Publications

1975

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1975, Fossils and geology of eastern Kentucky. Mountain Review, Appalshop, volume 1, number 2, p. 28-29.

1979

Chesnut, D.R., and Ettensohn, F.R., 1979, The paleoecology and echinoderm faunas of the lower Pennington in south-central Kentucky [abs]: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1979 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, p. 174. [1979a.txt]

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., 1979, Echinoderm paleoecology and paleoenvironments from the Glen Dean and Lower Pennington (Chesterian), south-central Kentucky [abs]: Ninth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Urbana, Illinois, 1979, Abstracts of Papers, p. 62-63.

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., 1979, Stop 1: Upper Mississippian carbonates and the Pennington Formation south of the Basement Fault Zone in east-central Kentucky: Ninth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Urbana, Illinois, 1979, Guidebook, Field Trip 4: University of Kentucky, Lexington, p. 191-194.

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., 1979, Stop 2: Stratigraphy and depositional environments in the Upper Hartselle, Bangor and Pennington Formations of south-central Kentucky: Ninth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Urbana, Illinois, 1979, Guidebook, Field Trip 4: University of Kentucky, Lexington, p. 194-201.

1980

Phillips, T.S., and Chesnut, D.R., 1980, Coal balls in lower Middle Pennsylvanian strata of eastern Kentucky: Occurrences and peat composition [abs]: Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Abstracts with Programs, November 17-20, 1980, v. 11, n. 7, p. 498 [1980a.txt]

1981

Chesnut, D.R., 1981, A preliminary survey of marine zones in the Pennsylvanian sediments of eastern Kentucky [abs]: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, Abstracts with Programs, March 18-20, 1981, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, p. . [1981a.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., 1981, Marine zones of the (upper) Carboniferous of eastern Kentucky, in J.C. Cobb, J.C., Chesnut, D.R., Hester, N.C., and Hower, J.C., eds., Coal and coal-bearing rocks of eastern Kentucky: p. 57-66.[1981b.pdf, 2.1 Mb]

Chesnut, D.R., 1981, The Mississippian-Pennsylvanian contact in Eastern Kentucky, in J.C. Cobb, J.C., Chesnut, D.R., Hester, N.C., and Hower, J.C., eds., Coal and coal-bearing rocks of eastern Kentucky: p. 67-70.[1981c.pdf, 0.7 Mb]

Chesnut, D.R., and Jennings, J.R., 1981, Insect wing from Road Gap, in J.C. Cobb, J.C., Chesnut, D.R., Hester, N.C., and Hower, J.C., eds., Coal and coal-bearing rocks of eastern Kentucky: p. 71-73.[1981d.pdf, 1.3 Mb]

Cobb, J.C., Chesnut, D.R., Hester, N.C., and Hower, J.C., 1981, Coal and coal-bearing rocks of eastern Kentucky: Guidebook and roadlog for Coal Division of Geological Society of America, Field Trip No. 14: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, 169 p.

Chesnut, D.R., 1981, Known calcareous coal ball occurrences in eastern Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. XI, Open-File Report OF-81-12, 21 p.

1983

Brant, R.A., Chesnut, D.R., Frankie, W.T., and Portig, E.R., 1983, Coal resources of the Licking River District, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Institute for Mining and Minerals Research, Energy Resource Series, 57 p.

Brant, R.A., Chesnut, D.R., Frankie, W.T., and Portig, E.R., 1983, Coal resources of the Hazard District, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Institute for Mining and Minerals Research, Energy Resource Series, 49 p.

Brant, R.A., Chesnut, D.R., Frankie, W.T., and Portig, E.R., 1983, Coal resources of the Big Sandy District, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Institute for Mining and Minerals Research, Energy Resource Series, 47 p.

Brant, R.A., Chesnut, D.R., Frankie, W.T., and Portig, E.R., 1983, Coal resources of the Upper Cumberland District, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Institute for Mining and Minerals Research, Energy Resource Series, 41 p.

Chesnut, D.R., 1983, Fossil plants in Kentucky's coal-bearing rocks: Kentucky Coal Journal, March, 1983, p. 15.

Chesnut, D.R., 1983, Marine fossils in Kentucky's coal-bearing rocks: Kentucky Coal Journal, May, 1983, p. 31.

Chesnut, D.R., 1983, A preliminary study of the Upper Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kentucky and nearby areas: Kentucky Geological Survey, Open-File Report OF-83-02, 23 p.

Chesnut, D.R., 1983, Source of the volcanic ash deposit (flint clay) in the Fire Clay coal of the Appalachian Basin: Kentucky Geological Survey, Open-File Report OF-83-03, 32 p.

Chesnut, D.R., 1983, Source of the volcanic ash deposit (flint clay) of a coal in the Appalachian Basin [abs]: Tenth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Madrid, Spain, 1983, Abstracts, p. 34. [1983i.txt]

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., 1983, Depositional environment and stratigraphy of the Pennington Formation (Visean-Namurian A), east-central Kentucky, U.S.A. [abs]: Tenth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Madrid, Spain, 1983, Abstracts, p. 197. [1983j.txt]

Schram, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., 1983, Acanthotelson kentuckiensis n. sp., in Schram, F.R., Fossil syncarida of the world: Transactions of the San Diego Natural History Museum, p. 32-35.

