310 Coal Geology

Wednesday, 8 October 2008
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  A Resource for Geological and Mining Information: The National Mine Map Repository, Department of the Interior
  Brianne M. Cassidy, Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, Pittsburgh, PA and Paul R. Coyle, Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, Pittsburgh, PA and Carrie A. Stem, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  148492 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  Transport, deposition and occurrence of charcoal in terrestrial and marine sediments: interpretation and use
  Andrew C. Scott, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, N/A
  143828 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  Maastrichtian Coals from Nigeria: Implications for the Formation of the Inertinite Macerals, with Particular Attention to Macrinite
  James C. Hower, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Susan Tewalt, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Harvey E. Belkin, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Samson Adeleke Oke, Federal University of Technology, Minna, N/A and Jen O'Keefe, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY and Irena Kostova, University of Sofia, Sofia, N/A and J.D. Stucker, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Allison R. Richardson, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  146059 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  Interpreting Specific Types of Paleowetlands; Examples from the Pennsylvanian of the Central Appalachian Basin
  Stephen F. Greb, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Cortland F. Eble, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  150933 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  Analyses of the Grundy Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian) in Eastern Kentucky for Deep Coal, Potential CBM, and Carbon Storage
  Michael P. Solis, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY and Stephen F. Greb, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Cortland F. Eble, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  151042 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  Using Statistical Palynology to Describe Hydrologically-Controlled Variations in Plant Distribution in a Middle Eocene Wetland
  Jen O'Keefe, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
  150827 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  Environmental Dangers of Coal Fires in Kentucky and Alabama
  Glenn B. Stracher, East Georgia College, University System of Georgia, Swainsboro, GA and Stephen D. Emsbo-Mattingly, NewFields Environmental Forensics Pratice, LLC, Rockland, MD and James C. Hower, Center for Applied Energy Research, Lexington, KY and Paul Schroeder, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Chris Fleisher, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Jimmy Kitson, Walker County Soil and Water Conservation District Reclamation Department, Jasper, AL and Larry H. Barwick, State of Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, Birmingham, AL and John Hiett, Center for Applied Energy Research, Frankfort, KY and Sarah M. Mardon, Kentucky Division of Water, Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Cabinet, Frankfort, KY and Richard E. Carroll, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  142640 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  Chemical Characterization of Feed Coal, Fly Ash, and Bottom Ash from a Power Plant Utilizing Northern Appalachian Basin Coal, USA
  Sharon M. Swanson, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Leslie F. Ruppert, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Ronald H. Affolter, U. S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Allan Kolker, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Harvey E. Belkin, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  148176 (Technical Sessions)