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2008

Hettinger, R.D., Honey, J.G., Ellis, M.S., Barclay, C.S.V., and East, J.A., 2008, Geologic map of Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary strata and coal stratigraphy of the Paleocene Fort Union Formation, Rawlins-Little Snake River area, south-central Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3053, 3 sheets.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3053/

2007

Neuzil, S.G., Dulong, F.T., Cecil, C.B., Fedorko, N., Renton, J.J., and Bhumbla, D.K., 2007, Selenium Concentrations in Middle Pennsylvanian Coal-Bearing Strata in the Central Appalachian Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1090.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1090/

2006

Biewick, L.R.H., Gunther, G.L., Roberts, S.B., Otton, J.K., Cook, T., and Fishman, N.S., 2006, USGS Interactive Map of the Colorado Front Range Infrastructure Resources, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series, DS-193.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/193/

2005

Brownfield, M.E., Cathcart, J.D., Affolter, R.H., Brownfield, I.K., Rice, C.A., O'Connor, J.T., Zielinski, R.A., Bullock, J.H., Jr., Hower, J.C., and Meeker, G.P., 2005, Characterization and Modes of Occurrence of Elements in Feed Coal and Coal Combustion Products from a Power Plant Utilizing Low-Sulfur Coal from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5271, 42 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2004/5271/

Flores, R.M., Stricker, G.D., and Kinney, S.A., 2005, Alaska Coal Geology, Resources, and Coalbed Methane Potential: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-77, Version 1.0, 140 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/2004/77/

Rohrbacher, T.J., Luppens, J.A., Osmonson, L.M., Scott, D.C., and Freeman, P.A., 2005, An External Peer Review of the U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Program's Economically Recoverable Coal Resource Assessment Methodology--Report and Comments: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1076, 52 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1076/

2004

Bragg, L.J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., 2004, The Methane Potential From Coal Seams in the Richmond Basin of Virginia, in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 67 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/guidebook.pdf

Bragg, L.J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Karlsen, A.W., compiler, 2004, 20 Years of The Society of Organic Petrology Group Photos, in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 21 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/TSOPgroup20yrsphotos.pdf

Bragg, L.J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Karlsen, A.W., digital compiler, 2004, Short Course A: Health Impacts of Coal, in Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 126 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/

Bragg, L.J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Karlsen, A.W., digital compiler, 2004, TSOP Conference (2003 conference photographs), in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 3 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/TSOPphotosconf0903.pdf

Bragg, L.J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Karlsen, A.W., digital compiler, 2004, TSOP Field Trip (2003 photographs), in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 5 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/TSOPphotosfieldtrip0903.pdf

Bragg, L.J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Karlsen, A.W., digital compiler, 2004, Past TSOP Field Excursions (1988-87, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1997, 1999), in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 3 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/TSOPphotospastfieldtrips.pdf

Finkelman, R.B., and Bunnell, J.E., 2004, Short Course A: Health Impacts of Coal, in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 57 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/shortcoursea.pdf

Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., and Kirschbaum, M.A., 2004, Coal resources and coal resource potential in the Grand Mesa, Gunnison, and Uncompahgre National Forests, Colorado, Chapter M, in Bankey, V., ed., Resource potential and geology of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests and vicinity, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2213, p. 188-223.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/2213/M/

Houseknecht, D.W., 2004, Short Course B: Petroleum Source Rocks and Coal, a Core Workshop, in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 56 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/shortcourseb.pdf

Kolker, A., Hatch, J.R., Palmer, C.A., and Bragg, L.J., 2004, Mercury Variation in Powder River Basin Coal Samples, in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, p. 32-34. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/tsop_volume.pdf

Kolker, A., Palmer, C. A., and Ruppert, L.F., 2004, Short Course C: Modes of Occurrence of Trace Elements in Coal, in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 151 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/ShortCourseC.pdf

Milici, R.C., 2004, A Field Trip Excursion: Geology and Energy Resources of the Triassic Basins of Northern Virginia; Old mines and geology of the Richmond Basin, in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1, 27 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/TSOPfieldtripguide.pdf

