2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 236
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 321 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T12. From Peat to Coke: Honoring the Legacy of William Spackman

GSA Energy Geology Division; AASP - The Palynological Society; Paleontological Society
Jen O'Keefe, Frederick Rich, Anne Raymond and John C. Crelling, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
WILLIAM SPACKMAN - LEADER IN COAL SCIENCE
RICH, Frederick J., Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460, frich@georgiasouthern.edu
1:55 PM
TRACKING CHANGES IN SEA LEVEL ALONG THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTAL PLAINS OF NORTH AMERICA USING ATROTORQUATA LINEATA, A FUNGAL PROXY, TO LOCATE PAST POSITIONS OF HIGH LEVEL SALT MARSHES
MARSH, Pamela E. and COHEN, Arthur D., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208; Wetland Surveys, 36750 US 19N, #3044, Palm Harbor, FL 34684, cohen@geol.sc.edu
2:10 PM
CHARACTERIZING THE TAPHONOMICALLY ACTIVE ZONE IN SUBTROPICAL PEAT FROM BARNES SOUND, KEY LARGO, FLORIDA: IMPLICATIONS FOR USING TAPHONOMIC FACTORS TO IDENTIFY ANCIENT MANGROVE MIRES
SCHULTZ, Emily1, RAYMOND, Anne1 and CHAPKIN, Elissa R.2, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (2)Environmental Science and Management, Dept. of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, emilyanne111@email.tamu.edu
2:25 PM
FUNGI IN WETLAND ENVIRONMENTS: OCCURRENCE ON AND ALTERATION OF LEAVES AND WOOD FROM THE ‘BOUDREAUX BEND’ BED
O'KEEFE, Jen1, BROOKE, Sharon2, BLACK, Morgan2 and MASON, Charles E.3, (1)Earth and Space Sciences, Morehead State University, 404-A Lappin Hall, Morehead, KY 40351, (2)Earth and Space Sciences, Morehead State University, 101 Space Science Center, Morehead, KY 40351, (3)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 40351, j.okeefe@moreheadstate.edu
2:40 PM
INVESTIGATING THE ORIGIN OF HOLES APPEARING IN THE MOUNT BALDY DUNE AT THE INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
ARGYILAN, Erin P., Dept. of Geosciences, Indiana University Northwest, 3400 W. Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, KREKELER, Mark P.S., Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University-Hamilton, 1601 University Blvd., Hamilton, OH 45011, AVIS, Peter G., Biology, Indiana University Northwest, 3400 Boradway, Gary, IN 46408 and MORRIS, Charles C., National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1100 N. Mineral Springs Road, Porter, IN 46304, eargyila@iun.edu
2:55 PM
TRANSFORMATION OF MODERN WOOD IN THE DUNE ENVIRONMENT
O'KEEFE, Jen, Earth and Space Sciences, Morehead State University, 404-A Lappin Hall, Morehead, KY 40351, MASTALERZ, Maria, Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, MONAGHAN, G. William, Indiana Gelogical Survey, Indiana University, 611 N. Walnut Grove Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405, THOMPSON, Todd A., Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208 and ARGYILAN, Erin P., Dept. of Geosciences, Indiana University Northwest, 3400 W. Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, mmastale@indiana.edu
3:10 PM
COPROLITIC MACRINITE:  EXAMPLES FROM THE CRETACEOUS NO. 6 COAL OF THE SHENGLI COALFIELD, INNER MONGOLIA
HOWER, James C., Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, O'KEEFE, Jennifer, Department of Earth and Space Science Education, Morehead State University, 404-A Lappin Hall, Morehead, WI 40351, EBLE, Cortland, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 and DAI, Shifeng, China University of Mining and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, D11, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China, james.hower@uky.edu
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
THOUGHTS ON THE PROBLEMS OF COAL PETROGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE IN RELATION TO THE INTERPRETATION OF PEAT (COAL) FORMING ENVIRONMENTS
SCOTT, Andrew C., Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, a.scott@es.rhul.ac.uk
4:00 PM
THE ENDOWMENT OF WILLIAM SPACKMAN TO THE FIELD OF COAL PETROLOGY
DAVIS, Alan, 550 Grande Manor Ct., #203, Wilmington, NC 28405, docadavis@bellsouth.net
4:15 PM
APPLICATION OF MACERAL ANALYSIS TO CARBONIZATION
CRELLING, John C., Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, MS 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901, jcrelling@geo.siu.edu
4:30 PM
COKED COAL MARGINAL TO KIMBERLITE INTRUSIONS IN THE TANOMA MINE, INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
MITCHELL, Gareth D.1, DAVIS, Alan1, GOLD, David P.2 and CASSIDY, Patrick3, (1)EMS Energy Institute, Penn State University, 104 Academic Projects Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, (2)Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 409 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, 104 East High Street, Maytown, PA 17550, n8h@psu.edu
4:45 PM
PALYNOLOGY OF LOWER AND MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN COAL BEDS IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN: PALEOBOTANIC AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
GREB, Stephen F., Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 and EBLE, Cortland F., Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY 40506, greb@uky.edu
5:00 PM
EARLY DIAGENETIC HIGH MAGNESIUM CALCITE AND PRIMARY DOLOMITE SUGGEST THAT COAL-BALL PLANTS GREW IN MARINE MIRES
RAYMOND, Anne, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, COSTANZA, Suzanne H., Harvard University Herbaria, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and GUILLEMETTE, Renald N., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, raymond@geo.tamu.edu
5:15 PM
PETROGRAPHY AND MICROANALYSIS OF PENNSYLVANIAN COAL-BALL CONCRETIONS (HERRIN COAL, ILLINOIS BASIN, USA):  BEARING ON FOSSIL PLANT PRESERVATION AND COAL-BALL ORIGINS
SIEWERS, Fredrick D., Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd #31066, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1066 and PHILLIPS, Tom L., Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 505 South Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, fred.siewers@wku.edu
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