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Publications and Data (By year)

2007

Guevara, E. H., Breton, C., and Hackley, P.C., 2007, Coal rank and stratigraphy of Pennsylvanian coal and coaly shale samples, Young County, north-central Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1313, 28 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1313/

Hackley, P.C., Guevara, E. H., Hentz, T.F., and Hook, R.W., 2007, Thermal maturity of Pennsylvanian coals and coaly shales, Eastern Shelf and Fort Worth Basin, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1312, 158 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1312/

Hackley P.C., and Martínez, M., 2007, Organic petrology of Paleocene Marcelina Formation coals, Paso Diablo mine, western Venezuela: Tectonic controls on coal type: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 71, p. 505-526: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Hackley, P.C., Warwick, P.D., Breland, F.C., Jr., Richard, T.E., and Ross, K., 2007, Results of coalbed methane drilling in Winn Parish, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1061, 45 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1061

Hackley, P.C., Warwick, P.D., and Breland, F.C., Jr., 2007, Organic petrology and coalbed gas content, Wilcox Group, northern Louisiana: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 71, p. 54-71: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Malinconico, M.L., Horton, J.W., Jr., Sanford, W.E., and Kunk, M.J., 2007, Thermal maturity in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure: data from the Eyreville deep cores, Virginia, USA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, 39, no. 6, p. 316.
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2007AM/finalprogram/abstract_127154.htm

2006

Hackley, P.C., Warwick, P.D., Thomas, R.E., and Nichols, D.J., 2006, A review of the lignite resources of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area, western Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1078, 34 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1078

Hackley, P.C., Ratchford, M.E., and Warwick, P.D., 2006, Reflectance measurements of well cuttings from Ashley and Bradley Counties, Arkansas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1155, 29 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1155/

Warwick, P.D., Breland, F.C., Jr., Hackley, P.C., Dulong, F.T., Nichols, D.J., Karlsen, A.W. Bustin, R.M., Barker, C.E., Willett J.C., and Trippi, M.H., 2006, Analytical results from samples collected during coal-bed methane exploration drilling in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1213, 520 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1213/

Warwick, P.D., Hackley, P.C., and Breland, F.C., Jr., 2006, Origin and character of biogenic coal gas in north-central Louisiana: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Program.
http://aapg.confex.com/aapg/2006am/techprogram/A102583.htm

2005

Hackley, P.C., and Warwick, P.D., 2005, Organic petrography of coals from a coalbed methane test well, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1134, 19 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1134/

Hackley, P.C., Hook, R.W., and Warwick, P.D., 2005, Huminite reflectance measurements of Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous coals from borehole cuttings, Zavala and Dimmit Counties, South Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1144, 13 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1144/

Hackley P.C., and Martínez, M., 2005, Organic petrology of Paleocene Marcelina Formation coals, Paso Diablo mine, western Venezuela: 57th Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP) Proceedings, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, September 19-23, 2005, p. 10: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Hackley, P.C., Warwick, P.D., and Gonzáles, E., 2005, Petrology, mineralogy, and geochemistry of mined coals, western Venezuela: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 63, p. 68-97: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Stanton, R.W., Warwick, P.D., and Swanson, S.M., 2005, Tar yields from low-temperature carbonization of coal facies from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 63, p. 13-26: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Warwick, P.D., SanFilipo, J.R., Karlsen, A.W., and Barker, C.E., 2005, Results of coalbed methane drilling in Panola County, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1046, 157 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1046/

2004

Bragg, L.J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., Trippi, M.H., (Eds.), and Karlsen, A.W., (digital compiler), 2004, Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, 126 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/

Hackley, P.C., and Warwick, P.D., 2004, Organic petrology and coal-bed gas content, deep-basin Gulf Coast coals, northern Louisiana: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 84.
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_78954.htm

Warwick, P.D., Breland, F.C., Jr., Karlsen, A.W., and Hackley, P.C., 2004, Regional correlation and character of coal-bearing zones, Wilcox Group, north-central Louisiana: Implications for coalbed gas exploration: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Program, p. A145.
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/abstracts/annual2004/Dallas/Warwick.htm

Warwick, P.D., Breland, F.C., Jr., Clark, A.C., and Willett, J.C., 2004, Preliminary results from coal-bed methane drilling in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1239, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1239/

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