THE SOCIETY FOR ORGANIC PETROLOGY

NEWSLETTER

Vol. 24, No. 2 June, 2007 ISSN 0743-3816

The 24th Annual TSOP Meeting with ICCP and

CSCOP

Butchart Gardens

August 19-25, 2007 Victoria, BC, Canada

Inner Harbour

geocities.com/victoriaconference2007

Yacht Race on Harbour

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24th Annual TSOP Meeting, with ICCP and CSCOP, August 19-25, 2007

Victoria, BC, Canada See page 8-16

Technical Sessions Include: - Unconventional Petroleum Systems - Advances in Organic Petrology, Organic and Inorganic Geochemistry

NEXT YEAR:

Oviedo, Spain September 22 - 28, 2008

Joint ICCP-TSOP Meeting

Planned Schedule Includes: Sunday, August 19, 2007

Ice Breaker and Council Meetings Monday August 20: ICCP Plenary Session and Commission Meetings Council Meetings Tuesday, August 21: ICCP Commission Meetings Council Meetings Wednesday, August 22: TSOP Technical Sessions and Posters TSOP Business Lunch Council Meetings Thursday, August 23: CSCOP - TSOP Technical Sessions and Posters Evening Conference Dinner Friday, August 24: ICCP Plenary Session and Commission Meetings Saturday, August 25: Field Trip

The Society for Organic Petrology

TSOP is a society for scientists and engineers involved with coal petrology, kerogen petrology, organic geochemistry and related disciplines. The Society organizes an annual technical meeting, other meetings, and field trips; sponsors research projects; provides funding for graduate students; and publishes a web site, this quarterly Newsletter, a membership directory, annual meeting program and abstracts, and special publications. Members may elect not to receive the printed Newsletter by marking their dues forms or by contacting the Editor. This choice may also be reversed at any time, or specific printed Newsletters may be requested. Members are eligible for discounted subscriptions to the Elsevier journals International Journal of Coal Geology and Review of Paleobotany and Palynology. Subscribe by checking the box on your dues form, or using the form at www.tsop.org. You will then be billed by Elsevier. Contact Paul Hackley <phackley@usgs.gov>if you do not receive a bill or have any other problems with a subscription. For the best prices on subscriptions to AGI’s Geotimes, see their web site at www.geotimes.org/current

TSOP is a Member Society of AGI and an AAPG Associated Society.

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The Society for Organic

Petrology Newsletter

ISSN 0743-3816 published quarterly

© 2007 The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP) DEADLINES: June Issue: June 5, 2007 September Issue: September 5, 2007 Writers, Photographers and Associate Editors Needed!

GUIDELINES: The TSOP Newsletter welcomes contributions from members and non-members alike. Readers are invited to submit items pertinent to TSOP members' fields of study. These might include meeting reports and reviews, book reviews, short technical contributions including those on geologic localities or laboratory methods, as well as creative works such as poems, cartoons and works of fiction. Color illustrations may be possible in some issues. Please do not embed graphics or photos in word processor files. You can provide photos or other graphics as slides or prints (which will be returned after being scanned) or as digital files (300 dpi preferred) via email or on cd or dvd. Low resolution images are discouraged as they cannot be reproduced well in print. Text is preferred in Microsoft Word, RTF or plain text formats. Contact the Editor: Rachel Walker Pearson Coal Petrography 7300 W. 15th Ave Gary, Indiana USA 46406 ph. 219-944-0477 e-mail: rwalker@coalpetrography.com

Address Changes Please report any changes in address or contact information to: Paul Hackley, TSOP Membership Chair U.S. Geological Survey 956 National Center Reston, VA 20192 USA e-mail: phackley@usgs.gov

Society Membership

The TSOP Newsletter (ISSN-0743-3816) is published quarterly by The Society for Organic Petrology and is distributed to all Society members as a benefit of membership. Membership in the Society is open to all individuals involved in the fields of organic petrology and organic geochemistry. For more information on membership and Society activities, please see:

www.tsop.org For purposes of registration of the TSOP Newsletter, a permanent address is: The Society for Organic Petrology, c/o American Geological Institute, 4220 King St., Alexandria, VA 22302-1520 USA

Contents

Archivist’s Reminder...............................................3 Call for Proposals to Host TSOP 2009 Meeting ..............4 Electronic Newsletter...........................................................4 Directory Correction.............................................................4 Email Updates......................................................................4 Spackman Awards Applications ........................................5 Geotimes Information ............................................5 Directory of Geoscience Depts...............................5 TSOP People – Dr Bettina Boucsein......................6 Joint Meeting of CSCOP, TSOP and ICCP 2007 Call for Papers ..................................................8 Registration, Accommodations ............................8 Schedule and Contacts…………………… …..10 Preliminary Technical Program .......................12 American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Annual Meeting Announcement ...........................17 IMOG 2007 Meeting .............................................18 Pittsburgh Coal Conference 2007 ........................18 GSA Annual Meeting 2007 ...................................18 Calendar of Events ...............................................19 Photo Gallery: Salt Spring Island..........................20

Cover photos of Victoria, location of the 2007 Joint TSOP, CSCOP and ICCP Meeting. Photos by various.

Officers and Committee Chairs are reminded to provide their records to Ken Kuehn, TSOP Archivist. Please contact Ken at kenneth.kuehn@wku.edu for further

information.