1984

Chesnut, D.R., 1984, Source of the volcanic ash deposit (flint clay) in the Fire Clay coal of the Appalachian Basin [abs]: Geological Society of America, Southeastern-North-Central Section, Lexington, Kentucky, 1984 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, p. 128. [1984a.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., and Ettensohn, F.R., 1984, Life mode of Pterotocrinus in the lower Pennington (Lower Carboniferous) of east-central Kentucky [abs]: Geological Society of America, Southeastern-North-Central Section, Lexington, Kentucky, 1984 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, p. 128. [1984b.txt]

Cobb, J.C., Chesnut, D.R., and Haney, D.C., 1984, Sedimentation and peat accumulation associated with the Fire Clay coal in Eastern Kentucky [abs]: Geological Society of America, Southeastern-North-Central Section, Lexington, Kentucky, 1984 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, p. 129. [1984c.txt]

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., 1984, Possible relationships between the "Mississippian-Pennsylvanian" unconformity and the Alleghenian Orogeny in the Central Appalachians [abs]: Geological Society of America, Southeastern-North-Central Section, Lexington, Kentucky, 1984 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, p. 137.

Ettensohn, F.R., Rice C.L., Dever, G.R., Jr, and Chesnut, D.R., 1984, Slade and Paragon Formations--New stratigraphic nomenclature for Mississippian rocks along the Cumberland Escarpment in Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1605, 37 p.

1985

Chesnut, D.R., 1985, Source of the volcanic ash deposit (flint clay) in the Fire Clay coal of the Appalachian Basin: Dixieme Congres International de Stratigraphie et de Geologie du Carbonifere, Madrid, Spain, 1983, Compte Rendu, v. 1, p. 145-154.[1985a.pdf, 1.6 Mb]

Chesnut, D.R., 1985, Non-bibliographic information on coal available at the Kentucky Geological Survey: Kentucky Coal Information Network Newsletter, February 1985.

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., 1985, Echinoderm paleoecology and paleoenvironments from the Glen Dean and lower Pennington (Chesterian), south-central Kentucky: Ninth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Compte Rendu, v. 5, p. 349-360. [1985c.txt]

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., 1985, Depositional environments and stratigraphy of the Pennington Formation (Upper Visean-Namurian A), east-central and eastern Kentucky, U.S.A.: Dixieme Congres International de Stratigraphie et de Geologie du Carbonifere, Madrid, Spain, 1983, Compte Rendu, v. 3, p. 269-283.[1985d.pdf, 3 Mb]

Haney, D.C., Cobb, J.C., Chesnut, D.R., and Currens, J.C., 1985, Structural controls on environments of deposition, coal quality, and resources in the Appalachian Basin in Kentucky: Dixieme Congres International de Stratigraphie et de Geologie du Carbonifere, Madrid, Spain, 1983, Compte Rendu, v. 2, p. 69-78.[1985e.pdf, 2.4 Mb]

1986

Chesnut, D.R., and Cobb, J.R., 1986, Pennsylvanian-age distributary-mouth bar in the Breathitt Formation of eastern Kentucky: Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide--Southeastern Section, v. 6, p. 51-53.

Cobb, J.C., Brant, R.A., and Chesnut, D.R., 1986, Coal resources as a tool for basin analysis [abs]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 10-13, 1986, San Antonio, Texas, Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 6, p. 566. [1986b.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., Cobb, J.R., and Kiefer, J.D., 1986, Four Corners: A three-dimensional panorama of stratigraphy and depositional structures of the Breathitt Formation (Pennsylvanian), Hazard, Kentucky: Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide--Southeastern Section, v. 6, p. 47-50.

Cobb, J.C., Gastaldo, R.A., and Chesnut, D.R., 1986, Origin of the Middlesboro Member of the Lee Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian) in the Central Appalachian Basin and its unique fossil occurrence [abs]: Geological Society of London, An International Symposium on Coal and Coal-Bearing Strata (Abstracts), Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, 8-10 April, 1986, p. 12. [1986d.txt]

Hower, J.C., Barron, L.S., Rimmer, S.M., Cobb, J.C., and Chesnut, D.R., 1986, Eastern Kentucky coals and oil shales: Field Excursions in Organic Petrology, Society of Organic Petrology Third Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, September 25, 1986, 101 p.

1987

Chesnut, D.R., 1987, Structural and stratigraphic framework of the Carboniferous rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin, eastern U.S.A. [abs]: Eleventh International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, August 30-September 5, 1987, Beijing, China, Abstracts of Papers, v. 1, p. 276-277. [1987a.txt]

Cobb, J.C., Chesnut, D.R., and Gastaldo, R.A., 1987, Origin of the Middlesboro Member of the Lower Pennsylvanian-age Lee Formation (Bashkirian) in the Central Appalachian Basin, eastern U.S.A. and its unique fossil occurrence [abs]: Eleventh International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, August 30-September 5, 1987, Beijing, China, Abstracts of Papers, v. 1, p. 165. [1987b.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., and Ettensohn, F.R., 1987, The synecology and autecology of echinoderms from the Paragon Formation (Pennington Group, Upper Visean-Namurian A) of Kentucky, U.S.A. [abs]: Eleventh International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, August 30-September 5, 1987, Beijing, China, Abstracts of Papers, v. 1, p. 139-140. [1987c.txt]

