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More Than Energy: Coal As A Mineral Resource, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center Oct 2023

More Than Energy: Coal As A Mineral Resource, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Brochure on Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative, an Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project. Explores the benefits of utilizing lignite coal from the Williston Basin.


Core-Cm Williston Basin Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, And Critical Minerals, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center Oct 2023

Core-Cm Williston Basin Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, And Critical Minerals, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet on the Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative, an Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project. Includes information on the importance of critical minerals and utilizing lignite from the Williston Basin.


Thames River Subwatershed Soil, Sediment, Water Data, Justin B. Richardson, Mark J. Butler Jul 2023

Thames River Subwatershed Soil, Sediment, Water Data, Justin B. Richardson, Mark J. Butler

Data and Datasets

Trace element and nutrient data are for riparian soils, suspended sediments, eddy bottom sediments, and river water collected between 2019 and 2020 in the Thames River watershed of Connecticut, USA. Trace elements and nutrients were measured using EPA 3050B digestion method and analyzed by ICP-OES or ICP-MS.


Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center Jan 2023

Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet about carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and the Energy & Environmental Research Center’s (EERC’s) CCUS capabilities. Includes information on the Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership initiative, Brine Extraction and Storage Test (BEST), Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE), Red Trail Energy Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), a feed study at Coal Creek Station, Bell Creek and Cedar Creek anticline projects, and Partnership for CO2 Capture (PCO2C).


Organic Matter Content And Grain Size Analysis In Seagrass Sediments, Adriana Amrhein, Rip Hale Jan 2023

Organic Matter Content And Grain Size Analysis In Seagrass Sediments, Adriana Amrhein, Rip Hale

College of Sciences Posters

Anthropogenic stresses including increased water temperatures, decreased water quality, sea level rise, ocean acidification and sediment biogeochemical processes have caused a significant loss in seagrass meadow acreage. Seagrass meadows provide coastal protection from storms and recently have been emphasized for their importance in sequestering and storing “Blue Carbon” from the atmosphere and ocean. Seagrass meadows can trap this blue carbon in their sediment as organic carbon, and it can be stored for hundreds to thousands of years. Restoration efforts of seagrass meadows in the Virginia coast started in the 1990s and effects of increasing seagrass density can be observed in …


Dust Deposition To The Bermuda Region: A Comparison Of Estimates Using Seasonally-Resolved Measurements Of Aluminum In Water-Column, Aerosol, And Rain Samples, Tara Williams, Peter Sedwick, Bettina Sohst, Joe Resing, Kristen Buck, Salvatore Caprara, Rod Johnson, Dan Ohnemus, Ben Twining, Alessandro Tagliabue Jan 2023

Dust Deposition To The Bermuda Region: A Comparison Of Estimates Using Seasonally-Resolved Measurements Of Aluminum In Water-Column, Aerosol, And Rain Samples, Tara Williams, Peter Sedwick, Bettina Sohst, Joe Resing, Kristen Buck, Salvatore Caprara, Rod Johnson, Dan Ohnemus, Ben Twining, Alessandro Tagliabue

College of Sciences Posters

Dust deposition is a major source of bioactive trace elements to the surface ocean, yet this flux remains difficult to constrain. Previously, time-averaged dust flux has been estimated using surface ocean dissolved aluminum (DAl) concentrations, assumed values for aerosol aluminum solubility (%AlS), and the residence time of DAl in the surface mixed layer (SML). We apply this method to estimate dust deposition in the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) region using water-column DAl data from cruises in 2019, which is compared with direct flux estimates from contemporaneous measurements of aluminum in aerosols and rain collected on Bermuda. Seasonal …


Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center Jul 2022

Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet about carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and the Energy & Environmental Research Center’s (EERC’s) CCUS capabilities. Includes information on the Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership initiative, Brine Extraction and Storage Test (BEST), Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE), Red Trail Energy Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), a feed study at Coal Creek Station, Bell Creek and Cedar Creek anticline projects, and Partnership for CO2 Capture (PCO2C).


Core-Cm Williston Basin Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, And Critical Minerals, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center May 2022

Core-Cm Williston Basin Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, And Critical Minerals, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet on the Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative, an Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project. Includes information on the importance of critical minerals and utilizing lignite from the Williston Basin.


Geologic Homogenization, Conditioning, & Reuse, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center Feb 2022

Geologic Homogenization, Conditioning, & Reuse, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet about the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) project to evaluate the geologic homogenization, conditioning, and reuse (GHCR) concept of water management. Describes the GHCR concept and summarizes results of the multiyear project.


