Commission II
- Colour image of algal remains (telalginite) in oil shale from the Stellarton Basin, Nova Scotia - Canada, polished section, long axis about 100 micron long.
COMMISSION II: Geological Applications of Coal and Organic Petrology
Most of the activities of this commission deal with the petrological techniques used to study dispersed organic matter (DOM) in sedimentary rocks. Working Groups have covered a range of activities such as the seletion of indices to measure past temperatures in rock sequences, the identification and classification of dispersed organic matter and the improvement of vitrinite reflectance measurement of DOM. In addition subjects as coal bed methane generation, CO2 sequestration in coal seams or environmental application of organic petrology are allocated in Commission II.
CHAIR
MSc. Carla Viviane Araujo
Petrobras Research and Development Center
CENPES/GEOQ/PDEXP
Av. Horácio Macedo n° 950, Cidade Universitária - Ilha do Fundão
CEP:21949-900 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Tel.: +5521-3865 6459
Fax: +5521-3865 6799
E-mail: carla_(at)_petrobras.com.br
SECRETARY
MSc. Paul C. Hackley
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 956 National Center
Reston VA20192
United States of America
Tel.:+1-703-648 6458
Fax:+1-703-648 6419
Email: phackley_(at)_usgs.gov
WORKING GROUPS
- Thermal Indices
Convenor: Carla Viviane Araujo - Environmental Application of Organic Petrology
Convener: Hamed Sanei - Classification of Dispersed Organic Matter ICCP-TSOP
Convenors: Jack Burgess, Lavern Stasiuk, Carolyn Thompson-Rizer, Adrian Hutton - Identification of Dispersed Organic Matter
Convener: Jolanta Kus - Identification of Primary Vitrinite
- Convener: Paul Hackley
- Qualifying Vitrinite for DOM Reflectance Analysis (Extinct)
Convener: Angeles G. Borrego - Coalbed Methane-CO2 Sequestration
Convenors: Peter J. Crosdale, Lila Gurba - Dispersed organic matter in sedimentary rocks: Classification, identification and thermal maturity. White Paper
Conveners: Maria Hamor-Vidó, Wolfgang Kalkreuth - Concentration of Organic Matter
Convener: João Graciano Mendonça Filho - Reappraisal of past Commission II Activities
Convener: Angeles G. Borrego
