Kentucky Coal and Coal-Combustion Byproducts as Potential
Sources of Rare Earth Elements by Cortland Eble, KGS Energy and Minerals Section (Download powerpoint,11.5 mb)
New Unconventional Oil and Gas Plays: The Berea Sandstone
and Rogersville Shale by Dave Harris, KGS Energy and Minerals Section(Download powerpoint, 5.34 mb)
Kentucky’s Greatest Undeveloped Energy Resource by Rick Bowersox, KGS Energy and Minerals Section (Download powerpoint, 28.7 mb)
Renewable Energy Developments in Kentucky by Kenya Stump, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (Download powerpoint, 13.3 mb)
Assessing Baseline Groundwater Chemistry for the Berea Sandstone
and Rogersville Shale Play Area, Eastern Kentucky by Junfeng Zhu, KGS Water Resources Section (Download powerpoint, 6.53 mb))
Regional Modeling of Class II Wastewater Injection Wells,
Appalachian Basin by Tom Sparks, KGS Energy and Minerals Section (Download powerpoint, 4.64 mb)
Monitoring Microseismicity and Induced Seismicity in Eastern
Kentucky by Seth Carpenter, KGS Geologic Hazards Section(Download powerpoint,28.5 mb)
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The KGS Well Sample and Core Library was packed with more than 125 people who attended the annual seminar.
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Charles Snavely gave opening remarks at the seminar.
Cortland Eble, of the Energy and Minerals Section, talked about a project looking for rare earth elements in coal and coal combustion byproducts.
Seminar participants browse researcher posters by KGS staff and students during a morning break.
Landslide researcher Matt Crawford talks about one of his research sites, depicted on a poster at the seminar.
Kenya Stump, of the Energy and Environment Cabinet, told seminar participants about renewable energy in Kentucky.
Tom Sparks, of the KGS Energy and Minerals Section, explained his work on modeling of Class II wastewater injection wells in the Appalachian Basin.
Patrick Gooding presented the Geological Society of Kentucky's Distinguished Service Award to KGS Interim Director Jerry Weisenfluh during lunch at the seminar.
The Geological Society of Kentucky recognized Richard Smath, of the Geologic Information Management Section, with an outstanding service award.
Warren Anderson, of the Energy and Minerals Section, led a workshop on western Kentucky fluorspar during the afternoon.
Rebecca Wang and William Andrews explain the use of the ESRI Collector for ArcGIS tablet app to MAJ Chris Hettinger, of the Kentucky Army National Guard.
Max Hammond, of the Geologic Mapping Section, demonstrates the ESRI Collector app to Jim Kipp, of the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute.