2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 346
Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T119. The Science of Oil Shale

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Alicia Sánchez and John Kaszuba, Advocates
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
Thermal Properties of Green River Oil Shales
GREBOWICZ, Janusz, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, 1 Main Street, Suite N813, Houston, TX 77002, grebowiczj@uhd.edu, grebowiczj@uhd.edu
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8:15 AM
Chemotaxonomy of Oil Shales
OLCOTT, Alison N., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, Rm 120A, Lawrence, KS 66045 and MARSHALL, Craig P., Department Of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia, C.Marshall@chem.usyd.edu.au, C.Marshall@chem.usyd.edu.au
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8:30 AM
Correlation between chemical structures of kerogen and thermal maturity investigated by advanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy
MAO, Jingdong1, FANG, Xiaowen2, SCHIMMELMANN, Arndt3, MASTALERZ, Maria4, XU, Ling5 and SCHMIDT-ROHR, Klaus2, (1)Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23508, (2)Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, (4)Indiana Geological Survey, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, (5)Department of Mathematics and Statistics, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, jmao@odu.edu, jmao@odu.edu
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8:45 AM
A New Parameter to Predict Successful Oil Shale Retorting
MARSHALL, Craig P., Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia and OLCOTT, Alison N., Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, c.marshall@chem.usyd.edu.au, c.marshall@chem.usyd.edu.au
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9:00 AM
Lacustrine Reconstruction of Green River Oil Shale Cyclicity: Characterization and Understanding Variations In Oil-Yields
TEERMAN, Stan C., Chevron, 1500 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77022, FISCHER, Al G., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and GRIPPO, Alessandro, Geological Science, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330-8426, steerman@chevron.com, steerman@chevron.com
 
9:15 AM
Break
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9:30 AM
Controls on Oil Shale Deposition in the Green River Formation
BRISTOW, Thomas F.1, KENNEDY, Martin1 and MORRISON, Keith2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, tbris001@student.ucr.edu, tbris001@student.ucr.edu
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9:45 AM
Mechanistic Control of Organic Matter Preservation Governed by Mineral Surface Area in Laboratory and Natural Samples from the Eocene Green River Formation
MORRISON, Keith D., Earth Sciences, University of Califronia Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, KENNEDY, Martin, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and BRISTOW, Tom, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, kmorr001@ucr.edu, kmorr001@ucr.edu
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10:00 AM
Modeling Tools Available for Estimating Ecotoxicity of Oil Shale Constituents
REDMAN, Aaron1, MCGRATH, Joy1, PARKERTON, Thomas2, KIPKA, Undine3 and DI TORO, Dominic3, (1)HydroQual, 1200 MacAurthur Blvd, Mahwah, NJ 04370, (2)ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Annandale, NJ 04370, (3)University of Delaware, Newark, DE 04370, aredman@hydroqual.com, aredman@hydroqual.com
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10:15 AM
Back to Basics: The Importance of the Carbonate Buffer in Multi-Phase (CO2-H2O) Water-Rock Systems - Critical Considerations for Predictions, Experiments and Field Applications
NEWELL, Dennis L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545, KASZUBA, John, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545-0001, VISWANATHAN, Hari, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, SÁNCHEZ, Alicia, Chevron Energy Technology Co, care of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545 and MAZZOLENI, Lynn, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545, dnewell@lanl.gov, dnewell@lanl.gov
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