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Call for Proposals 2009 TSOP Annual Meeting Host

TSOP is soliciting

proposals for a host venue for the Society's 2009 Annual Meeting, preferably in the United States. Interested parties, research groups, and institutions should please contact TSOP President Jeffrey Quick jeffreyquick@utah.gov to discuss preparation of a formal proposal.

Electronic Newsletter Electronic versions of the TSOP Newsletter are available from the TSOP web site http://www.tsop.org/newsl.htm in Adobe PDF (portable document format) format. Each issue is available in two sizes; a smaller file suitable for quick downloading and screen viewing and a higher resolution file for printing. Members are encouraged to elect to NOT receive the printed copy of the Newsletter in order to save paper and costs, and may do so by contacting the Editor at rwalker@coalpetrography.com .

Directory Correction by David Glick

Several current members were unintentionally omitted from the 2007 Membership Directory during formatting of the pages. Mastalerz, McClure, McIlreath, Meighen, Milici, and Misz are all current members for 2007. An update page, sized to be inserted in the Directory, is enclosed with this Newsletter. I apologize for the error. Any other updates of contact information should be sent to Paul Hackley at phackley@usgs.gov, as noted inside the front cover of the Directory and this Newsletter.

Email Updates Needed!

Just a friendly reminder to TSOP Members

to make sure they have an up-to-date email address on file with TSOP. Email is an important and useful method for the TSOP Council to contact members and disseminate information.

If you have changed email addresses recently, please remember to send the new email address to Paul Hackley at phackley@usgs.gov.

To check whether TSOP has your current email address, please consult your copy of the TSOP Membership Directory.

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Spackman Award Applications

By Suzanne Russell Three applications have been received for the 2007 Spackman Award, TSOP's graduate student research grant(s) of $1000 US. The applicants are from universities in Australia, Columbia and the USA. This is the lowest number of applications we have received in many years and contrasts with the seven applications received in 2006. The applications are now with the panel of three reviewers and the Spackman Award winner(s) will be announced to the membership at the annual meeting in Victoria. The applicants' universities and research topics are listed below. National University of Columbia, Medellín: Organic Petrography of Lithotype Associations in Coal Seams of the Amagá Formation and Its Evaluation in the Pyrolysis and Activation Process and as Hydrocarbons Source Rock. University of Kentucky, Lexington: Petrography and Geochemistry of Contact Metamorphosed Coals: Implications for the Release of 12C-enriched Methane. University of New South Wales, Sydney: Geological Controls on Coal Seam Gas Distribution in the Hunter Coalfield - the Significance of Natural Analogues for CO2 sequestration.

Free Trial Issue of Geotimes

Magazine Now Available As PDF

Contact: John Rasanen jr@agiweb.org Geotimes magazine, published by the

American Geological Institute (AGI), now offers

Trial Issues as a free, downloadable PDF of the print magazine.

By shifting to a PDF version of the magazine for trial review, Geotimes is now even more accessible to individuals throughout the world while at the same time conserving paper and other natural resources. Formatted for screen viewing, the PDF version is nearly identical to the regular print issue, with all of the in-depth coverage of the latest news on Earth, energy, and the environment.

To download a free trial copy of Geotimes magazine, go to the Geotimes website - www.geotimes.org - and click on Trial Issue.

Geotimes is the popular voice of the earth sciences. Each month, the magazine offers clear and engaging articles about the earth, energy and the environment—topics for readers interested in understanding the science of the planet and its impact on society.

The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 44 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 120,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources and interaction with the environment.

AGI Publishes "Directory Of

Geoscience Departments", 45th Edition

Contact: Cindy Martinez cmm@agiweb.org

The latest edition of the "Directory of Geoscience Departments" (DGD) - the

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definitive source for information about college and university geoscience departments in the United States and in 45 countries - has just been published by the American Geological Institute (AGI). The "Directory of Geoscience Departments", 45th Ed., provides a listing of 2,022 geoscience departments, research departments and institutes plus listings of their faculty and staff. The leadership of the major geoscience professional and scientific societies in the United States is included in this edition of the DGD along with information on non-U.S. departments in 45 countries. For the second year in a row, the directory includes a statistics section derived from the data used to compile this publication. This section gives data on geoscience student enrollments and degrees granted, faculty demographics, field camps and average annual salaries. In addition to the information about geoscience departments, and faculty, the DGD includes listings of U.S. state geological surveys, professional and scientific geoscience societies, and faculty contact information. Other valuable features include highlighted departments that are also listed in AGI's comprehensive Online Guide to Geoscience Departments; and an expanded listing of federal agencies that employ or are of interest to geoscientists.

Published in soft cover (6" x 9"), the 561-page "Directory of Geoscience Departments", 45th Edition (ISBN 0-922152-79-9), is available through the AGI publications department. To learn more about this book and other AGI publications please go to: http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/index.html.

TSOP People (TSOP Members are encouraged to send in articles

detailing current research interests.)

