Commission II
- Colour image of algal remains (telalginite) in oil shale from the Stellarton Basin, Nova Scotia - Canada, polished section, long axis about 100 microns 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 selection 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 coalbed methane generation, CO2 sequestration in coal seams or environmental applications of organic petrology are allocated in Commission II.
CHAIR
MSc. Paul C. Hackley
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 956 National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Reston, VA USA
Tel.: 703-648-6458
Fax: 703-648-6419
E-mail: phackley@usgs.gov
SECRETARY
MSc. Jolanta Kus
Geochemistry of Energy Resources and Gas Monitoring
Federal Inst. Geosciences & Nat. Resources, BGR
Stilleweg 2
30655 Hannover
Germany
Tel.:+49-511-643 2629
Fax:+49-511-643 3664
Email: j.kus@bgr.de
WORKING GROUPS
- Thermal Indices (Extinct)
Convener: Carla Viviane Araujo - Environmental Application of Organic Petrology
Convener: Hamed Sanei - Classification of Dispersed Organic Matter ICCP-TSOP DOM Atlas
Conveners: 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
