Talks Presented Without Abstracts

[not included are numerous talks to school groups and at KGS annual meetings]

1978 Echinoderms from the Pennington Formation in south-central Kentucky: Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Richmond, Kentucky.

1982 Distribution of the flint clay parting of the Fire Clay coal and its implications: [with Schreiber, A.], Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Ashland, Kentucky.

1982 Fluvial and deltaic environments of deposition of the Mississippi River in Louisiana: [with Cobb, J.C.], Feature presentation for the Geological Society of Kentucky, Richmond, Kentucky.

1982 The swamp environment and peat deposition in the Okeefenokee Swamp: Feature presentation for the Geological Society of Kentucky, Richmond, Kentucky.

1983 Source of volcanic ash deposit in the Fire Clay coal of Appalachian Basin: Feature presentation for the Geological Society of Kentucky, Richmond, Kentucky.

1984 Geological adventures in Spain: Feature presentation for the Geological Society of Kentucky, Richmond, Kentucky.

1985 The Geology of San Salvador Island, the Bahamas: [with Ettensohn, F.R.], Feature presentation for the Geological Society of Kentucky, Richmond, Kentucky.

1988 Tonsteins: Thursday Seminar, Geology Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, October.

1988 Stratigraphic analysis of the Pennsylvanian rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin [poster presentation]: U.S. Geological Survey, Appalachian Basin Symposium, Reston, Virginia, Nov. 9.

1988 Adventures in China: Banquet presentation, Kentucky Geological Survey Annual Banquet, Dec. 15.

1989 Stratigraphic framework of the Carboniferous rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin: Indiana Geological Survey, Jan. 17.

1989 Travels through China: Blue Grass Gem and Mineral Club, Feb. 19.

1989 Geological adventure in China: Banquet presentation, Joint meeting of Geological Society of Kentucky and American Institute of Professional Geologists, Annual Spring Banquet, May 12.

1989 The story of coal: University of Kentucky Saturday Seminar, October 21.

1990 The Fossils of Kentucky: University of Kentucky Saturday Seminar, September 1 [best attendance of any Saturday Seminar given at the University].

1991 Dinosaurs!: University of Kentucky Saturday Seminar, September 7 [approx. 175 attendees].

1992 Current research in coal geology: University of Kentucky Department of Geological Sciences, Spring Centennial Celebration, April 11.

1992 Geologic adventures in Argentina: Banquet presentation, Joint meeting of Geological Society of Kentucky and American Institute of Professional Geologists, Annual Spring Banquet, May 15.

1992 The project to build the Kentucky Museum of Natural History: Evening presentation and exhibit, Kentucky Academy of Science, Annual Meeting, Oct. 29-31, Ashland, Kentucky.

1993 Stratigraphic analysis of the Carboniferous strata of the Central Appalachian Basin: Thursday Seminar of the University of Kentucky Geosciences Department, Jan. 28.

1995 Mississippian Period echinoderms from south-central Kentucky: Kentucky Paleontological Society, June 30.

1995 Carboniferous fossils of Kentucky: Fall Fossil Festival, Falls of the Ohio State Park, September 23.

1995 Geological adventures in the Altay Mountains of southern Siberia: Blue Grass Gem and Mineral Club, Oct. 15.

1996 Geological adventures in the Altay Mountains of southern Siberia [or Mutt and Jeff go slumming through Siberia]: University of Kentucky Department of Geosciences Thursday Seminar, Feb. 1; co-presenter Frank Ettensohn.

1997 Coal assessment seminar series—Pond Creek/Lower Elkhorn coal of eastern Kentucky: Hosted half-day seminar in Prestonsburg, KY, talks by staff of KGS Coal and Minerals Section, Nov. 7.

1998 Convenor for the Annual Symposium of the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists, Lexington, KY, May 15.

1998 Geologic Adventures in Argentina: Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, May 29.

1999 Pipe-organ structures in the Middlesboro Member: Mid-American Paleobotanical Colloquium, Lexington, KY, May 22.

1999 Geology of the Coal-Bearing Rocks of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field: KGS Coalbed Methane Workshop, Lexington, KY, Sept. 16.

1999 Coalbed Methane, a New Resource for Kentucky: U.K. Department of Geosciences Thursday Seminar, Lexington, KY, Dec. 2.

