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

32506 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

10:20 AM

UPPER MANSFIELD, BRAZIL, AND LOWER STAUNTON FORMATIONS (PENNSYLVANIAN) IN INDIANA: CORRELATION INCONSISTENCIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS

Maria Mastalerz, Indiana Geol Survey, Bloomington, IN and Philip R. Ames, Black Beauty Coal, Evansville, IN and Penny L. Padgett, Black Beauty Coal, Evansville, IN

32385 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

10:40 AM

COAL MINING ALONG THE WARFIELD FAULT, A TALE OF UPS AND DOWNS

J. Marc Coolen, West Virginia - Indiana Coal Holding Company, Cabin Creek, WV

31127 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

11:00 AM

IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COTTAGE GROVE FAULT SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: THEIR EFFECTS ON MINE PLANNING

Penny L. Padgett, Black Beauty Coal, Evansville, IN and Dan Pilcher, Arclar Coal Co, Harrisburg, IL and Philip R. Ames, Black Beauty Coal, Evansville, IN and James R. Staub, Southern Illinois Univ, Carbondale, IL and Brett F. Denny, Illinois State Geol Survey, Carterville, IL

32880 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

11:20 AM

THE IMPACT OF COAL PROPERTIES ON SEAM GAS DRAINAGE IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINES

Lila W. Gurba, The Univ of New South Wales, Sydney, N/A and Andrew Gurba, AGURBA Pty Ltd, Kareela, N/A and Jeff Wood, BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal, N/A

32706 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

11:40 AM

STRUCTURAL AND PALEOTOPOGRAPHIC CONTROLS ON PRINCESS NOS. 8 AND 9 COALS, BREATHITT GROUP (MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN), ALONG THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN

Stephen F. Greb, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Cortland F. Eble, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Ronald Martino, Marshall Univ, Huntington, WV

32747 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

43 Applied Coal Geology I

Presentations