T248 North American Coal and Source Rock Geology

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
212

Presentations

• 1:05 PM
  HOW WEATHERED COAL REDUCES METALLURGICAL COKE QUALITY
  John C. Crelling, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL and Thomas Sirota, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
  243646 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:20 PM
  UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION; USA, ILLINOIS BASIN, AND ELSEWHERE
  M. Mastalerz, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Agnieszka Drobniak, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  244243 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:35 PM
  RADIONUCLIDE LEVELS AND ISOTOPIC RATIOS IN COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES
  Nancy Ellen Lauer, Duke University, Durham, NC and James C. Hower, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Heileen Hsu-Kim, Duke University, Durham, NC and Avner Vengosh, Duke University, Durham, NC
  246459 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  PALEOECOLOGY: APPLICATION TO PENNSYLVANIAN AND MODERN MIRES BY EXAMINING LEAF AND ROOT DECOMPOSITION
  Emily Schultz, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Anne Raymond, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
  245640 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  IN SUPPORT OF EARLY PEAT TO COAL COMPACTION; EVIDENCE FROM PENNSYLVANIAN STRATA OF THE APPALACHIAN AND ILLINOIS BASINS
  Stephen Greb, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY and William A. DiMichele, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Scott Elrick, Prairie Research Institution, Champaign, IL and Cortland F. Eble, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  249394 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  COMPOSITION AND INFERRED ORIGIN OF THE VANCLEVE COAL BED IN THE EASTERN KENTUCKY COALFIELD, CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN
  Jason Backus, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Cortland Eble, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Stephen Greb, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY
  248810 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  CANNEL COALS OF THE CANNEL CITY-AMBURGY COAL BED (PIKEVILLE FORMATION, MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN); EVIDENCE FOR POSSIBLE FAULT-GENERATED LAKES
  Stephen Greb, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY and Cortland F. Eble, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  249203 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  MARCELLUS SHALE AT THE EROSIONAL BOUNDARY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA: REEXAMINATION AND FURTHER INTERPRETATION
  Mallory F. Stevenson, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and Donald W. Neal, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
  246769 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE ORGANIC PETROLOGY OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS TUSCALOOSA FORMATION, MISSISSIPPI, USA
  Brett J. Valentine, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Paul C. Hackley, Reston, VA and Catherine B. Enomoto, Reston, VA
  246363 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  THE IMPACT OF RAPID HEATING BY INTRUSION ON THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROGRAPHY OF COALS AND ORGANIC-RICH SHALES IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN
  Mohammad W. Rahman, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondlae, IL and Susan Rimmer, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL and Harry Rowe, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  247137 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF BENTONITE BEDS WITHIN THE EAGLE FORD SHALE
  John Pierce, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Stephen C. Ruppel, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Daniel Stockli, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Harry Rowe, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  250196 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  APPLYING VACUUM SATURATION TO STUDY THE PORE STRUCTURE OF TIGHT SHALES
  Troy Barber, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, Arlington, TX and Qinhong Hu, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
  248280 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  SHALE PORE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS USING KLINKENBERG GAS SLIPPAGE MEASUREMENTS
  Eric A. Letham, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC and R. Marc Bustin, UBC, Vancouver, BC
  250512 (Technical Sessions)