2000 Coal research at KGS—Coal Atlases, Deep Coal and CBM: US Geological Survey, Reston, VA, Feb. 16.

2002 Paleontological Adventures in New Zealand: Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, August 30.

2002 Paleontological Adventures in the Outback of Queensland, Australia: Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, Oct. 25.

2003 Fossil Reefs in the Aboriginal Outback of Northwestern Australia: Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, Feb. 28.

2005 Small Water-purification Stations for Thirld World Settings: Hunter Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY, Oct 5.

2005 Small Water-purification Stations for Thirld World Settings: Kentucky Geological Survey Brown Bag Seminar, Lexington, KY, Oct 7.

2005 Hurricane Katrina, volunteer work on the Gulf Coast: Kentucky Geological Survey Brown Bag Seminar, Lexington, KY, 9 November

2005 Hurricane Katrina, volunteer work on the Gulf Coast: Hunter Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY, Dec. 14.

2006 Paleontology in Tibet and China: Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY,, Oct. 27.

2007 Paleontology in Belgium and Germany: Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY,, Mar. 30.

2008 Assembly of Asia: Guangxi and Tibet, Kentucky Geological Survey Brown Bag Seminar, Lexington, KY, 24 January

2008 Assembly of Asia: Inner Mongolia and Yunnan, Kentucky Geological Survey Brown Bag Seminar, Lexington, KY, 31 January

2008 Paleontological Adventures in Inner Mongolia and Yunnan Provinces, China, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, 25 April

2008 Assembly of Asia: Guangxi Province and Tibet [repeat], Kentucky Geological Survey Brown Bag Seminar, Lexington, KY, 1 May

2008 Assembly of Asia: Viet Nam, Kentucky Geological Survey Brown Bag Seminar, Lexington, KY, 8 May

2008 Assembly of Asia: Mekong River, Viet Nam and Cambodia, Kentucky Geological Survey Brown Bag Seminar, Lexington, KY, 15 May

2008 Assembly of Asia: Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Kentucky Geological Survey Brown Bag Seminar, Lexington, KY, 29 May

2008 Travels in Inner Mongolia and Yunnan Provinces, China, on Pandaw IV, Myanmar, 17 September

2008 Travels in Tibet and Guangxi, China, on Pandaw IV, Myanmar, 20 September

2010 Travels in Myanmar (Burma): The Chindwin River, Hunter Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY, May

2010 Travels in Myanmar (Burma): The Upper Irrawaddy, Hunter Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY, 13 Oct 10

2010 Assembly of Asia: Myanmar (Burma): The Chindwin River, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, August 27

2010 Assembly of Asia: Myanmar (Burma): The Upper Irrawaddy River, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, 29 Oct 10

2010 Paleoecology of the Sloans Valley echinoderm fauna, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 6 December 2010

2011 The Kentucky Museum of Natural History Project, Kentucky Academy of Science, Panel Discussion, Murray State University, Murray, KY, November 4, 2011

2011 Travels along the Ganges River, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, 27 May 2011

2011 Geological Adventures in Australia, by Don and Mary Chesnut, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, November 18, 2011

2012 Travel Along the Volcanoes of Bali and Lombok, Indonesia, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, 27 April 2012

2013 Travels Along the Deccan Plateau of Southern India, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, 26 April 2013

2014 Travels in Borneo: Orangutans, Wildlife, and Indigenous People, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, 24 May 2014

2016 Deccan Traps and Deccan Plateau in India, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, 27 May 2016

2016 Travels and Mammal-like Reptiles of the Karoo Basin, South Africa, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY, 18 November 2016.


Field Seminars, Workshops or Training Seminars Presented

[Led or contributed to the following events:]

1979 Field Trip 4, "Carboniferous geology from the Appalachian Basin to the Illinois Basin through Eastern Ohio and Kentucky," Ninth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology.

1981 "Coal and Coal-Bearing Rocks of Eastern Kentucky," Annual Geological Society of America Coal Division Field Trip.

1982 "Coal and Coal-Bearing Rocks of Eastern Kentucky," Geological Society of Kentucky Annual Field Trip.

1984 "Coal and Coal-Bearing Rocks of Eastern Kentucky," Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section Annual Meeting.

1986 "Eastern Kentucky Coals and Oil Shales: Field Excursions in Organic Petrology," The Society for Organic Petrology, 3rd Annual Meeting.

1989 Carboniferous rocks from St. Louis, Missouri to Washington, D.C.," International Geological Congress, Washington, D.C.

