Short Courses

Health Impacts of Coal: Should We Be Concerned? More Information
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(Short Course A - Sunday AM - Hyatt Arlington, VA)

This short course will sort out the facts and fallacies that have been interwoven in this sensitive issue. We will explore questions such as: Are there confirmed cases of health problems? Under what conditions would coal present a threat to human health? What properties of coal are most dangerous? What can the coal science community do about it?
Limit: 25 participants.

Petroleum Source Rocks and Coal in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) - A Core Workshop. More Information
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(Short Course B - Sunday All Day - USGS Reston, VA)

The USGS archives cores from about 60 exploration wells drilled in and near NPRA during the past 50 years. This workshop will feature cores selected from that archive to illustrate key attributes of the main petroleum and coal systems of the region. Petroleum systems with principal source rocks in the Triassic (Shublik), Jurassic (Kingak), and Cretaceous (HRZ), and coal systems in the Mississippian (Endicott) and Cretaceous (Nanushuk) will be emphasized.
Limit: 30 participants.

Modes of Occurrence of Trace Elements in Coal. More Information
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(Short Course C - Sunday PM - Hyatt Arlington, VA)

This short course will focus on modes of occurrence of trace elements in coal and the importance of trace elements in the overall context of coal quality. Emphasis will be placed on those elements of technological, economic, and environmental significance. We will review the current state of knowledge and describe state-of-the-art methods for quantifying element modes of occurrence in coal.
Limit: 25 participants.

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