2003

Barker, C.E., Dallegge, T.A., and Clark, A.C., 2003, USGS Coal Desorption Equipment and a Spreadsheet for Analysis of Lost and Total Gas from Canister Desorption Measurements: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-496, Version 1.0, 11 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/ofr-02-496/

Outerbridge, W.F., 2003, Isopach map and regional correlations of the Fire Clay Tonstein, central Appalachian Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-0351, 34 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-351/

Schweinfurth, S.P., 2003, Coal—A Complex Natural Resource; An overview of factors affecting coal quality and use in the United States, with a contribution on coal quality and public health by Finkelman, R.B.: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1143, 39 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1143/

2002

Bullock, J.H., Jr., Cathcart, J.D., and Betterton, W.J., 2002, Analytical methods utilized by the United States Geological Survey for the analysis of coal and coal combustion by-products: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-389, 13 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/ofr-02-389/

Dulong, F.T., Fedorko, N., Renton, J.J., and Cecil, C. B., 2002, Chemical and mineralogical analyses of coal-bearing strata in the Appalachian Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0489.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-489/

Johnson, E.A., Martirosyan, A., Pierce, B.S., Malkhassian, G., and Brownfield, M.E., 2002, Geologic map of the Nor Arevik coal site, southern Armenia: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2380, 16 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2002/mf-2380/

Karlsen, A.W., Warwick, P.D., Hook, R.W., San Filipo, J.R., Barker, C.E., and Klein, J.M., 2002, Characterization of Core Extracted from the Olmos Formation (Cretaceous), Southwest Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-417, 66 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-417/

Tuttle, M.L., Goldhaber, M.B., Ruppert, L.F., and Hower, J.C., 2002, Arsenic in rocks and stream sediments of the central Appalachian Basin, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0028, 166 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/ofr-02-0028/

2001

Ellis, M.S., Rohrbacher, T.J., Molnia, C.L., Osmonson, L.M., and Scott, D.C., 2001, Economic and Environmental Evaluations of Extractable Coal Resources Conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-109-01, 2 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0109-01/

Karlsen, A.W., Schultz, A.C., Warwick, P.D., Podwysocki, S.M., and Lovern, V.S., 2001, Coal Geology, Land Use, and Human Health in the People's Republic of China: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-318, version 1.0, on line version only.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of01-318/

2000

Attanasi, E.D., and Pierce, B.S., 2000, Forces shaping future U.S. coal production and use: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-158-00, Version 1.1, 2 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs158-00/

Huber, D.W., and Pierce, B.S., 2000, Potential Minability and Economic Viability of the Antaramut-Kurtan-Dzoragukh Coal Field, North-Central Armenia: A Prefeasibility Study: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2178, 34 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bulletin/b2178/

Osmonson, L.M., Rohrbacher, T.J., Molnia, C.L., and Sullivan, G.L., 2000, Coal recoverability in the Hilight Quadrangle, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: a prototype study in a western coal field: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-103, 23 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/ofr-00-103/

Pierce, B.S., Malkhasian, G., and Martirosyan, A., 2000, The Nor Arevik Coal Deposit, Southern Armenia: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2177, 66 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bulletin/b2177

Pierce, B.S., Malkhasian, G., and Martirosyan, A., 2000, The Jajur Coal Deposit, Northwestern Armenia: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2176, 71 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bulletin/b2176/

Pierce, B.S., Malkhasian, G., and Martirosyan, A., 2000, The Shamut Coal Deposit, North-Central Armenia: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2175, 68 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bulletin/b2175/

Podwysocki, S.M., and Lovern, V.S., compilers, 2000, Coal-bearing regions and structural sedimentary basins of China and adjacent seas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0047.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-047/index.html

SanFilipo, J.R., 2000, A primer on the occurrence of coalbed methane in low-rank coals, with special reference to its potential occurrence in Pakistan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-293, 13 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-293/