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., 1987, Nature and probable origin of the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian unconformity in eastern United States [abs]: Eleventh International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, August 30-September 5, 1987, Beijing, China, Abstracts of Papers, v. 1,p. 280-281. [1987d.txt]

1988

Chesnut, D.R., 1988, Stratigraphic analysis of the Carboniferous rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin: University of Kentucky, Ph.D. Dissertation, Lexington, 297 p. [PDF files: Part A, 8.1 Mb; Part B, 6.8 Mb; Part C, 6.4 Mb; Part D, 5.7 Mb; Part E, 5.8 Mb; Part F, 5.6 Mb; Part G, 5.2 Mb; Part H, 5.5 Mb; Part I, 4.5 Mb; Part J, 6.5 Mb; Part K, 4.9 Mb; Part L, 0.2 Mb; Oversize Figure 325, 1.3 Mb; Oversize Figure 326, 1.3 Mb; Oversize Figure 327, 1.3 Mb; Oversize Figure 331, 0.7 Mb; Oversize Figure 332, 0.6 Mb; Oversize Figure 333, 0.6 Mb; Oversize Figure 334, 0.8 Mb]

Chesnut, D.R., and Ettensohn, F.R., 1988, Hombergian (Chesterian) echinoderm paleontology and paleoecology, south-central Kentucky: Bulletins of American Paleontology, v. 95, no. 330, 102 p.*

Chesnut, D.R., 1988, Preferred coal-bed names for the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. Kentucky Geological Survey, Ser. 11, Open File Report OF-88-13, 5 p.

Chesnut, D.R., 1988, Analysis of the Pennsylvanian rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin [abs]: Geological Society of America, October 31-November 3, Denver, Colorado, Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 7, p. 91. [1988d.txt]

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., and Davidson, O.B., 1988, A fault-bounded debris flow, Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian), Eastern Kentucky Coal Field [abs]: Geological Society of America, October 31-November 3, Denver, Colorado, Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 7, p. 66. [1988e.txt]

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Davidson, O.B., 1988, Sedimentology of a debris-flow deposit, Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian), eastern Kentucky [abs]: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Annual Midyear Meeting, 21-24 August, Columbus, Ohio, Abstracts, v. 5, p. 21. [1988f.txt]

1989

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Bedding-plane exposures in a coarsening-upward sequence, Breathitt Formation, eastern Kentucky [abs]: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section 38th Annual Meeting, April 6-7, 1989, Atlanta, Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, p. 18. [1989a.txt]

Sergeant, R.E., Cobb, J.C., Davidson, O.B., Anderson, W.H., Stickney, J.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Smath, R.A., Perry, D.B., Gauthier, M.A., Hiett, J.K., 1989, Coal resource availability study for the Noble Quadrangle, Eastern Kentucky Coal Field [abs]: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section 38th Annual Meeting, April 6-7, 1989, Atlanta, Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, p. 58.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Cobb, J.C., 1989, Guide to the Carboniferous rocks of Kentucky: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C.[eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 38-39.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Pennsylvanian rocks of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 57-60.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Stop 18--Billows: Unconformity and Lower Pennsylvanian depositional features: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 60-64.

Cobb, J.C., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Resource perspectives of coal in eastern Kentucky: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143. p. 64-66.

Cobb, J.C., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Stop 19--Briar Fork: Magoffin Member and channel facies: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 66-68.

Cobb, J.C., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Stop 20--Four Corners: Pennsylvanian fluvial environments: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 68-71.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Cobb, J.C., 1989, Stop 21--Darb Fork: Crevasse Splay: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 71-73.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Cobb, J.C., 1989, Stop 22--Ogden Branch: Distributary mouth bar: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 73-75.

Cobb, J.C., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Stop 23--Martin: Compaction ratios, tonstein, and channel erosion: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 75-78.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Cobb, J.C., 1989, Stop 24--Pikeville: "Model City" river diversion cut: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 78-80.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Stop 25--Breaks Interstate Park: Lee Formation and Pine Mountain Thrust Fault: in, Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. [eds.], Geology of the Carboniferous rocks of the eastern United States: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip No. 143, p. 80-82.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Cobb, J.C., 1989, Comment on "Origin of the Pennsylvanian coal-bearing cyclothems of North America" by Klein and Willard (1989): Geology, v. 17, no. 9, p. 871-872. [http://www.gsajournals.org/pdfserv/10.1130%2F0091-7613(1989)017%3C0871:CAROOO%3E2.3.CO%3B2]

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Geology of Lower Pennnsylvanian strata along the western outcrop belt of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field, in Cobb, J.C. [editor], Geology of the Lower Pennsylvanian in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois: Illinois Basin Consortium No. 1, p. 2-25.