Dr Bettina Boucsein Since my Masters’ thesis at Justus Liebig University in Gießen (Germany) in 1996, I have been involved in studies of sedimentary organic matter by means of organic petrographic analysis (maceral analysis, vitrinite reflectance). During my PhD (1996 - 2000) at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven (Germany), I studied the organic carbon composition of marine sediments (surface sediments and sediment cores) from the Laptev and Kara seas (Eastern Arctic Ocean) and the adjacent continental margins. The overall goal of this study was to determine the organic matter sources (terrigenous vs. marine) by means of maceral analysis and organic geochemical parameters for a reconstruction of the paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic changes during the past 15,000 years. After a parental leave for my two daughters, I came back to science in March 2005 with a research grant from the German Helmholtz Foundation. At the research unit of the AWI in Potsdam, I continued studies on surface samples from the Eastern Arctic Shelves and the Central Arctic Ocean. Since October 2005 I have been working with the German Science Foundation (DFG) Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). My contribution is aimed at the quantification and identification of the organic matter and its variation through Cenozoic times in sediments from IODP drillhole 302 from the Lomonosov Ridge, Central Arctic Ocean. Organic petrological analyses are used for the reconstruction of the paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic conditions, which control the accumulation of the organic matter. Studies on late Cretaceous/Cenozoic sediments allow for the

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estimation of the organic carbon flux in the Central Arctic Ocean during its evolution from a warm (ice-free) to a cold (ice-covered) Arctic Ocean. Furthermore, the attainment of a model explaining the formation of black shales during the Paleocene/early Eocene is also a focus. Information about early results is available in: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 33, L18606, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026776. Participation in TSOP will facilitate my ability to share experience with international organic petrologists and may provide answers to open questions regarding organic petrography themes. The application and further development of maceral analysis on sediments from different depositional settings for the purpose of paleoenvironmental reconstruction will be of major interest in my future work. Contact address: Dr. Bettina Boucsein Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Research Unit Potsdam Telegrafenberg A43 D-14773 Potsdam e-mail: bettina.boucsein@awi.de phone: +49-331-2882174

Geology, n. The science of the Earth’s crust -- to which, doubtless, will be added that of its interior whenever a man shall come up garrulous out of a well. The geological formations of the globe already noted are catalogued thus: The Primary, or lower one, consists of rocks, bones of mired mules, gas-pipes, miner’s tools, antique statues minus the nose, Spanish doubloons and ancestors.

The Secondary is largely made up of red worms and moles. The Tertiary comprises railway tracks, patent pavements, grass, snakes, mouldy boots, beer bottles, tomato cans, intoxicated citizens, garbage, anarchists, snap-dogs and fools. From The Devil’s Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911.

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The Joint Meeting of CSCOP, TSOP & ICCP August 19 - 25, 2007 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Technical Program Inquiries - Dr. Hamed Sanei: hsanei@nrcan.gc.ca General Inquiries - Andrew Beaton: Andrew.Beaton@gov.ab.ca Registration Inquiries - Julito Reyes: jreyes@nrcan.gc.ca Field Trip Information - Andrew Beaton: Andrew.Beaton@gov.ab.ca or

David Marchioni: cbm-geology@shaw.ca

If you need a visitors visa to enter Canada to attend the conference please consults the nearest Canadian Embassy or consulate to determine what you need to obtain a visitors visa. You are responsible for obtaining your own visitors visa. Registration, Conference Dinner Fees: Full Registration includes ice-breaker, TSOP Business Luncheon and coffee breaks.

• Members: Cdn $ 275.00 (must be paid in cash at meeting upon registration) • Non-members: Cdn $ 300.00 • Students: Cdn $ 25.00 • Guests: Cdn $ 50.00 • One-day registration: Cdn $ 200.00

Conference Dinner: Cdn $ 65.00 Field Trip to Salt Spring Island: Look for updated information on web site

http://geocities.com/victoriaconference2007 For Hotels and University Accommodation Reservations: 1. Queen Victoria Hotel and Suites:

655 Douglas Street, Victoria, B.C., Canada V8V 2P9 TEL: 250-386-1312 FAX: 250-386-0687 Website: http://wwwqvhotel.com Special Rates are ~ Cdn $150.00 single room only, plus taxes. NOTE: This downtown hotel is the pick-up and drop-off point for daily morning and evening transportation to and from University of Victoria. It is about 20-25

minutes from the conference forum. 2. University of Victoria, Conference and Campus Housing:

Contact Reservation clerk: housing@uvic.ca Center Manager: Ruth Hall, TEL: 250-721-8657 Single Bed and Breakfast: Cdn $47.75 Twin / shared: Cdn $57.75 Cluster of four: Cdn $185.00

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3. Additional Hotels: These two hotels are 200 m from the pick-up/drop-off point at Queen Victoria Hotel for transportation to the conference at the University of Victoria.

Helms Inn 600 Douglas Street, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8V 2P8 Toll Free: 1-800-665-4356; TEL: 250-385-5767; FAX: 250-385-2221 E-mail: info@helmsinn.com; www.helmsinn.com 100% Smoke free rooms

Shamrock Suites on the Park 675 Superior Street, Victoria, B.c., Canada V8V 1V1; Toll Free: 1-800-294-5544; TEL: 250-385-8768; FAX: 250-385-1837; www.shamrocksuites.com

Transportation There are multiple ways to get from the Vancouver International Airport to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and to downtown Victoria. Please be aware that you should be at the Ferry Terminal Approximately 1 hour before your scheduled departure. Pacific Coach Lines www.pacificcoach.com This mode of transportation picks you up at the Vancouver International Airport and drops you off at the Victoria Depot. It is the most hassle-free way to get to Victoria (and back). Check out the website for more details and for reservations. Cost: $43.00 (one-way) or $84.00 (return trip). This fare includes the ferry ride. Taxi Cost: Varies depending on the taxi company Time: Approximately 1 hr from Vancouver International Airport to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal Translink Bus (Vancouver) http://tripplanning.translink.bc.ca/hiwire Cost: $3.25; Time: 1 hour and 8 minutes Victoria Regional Transit (Victoria) www.bctransit.com/regions/vic/ Cost: $3.00; Time: 1 hour and 8 minutes BC Ferries www.bcferries.com/ Cost: $11.95; Time: 1 hour and 45 minutes

