Table of Contents
Introduction
By Kristin Dennen and Brenda Pierce
Oral Presentations
The Vision 21 Energy Plant: Clean Energy from Fossil Fuels
By Lawrence A. Ruth
Coal Quality Requirements for Next Generation Power Production
Dave O'Connor
Characterizing Coals for Environmental Quality
By Robert M. Davidson
Coal Quality, the Key Factor to Affect Energy Utilization Efficiency and Environmental Emissions in China
By Jianxiong Mao
Factors Affecting Future Australian Coal Exports
By Mark Earley
The Status of Coal in South Africa: Production, Utilization, Characterization
By R.M.S. Falcon and M.J. Keyser
Russia's Coal Industry: Retrospective, Current Status, Perspective
By V.N. Kochetkov
A Perspective on Indian Coal Resources
By M.K. Sinha
The World Coal Quality Inventory
By Robert B. Finkelman
Coal Quality and Resources of the Former Soviet Union: An ArcView Project
By Michael E. Brownfield, Douglas W. Steinshouer, Mikhail Yu. Povarennykh, Ivan Eriomin, Mikhail Shpirt, Yevgeny Meitov, Irena Sharova, Nina Goriunova, and Margarita V. Zyrianova
Poster Presentations
Characterization of Turkish Coals: An Example of International Cooperation to Develop a World Coal Quality Inventory
By Curtis A. Palmer, Ertem Tuncali, Kristen O. Dennen, and Robert B. Finkelman
Coal Quality and Trace Element Characteristics of Samples from the Sohagpur Coal Field, North-Central India
By Peter D. Warwick, Robert C. Milici, Edwin R. Landis, Abijit Mukhopadyay, Sudhansu Adhikari, and Paul C. Hackley
Coal Quality of Selected Korean Coal Basins
By John R. SanFilipo, Alex W. Karlsen, Paul C. Hackley, and Suk Whan Park
The Occurrence of Endemic Dental and Skeletal Fluorosis from Domestic Combustion of Coal in Guizhou Province, China
By Harvey E. Belkin, Robert B. Finkelman, and Baoshan Zheng
Human Health Effects of Domestic Combustion of Arsenic-Rich Coal in Southwestern Guizhou Province, China
By Harvey E. Belkin, Baoshan Zheng, and Robert B. Finkelman
Quality of Selected Hungarian Coals
By E.R. Landis, T.J. Rohrbacher, H.J. Gluskoter, B. Fodor, G.Gombar, and S. Sebestyen
Coal-Bed Gas in Hungary
By E.R.Landis, T.J. Rohrbacher, C.E. Barker, B. Fodor, and G. Gombar
Arsenic in Twelve Coal Beds/Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions
By Linda J. Bragg, Sandra G. Neuzil, Leslie F. Ruppert, and Susan J. Tewalt
Mercury in U.S. Coal -- Abundance, Distribution, and Modes of Occurrence
By Susan J. Tewalt, Linda J. Bragg, and Robert B. Finkelman
Quantifying the Modes of Occurrence of Trace Elements in Coal Using Sequential Laboratory Leaching Techniques
By Curtis A. Palmer, Sharon S. Crowley, Stanley J. Mroczkowski, Robert B. Finkelman, and John H. Bullock, Jr.
Mineral, Energy, and Fertilizer Resources
of the North Coast of Perú: Perspective from the Santa Rita B Archaeological
Site
By William E. Brooks, Jonathan D. Kent, and Jason C. Willett
Update: World Coal Quality Inventory—Perú
By William E. Brooks and Jason C. Willett
Update: World Coal Quality Inventory—Argentina
By William E. Brooks and Jason C. Willett
Arsenic-Rich Pyrite in Coals of the Warrior Field, Northwestern Alabama, U.S.A.: Mineralogical Evidence for a Hydrothermal Origin
By Allan Kolker, Martin B. Goldhaber, Joseph R. Hatch, Gregory P. Meeker, and Robert P. Koeppen
Short Courses
Coal Quality Characterization: Analytical Methods
By Curtis A. Palmer, Brenda Pierce, Carol Skeen, Kris Dennen, and Frank Dulong
Health Impacts of Coal: Should We Be Concerned?
By Robert B. Finkelman and Joseph E. Bunnell
The Use of American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Standards
Short Course
By James H. Addington and Curtis A. Palmer
Breakout Sessions
The following presentations did not meet review deadlines and thus have not been included in this circular.
Please contact their authors for more information.
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
For more information, contact Brenda Pierce, Kristen Dennen, or Robert B. Finkelman
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