Coal geology and the future : symposium abstracts and selected references / edited by C. R. Meissner, Jr., C. B. Cecil, and G. D. Stricker.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Meissner, Charles R., editor.

Cecil, C. B., editor.

Stricker, Gary D., editor.

Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

Geological Survey circular ; 757.

Geological Survey circular ; 757

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal--Geology--Congresses.

Coal.

Coal--Geology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 20 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Reston, Virginia] : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1977.

Contents:

Technical session I-Geology of coal. Coal environments / by J.M. Coleman and T. Whelan III, Louisiana State University

Stratigraphy and tectonics of western coals / by Robert J. Weimer, Colorado School of Mines, and C.B. Land, Consulting geologist

Geology and eastern coal / by Jack A. Simon, Illinois State Geological Survey

Coalification / by Irving A. Breger, U.S. Geological Survey

Expanding horizons in coal petrology / by William Spackman, Jr., Pennsylvania State University

Major, minor and trace elements in U.S. Coal / by J.H. Medlin [and three others]

Technical session II-Coal exploration, development, and reclamation. Coal-mining geology / by A.M. Clarke and J.M. Slater, National Coal Board, London England

Improved mining techniques as related to geology / by William B. Schmidt and John W. Corwine, U.S. Bureau of Mines

The role of geology in coal mining / by C. Richard Dunrud, U.S. Geological Survey

Geophysics in coal exploration and development / by Wilfred P. Hasbrouck, U.S. Geological Survey

Hydrologic aspects of the rehabilitation potential of surface-minable coal lands in the West / by Lynn M. Shown, U.S. Geological Survey

Reclamation of eastern surface mines / by B.V. Cooper, Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association, Inc.

Technical session III-Utilization of coal : synfuels, petrochemicals, and metallurgical coke, electricity generation. Characteristics of coal relative to synfuels / by G. Alex Mills, Energy research and Development Administration

Coal science related to utilization / by Richard C. Neavel, Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Coal as a chemical resources / by Peter H. Spitz, Chem Systems, Inc.

Selection of coals for coke making / by R.J. Gray, United States Steel Corporation

Electric utility industry strategy for research in coal geology / by Richard A. Schmidt, Electric Power Research Institute

The National Coal Resources Data System / by M.C. carter and Gordon H. Wood, Jr., U.S. Geological Survey

Technical IV-U.S. Geological Survey Coal Programs. U.S. Geological Survey projects in western coal geology / by W.J. Mapel, U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Geological Survey projects in coal geology of the Eastern United States / by K.J. Englund, U.S. Geological Survey.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed July 1, 2015).

Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).

"Abstracts presented at symposium sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, September 27-28, 1976 in Reston, Va."

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Coal Geology and the Future, 1976

OCLC:

953209338