Laboratory Capabilities, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center Sep 2021

Laboratory Capabilities, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet about the Energy & Environmental Research Center’s (EERC’s) laboratory capabilities including reservoir characterization, organic geochemistry, fluid sampling, and material analysis. A list of publications and laboratory information is also included.


Increasing Analysis Efficiency Through Automation Of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (Icp-Ms) Data Reduction Process Using Python, Grace Abigail Martin Apr 2021

Increasing Analysis Efficiency Through Automation Of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (Icp-Ms) Data Reduction Process Using Python, Grace Abigail Martin

Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters

The Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) provides elemental analysis through ionization of samples. Numerous geochemistry laboratories utilize the ICP-MS and has become a community standard. The ICP-MS data reduction process is time intensive and involves correction for blank contribution and sensitivity drift during measurement, as well as construction of standard calibration lines based on measurements of standard solutions. We look to decrease turnaround time and increase efficiency through automation of the data reduction process using Python. The ICP-MS data reduction process was 3 hours or more, in our observations. Python packages such as Openpyxl and Pandas, allow us to …


Anthropogenically Expedited Transit Reduces Organic Carbon Loss In The Lower Mississippi River: Dataset, Zhixiong Shen, Brad E. Rosenheim, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Andreas Lang Jun 2020

Anthropogenically Expedited Transit Reduces Organic Carbon Loss In The Lower Mississippi River: Dataset, Zhixiong Shen, Brad E. Rosenheim, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Andreas Lang

College of Science Data Sets

This dataset presents data to investigate the change of organic carbon carried by the Lower Mississippi River (LMR) related to river engineering. The dataset includes (1) OSL data, (2) 14C data; (3) the channel centerline of the LMR in the 1970s, (4) the channel centerline of the LMR in 2019, and (5) the migration rates of the LMR between the 1970s and 2019.


Data For "Hydrogeologic And Geochemical Distinctions Within Freshwater Brine Systems In Salar Environments", Lee Ann Munk, David F. Boutt, Brendan Moran, Sarah Mcknight, Jordan Jenckes Jan 2020

Data For "Hydrogeologic And Geochemical Distinctions Within Freshwater Brine Systems In Salar Environments", Lee Ann Munk, David F. Boutt, Brendan Moran, Sarah Mcknight, Jordan Jenckes

Data and Datasets

All chemistry and striontium isotope data for the study, "Hydrogeologic and Geochemical Distinctions within Freshwater Brine Systems in Salar Environments".


Williston Basin Water Treatment Technology Test Bed, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center Jun 2019

Williston Basin Water Treatment Technology Test Bed, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet about Energy & Environmental Research Center plan to pilot-test technology to treat high-TDS (total dissolved solids) water. Includes a description of proposed water treatment technology and plan for the testing process.


Principles Of Stable Isotope Geochemistry, 2nd Edition, Zachary Sharp Jan 2017

Principles Of Stable Isotope Geochemistry, 2nd Edition, Zachary Sharp

Open Textbooks

Principles of Stable Isotope Geochemistry is written as a textbook to accompany a one semester course in Stable Isotope Geochemistry. There are 13 chapters, each dealing with a specific subtopic of the field. Other than Chapters 1 and 2 – introduction and definitions – most of the remaining chapters can be read without reliance on the preceding ones. It is also hoped that the book will serve as a general reference volume for researchers in the field.

Principles of Stable Isotope Geochemistry has been organized in such a way that major concepts are explained and accompanied by numerous examples. In …


Cave Minerals Of San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Bogdan P. Onac, Jonathan Sumrall, John E. Mylroie, Joe B. Kearns Jan 2009

Cave Minerals Of San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Bogdan P. Onac, Jonathan Sumrall, John E. Mylroie, Joe B. Kearns

Environmental Sustainability Books

This volume describes the results of a 2009 fieldwork season focusing on the cave minerals found in karst environments throughout San Salvador Island in the Bahamian archipelago. The caves visited represent a sampling of pit and flank margin caves. Each cave description includes a map.


Mining In Maine : Past, Present, And Future, Carolyn A. Lepage Jan 1990

Mining In Maine : Past, Present, And Future, Carolyn A. Lepage

Maine Collection

Mining in Maine : Past, Present, and Future

by Carolyn A. Lepage, Michael E. Foley, and Woodrow B. Thompson

Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, Augusta, Me., 1990.

Contents: Introduction / The Early Years: Pre-Civil War / The Civil War to World War II / The War Years of the 1940's / The Postwar Years: 1940's to 1960 / The 1960's / The 1970's / Maine Mineral Resources Association / The 1980's / Current Mining and Exploration / Future Potential / Acknowledgments / References


Geochemistry Of Selected Maine Peat Deposits, Stephen A. Norton Jan 1990

Geochemistry Of Selected Maine Peat Deposits, Stephen A. Norton

Maine Collection

Geochemistry of Selected Maine Peat Deposits

by Steven Allen Norton

Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, Augusta, Maine, 1990.