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PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22 Technical Session I

Unconventional Petroleum Systems: Organic Petrology, Organic Geochemistry, Integrated with Geology

MORNING SESSION 7:50-8:00 INTRODUCTION: Chairs Drs. Marc Bustin and Lavern Stasiuk 8:00-8:25 DOES SIZE MATTER?: COMPOSITIONAL INFLUENCES ON GAS CONTENT IN AN EOCENE CBM PLAY IN NEW ZEALAND, Tennille E. Mares and Tim A. Moore 8:25-8:50 GEOLOGY, ORGANIC PETROLOGY AND THERMAL MATURITY IN MAASTRICHTIAN-PALEOCENE AGE COALS OF THE GUADUAS FORMATION IN THE BOGOTÁ BASIN, COLOMBIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COALBED GAS, Fredy Arango 8:50-9:15 DETERMINATION OF COAL SURFACE AREA FROM CO2 ISOTHERM WITH CORRECTION ON ABSORPTION, Zuzana Weishauptová and Jiří Medek 9:15-9:40 COAL PETROLOGY AND COAL BED METHANE GENERATION AT THE STRATFORD PROSPECT, GLOUCESTER BASIN, NSW, AUSTRALIA, Lila W. Gurba and R. Weber 9:40-10:00 …………..……………COFFEE BREAK…...……………………………. 10:00-10:25 MOISTURE AND MINERAL MATTER EFFECTS IN CBM EVALUATION OF SURAT BASIN (QUEENSLAND) COALS , Peter J. Crosdale, R. Wüst, and Brad Pinder 10:25-10:50 REGIONAL CORRELATION AND SEISMIC IMAGING OF COAL ZONES OF THE HORSESHOE CANYON FORMATION, ALBERTA, C. Willem Langenberg and Habtemicael Berhane 10:50-11:15 COALBED METHANE GEOLOGY, RESOURCES AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS FROM HONGYANG COALFIELD, NORTHEASTERN CHINA, Yanbin Yao and Dameng Liu 11:15-11:40 THE USE OF NUMERICAL SIMULATION IN PREDICTING THE COALBED METHANE PRODUCIBILITY FROM THE GATES COALS, ALBERTA FOOTHILLS, CANADA , Thomas Gentzis 11:55-1:20 pm LUNCH : TSOP Annual Business Meeting and Lunch, Cadboro Commons Dining Center.

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:30-1:55pm COAL BED METHANE AND SHALE GAS (PENNSYLVANIAN) ACTIVITY IN THE CHEROKEE BASIN, OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS, USA, Steven A. Tedesco 1:55-2:20pm IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIC PETROLOGY TO THE WOODFORD GAS-SHALE PLAY, OKLAHOMA, U.S.A., Brian J. Cardott 2:20-2:45pm GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN AND VOLUME OF SHALE GASES IN THE EASTERN ILLINOIS BASIN, D. Strąpoć, M. Mastalerz, A. Schimmelmann 2:45-3:10pm SOURCE ROCK COMPOSITION AND QUALITY OF LAKE FACIES IN THE KRONG PA GRABEN (SONG BA RIFT), CENTRAL VIETNAM: AN ANALOGUE TO OIL-PRONE SMALL-SCALE RIFT-LAKE BASINS , H.I. Petersen, L.H. Nielsen, S. Lindström, E.B. Lundsteen, M.B.W. Fyhn, and N.A. Duc 3:10-3:35pm ORGANIC MATTER PRESERVATION IN THE MAQUOKETA AND DECORAH FORMATIONS OF EASTERN IOWA: INFERENCES FROM GEOCHEMICAL, PETROLOGICAL, AND ISOTOPICAL ANALYSES, R. Von Mann, S.M. Rimmer, H.D. Rowe, H. Francis, and B. Witzke 3:35-3:50pm …………………..….COFFEE BREAK….…..……..…………………..

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3:50-4:15 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN PRODUCED FLUIDS FROM NATURAL GAS FROM COAL (NGC) EXPLORATION AND SHALLOW GROUNDWATER IN ALBERTA, CANADA; Katrina Cheung, Bernhard Mayer, Fariborz Goodarzi, and Hamed Sanei 4:15-4:45 LOW RANK COALS OF MUKAH-BALINGIAN, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA: DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND OIL-GENERATING POTENTIAL, Wan Hasiah Abdullah and Chai Shin Ni 4:45-5:10 GEOLOGICAL AND PETROGRAPHIC ASPECTS FOR COALBED METHANE EXPLORATION IN LIGNITE SEAMS OF CAMBAY BASIN, GUJARAT, INDIA, Atul Kumar Varma, Vinod Atmaram Mendhe, Ajay Kumar Singh,

5:10-5:35 CHARACTERIZATION OF A PALEOGENE MIRE SYSTEM IN THE JACKSON PURCHASE, WESTERN KENTUCKY, Jennifer M.K. O’Keefe, James C. Hower, Cortland F. Eble …………….……….POSTER SESSION ……………....…..

