Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

DESIGN OF A SMALL-SCALE HIGH-PRESSURE REACTOR SYSTEM TO STUDY MICROBIAL BIOCONVERSION OF COAL TO METHANE

Margaux Meslé, Center for Biofilm Engineering, BOZEMAN, MT and Adrienne Phillips, Center for Biofilm Engineering, BOZEMAN, MT and Adrienne Phillips, Civil Engineering Department, BOZEMAN, MT and Logan Hodgskiss, Center for Biofilm Engineering, BOZEMAN, MT and Joachim Eldring, Center for Biofilm Engineering, BOZEMAN, MT and Randy Hiebert, Butte, MT and Alfred Cunningham, Center for Biofilm Engineering, BOZEMAN, MT and Alfred Cunningham, Civil Engineering Department, BOZEMAN, MT and Matthew Fields, Center for Biofilm Engineering, BOZEMAN, MT

285609 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

USING ORGANIC PETROLOGY TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS COAL AND COMBUSTION BY-PRODUCT CONTAMINATION IN SEDIMENTS OF THE KINNICKINNIC RIVER IN MILWAUKEE, WI

Brett J. Valentine, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and John H. Krahling, Milwaukee, WI and Stephen D. Mueller, Milwaukee, WI

282653 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

AQUEOUS RARE EARTH ELEMENT PATTERNS AND CONCENTRATION IN CO-PRODUCED BRINES AND INDUSTRIAL PONDS, WYOMING

Charles Nye, Laramie, WY and Scott Quillinan, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Travis McLing, Idaho Falls, ID and Ghanashyam Neupane, Idaho Falls, ID and J. Fred McLaughlin, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Davin A. Bagdonas, Laramie, WY

285615 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

ALTERNATIVE RARE EARTH ELEMENT RESOURCE EVALUATION OF COAL BY-PRODUCTS: A TYPE EXAMPLE FROM THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING

Davin A. Bagdonas, Laramie, WY and J. Fred McLaughlin, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Charles Nye, Laramie, WY and Scott Quillinan, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

285620 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENT EXTRACTION FROM WYOMING COAL ASH/CHAR

Aaron J. Enriquez, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and David C. Finnoff, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and J. Fred Mclaughlin, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Davin A. Bagdonas, Laramie, WY

283475 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

GRAIN SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN COAL ASH BY SHRIMP-RG ION MICROPROBE

Allan Kolker, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Clint Scott, Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Reston, VA and James C. Hower, Center for Applied Energy Research, Lexington, KY and Jorge A. Vazquez, SHRIMP-RG Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA and Christina Lopano, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA and Amrika Deonarine, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

282710 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

CHARACTERIZATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS AND CRITICAL METALS IN WEATHERED COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS

Brendon G. Tucker, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Laura Ruhl, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Erik D. Pollock, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

285827 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

MODELING OF CARNOTITE PRECIPITATION FROM OGALLALA AQUIFER GROUNDWATER, TEXAS PANHANDLE, USA

Douglas Yager, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Anthony J. Ranalli, Westminster, CO

285779 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

SULFUR ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION IN BACTERIALLY AND CHEMICALLY CONTROLLED ROLL-FRONT DEPOSITS

Gretchen Hough, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Susan M. Swapp, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Carol Frost, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

277016 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF THE ZIPPEITE GROUP OF URANYL SULFATE MINERALS COMMON IN MINE WASTES

Melika Sharifironizi, Uni of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN and Peter C. Burns, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

282796 (Technical Sessions)

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