Cobb, J.C., Norris, J.W., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Glacio-eustatic sea-level controls on the burial and preservation of modern coastal peat deposits [abs]: Geological Society of America 1989 Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, November 6-9, Abstracts with Programs, p. A26.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Cobb, J.C., 1989, Cycles in the Pennsylvanian rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin [abs]: Geological Society of America 1989 Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, November 6-9, Abstracts with Programs, p. A52. [1989q.txt]

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Sedimentology of sandstones in a coarsening-upward sequence, Eastern Kentucky Coal Field [abs]: Geological Society of America 1989 Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, November 6-9, Abstracts with Programs, p. A173.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Sedimentology of Pennsylvanian sandstone from bedding-plane exposures, Laurel Dam spillway, Eastern Kentucky Coalfield [abs]: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 73, No. 8, p. 1031-1032. [1989s.txt]

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Davidson, O.B., and Rodriguez, Rene, 1989, Evidence for Early Pennsylvanian faulting in Eastern Kentucky Coalfield [abs]: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 73, No. 8, p. 1032. [1989t.txt]

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1989, Diversity of Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian facies along Kentucky Highway 80 in Laurel and Pulaski Counties, eastern Kentucky [abs]: Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Lexington, 16-18 November, p._.

1990

Smath, R.A., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1990, An outline for studying coal-bed methane potential in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Special Publication, Abstracts of the Technical Sessions Kentucky Oil and Gas Association fifty-fourth Annual Meeting, p. 10.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Slucher, E.R., 1990, Color-banded gastropods from the Kendrick Shale Member (Middle Pennsylvanian, Westphalian B) of eastern Kentucky: Journal of Paleontology, v. 64, no. 3, p. 475-477.*

Dever, D.R., Jr, Greb, S.F., Moody, J.R., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Kepferle, R.C., and Sergeant, R.E., 1990, Tectonic implications of depositional and erosional features in Carboniferous rocks of south-central Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Annual Field Conference of the Geological Society of Kentucky, September 28-29, 43 p.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1990, Stop 6. Rockcastle River East: Sedimentological evidence for a seismic event in the Lower Pennsylvanian of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field (Poison Honey beds), in Dever, D.R., Jr, Greb, S.F., Moody, J.., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Kepferle, R.C., and Sergeant, R.E., Tectonic implications of depositional and erosional features in Carboniferous rocks of south-central Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Annual Field Conference of the Geological Society of Kentucky, September 28-29, p. 25-28.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1990, Stop 7. Pine Creek East: Sedimentological evidence for a seismic event in the Lower Pennsylvanian of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field (Ball-and-pillow structures), in Dever, D.R., Jr, Greb, S.F., Moody, J.R., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Kepferle, R.C., and Sergeant, R.E., Tectonic implications of depositional and erosional features in Carboniferous rocks of south-central Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Annual Field Conference of the Geological Society of Kentucky, September 28-29, p. 28-30.

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Davidson, O.B., and Rodriguez, R., 1990, An anomalous mass-flow deposit in the Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian), Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. Southeastern Geology, v. 31, n. 2, p. 79-91.[1990f.pdf, 1.6 Mb]

1991

Chesnut, D.R., 1991, Timing of Alleghenian tectonics by Central Appalachian foreland basin analysis. Southeastern Geology, v. 31, n. 4, p. 203-221.[1991a.pdf, 1.6 Mb]

Chesnut, D.R., 1991, Marine transgressions in the Central Appalachian Basin during the Pennsylvanian Period [abs.]. Geological Society of America, Northeastern-Southeastern Meeting, March 14-16, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, n. 1, p. 16. [1991b.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., 1991, Eustatic and tectonic control of sedimentation in the Pennsylvanian strata of the Central Appalachian Basin [abs.]. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 51, no. 3, p. 103.

Chesnut, D.R., 1991, Marine transgressions in the Central Appalachian Basin during the Pennsylvanian Period [abs.]. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 51, no. 3, p. 103-104.

Chesnut, D.R., 1991, Eustatic and tectonic control of sedimentation in the Pennsylvanian strata of the Central Appalachian Basin [abs.]. Geological Society of America, Northeastern-Southeastern Meeting, March 14-16, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, n. 1, p. 16. [1991e.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1991, Stratigraphic framework of the Pennsylvanian-age rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin, eastern U.S.A. XI Congres International de Stratigraphie et de Geologie du Carbonifere Beijing 1987, Compte Rendu, tome 2 (1989)[-], p. 1-19.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Cobb, J.C., and Gastaldo, R. A., 1991, Origin of the Middlesboro Member of the Lower Pennsylvanian-age Lee Formation (Bashkirian) in the Central Appalachian Basin, eastern U.S.A., and its unique fossil occurrence. XI Congres International de Stratigraphie et de Geologie du Carbonifere Beijing 1987, Compte Rendu, tome 2 (1989)[-], p. 20-31.[1991g.pdf, 3.6 Mb]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1991, Eustatic and tectonic control of sedimentation in the Pennsylvanian strata of the Central Appalachian Basin, U.S.A. [abs.]. XII International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Geology and Stratigraphy, Buenos Aires, September, Abstracts, p. 20-21. [1991h.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Cobb, J.C., and Greb, S.F., 1991, The Indonesian cyclothem: Modern analogue for the Carboniferous [abs.]. XII International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Geology and Stratigraphy, Buenos Aires, September, Abstracts, p. 21. [1991i.txt]

Haney, D.C., Cobb, J.C., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1991, Coal Availability investigations in Kentucky: A model [abs.]. XII International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Geology and Stratigraphy, Buenos Aires, September, Abstracts, p. 45.