THURSDAY AUGUST 23

Technical Session II Dr. Fari Goodarzi Symposium

Advances in Organic Petrology, Organic and Inorganic Geochemistry: Coal, Oil shales, Source Rocks, Recent Deposits, Environment & Climate

MORNING SESSION

08:00-08:05: INTRODUCTION: Chairs Drs. M. Mastalerz & W. Kalkreuth 08:05-08:30 A TRIBUTE TO DR. FARI GOODARZI: 25 YEARS OF SCIENCE LEADERSHIP IN CANADIAN PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY, J. Potter & L. D. Stasiuk 08:30-08:55 THE PETROGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF ANOMALIES IN COALS, Nikki Wagner & Rosemary Falcon 08:55-09:20 VARIATION IN PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF TERTIARY COALS IN THE DEPOSITS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC - INFLUENCE OF DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT, I. Sýkorová, J. Pešek, J. Mizera, M. Havelcová, P. Matysová, & M. Vašíček 09:20-09:45 COAL GENETIC TYPE BY REDUCTIVITY: DETERMINATION, NEW STRUCTURAL INDEXES AND USAGE, O. N. Turchanina, A. Bechtel, L.F. Butuzova, M. V. Smirnov 9:45-10:00 ……………..…..……COFFEE BREAK…………….……………………. 10:00-10:25 THE WORLD COAL QUALITY INVENTORY: INDONESIA, Harvey E. Belkin & Susan J. Tewalt 10:25-10:50 GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE EARLY STAGES OF THE FORMATION OF VITRINITE, Paul E. Kaelin, John C. Crelling, William W Huggett, Ken B. Anderson 10:50-11:15 FOSSIL CHARCOAL IN DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN SHALES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EXPANSION OF LAND PLANTS, PALEOATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN LEVELS AND ORGANIC-RICH BLACK SHALE ACCUMULATION, S.J. Hawkins & S.M. Rimmer 11:15-11:40 A MACERAL-SPECIFIC APPROACH TO ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS: DECIPHERING BULK �13C AND �15N ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS USING DENSITY-GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION, S.M. Rimmer, H.D. Rowe, & J.C. Crelling 11:40-12:05 MINERALOGY AND ORGANIC PETROLOGY OF OIL SHALES IN THE SANGKAREWANG FORMATION, OMBILIN BASIN, WEST SUMATRA, INDONESIA, Fatimah & Colin R. Ward 12:05-1:15 pm ………. LUNCH Cadboro Commons Dining Center…………………….

AFTERNOON SESSION 1:20-1:25 pm: INTRODUCTION: Chairs Drs. R. Meij & F. Huggins

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1:25-1:50 pm GENESIS OF HYDROCARBONS WITHIN THE LATE TRIASSIC TO TERTIARY SEDIMENTS FROM THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC CONJUGATE MARGIN (MOROCCO AND NOVA SCOTIA): IMPLICATIONS OF ORGANIC FACIES AND MATURATION & Prasanta K. Mukhopadhyay 1:50-2:15 pm CHARACTERIZATION & INTERPRETATION OF COKING COAL BLENDS BY AUTOMATED REFLECTANCE PROFILING, David E. Pearson, Richard A. Pearson, & Jennifer S. Pearson 2:15-2:40 pm TRACE ELEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN IN COALS OF THE CESAR – RANCHERIA BASIN, COLOMBIA, Wilmar Morales Yepes, Inés Carmona López, & Colin R. Ward 2:40-3:05 pm TRACE ELEMENTS IN WORLD STEAM COAL AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS, R. Meij & B.H. te Winkel 3:05-3:30 pm DISTRIBUTION OF MERCURY IN ILLINOIS COALS, Paul C. Bradley & John C. Crelling 3:30-3:45 pm …………………….COFFEE BREAK……………………….. 3:45-4:10 pm AN OVERVIEW OF ELEMENTAL MODES OF OCCURRENCE IN COAL, Frank Huggins & Fari Goodarzi 4:10-4:35 pm MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF FEED COAL, FLY ASH AND BOTTOM ASH FROM THE TUNCBILEK THERMAL POWER PLANT, KUTAHYA – TURKEY, Seda Iseril & Ali Ihsan Karayigit 4:35-5:00 pm MERCURY AND OTHER TRACE ELEMENTS IN COAL IN THE MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN, NWT, Jesse Carrie, Hamed Sanei, Debbie Armstrong, Gary Stern, & Feiyue Wang 5:00-5:25 pm TRANSMISSION DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY IN THE OBSERVATION OF TISSUES AND AMORPHOUS PARTICLES OF PALYNOFACIES, Restrepo M. Alejandro, Blandón M. Astrid, & Castañeda S. Román 5:25-5:50 pm APPLICATION OF PALYNOFACIES ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE PALEOENVIRONMENT OF COALS AND ASSOCIATED CLAYS IN SABALETAS MEMBER OF THE AMAGÁ FORMATION, COLOMBIA, Astrid Blandón & Georges Gorin 5:50-6-00 CLOSING REMARKS, Fari Goodarzi 6.00-7:30……..………..POSTER SESSION (MacLaurin A144 Lobby)…..…………

