Session: Frontiers in Coal Science: Basic Research to Applied Technology (Posters) (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

T27. Frontiers in Coal Science: Basic Research to Applied Technology (Posters)

GSA Coal Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

Authors will be present from 9 to 11 AM, and 4:30 to 5:30 PM.

Paper #

Booth #

189

MINERAL ANALYSIS OF COALS FROM FIVE COAL FORMING BASINS IN THE U.S. USING A DIRECT X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD) ANALYSIS OF WHOLE COAL

BENZEL, William M., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046 MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, BETTERTON, William J., U. S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and AFFOLTER, Ronald H., U. S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, wbenzel@usgs.gov, wbenzel@usgs.gov

190

CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS FROM POWER PLANTS UTILIZING CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN AND COLORADO PLATEAU COALS

SWANSON, Sharon M., Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, National Center, MS 956, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, RUPPERT, Leslie F., U. S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192, AFFOLTER, Ronald H., Central Energy Resources Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and ENGLE, Mark A., Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192, smswanson@usgs.gov, smswanson@usgs.gov

191

TRENDS IN ELEMENTAL LEACHING FROM COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS FROM TWO COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS

JONES, Kevin B., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr MS 956, Reston, VA 20192, RUPPERT, Leslie F., U. S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192, SWANSON, Sharon M., National Center, MS 956, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192 and AFFOLTER, Ronald H., U. S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, kevinjones@usgs.gov, kevinjones@usgs.gov

192

DETERMINING THE AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF FLY ASH RELEASED INTO A RIVER USING CORING AND POINT COUNTING

PRUITT, Aaron H., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and SIDLE, Roy C., Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, ahpruitt@gmail.com, ahpruitt@gmail.com

193

A GIS APPROACH TO THE IMPACT OF CBNG DEVELOPMENT ON TARGETED COALBED GROUNDWATER LEVELS IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING 1993-2006

GRIBB, Nikolaus Waters, Wyoming State Geological Survey, Wyoming State Geological Survey, PO Box 1347, Laramie, WY 82072, HAYS, Ricardo, Wyoming State Geological Survey, PO Box 1347, Laramie, WY 82070 and MCLAUGHLIN, J. Fred, Carbon Management Institute, University of Wyoming, 1020 E. Lewis Street, Energy Innovation Center, Dept.4902, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, nikolaus.gribb@wyo.gov, nikolaus.gribb@wyo.gov

194

MONITORING SURFACE RESPONSE TO COAL BED METHANE PRODUCTION IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING USING InSAR

KATZENSTEIN, Kurt W., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, kurt.katzenstein@sdsmt.edu, kurt.katzenstein@sdsmt.edu

195

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY INVESTIGATION OF STREET SEDIMENT REVEALS COMPLEXITIES OF COAL POLLUTION IN HAMILTON, OH: CAUSE FOR HEALTH CONCERNS

LEGALLEY, Erin, Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 and KREKELER, Mark P.S., Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University-Hamilton, Hamilton, OH 45011, legallem@muohio.edu, legallem@muohio.edu

196

WHERE'S THE HEAT? A RE-EVALUATION OF THE COAL FIRE AT CENTRALIA, PA USING AERIAL AND GROUND THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY SURVEYS

ELICK, Jennifer M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Susquehanna University, 514 University Avenue, Natural Sciences Center 111C, Selinsgrove, PA 17870, elick@susqu.edu, elick@susqu.edu

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