Eble, C.F., Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1991, Coal-bearing rocks along the western margin of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. Lexington, The Society of Organic Petrographers annual meeting, September 29-October 2, Field trip guidebook, 34 p.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1991, Geological Highway Cross Section Series--Kentucky Highway 80, Hazard to Prestonsburg: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Map and Chart Series, 1 sheet. [down-load information from KGS]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1991, Paleontological survey of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field: Part 1--Invertebrates: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Information Circular 36, 71 p.*

Anderson, W.A., Davidson, O.B., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Sergeant, R.E., Cecil, Jude, and Hiett, J.K., 1991, Final report of the Boltsfork Quadrangle coal availability study: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, prepared for U.S. Geological Survey under U.S. Department of the Interior Grant 14-08-0001-A0564, 30 p.

1992

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, Transgressive channel filling in the Breathitt Formation (Upper Carboniferous), Eastern Kentucky Coal Field, USA. Sedimentary Geology, v. 75, p. 209-221.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Cobb, J.C., and Greb, S.F., 1992, "Pipe-organ structures" in the Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian) of the Central Appalachian Basin: Animal or plant? Journal of Paleontology, v. 66, no. 1, p. 148-155.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, The Breaks Interstate Park: Lexington, The Kentucky Encyclopedia.

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Eble, C., 1992, Coastal and terrestrial environments of the lower Breathitt and Lee Formations (lower Middle Pennsylvanian), near Frenchburg, Kentucky, in Cecil, C.B., and Eble, C. F., Paleoclimate controls on Carboniferous sedimentation and cyclic stratigraphy in the Appalachian Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 92-546, p. 90-101.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Greb, S.F., Eble, C., and Rice, C.L., 1992, Stop 9: Gregoryville exposure on I-64 in Kentucky--an examination of two middle Carboniferous depositional models, in Rice, C.L., Martino, R.L., and Slucher, E.R., Regional aspects of Pottsville and Allegheny stratigraphy and depositional environments, Ohio and Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-558, p. 47-55.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, Trace fossil zonation in regressive sequences in the lower Breathitt Formation (Pennsylvanian), Central Appalachian Basin [abs]. Geological Society of America, 1992 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. 119.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Greb, S.F., 1992, Lowstand versus highstand eustatic models for peat preservation: the coal-bearing rocks of the Breathitt Group, eastern Kentucky [abs]: Geological Society of America, 1992 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. 163-164. [1992g.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, Eustatic and tectonic control of sedimentation in the Pennsylvanian strata of the Central Appalachian Basin [abs]: Geological Society of America, 1992 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. 32. [1992h.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, Geological Highway Cross Section Series-- Interstate 64, Farmers to Catlettsburg, Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, Map and Chart Series 4, one sheet. [down-load information from KGS]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, Geological Highway Cross Section Series--Interstate 75, Conway, Kentucky to Jellico, Tennessee: Kentucky Geological Survey, Map and Chart Series 3, one sheet. [down-load information from KGS]

Ettensohn, F.R., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Eble, C.F., Pashin, J.C., and Barnett, S.F., 1992, The Slade and Paragon Formations and Pennsylvanian slumping, in Ettensohn, F.R. [ed], Changing interpretations of Kentucky geology-- layer-cake, facies, flexure, and eustacy. Ohio Division of Geology, Miscellaneous Report No. 5, Fieldtrip 15 for the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 26-29, p. 56-59.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, General Pennsylvanian paleogeographic, paleoclimatic, and tectonic framework for eastern Kentucky, in Ettensohn, F.R. [ed], Changing interpretations of Kentucky geology-- layer-cake, facies, flexure, and eustacy. Ohio Division of Geology, Miscellaneous Report No. 5, Fieldtrip 15 for the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 26-29, p. 100-105.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Greb, S.F., and Ettensohn, F.R., 1992, Lee Formation and the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian contact, in Ettensohn, F.R. [ed], Changing interpretations of Kentucky geology-- layer-cake, facies, flexure, and eustacy. Ohio Division of Geology, Miscellaneous Report No. 5, Fieldtrip 15 for the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 26-29, p. 113-118.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Greb, S.F., and Eble, C.F., 1992, Breathitt Formation and coal-forming environments, in Ettensohn, F.R. [ed], Changing interpretations of Kentucky geology-- layer-cake, facies, flexure, and eustacy. Ohio Division of Geology, Miscellaneous Report No. 5, Fieldtrip 15 for the Annual Meting of the Geological Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 26-29, p. 119-120.

Greb, S.F., Eble, C.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, Coal-bottomed channels in the Breathitt Formation (Pennsylvanian), eastern Kentucky [abs]. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 76, p. 1275-1276.

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Eble, C.F., 1992, Lower Breathitt Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian) coal geology, eastern Kentucky [abs]. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 76, p. 1275.

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992 ["1989"], Nature and probable origin of the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian unconformity in the eastern United States: Eleventh International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, August 30-September 5, 1987, Beijing, China, Compte Rendu, v. 4, p. 145-159.[1992q.pdf, 4.1 Mb]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, Stratigraphic and structural framework of the Carboniferous rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Bulletin 3, 99 p.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, Eustatic and tectonic control of deposition of the Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian strata of the Central Appalachian Basin: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Open File Report OF-92-02, 27 p.