POSTERS

P1. THERMAL EFFECTS OF INTRUSIVE ROCKS ON SEDIMENTS FROM THE IRATI FORMATION, PARANÁ BASIN, BRAZIL, Igor V. A. Fernandes de Souza, João Graciano Mendonça Filho, & Taissa Rêgo Menezes P2. TIME-LAPSE SEISMIC AVO MODELING FOR ENHANCED COALBED METHANE PRODUCTION, Jason McCrank, Don C. Lawton, Han-xing Lu, & Kevin Hall P3. OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS IN COALS AND ALGAL-RICH ORGANIC MATTER RELATED TO KEROGEN STRUCTURES AND THERMAL MATURITY, H.I. Petersen, P. Rosenberg, & H.P. Nytoft P4. PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THERMALLY ALTERED DISPERSED ORGANIC MATTER IN ODP HOLE 1276A, OFF NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA, J. Kus, T. Pletsch P5. ABSORPTION OF NOX, SO2, METHANE, ETHANE, PROPANE AND PROPYLENE ON ACTIVATED GREEK COALS, C. Papanicolaou, N. Passadakis, D. Dimou, S. Kalaitzidis, S. Papazissimou, A.E. Foscolos P6. EVALUATION OF PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCKS FROM THE NEOGENE IN NORTHERNMOST HONSHU, JAPAN, Maiko Shimofusa, Takehiro Aizawa, Masateru Ebina, Fumiyo Kazuta, Yoshihiro Ujiié P7. PETROGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER DISPERSED IN THE LATE PALAEOZOIC LACUSTRINE BLACK SHALES OF SUDETY MTS. (SW POLAND), Grzegorz J. Nowak

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P8. ORGANIC PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF BUÇACO BASIN (PORTUGAL), D. Flores, J. Ribeiro, B. Pina, M.M. Marques, L. C. Gama Pereira, M. A. Ribeiro, I. Bobos, A. Pinto de Jesus P9. ORGANIC CHARACTERISTIC STUDIES IN A LOCAL PETROLEUM SYSTEM, Louis L. Tsai, Hsien Tsung Lee, Li-Chung Sun P10. CONTACT METAMORPHISM OF BITUMINOUS COAL BY INTRUDING DIKE IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN CAUSES SHORT-RANGE THERMAL ALTERATION, A. Drobniak, M. Mastalerz, A. Schimmelmann P11. THERMAL MATURITY OF PENNSYLVANIAN SILICICLASTIC STRATA, EASTERN SHELF AND FORT WORTH BASIN, TEXAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR COALBED GAS POTENTIAL, Paul C. Hackley, Edgar H. Guevara, Tucker F. Hentz, Robert W. Hook, Susan J. Tewalt, Peter D. Warwick, Christopher F. Burr, Martina S. Hopkins P12. THE IMPACT OF POST DEPOSITIONAL TECTONIC HISTORIES ON METHANE GENERATION AND RETENTION WITHIN PENNSYLVANIAN AGE COALS IN NORTH AMERICA, Steven A. Tedesco P13. UNCONVENTIONAL GEOMECHANICAL TESTING ON COAL FOR COALBED RESERVOIR WELL DESIGN: THE ALBERTA FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS, Nathan Deisman, Thomas Gentzis, Richard J. Chalaturnyk P14. STABILITY ANALYSIS OF A HORIZONTAL COALBED METHANE WELL IN THE CANADIAN FOOTHILLS, Thomas Gentzis P15. PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF CONTACT METAMORPHOSED COALS OF THE ILLINOIS AND SOUTH SUMATRA BASINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RELEASE OF 12C-ENRICHED METHANE, L. Yoksoulian, S.M. Rimmer, H.D. Rowe, R. Littke P16. A COMPARISON OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN PRODUCED FLUIDS FROM NATURAL GAS FROM COAL (NGC) EXPLORATION IN ALBERTA, CANADA, Katrina Cheung, Hamed Sanei, Fariborz Goodarzi, Bernhard Mayer, Patrick Klassen P17. APPLICATION OF THE ELECTRON MICROPROBE TO STUDYING MINERAL MATTER IN COAL MACERALS, Lila W. Gurba, Zhongsheng Li, Colin R. Ward P18. FOSSIL RECORD OF CARBONIZED SCLERENCHYMATIC TISSUES (SCLEREIDS AND FIBERS) IN BRAZILIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS, João Graciano Mendonça Filho, Joalice de Oliveira Mendonça1, Antonio Donizeti de Oliveira, Taissa Rêgo Menezes, Alexandre Jonas Sant’Anna, Jaqueline Torres de Souza, Diego Marques Brito P19. CHEMICAL AND PETROGRAPHICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FEEDCOAL, FLY- AND BOTTOM-ASHES FROM THE FIGUEIRA POWER PLANT, PARANÁ, BRAZIL, J. Levandowski, W. Kalkreuth P20. THE MERCURY CONTENT OF CONCENTRATED UNBURNED CARBON FROM A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT BURNING BITUMINOUS COAL IN ALBERTA, CANADA, Fari Goodarzi, Julito Reyes P21. THE FLUID GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE CONTROLLING OF FAULT ON OIL IN JUNGGAR BASIN OF CHINA, Suping YAO, Wenxuan HU, KE Zhang P22. STRATEGY OF CHARACTERIZATION OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL OF THE AIR POLLUTION APPLIED IMAGE DIGITAL ANALYSIS IN MICROSCOPIC IMAGES, Restrepo M. Alejandro, Blandón M. Astrid P23. APPLICATION OF PALYNOFACIES ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE PALEOENVIRONMENT OF COALS AND ASSOCIATED CLAYS IN SABALETAS MEMBER OF THE AMAGÁ FORMATION, COLOMBIA, Astrid Blandón, Georges Gorin P24. ANALYSIS OF LIBERATION OF MACERAL GROUPS FROM COLOMBIAN COALS, Olga Patricia Gómez Rojas, Inés Carmona López P25. ATLAS OF THE MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE CZECH DEPOSITS, I. Sýkorová, P. Matysová, L. Borecká, M.Vašíček, A. Šulc, I. Čermák