1989 "Pennsylvanian rocks of the Eastern Interior Basin," Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, St. Louis.

1990 Tectonic implications of depositional and erosional features in Carboniferous rocks of South-central Kentucky: Annual Field Conference of the Geological Society of Kentucky, September 28-29.

1991 Coal-bearing rocks along the western margin of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field: The Society of Organic Petrographers, Annual Meeting Fieldtrip, September 29-October 2.

1992 Changing Interpretations of Kentucky Geology: Layer-cake, facies, flexure, and eustacy: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, October 29-31.

1992 Regional aspects of Pottsville and Allegheny stratigraphy and depositional environments, Ohio and Kentucky: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Oct. 23-25.

1992 Paleoclimate controls on Carboniferous sedimentation and cyclic stratigraphy in the Appalachian Basin: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Oct. 22-25.

1997 Coal Assessment Seminar Series-Pond Creek/Lower Elkhorn coal: OISTAL/Kentucky Geological Survey, Prestonsburg, Ky., Nov. 7.

1998 The Pound Gap Section: Annual Field Trip for the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists, Jenkins, KY, Sept. 25, 26.

2000 KGS Coal Assessment Seminar Series--Western Kentucky Coal Atlas Seminar: OISTAL/Kentucky Geological Survey, Madisonville, Ky., March 8.

2000 Coal research at KGS: Coal Atlases, Deep Coal and CBM: US Geological Survey, Reston, VA, Feb. 16.


Continuing Education

1981 American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Field Course on Recent Mississippi River and Delta Environments, led by Dr. James Coleman, L.S.U., 5 days.

1982 Field Course on Okeefenokee Peat Environments, led by Dr. Author Cohen, 6 days.

1983 Carboniferous Stratigraphy of the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain, 10th International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, 9 days.

1985 Characteristics of the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian Boundary and Associated Coal-Bearing Rocks in the Southern Appalachians, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 28-31, 1985, Coal Section Field Trip, approximately 4 days.

1986 Upper Carboniferous of South Wales, British Sedimentological Research Group, University of Keele, Field Trip 2, 4 days.

1986 South Texas Modern Deposition Systems, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Field Trip 15, 3 days.

1987 The Carboniferous and Permian Strata in Shanxi, Eleventh International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Beijing, China, Field Trip 1, 8 days.

1987 The Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy of Guizhou, Eleventh International Congress on Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Beijing, China, Field Trip 5, 8 days.

1988 Pennsylvanian and Permian depositional systems and cycles in Eagle Basin (Vail to Glenwood Springs), northwest Colorado, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Field Trip 8, 2 days.

1989 Tidal deposition in Carboniferous rocks of Indiana: led by Dr. Eric Kvale of the Indiana Geological Survey, Jan. 17-18.

1989 Cyclic strata of the Late Pennsylvanian outlier, east-central Illinois: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Field Trip 17, 2 days.

1990 Coal-bearing strata near Oak Grove and Brookwood coalbed-methane fields, Black Warrior Basin, Alabama: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 4.

1990 Carboniferous coal-bearing rocks and modern estuarine and tidal environments of Nova Scotia, Canada: led by Dr. John Calder, Nova Scotia Geological Survey Special Field Conference, June-July, 9 days.

1991 The Carboniferous geology of the Calingasta-Uspallata basin in Mendoza and San Juan Provinces in western Argentina: led by C. R. Gonzalez, C. O. Limarino, and O. R. L. Gamundi, XII International Congress of Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy and Geology, Field Trip 2A, September 23-27.

1991 The Carboniferous geology of Patagonia in southern Argentina: led by R. Cuneo, XII International Congress of Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy and Geology, Field Trip 4B, September 28-October 5.

1995 Geology and hydrology of coalbed methane producibility in the United States: Analogs for the World [shortcourse], May 15 & 16 at the International Unconventional Gas Symposium, May 14-20.

1995 Development of the Variscan Basin and Epi-Variscan Cover at the margin of the East European Platform (Pomerania, Holy Cross Mts., Krakow Upland): led by Stanislaw Skompski, XIII International Congress on Carboniferous-Permian, Field trip A2, August 23-August 27.

1995 Sedimentary record of the Variscan orogeny and climate--Intra-Sudetic Basin, Poland and Czech Republic: led by Adam Ihnatowicz and Krzysztof Mastalerz, XIII International Congress on Carboniferous-Permian, Field trip B1, September 3-September 6.