Contents: Introduction / Purpose of Study / Location of Study Sites / Methods / Acknowledgements / Results / Water Chemistry / Dating of Short Cores / Chemistry of Short Cores / Core Interpretations / Summary / References Cited


Peat Resources Of Maine - Volume 4: Southern And Western Maine, Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage Jan 1984

Peat Resources Of Maine - Volume 4: Southern And Western Maine, Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage

Maine Collection

Peat Resources of Maine - Volume 4: Southern and Western Maine

by Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage & Walter A. Anderson

Bulletin 31 - Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, Augusta, Maine (1984).

Preparation of this report was supported by funds furnished by the U.S. Department of Energy, Grant No. DE-FG18-79ET14690, the Maine Office of Energy Resources, the Maine Geological Survey, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Contents: Introduction / The Maine Peat Resource Evaluation Program / Geologic Setting of Maine Peat Deposits / Formation of Peat Deposits in Maine / Methods of Investigation / Identification of …


Tourmaline - A Prospecting Guide For Massive Base-Metal Sulfide Deposits In The Penobscot Bay Area, Maine, John F. Slack Jun 1980

Tourmaline - A Prospecting Guide For Massive Base-Metal Sulfide Deposits In The Penobscot Bay Area, Maine, John F. Slack

Maine Collection

Tourmaline - A Prospecting Guide for Massive Base-Metal Sulfide Deposits in the Penobscot Bay Area, Maine


by John F. Slack, U.S. Geological Survey

Special Economic Studies Series No.8

Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, Augusta, Maine (June, 1980).

Contents: Abstract / Introduction / Geologic Setting / Massive Sulfide Deposits / Tourmaline Occurrences / Tourmaline: A Guide to Ore / Acknowledgements / References Cited




Maine Gems And Gem Minerals, Maine State Museum Jan 1973

Maine Gems And Gem Minerals, Maine State Museum

Maine Collection

Maine Gems and Gem Minerals

The Maine State Museum - Printed under Appropriation No. 1741.1

Sections Include : "An Introduction to the Gemstones of Maine", "Tourmaline", "Beryl", "Quartz Family Gems", "Topaz", "Gold", "Miscellaneous Gem Varieties", "Maine's 'Lost' Gem Mines", "Hamlin Necklace", etc


History Of Sedimentation In Montsweag Bay, Detmar Schnitker Jan 1972

History Of Sedimentation In Montsweag Bay, Detmar Schnitker

Maine Collection

History of Sedimentation In Montsweag Bay

by Setmar Schnitker

Bulletin #25, Department of Forestry, Augusta, Maine, 1972.

Contents: Abstract / Introduction / Geographic Setting / Seismic Profiling / Pleistocene Sediments / Holocene Sediments / Actual Sedimentation /. Suspended Sediments / Recent Changes / Outlook / Acknowledgements / References


Geology Of The Moose River And Roach River Synclinoria, Northwestern Maine, Arthur J. Boucot, Edward W. Heath Aug 1969

Geology Of The Moose River And Roach River Synclinoria, Northwestern Maine, Arthur J. Boucot, Edward W. Heath

Maine Collection

Geology of the Moose River and Roach River Synclinoria, Northwestern Maine

by Arthur J. Boucot, with contributions by Edward W. Heath

Bulletin No.21, Maine Geological Survey

Department of Economic Development, Augusta, Maine (August, 1969).

Contents: Abstract / Introduction / Stratigraphy / Intrusive Rocks / Metamorphism / Structure / Large Scale Maps / Somerset Island / Lobster Island / Historical Geology / The Problem of Shell Beds / References / Appendix I /


A Detailed Economic Investigation Of Geochemical And Aeromagnetic Anomalies North Central Maine, W. F. Stickney, R. S. Young, L. A. Wing Mar 1965

A Detailed Economic Investigation Of Geochemical And Aeromagnetic Anomalies North Central Maine, W. F. Stickney, R. S. Young, L. A. Wing

Maine Collection

A Detailed Economic Investigation of Geochemical and Aeromagnetic Anomalies North Central Maine

W.F.Stickney, R.S.Young and L.A.Wing

Special Economic Series No.4, Maine Geological Survey, Department of Economic Development, Augusta, Maine (March 1965).