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P26. IMPACT OF COAL SEAM FIRES ON INNER MONGOLIAN MEDIUM RANK COALS, NORTH CHINA, J. Kus, M. Reinhardt, H. Gielisch, W. Hiltmann P27. GREEK LIGNITES PROVE TO BE VERY GOOD ADDITIVES FOR CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL AND FILTRATION PROPERTIES OF WATER-BENTONITE SUSPENSIONS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, V. C. Kelessidis, A. Foscolos, C. Papanikolaou, G. Christidis P28. EVALUATION OF GREEK LOW RANK COALS AS POTENTIAL RAW MATERIAL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SOIL AMENDMENTS AND ORGANIC FERTILIZERS, A. Giannouli, S. Kalaitzidis, G. Siavalas, A. Chatziapostolou, K. Christanis, S. Papazisimou, C. Papanicolaou, A. Foscolos P29. PETROGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF CARBON MATERIALS, C. Panaitescu, G. Predeanu, M. Miu P30. ORGANIC PETROLOGY OF BLACKENED GRAINS IN THE UPPER TRIASSIC ILIDŽA LIMESTONE, SERBIA, M. Hámor-Vidó, K. Hips, J. Haas P31. ORGANIC FACIES CHARACTERIZATION OF LIGNITE SEAMS IN PREDICTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURES – A CASE STUDY FROM CAMBAY BASIN, GUJARAT, INDIA, Vinod Atmaram Mendhe, Atul Kumar Varma, Ajay Kumar Singh P32. ASSOCIATION OF MANGANESE OXIDES AND SATURATED HYDROCARBONS IN THE TOGOPI FORMATION OF THE DENT PENINSULA, NE SABAH BASIN, MALAYSIA, Wan Hasiah Abdullah P33. TRACE ELEMENTS IN ASHES FROM OUTCROPPING COALS OF MOATIZE COAL BASIN, MOZAMBIQUE, Lopo Vasconcelos, Eduardo Siquela P34. THE STUDY OF CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICAL (ULTRASONIC, OPTICAL, PARAMAGNETIC) AND TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF COKES CARBONIZED FROM COALS AND COAL BLENDS, A. Koszorek, M. Krzesińska, S. Pusz, B. Pilawa, B. Kwiecińska P35. OPTICAL REFLECTANCE OF COALS AND THEIR BLENDS OF VARIOUS COKING ABILITY IN RELATION TO OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF RESULTANT COKES, S. Pusz, B. Kwiecińska, A. Koszorek, M. Krzesinska, B. Pilawa P36. THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION STUDIES OF THREE POLISH COALS OF DIFFERENT CAKING ABILITY AND THEIR BLENDS, M. Krzesińska, U. Szeluga, S. Czajkowska, J. Muszyński, S. Pusz, B. Kwiecińska, A. Koszorek, J. Zachariasz, B. Pilawa P37. APPLICATION OF ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY TO EXAMINATION OF CARBONIZED COAL BLENDS, B. Pilawa, S. Pusz, M. Krzesińska, A. Koszorek, B. Kwiecińska P38. CORRELATION BETWEEN OPTICAL, CHEMICAL AND MICRO-STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS IN HIGH-RANK COALS AND GRAPHITE, M. Marques, I. Suárez-Ruiz, D. Flores, A. Guedes, S. Rodrigues P39. DEVOLATILIZATION BEHAVIOUR OF BIOMASS UNDER N2 AND CO2 ATMOSPHERES -IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR USE IN POWER GENERATION, A.G. Borrego, D. Alvarez, L. Garavaglia, W.D. Kalkreuth P40. MINERALOGY, PETROGRAPHY AND ELEMENTAL CONTENTS OF ORHANELI COALS, BURSA-TURKEY, Umit Okay Yerin, Ali Ihsan Karayigit P41. VITRINITE REFLECTANCE, THERMAL MATURITY AND COAL RANK IN LOWER CRETACEOUS MEDICINE RIVER COALS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALBERTA: REFLECTANCE SUPPRESSION AND HYDROCARBON GENERATION FROM LIPTINITE MACERALS - IMPLICATIONS FOR CBM EXPLORATION, Judith Potter, Ian McIlreath

American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists 40th Annual Meeting

Panama September 8-12, 2007

http://striweb.si.edu/aasp07 http://striweb.si.edu/aasp07

Hosted by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Hosted by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

- a division of the Smithsonian Institution - a division of the Smithsonian Institution - one of the world’s leading centers for basic research on the ecology, behavior and evolution of tropical organisms.

- one of the world’s leading centers for basic research on the ecology, behavior and evolution of tropical organisms.