1993

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1993, Comment on "Gigantic Ordovician volcanic ash fall in North America and Europe: Biological, tectonomagmatic, and event-stratigraphic significance." Geology, vol. 21, No. 4, p. 381-382. [http://www.gsajournals.org/pdfserv/10.1130%2F0091-7613(1993)021%3C0381:GOVAFI%3E2.3.CO%3B2]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1993, New methods for calculating demonstrated coal reserves: Application of coal availability results to coal resources of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Open File OF-93-01, 24 p.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1993, The Slade Feature: Evidence for mid-Carboniferous karstic development. Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Open File Report OF-93-02, 14 p.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Sergeant, R.E., Hiett, J.K., Anderson, W.H., and Eble, C.F., 1993, New Demonstrated Reserve Base of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Final Report for DOE Project No. DE-FC01-92EI23622, 20 p.

Brauckmann, Carsten, Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Jennings, J.R., 1993, New spilapterid insect from the Breathitt Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian, Westphalian B) of eastern Kentucky, USA. Neues Jahrsbuch fur Geologie und Paleontologie, v. 11, p. 641-647.

Greb, S.F., Hendricks, R.T., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1993, Fossils beds of the Falls of the Ohio. Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Special Publication 19, 39 pp. [down-load information from KGS]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1993, Eustatic and tectonic control of sedimentation in the Pennsylvanian strata of the Central Appalachian Basin, USA. Douzieme Congres International de la Stratigraphie et geologie du Carbonifere et Permien, Buenos Aires, 22-27 Septembre 1991, Comptes Rendus, vol. 2, p.421-430.[1993g.pdf, 2.5 Mb]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Cobb, J.C., and Greb, S.F., 1993, Cyclothems of the Central Appalachian Basin: A modern analog from Indonesia. Douzieme Congres International de la Stratigraphie et geologie du Carbonifere et Permien, Buenos Aires, 22-27 Septembre 1991, Comptes Rendus, vol. 2, p.431-436.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1993, Fossils in Kentucky. Kentucky Geological Survey Fact Sheet, one page.

1994

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Baird, D., Smith, J.H., and Lewis, R.Q., Sr, 1994, A reptile trackway from the Lee Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian) of south-central Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology, v. 68, no. 1, p. 154-158

Rice, C.L., Henry, T.W., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1994, the Crummies Member (new name) of the Pennsylvanian Breathitt Formation, eastern Kentucky--Its distribution and biostratigraphy. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2073-A, p. A1-A6.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1994, Paleoecology of an estuarine sequence in the Breathitt Formation (Pennsylvanian), Central Appalachian Basin. Palaios, v. 9, no. 4, p. 388-402.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1994, Eustatic and tectonic control of deposition of the Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian strata of the Central Appalachian Basin, in Dennison, J.M., and Ettensohn, F.R. [eds], Tectonic and Eustatic Controls on Sedimentary Cycles. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology, Vol. 4, p. 51-64.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1994, Deep-coal resource potential in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, Open File Report OF-94-13, 14 p.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1994, Coal Section, in Kentucky Geological Survey Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1993-1994, p. 2-4.

1995

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1995, Geologic framework for the coal-bearing rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin: A basis for a unified stratigraphic nomenclature [abs]. Geological Society of America 44th Annual Southeastern Section (April 6-7), Knoxville, Tennessee, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. 43. [1995a.txt]

Haney, D.C., Cobb, J.C., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr [misspelled as Chestnut], 1995, Coal production cycle for Kentucky [abs]. Geological Society of America 44th Annual Southeastern Section (April 6-7), Knoxville, Tennessee, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. 59. [1995b.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1995, Coal-bed methane in Kentucky. Kentucky Geological Survey, Fact Sheet, one page.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1995, Coal Section, in Kentucky Geological Survey Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1994-1995, p. ___-___.

Haney, D.C., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1995, Deep-coal resource potential in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field, USA [abs]. XIII International Congress on Carboniferous-Permian, August 28th-September 2nd, 1995, Krakow, Poland, Abstracts, p. 52.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1995, Eustatic and tectonic control of deposition of the Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian strata of the Central Appalachian Basin [abs]. XIII International Congress on Carboniferous-Permian, August 28th-September 2nd, 1995, Krakow, Poland, Abstracts, p. 23.

Cobb, J.C., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Haney, D.C., 1995, Coal production cycles for Kentucky [abs]. XIII International Congress on Carboniferous-Permian, August 28th-September 2nd, 1995, Krakow, Poland, Abstracts, p. 25.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1995, Tectonic, climatic, and eustatic controls on Morrowan sedimentation in the Central Appalachian Basin [abs]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A32.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1995, Lithostratigraphic Framework: Eastern Kentucky Coal Field, in Eble, C.F., Greb, S.F., and Hower, J.C., Coal geology of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. Annual Field Conference of the Geological Society of Kentucky September 29-30, 1995, p. 2-4.

1996

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1996, Lower and lower Middle Pennsylvanian fluvial to estuarine deposition, central Appalachian basin: Effects of eustacy, tectonics, and climate. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, no. 3, p. 303-317. [http://www.gsajournals.org/pdfserv/10.1130%2F0016-7606(1996)108%3C0303:LALMPF%3E2.3.CO%3B2]

Chesnut, D.R., 1996, Geologic framework for the coal-bearing rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin. International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 31, p. 55-66.

