Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON KENTUCKY'S COAL RESOURCES

Cortland F. Eble, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

44920 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

ASSESSMENT OF THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THE MAJOR PRODUCING COALS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN

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

43433 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

COAL RESOURCES IN THE U.S. GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL PLAIN

Peter D. Warwick, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and John R. SanFilipo, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Alexander W. Karlsen, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA

45458 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED SUBJECTIVE PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY FOR POTENTIALLY MINEABLE COAL

Robert C. Milici, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA

38746 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

COAL-BENCH SPLITS VS. MERGES--A COMPLICATION TO PREDICTING TRENDS IN MULTIPLE-BENCH COAL SEAMS

Stephen F. Greb, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Cortland F. Eble, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

45463 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

COAL BED DECOLLEMENT-RELATED STRUCTURAL CONTROLS ON ROOF STABILITY IN EASTERN COAL MINES

Sandin E. Phillipson, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Pittsburgh, PA

38771 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

RELATION OF COAL QUALITY TO COAL BED THICKNESS, APPALACHIAN BASIN, USA

Sandra G. Neuzil, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and C. Blaine Cecil, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA

41657 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

A GIS MODEL FOR EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF COAL BED METHANE SURFACE WATER DISCHARGES

Gregory V. Wilkerson, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

46516 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

THE HIGH-PERMEABILITY FRUITLAND FORMATION COAL-BED METHANE FAIRWAY, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO: A PRODUCT OF THE BASIN'S STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION?

James E. Fassett, U. S. Geol Survey, Emeritus, Santa Fe, NM

42664 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF TERTIARY LIGNITE SAMPLES FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE

Paul C. Hackley, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Peter D. Warwick, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA

38962 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF WATER CO-PRODUCED WITH COALBED METHANE IN THE FORT UNION AND WASATCH FORMATIONS OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING AND MONTANA

Cynthia A. Rice, U.S. Geol Survey, Lakewood, CO and Margaret S. Ellis, U.S. Geol Survey, Lakewood, CO and Timothy T. Bartos, U.S. Geol Survey, Cheyenne, WY and Romeo M. Flores, U.S. Geol Survey, Lakewood, CO

42643 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

PRELIMINARY ORGANIC MATURITY MODEL FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE BOWSER AND SUSTUT BASINS, NORTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA

C.A. Evenchick, Geol Survey of Canada, Vancouver, BC and K.G. Osadetz, Geol Survey of Canada - Calgary, Calgary, AB and P.K. Hannigan, Geol Survey of Canada - Calgary, Calgary, AB and M.C. Hayes, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Victoria, BC

46747 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

PRELIMINARY GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM COAL QUALITY DATABASE OF ACTIVE MINES IN VENEZUELA

Alex W. Karlsen, U.S.Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Paul C. Hackley, U.S.Geol Survey, Reston, VA and William E. Brooks, U.S.Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Robert B. Finkelman, U.S.Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Zonia O. de Fernandez, INGEOMIN, Caracas, N/A

44181 (Technical Sessions)

T126 Coal Resource and Utilization Issues

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