Events Events

- Opening mixer - Opening mixer - Pre-meeting field trip to Barro Colorado Island or to the Canopy Crane at Metropolitan Park in Panama City - Pre-meeting field trip to Barro Colorado Island or to the Canopy Crane at Metropolitan Park in Panama City - Tour of the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal - Tour of the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal

Guidelines Guidelines - Contributions accepted until July 5 - Contributions accepted until July 5 - Student Financial Aid available - Student Financial Aid available - Hotel rooms reserved at discount rate at - Hotel rooms reserved at discount rate at the Hotel El Panama the Hotel El Panama

- Additional information at - Additional information at http://striweb.si.edu/aasp07 http://striweb.si.edu/aasp07

- Contact us at aasp2007@si.edu - Contact us at aasp2007@si.edu

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IMOG 2007

Sunday 9th - Friday 14th September 2007 Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom

The 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry will be held on 9th -14th September 2007 in Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom. IMOG is the official biennial conference of the European Association of Organic Geochemists, and welcomes delegates from all over the world. Over the years, the IMOG meetings have deservedly acquired a reputation for providing a platform for oral and poster presentations covering the full range of research in, and application of, organic geochemistry. http://www.imog2007.org/index.htm Research topics to be presented include the latest advances within the following broad areas: Petroleum and Coal Geochemistry, Petroleum Source Rocks, Generation and migration of Petroleum, Biodegradation, Gas geochemistry, Peat and coal geochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Microbial processes, Biomarkers, Carbon cycling, Climate change, Environmental Geochemistry, Environment and pollution, Geochemistry of soils, Archaeological geochemistry, New Trends in Organic Geochemistry and Analytical developments.

The 24th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference

September 10 - 14, 2007

Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

Throughout the world, coal is a major energy source, providing nearly 25% of the world’s primary energy consumption. Although coal’s share of total energy use was previously expected to decline in the future, the recent high cost of natural gas and petroleum together with projected increasing demand and

decreasing reserves of both have created a heightened interest in the use of coal within the United States. However, to maintain this growth, the industry must be responsive to increasing pressures on environmental emissions and global warming as well as improve its public image.

The Twenty-Fourth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference focuses on environmental emissions issues and technologies surrounding the continued use of coal and the development of future coal-based energy plants to achieve near-zero emissions of pollutants, reduced costs, and high thermal efficiency while producing a suite of products to meet future energy market requirements. Find full details of the meeting at: http://www.engr.pitt.edu/pcc/2007%20Conference.htm

Geological Society of America Annual Meeting & Exposition

28-31 October, Denver, Colorado

USA

Including discipline areas such as Coal Geology, Organic Geochemistry, Experimental Petrology and Forensic Geology, the 2007 Annual Meeting of GSA is a must see. Check out two additions to the already successful Mentor Program: Women in Geology and Geology in Industry. Avail yourself of over 3300 speakers, 31 technical field trips, four Hot Topics sessions, 14 Short Courses, and much much more. Abstract submission deadline July 10th. Find more information at the website: http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2007

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Calendar of Events 2007

July 15 - 20, 2007: Carbon 2007, an International Conference on Carbon. Seattle, Washington, USA. http://www.carbon2007.org/ August 19 - 25, 2007: ICCP / TSOP / CSCOP Annual Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Technical oral and poster sessions, ICCP commission meetings, field trip. See pages 8-16. August 19 - 23, 2007: American Chemical Society 234th Fall National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Abstract submission begins March, 2007. http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=meetings%5Cboston2007%5Chome.html September 5-6, 2007: Black Sea Oil & Gas Summit, Istanbul, Turkey. Topics include: Hydrocarbon Potential, Deep Sea Exploration Challenges and Opportunities. http://www.bsogs2007.org September 8 - 12, 2007: American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Meeting, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. See Page 17. http://www.palynology.org/meetings.html Sept. 9 - 14, 2007: 23rd International Organic Geochemistry Meeting (IMOG07), Riviera Conference Centre, Torquay, Devon, England. http://www.imog2007.org/index.htm

September 10 -14, 2007: 24th International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa. One-page abstracts are due March 1, 2007. http://www.engr.pitt.edu/pcc/2007%20Conference.htm October 28 -31, 2007: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting: Earth Sciences for Society— Beginning of the International Year of Planet Earth. Denver, Colorado, USA. http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2007/

November 14-16, 2007: 9th Annual Unconventional Gas Conference, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary, AB. http://www.csug.ca

2008 April 6 - 10, 2008: American Chemical Society national meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA April 13 – 18, 2008: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria. April 20 - 23, 2008: AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Abstracts due September 27th, 2007. http://www.aapg.org/sanantonio/ August 17 - 21, 2008: American Chemical Society national meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA September 22 - 28, 2008: ICCP/TSOP Annual Meeting, Oviedo, Spain. October 5 - 8, 2008: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas. http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/

Calendar Updates Invited! If you have information on an upcoming meeting that is not currently in the Calendar of Events, please send the information to the Editor at rwalker@coalpetrography.com

Meeting Reports invited! Reports and photographs from meetings of interest to TSOP members are needed for inclusion in the newsletter. Please refer to article submission guidelines on page 3 and send any reports or pictures to the Editor at rwalker@coalpetrography.com

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Photo Gallery

The Field Trip for the upcoming TSOP Meeting will be to Salt Spring Island. Salt Spring Island in the evening

Salt Spring Island Harbour Mt Maxwell, Salt Spring Island

(Photographs by www.tasteofsaltspring.com)