Greb, S.F., Eble, C.F., Hower, J.C., Phillips, T.L., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1996, Mining conditions and deposition of the Amburgy (Westphalian B) Coal, Breathitt Group, Central Appalachian Basin [abs]. Bulletin American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 80, p.1524. [Winner of the AAPG-EMD Best Poster Award for the Eastern Section meeting.]

Chesnut, D.R., 1996, The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Aulacogenic Cycle: Tectonic Setting of the Jackson Purchase Region of Kentucky. Kentucky Geological Survey, Open-File Report OF-96-01, 9 p. [1996d.pdf]

1997

Chesnut, D.R., Weisenfluh, G.A., Greb, S.F., Eble, C.F., Andrews, R.E., and Hiett, J.K., 1997, Kentucky Coal Geology, in Keystone Coal Industry Manual, Intertec Publishing, Chicago, p. 585-601.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Nuttall, B.C., Eble, C.F., Greg, S.F., Hower, J.C., and Hiett, J.K., 1997, Coalbed methane in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA. 1997 International Coalbed Methane Symposium, May 12-17, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, p. 365-374.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1997, Kentucky-s Earth Science Education Network. 2nd Annual Kentucky Geosciences Symposium, May 23, Proceedings, Kentucky Society for Professional Geologists, p. 12.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1997, Earth science education: linking Kentucky to the World [abs.]. Eastern Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists and The Society of Organic Petrologists Joint Meeting, Sept. 27-30, p. 48.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Nuttall, B.C., Eble, C.F., Hower, J.C., Greb, S.F., and Hiett, J.K., 1997, Coalbed methane in Kentucky [abs.]. Eastern Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists and The Society of Organic Petrologists Joint Meeting, Sept. 27-30, p. 27-28.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1997, Tectonic setting for the lignite-bearing sediments of the Mississippi Embayment--a structural inversion [abs]. Geological Society of America 1997 Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-260. [abstract text, 3 Kb]

Haney, D.C., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1997, Deep-coal potential in the Appalachian coal basin, USA: The Kentucky Model. Prace Panstwowego Instytutu Geologicznego CLVII, Proceedings of the XIII International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, August 28th-September 2nd, 1995, Krakow, Poland, Part 2, p. 327-337.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1997, Eustatic and tectonic control of deposition of the Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian strata of the Central Appalachian Basin. Prace Panstwowego Instytutu Geologicznego CLVII, Proceedings of the XIII International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, August 28th-September 2nd, 1995, Krakow, Poland, Part 2, p. 33-41.

1998

Eble, C.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Greb, S.F., 1998, Cycles in Middle Pennsylvanian coal-bearing strata of the Breathitt Group, Eastern Kentucky Coal Field [abs]. Geological society of America 1998 North-Central Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 2, p. A-16.

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Eble, C.F., Nelson, W.J., and Blake, B.M., 1998, Changing influences of tectonics, eustacy, and climate on Pennsylvanian coals in the Illinois and Appalachian basins [abs]. Geological Society of America Meeting, Toronto, Abstracts with Programs, p. A-47. [Won best GSA-Coal Division paper award.]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Greb, S.F., Storrs, G.W., Phelps, D.J., Hendricks, R.T., 1998, New vertebrate site (Late Mississippian) in Kentucky [abs]. Geological Society of America Meeting, Toronto, Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 7, p. A-32. [abstract text, 2 Kb]

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1998, Impact of an astrobleme on coal mining in part of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field [abs]. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 81, n. 9, p. 1767.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Eble, C.F., Greb, S.F., and Dever, G.R., Jr, Geology of the Pound Gap roadcut, Letcher County, Kentucky. Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists, 169 p. [down-load information from KGS]

1999

Ettensohn, F.R., Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Harris, D.C., Dever, G.R., Jr, Mason, C.E., Howell, P.D.,Eble, C.F., Caudill, M.R., Houck, K., and Watson, A.E., 1999, Mississippian stratigraphy, depositional environments, and tectonic framework of the Central Appalachian Basin, eastern Kentucky, U.S.A. XIV International Congress on the Carboniferous-Permian, August 17-21, Calgary, Canada, University of Calgary, Programme With Abstracts, p. 36.

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Dever, G.R., Jr, Harris, D.C., Ettensohn, F.R., Mason, C.E., Andrews, W.M., Howell, P.D., Eble, C.F., Caudill, M.R., Houck, K., and Nelson, W.J., 1999, Pound Gap-A new reference section for Devono-Carboniferous strata on Pine Mountain, Central Appalachian Basin, U.S.A. XIV International Congress on the Carboniferous-Permian, August 17-21, Calgary, Canada, University of Calgary, Programme With Abstracts, p. 45.

Greb, S.F., Eble, C.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1999, An in situ occurrence of coalballs in the Amubrgy coal bed, Pikeville Formation (Duckmantian), Central Appalachian Basin, USA. Palaios, v. 14, p. 432-450.

2000

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 2000, K-12 Outreach at the Kentucky Geological Survey and the Web-Based Earth Science Education Network [abs.]: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Official Program, v. 9, A-59.

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Eble, C.F., 2000, Comparison of Coal-Bearing Sequences in Basins of Different Tectonic Styles-Pennsylvanian Strata of the Illinois and Appalachian Basins in Kentucky [abs.]: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Official Program, v. 9, A-59.