1997 Defining coalbed methane exploration fairways and resources. 1997 International Coalbed Methane Symposium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Coalbed Methane Short Course #1, May 12-13.

1997 Characteristics and origin of coalbed methane reservoirs in the Cahaba Coal Field: led by Jack C. Pashin and Richard E. Carroll, 1997 International Coalbed Methane Symposium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, May 17.

1997 Paleontological field and laboratory techniques for dinosaur studies: led by Adrian Hunt, Tucumcari Dinosaur Museum, Tucumcari, New Mexico, July 7-13.

1997 Fluvial-deltaic sedimentation and stratigraphy of the Ferron Sandstone: led by Paul B. Anderson and Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Oct 23-25.

1998 ArcView: led by Dan Carey, KGS, Lexington, KY, 2-day computer class and certification.

2000 Arc Image Map Server: by ESRI trainers, Frankfort, KY, 3-day computer class and certification.

2000 Pagemaker 6.5: Micro Computer Solutions, Oct. 24-26, Lexington, KY.

2000 Paleozoic subduction complex and Paleozoic-Mesozoic island-arc volcano-plutonic assemblages in the northern Sierra Terrane: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, Nov. 10-12.

2000 Lake Tahoe active faults, landslides, and tsunamis: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, Nov. 15.

2000 Eocene magmatism and extension in northeastern Nevada and their role in generating Carlin-type gold deposits: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, Nov. 17-19.

2001 St. Andrews [Scotland]: Geological Society of America/Geological Society of London Earth System Processes Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 23.

2001 Stirling, the Trossachs and Loch Katrine [Scotland]: Geological Society of America/Geological Society of London Earth System Processes Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 25.

2001 Braveheart Land: Stirling District [Scotland]: Geological Society of America/Geological Society of London Earth System Processes Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 29.

2002 Paleontology of the North Island, New Zealand: First International Palaeontological Congress, Sydney, Australia, June 29-July 4.

2002 Permian of the Hunter Valley: First International Palaeontological Congress, Sydney, Australia, July 7.

2002 Palaeozoics of NE Queensland: Broken River region: First International Palaeontological Congress, Sydney, Australia, July 11-July 17.

2002 Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia: First International Palaeontological Congress, Sydney, Australia, July 19-July 28.

2003 The Silesian in the Foreland Basins of NW Germany (Aachen, Ruhr, Osnabr�ck): XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 7-9 August 2003.

2005 Water Purification System Installation, Clean Water University, Camp Hopewell, Oxford, Mississippi, 21-25 September 2005.

2006 The Devonian of the Guilin-Xiangzhou area, South China: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology , 2nd International Palaeontological Congress, June 11-16.

2006 Upper Palaeozoic to Triassic successions of the Tibetan Himalayas and significant geological occurrences along the road leading to the Himalayas, 2nd International Palaeontological Congress, June 22-28.

2006 From palaeokarst to calciturbidites - a carbonate platform-slope–transect from the Mississippian Limestone in eastern Belgium to the Culm Basin in western Germany, Carboniferous Conference Cologne, September 4-5.

2006 The mixed carbonate-siliciclastic facies of the Mississippian Culm Basin, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge – complex interplay of platform, starved basin and prograding orogeny, Carboniferous Conference Cologne, September 9-10.

2007 Peri-Gondwanan Carboniferous to Permian sequences in West Yunnan, XVI International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, June 25-30.

2007 Pennsylvanian through the end of Permian continental sequences in Shanxi and an Early Permian autochthonous flora preserved in tuff in Inner Mongolia, XVI International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, June 15-20.

2011 Collie Coalfield and Lake Clifton--A Field Guide, 6 July 2011, XVII International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, Perth, Australia.

2011 Permian-Carboniferous Geology of the Northern Perth and Southern Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia--A Field Guide, 10-16 July 2011, XVII International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, Perth, Australia.

2012 Devonian and Carboniferous Strata of Northeastern Kentucky, 25 July 2012, Post-Meeting Field Trip, Lexington 2012: A Joint Meeting of the 45th Annual Meeting of AASP - The Palynological Society and Meeting of the CIMP -Commission Internationale de la Microflore du Paloz�o�que Subcommissions, 49 p.

2016 Karoo Transect--One Hundred Million Years of Evolving Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Main Karoo Basin, 35th International Geological Contress, Field Trip Guide Pre4, Cape Town, South Africa, 74 pp.