1999

Ewing, T.E., 1999, Regional geologic setting of South Texas and the Santo Thomas coal deposits, Chapter 1, in Warwick, P. D., Aubourg, C.E., and Willett, J.C., eds., Tertiary coals in South Texas; anomalous cannel-like coals of Webb County (Claiborne Group, Eocene) and lignites of Atascosa County (Jackson Group, Eocene); geologic setting, character, source-rock and coal-bed methane potential: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-301, p. 5-12.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr99301/chapter1.pdf

Hook, R.W., and Warwick, P.D., 1999, The San Pedro and Santo Tomas coal beds (Clairborne Group, Eocene) of Webb County, Texas, Chapter 2, in Warwick, P. D., Aubourg, C.E., and Willett, J.C., eds., Tertiary coals in South Texas; anomalous cannel-like coals of Webb County (Claiborne Group, Eocene) and lignites of Atascosa County (Jackson Group, Eocene); geologic setting, character, source-rock and coal-bed methane potential: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-301, p. 13-22.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr99301/chapter2.pdf

Molnia, C.L., Roberts, L.N.R., Brownfield, M.E., Dubiel, R.F., Fassett, J.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 1999, Federally Owned Coal and Federal Lands in the Colorado Plateau Region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-145-99, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0145-99/index.html

SanFilipo, J.R., 1999, Some speculations on coal-rank anomalies of the South Texas Gulf Province and adjacent areas of Mexico and their impact on coal-bed methane and source rock potential, Chapter 4, in Warwick, P. D., Aubourg, C.E., and Willett, J.C., eds., Tertiary coals in South Texas; anomalous cannel-like coals of Webb County (Claiborne Group, Eocene) and lignites of Atascosa County (Jackson Group, Eocene); geologic setting, character, source-rock and coal-bed methane potential: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-301, p. 37-47.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr99301/chapter4.pdf

USGS, 1999, Coal Resource Classification System of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and U.S. Geological Survey--Mineral Resource Classification Systems of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1450-B.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1450b/

Warwick, P.D., Crowley, S.S., Ruppert, L.F., and Pontolillo, J., 1999, The San Miguel lignite deposit, Jackson Group (Eocene), South Texas, Chapter 3, in Warwick, P. D., Aubourg, C.E., and Willett, J.C., eds., Tertiary coals in South Texas; anomalous cannel-like coals of Webb County (Claiborne Group, Eocene) and lignites of Atascosa County (Jackson Group, Eocene); geologic setting, character, source-rock and coal-bed methane potential: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-301, p. 23-26.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr99301/chapter3.pdf

Warwick, P.D., Hook, R.W., and SanFilipo, J.R., 1999, Tertiary Coals in South Texas: Anomalous Cannel-Like Coals of Webb County (Claiborne Group, Eocene) and Lignites of Atascosa County (Jackson Group, Eocene) - Geologic Setting, Character, Source-rock and Coal-bed Methane Potential, in Warwick, P. D., Aubourg, C.E., and Willett, J.C., eds., 1999 AAPG Annual Convention Energy Minerals Division Field Trip # 15, Field Trip Guidebook: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-301, 55 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr99301/

Warwick, P.D., Hook, R.W., and SanFilipo, J.R., 1999, Tertiary coals in South Texas; anomalous cannel-like coals of Webb County (Claiborne Group, Eocene) and lignites of Atascosa County (Jackson Group, Eocene); geologic setting, character, source-rock and coal-bed methane potential, Warwick, P.D., Aubourg, C: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-301, 47 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr99301/introduction.pdf

Warwick, P.D., SanFilipo, J.R., and Finkelman, R.B., 1999, U.S. Geological Survey International Activities in Coal Resources: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-119-99, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0119-99/

Attanasi, E.D., and Milici, R.C., 1998, Appalachian Basin Bituminous Coal: Weight Percent Sulfur of Produced Coal by County, As Received at the Power Plant; (digital compilation by Kallander, W.C., and Wallace, W.G.): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0763.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-763/

