2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 92
Monday, 3 November 2003: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Coal Geology

 

Cortland F. Eble and R. Marc Bustin, Chairs
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3:30 PM
COAL BED METHANE POTENTIAL OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY COAL FIELD
EBLE, Cortland F., Kentucky Geological Survey, Univ of Kentucky, 228 MMRB, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, eble@kgs.mm.uky.edu, eble@kgs.mm.uky.edu
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3:45 PM
SPECIATION AND MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN COAL COMBUSTION BY-PRODUCT WASTES
DONAHOE, Rona J.1, GRAHAM, Elizabeth Y.1, HOWELL, J. Robert2 and SCHEXNAYDER, Jeffery1, (1)Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama, Box 870338, 202 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, (2)Southern Co Svcs, Inc, 42 Inverness Center Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35242, rdonahoe@wgs.geo.ua.edu, rdonahoe@wgs.geo.ua.edu
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4:00 PM
VOLUMETRIC SWELLING/SHRINKAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF WESTERN CANADIAN COALS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEQUESTRATION OF ACID GASES
CHIKATAMARLA, Laxminarayana, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada and BUSTIN, R. Marc, laxmi@interchange.ubc.ca, laxmi@interchange.ubc.ca
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4:15 PM
CHARACTERISTICS OF COALBED GAS COMPOSITION SHIFTS: FROM FIELD WELL PRODUCTIONS TO FIELD AND LABORATORY DESORPTION TESTS - A NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION
CUI, Xiaojun, Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Univ of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada and BUSTIN, R. Marc, Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Univ of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, xcui@eos.ubc.ca, xcui@eos.ubc.ca
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4:30 PM
PETROLOGY OF APPALACHIAN COKING COALS
SIMMERS, Richard C. and CRELLING, John C., Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, jcrelling@geo.siu.edu, jcrelling@geo.siu.edu
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4:45 PM
ASSESSMENT OF MINEABLE COAL IN ROBINSON FOREST, EASTERN KENTUCKY
HOSEY, Kieren T., WEISENFLUH, Gerald A. and GREB, Stephen F., Kentucky Geological Survey, Univ of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, khosey@kgs.mm.uky.edu, khosey@kgs.mm.uky.edu
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5:00 PM
FACTORS CONTROLLING TRACE ELEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS FOR POWDER RIVER BASIN COAL, WYOMING
STRICKER, Gary D., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and FLORES, Romeo M., US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, gstricker@usgs.gov, gstricker@usgs.gov
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5:15 PM
PALEOFRACTURE AND STRUCTURAL INFLUENCES ON THE ACCUMULATION OF THE STOCKTON COAL (BOLSOVIAN), FOUR CORNERS FORMATION, EASTERN KENTUCKY COAL FIELD, U.S.A
GREB, Stephen F.1, EBLE, Cortland F.1 and HOWER, James C.2, (1)Kentucky Geological Survey, Univ of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, (2)Univ Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Dr, Lexington, KY 40511-8479, greb@kgs.mm.uky.edu, greb@kgs.mm.uky.edu