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Joint 60th Annual Northeastern/59th Annual North-Central Section Meeting - 2025

Session No. 45
Sunday, 30 March 2025: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
130AB (Bayfront Convention Center)

T27. The Legacy of Coal Mining - Geology, History, Environmental Impacts, and Public Health

GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

Jill Riddell, Dorothy Vesper and Kyle Fredrick, Advocates
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Start Time
45-1
1:30 PM
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE: REEVALUATING OLD COAL CORES FOR NEW PURPOSES
BRINZA, Kylie1, PARONISH, Thomas2, CRANDALL, Dustin3 and ISOM, Shelby3, (1)ORISE, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Rd, Morgantown, WV 26505, (2)Department of Energy, NETL Support Contractor, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, (3)Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
45-2
1:50 PM
EFFECTS OF SULFATE ON RARE EARTH ELEMENT ADSORPTION AND COPRECIPITATION BY AL HYDROXIDE AND HYDROXYSULFATE PHASES: BATCH EXPERIMENTS AND EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
BOOTHE-LORDON, Tashane1, CRAVOTTA III, Charles, B.A. Environmental Sciences, Ph.D. Geochemistry and Mineralogy2, STEWART, Brian1, CAPO, Rosemary C.1 and HEDIN, Benjamin3, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (2)Cravotta Geochemical Consulting, 859 Bloody Spring Rd, Bethel, PA 19507, (3)Hedin Environmental, 195 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228
45-3
2:10 PM
FROM WASTE TO WEALTH: ANALYZING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN COAL REFUSE PILES
BOYER, Isabelle, KERRIGAN, Ryan and HOWARD, Chris, Department of Geosciences and the Environment,, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 450 Schoolhouse road, Johnstown, PA 15904
45-4
2:30 PM
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINE DRAINAGE; AN ANALYSIS OF CMD DISCHARGES FROM VARIOUS COAL SEAMS
SIEFERT, Eliza Liberty1, VESPER, Dorothy2, ZIEMKIEWICZ, Paul F1, HOFFMAN Jr., David Keys1 and DEPRIEST, Nathan Cory1, (1)West Virginia Water Research Institute, 1272 Evansdale Dr, Morgantown, WV 26505, (2)Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506
45-5
2:50 PM
DEMONSTRATING THE UTILIZATION OF ROKBASE, A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE HIGH-RESOLUTION SUBSURFACE CORE DATA REPOSITORY, WITH COALS FROM THE ILLINOIS BASIN
ISOM, Shelby1, PARONISH, Thomas2, CRANDALL, Dustin1, JARVIS, Karl2, WORKMAN, Scott2 and MCKISIC, Terry2, (1)Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, (2)Department of Energy, NETL Support Contractor, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
45-6
3:10 PM
REE IN AMD-IMPACTED SEDIMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA’S ANTHRACITE REGION
SLOBODNIK, Anastasia1, WHISNER, Jennifer1, VENN, Cynthia2, NAPKORA, Frank3 and HALLEN, Christopher P.4, (1)Physical and Environmental Sciences, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, 400 E. Second St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, (2)Department of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences - Emeritus, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, 400 E Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, (3)Frank Z. Napkora Home Improvements, Hughestown, PA 18640, (4)Biochemistry, Chemistry, Engineering, and Physics - Emeritus, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, 400 E. Second St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
 
3:30 PM
Break
45-7
3:45 PM
A TALE OF TWO DISCHARGES: CHEMISTRY AND VARIABILITY IN SHALLOW AND DEEP MINE DISCHARGES FROM THE PHILLIPS MINE, UNIONTOWN PA
BEADLING III, William1, VESPER, Dorothy1, LOHR, Lisa1, JONES, John1 and FREDRICK, Kyle2, (1)Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, (2)Department of Biology, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Pennsylvania Western University, California Campus, 250 University Ave, Box 45, California, PA 15419
45-8
4:05 PM
CARBONIFEROUS PLANTS FROM MAZON CREEK, ILLINOIS: A PALEONTOLOGICAL LEGACY OF 19TH CENTURY COAL MINING
MCCOY, Hannah L., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Newark, 1179 University Drive, Newark, OH 43055 and BABCOCK, Loren E., School of Earth Sciences, Orton Geological Museum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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