1998

Finkelman, R.B., and Tewalt, S.J., 1998, Mercury in U.S. coal: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0772.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-772/

SanFilipo, J.R., and Warwick, P.D., 1998, Bibliography of selected reports on USGS international coal-related activities: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0350, 29 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-350/

1997

Biewick, L.R.H., 1997, Coal fields and federal lands of the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-461, 4 p.
http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/energy/fedland/index.html

Biewick, L.R.H., Hettinger, R.D., and Roberts, L.N.R., 1997, Selected Arc/INFO coverages created for investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah; an accompaniment to Hettinger and others, 1996, version 1: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-709, 26 p.
http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/energy/coal/kaip_arc1.html

Briggs, P.H., 1997, Determination of 25 elements in coal ash from 8 Argonne Premium Coal samples by inductively coupled argon plasma-atomic emission spectrometry, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 39-43.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/25.htm

Doughten, M.W., 1997, Determination of selected elements in coal ash from 8 Argonne Premium Coal samples by atomic absorption spectrometry and atomic emission spectrometry, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/selected.htm

Evans, J.R., Sellers, G.A., Johnson, R.G., Vivit, D.V., and Kent, J., 1997, Determination of major and trace elements in eight Argonne Premium Coal samples (ash and whole coal) by X-ray fluorescence spectrography, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 19-24.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/major.htm

Fletcher, J.D., and Skeen, C.J., 1997, Determination of 18 elements in 5 whole Argonne Premium Coal ash samples by quantitative direct-current arc atomic emission spectrography, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 13-17.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/18.htm

Hageman, P.L., and Walsh, E., 1997, Arsenic, antimony, and selenium by flow injection or continuous flow-hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, 3 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/arsenic.htm

Krasnow, M.R., and Finkelman, R.B., 1997, Rehydration of Desiccated Argonne Premium Coal samples, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 5-6.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/rehydrat.htm

Meier, A.L., 1997, Determination of 33 elements in coal ash from 8 Argonne Premium Coal samples by inductively coupled argon plasma-mass spectrometry, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 45-50.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/33.htm

Meier, A.L., Lichte, F.E., Briggs, P.H., and Bullock, J.H., Jr., 1997, Coal ash by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry, in Palmer, C. A., ed., Analytical Methods for the Mineral Surveys Program: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/coal_ash.htm

Milici, R.C., 1997, The COALPROD Database; Historical Production Data for the Major Coal-Producing Regions of the Conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-447, 18 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-447/

Molnia, C.L., Biewick, L.R.H., Blake, D., Tewalt, S.J., Carter, M.D., and Gaskill, C., 1997, Coal availability in the Hilight quadrangle, Powder River Basin, Wyoming; a prototype study in a western coal field: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-469, 21 p.
http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/energy/coal/OF-97-469.html

O'Leary, R.M., 1997, Mercury in whole coal and biological tissue by continuous flow-cold vapor-atomic absorption spectrometry, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, 2 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/mercury_in_coal.htm

O'Leary, R.M., 1997, Determination of mercury and selenium in eight Argonne Premium Coal samples by cold-vapor and hydride-generation atomic absorption spectrometry, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 51-55.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/mercury.htm

Palmer, C.A., 1997, The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: Introduction, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144,106 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/analysis.htm

Palmer, C.A., 1997, Determination of 29 elements in 8 Argonne Premium Coal samples by instrumental neutron activation analysis, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 25-32.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/29.htm

Palmer, C.A., 1997, The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, 106 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/

Palmer, C.A., and Klizas, S.A., 1997, Compilation of multi-technique analysis of 8 Argonne Premium Coal samples for 51 elements, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 61-106.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/compilat.htm

SanFilipo, J.R., Thomas, J.C., and Warwick, P.D., 1997, Satellite Image Maps of Pakistan: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-109-97, 2 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs109-97/

Skeen, C.J., and Brown, Z.A., 1997, Determination of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen in eight Argonne Premium Coal samples by using a gas chromatographic analyzer with a thermal conductivity detector, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 57-59.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/carbon.htm