Contents: Foreword / Part I - Geology (W.F. Stickney) / Part II - Geophysics (R.S. Young) / Part III - Geochemistry (L.A. Wing) / References


Maine Pegmatite Mines And Prospects And Associated Minerals, Maine Geological Survey Mar 1957

Maine Pegmatite Mines And Prospects And Associated Minerals, Maine Geological Survey

Maine Collection

Maine Pegmatite Mines and Prospects and Associated Minerals

Minerals Resources Index No.1 - Maine Geological Survey

Department of Development of Industry and Commerce, Augusta, Maine (March 1, 1957).

Contents: Introduction / Acknowledgments / Explanatory Considerations / Selected Bibliography / Pegmatite Mines and Prospects - Alphabetical Index / Pegmatite Mines and Prospects - County-Township Index / Pegmatite Mines and Prospects - Map Index.

Also Includes: Southwestern Maine - Pegmatite Localities and Access Highways / Index Map Showing Mining Districts and Detailed Plate Locations


Genetic Study Of Some Pyrrhotite Deposits Of Maine And New Brunswick, Dept. Of Development Of Industry And Commerce Jan 1956

Genetic Study Of Some Pyrrhotite Deposits Of Maine And New Brunswick, Dept. Of Development Of Industry And Commerce

Maine Collection

Genetic Study of Some Pyrrhotite Deposits of Maine and New Brunswick

by Robert S. Houston

Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 7

Department of Development of Industry and Commerce, Augusta, Maine (January, 1956).

Contents: Abstract / Introduction / Field and Laboratory Studies / Regional Geography / Regional Geology / Pyrrhotite Deposits / Description of Individual Deposits / Literature Cited



Report Of The State Geologist 1953-1954, Maine Geological Survey Jul 1955

Report Of The State Geologist 1953-1954, Maine Geological Survey

Maine Collection

Report of the State Geologist 1953-1954.

Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - July 1955.

Contents: Joseph M. Trefethen -- Review of Maine Mineral Outlook / Henry W. Allen -- Limestone Investigations, 1953-54 / Wm.T. Forsyth -- Airbourne Magnetometer Survey in Eastern Maine / Gary M. Boone -- Petrology of the Farmington, Maine Area / Joseph M. Trefethen, Henry Allen, and Wm. T. Forsyth -- Scheelite Occurrences in Maine / Wm.T. Forsyth -- Beneficiation Tests on the Warren Sillimanite Gneiss / Wm. T. Forsyth -- Pyrrhotite Mineralization at Iron Hill, Gardiner, Maine / Joseph M. Trefethen -- …


Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 6 : Pegmatites And Associated Rocks In The Newry Hill Area, Oxford County, Maine., Vincent E. Shainin, Louis F. Dellwig Jan 1955

Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 6 : Pegmatites And Associated Rocks In The Newry Hill Area, Oxford County, Maine., Vincent E. Shainin, Louis F. Dellwig

Maine Collection

Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 6 : Pegmatites and Associated Rocks in the Newry Hill Area, Oxford County, Maine.

Joseph M. Trefethen, State Geologist.

by Vincent E. Shainin, University of Maine and Louis F. Dellwig, U.S. Geological Survey.

Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine, 1955



Report Of The State Geologist 1951-1952, Maine Geological Survey Dec 1953

Report Of The State Geologist 1951-1952, Maine Geological Survey

Maine Collection

Report of the State Geologist 1951-1952.

Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - December, 1953.

Contents: Joseph M. Trefethen -- New England Mineral Resources / Henry Allen -- Progress Report of Limestone Survey, Knox County / Wm. Forsyth -- Mineralogical Variations of the Ellsworth Schist in Blue Hill, Maine / Lawrence A. Wing -- Preliminary Report on Eastern Maine Granites / Kern Jackson -- A Preliminary Report on the Geology of a Portion of the Rumford Quadrangle, Maine / Robert M. Zink -- Certain Aspects of the Ecology of Venus and Mya at Bunganuc and at Morgan …


Report Of The State Geologist 1947-1948, Maine Geological Survey Mar 1949

Report Of The State Geologist 1947-1948, Maine Geological Survey

Maine Collection

Report of the State Geologist 1947-1948.

Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - March 1949.

Contents: Activity of the Maine Geological Survey, 1947-48 / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Review of the Aroostook County Manganese Deposits / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Notes on Ground Water Conditions in Maine / Joseph M. Trefethen -- The Desert of Maine / Henry Allen and Elbert Pratt -- Reconnaissance Surveys of Limestones in Franklin County, Maine / Lawrence Wing and Arthur Dawson -- Preliminary Report on Asbestos and Associated Rocks of Northwestern Maine / Lawrence Goldthwait -- Clay Survey 1948 / Earl …