Skeen, C.J., Libby, B.J., and Crandell, W.B., 1997, Determination of 62 elements in 8 Argonne Premium Coal ash samples by automated semiquantitative direct-current arc atomic emission spectrography, in Palmer, C. A., ed., The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144, p. 7-12.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2144/determin.htm

Tewalt, S.J., Ruppert, L.F., Bragg, L.J., Carlton, R., Brezinski, D., and Wallack, R.N., 1997, Map showing generalized thickness contours of the Pittsburgh coal bed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland, digitally compiled by Tewalt, S.J., Ruppert, L.F., Wallack, R.N., and Weiss, E., compilers: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-0748.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-748/

Tewalt, S.J., Ruppert, L.F., Bragg, L.J., Carlton, R.W., Brezinski, D.K., Yarnell, J., and Wallack, R.N., 1997, Map showing structure contours (sheet 1) and overburden thickness isopleths (sheet 2) of the Pittsburgh coal bed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland, digitally compiled by Tewalt, S.J., and Wallack, R.N.: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-0864.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-864/

Warwick, P.D., SanFilipo, J.R., Crowley, S.S., Thomas, R.E., Freid, J., and Tulley, J.K., 1997, Map showing outcrop of the coal-bearing units and land use in the Gulf Coast region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-172, 2 maps and text.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-172/

1996

Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., and Kirschbaum, M.A., 1996, Preliminary investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-539, 72 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/OF96-539/

Ruppert, L.F., Tewalt, S.J., Bragg, L.J., Tully, J., Pierce, J., Weller, A., and Yarnell, J., compilers, 1996, Map showing areal extent of the Pittsburgh coal bed and horizon and mined areas of the Pittsburgh Coal Bed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-0280, 1 sheet.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/of96-280/

Tully, J., compiler, 1996, Coal Resource Regions of the Conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-279.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/of96-279/

Tully, J., compiler, 1996, Coal fields of the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-92.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/of96-092/

Biewick, L.R.H., and Weaver, J.N., 1995, The digital coal map of South America in Arc/Info format: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-235, 6 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0235/

1995

Crowley, S.S., Warwick, P.D., Ruppert, L.F., and Pontolillo, J., 1995, The origin and distribution of hazardous trace elements in relation to maceral composition of the A1 lignite bed (Paleocene, Calvert Bluff Formation, Wilcox Group); Calvert Mine area, east-central Texas, Chapter 5, in Warwick, P. D., and Crowley, S.S., eds., Coal Geology of the Paleocene-Eocene Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) and the Eocene Manning Formation (Jackson Group) in east-central Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-595, p. 71-86.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-595/CHPT5.htm

Ellis, M.S., 1995, Bibliography of Publications by Members of the Branch of Coal Geology, Office of Energy and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, January 1, 1985- September 30, 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-65-A, 196 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0065-a/

Ellis, M.S., 1995, Bibliography of publications by members of the Branch of Coal Geology, Office of Energy and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, January 1, 1985- September 30, 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-65-B, 5 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0065-b/

Middleton, M., and Luppens, J.A., 1995, Geology and depositional setting of the lower Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) in the Calvert Mine area, east-central Texas, in Warwick, P. D., and Crowley, S.S., eds., Chapter 4 in Coal geology of the Paleocene-Eocene Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) and the Eocene Manning Formation (Jackson Group) in east-central Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-0595, p. 59-70.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-595/CHPT4.htm

USGS, 1995, Assessment of Acreages in Road and Cultural Feature Buffers in Six Major Longwall Mining Counties: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-589.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-589/index.htm

Warwick, P.D., and Crowley, S.S., 1995, Coal Geology of the Paleocene-Eocene Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) and the Eocene Manning Formation (Jackson Group) in east-central Texas; 1995 field trip for the Society for Organic Petrology, Introduction, in Warwick, P. D., and Crowley, S.S., eds., Coal geology of the Paleocene-Eocene Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) and the Eocene Manning Formation (Jackson Group) in east-central Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-595, p. 1-5.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-595/INTRO.htm

Warwick, P.D., and Crowley, S.S., eds., 1995, Coal Geology of the Paleocene-Eocene Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) and the Eocene Manning Formation (Jackson Group) in east-central Texas, in Coal Geology of the Paleocene-Eocene Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) and the Eocene Manning Formation (Jackson Group) in east-central Texas: 1995 Field Trip for The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-595, 86 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-595/

Warwick, P.D., Crowley, S.S., Ruppert, L.F., and Pontolillo, J., 1995, Petrography and geochemistry of selected lignite beds in the Gibbons Creek Mine (Manning Formation, Jackson Group, Paleocene) of east-central Texas, Chapter 2, in Warwick, P. D., and Crowley, S.S., eds., Coal Geology of the Paleocene-Eocene Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) and the Eocene Manning Formation (Jackson Group) in east-central Texas: 1995 Field Trip for The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-595, p. 21-40.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-595/CHPT2.htm

Watson, W.D., Tully, J.K., Moser, E., Dee, D.P., Bryant, K., Schall, R., and Allan, H.A., 1995, Coal resources in environmentally-sensitive lands under federal management: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-631, 58 p. [paper and maps].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-631/

Older Than 1995

Warwick, P.D., Javed, S., Mashhadi, T. A., Shakoor, T., Khan, A. M., and Khan, A.L., 1993, Lithofacies and Palynostratigraphy of some Cretaceous and Paleocene rocks, Surghar and Salt Range coal fields, northern Pakistan: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2096, 35 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2096/

Aruscavage, P.J., and Moore, R., 1989, The Determination of Mercury in Whole Coal by Cold-Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Chapter 8, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823, 6 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/08.htm

Brown, F.W., and Smith, H., 1989, Analysis of Coal Ash by Atomic Absorption Spectrometric and Spectrophotometric Methods, Chapter 6, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/06.htm

Dorrzapf, A.F., Jr., Skeen, C.J., and Crandell, W.B., 1989, Automated Semiquantitative Direct-Current Arc Spectrographic Determination of 64 Elements in Coal Ash, Chapter 3, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/03.htm

Golightly, D.W., and Simon, F.O., 1989, Appendix: Reference Materials for Coal Analysis, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/append.htm

Golightly, D.W., and Simon, F.O., eds., 1989, Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal, Introduction: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823, 3 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/intro.htm#3

Golightly, D.W., and Simon, F.O., eds., 1989, Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal, Introduction: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823, 3 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/intro.htm#3

Johnson, R.G., Sellers, G.A., and Fleming, S.L., II, 1989, The Determination of Major and Minor Elements in Coal Ash and of Chlorine and Phosphorus in Whole Coal by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Chapter 5, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/05.htm

Kane, J.S., 1989, The Determination of Selected Elements in Coal Ash by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Chapter 7, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823, 10 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/07.htm

Kirschenbaum, H., 1989, The Determination of Fluoride in Coal by Ion-Selective Electrode, Chapter 9, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823, 6 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/09.htm

Palmer, C.A., and Baedecker, P.A., 1989, The Determination of 41 Elements in Whole Coal by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis, Chapter 4, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823, 5 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/04.htm

Rait, N., and Aruscavage, P.J., 1989, The Determination of Forms of Sulfur in Coal, Chapter 10, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823, 8 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/10.htm

Stanton, R.W., 1989, Sampling of Coal Beds for Analysis, Chapter 1, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823, p. 7-13.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/01.htm#2

Walthall, F.G., and Fleming, S.L., II, 1989, Preparation of Coal for Analysis, Chapter 2, in Golightly, D. W., and Simon, F.O., eds., Methods for Sampling and Inorganic Analysis of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1823, 5 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b1823/02.htm

Swanson, V.E., and Huffman, C., Jr., 1976, Guidelines for Sample Collecting and Analytical Methods Usedin the U.S. Geological Survey for Determining Chemical Composition of Coal: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 735, 11 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c735/

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