Greb, S.F.; Chesnut, D.R., Jr; and Ruthven, C.L.; 2000, Teaching resources of the web-based Earth Science Education Network at the Kentucky Geological Survey [abs.]. GSA Reno

Smath, R.A., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 2000, General geologic setting of the Jackson Purchase, in Smath, R.A., and Davidson, Bart, 2000, Economic and engineering geology of the Jackson Purchase area, Kentucky. Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists Annual Field Trip, Nov. 2-4, p. 2-6.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Eble, C.F., 2000, Palynology of the Middle Carboniferous in eastern Kentucky. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program 32 (7): A-82.

2001

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 2001, The coal-bearing rocks along the Daniel Boone National Forest. Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 12, Map and Chart Series. [Thanks to Terry Hounshell for converting this to a pdf file. Pdf Poster, 1 MB]

Greb, S.F., Eble, C.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 2001, Spatial and temporal trends of Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian coals, central Appalachian Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p. A56 [Best Paper Award, Coal Division] [Thanks to Terry Hounshell for converting this to a pdf. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/finalprogram/abstract_27876.htm]

Ruthven, C.L., Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 2001, K-12 hands-on earth history activities at the Earth Science Education Network, Kentucky Geological Survey: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p. A245. [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/finalprogram/abstract_28072.htm]

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Eriksson, K.A., 2001, Fluvial to estuarine transitions in Lower Pennsylvanian strata of the Breathitt Group, Eastern Kentucky Coal Field, Central Appalachian Basin, USA: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, 7th International Fluvial Sedimentology Congress, Program and Abstracts, p. 114.

Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 2001, Changing alluvial architecture in response to changing accommodation and sediment sources: Examples from the Lower Pennsylvanian of the Illinois and Central Appalachian Basin: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, 7th International Fluvial Sedimentology Congress, Program and Abstracts, p. 113.

2002

Phelps, D.J., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Storrs, G.W., 2002, A new tetrapod trackway from the Breathitt Group, Upper Carboniferous (Westphalian), Eastern Kentucky [abs]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, North-Central, Southeastern Section, Lexington, Kentucky. [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002NC/finalprogram/abstract_32247.htm]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Greb, S.F., Storrs, G.W., Garcia, W.J., and Bellan, J., 2002, Sedimentology and paleoecology of a Chesterian tetrapod site, Buffalo Wallow Group, Western Kentucky [abs]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, North-Central, Southeastern Section, Lexington, Kentucky. [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002NC/finalprogram/abstract_32751.htm]

Ruthven, C.L., Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 2002, K-12 paleontological activities and information at the Earth Science Education Network, Kentucky Geological Survey [abs]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, North-Central, Southeastern Section, Lexington, Kentucky. [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002NC/finalprogram/abstract_32752.htm]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Greb, S., Storrs, G.W., Garcia, W.J., and Bellan, J., 2002, Sedimentology and palaeoecology of a Namurian A tetrapod site, Buffalo Wallow Formation, Western Kentucky [abs]. First International Palaeontological Congress (IPC2002), Geological Society of Australia. Abstracts 68, p. 195. [2002d.ppt, 3.7 Mb]

Anderson, W.H., Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R. Jr, Smath, R.A., and Ruthven, C.L., 2002, Rocks And Minerals At The Earth Science Education Network, Kentucky Geological Survey [abs]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Denver, Colorado, p. [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalprogram/abstract_45180.htm]

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr., Dever, G.R., Jr., Harris, D.C., Ettensohn, F.R., Mason, C.E., Andrews, W.M., Howell, P.D., Eble, C.F., Caudill, M.R., Houck, K.J., and Nelson, W.J., 2002, Pound Gap­a new reference section for Mississippian strata on Pine Mountain, central Appalachian Basin, U.S.A., in Hills, L.V., Henderson, C.M., and Bamber, E.W., (eds.) Carboniferous and Permian of the World: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 19, p. 696-709.

Greb, S.F., Eble, C.F., Chesnut, D.R., 2002, Comparison of the Eastern and Western Kentucky coal fields (Pennsylvanian), USA--why are coal distribution patterns and sulfur contents so different in these coal fields- International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 50, p. 89-118.

Ettensohn, F.R., Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr., Harris, D.C., Harris, C.E., Eble, C.F., Howell, P.D., Watson, A.E., and Johnson, W.K., 2002, Mississippian stratigraphy, depositional environments, and tectonic framework of the Central Appalachian Basin, eastern Kentucky, U.S.A., 2002, in Hills, L.V., Henderson, C.M., and Bamber, E.W., (eds.) Carboniferous and Permian of the World: Canadian Society of Petroleum eologists, Memoir 19, p. 22-40.

2003

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Greb, S., Storrs, G.W., and Garcia, W.J., 2003, Sedimentology and palaeoecology of a Namurian-A tetrapod site, Buffalo Wallow Formation, Western Kentucky, USA [abs]. International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 10-16 August 2003, Universiteit Utrecht, p. 90-91.

Ettensohn, F.R., Ausich, W.I., Kammer, T.R. Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Johnson, W.K., 2003, Carboniferous echinoderm zonation in the Appalachian Basin, Eastern United States [abs]. International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 10-16 August 2003, Universiteit Utrecht, p. 145-146.[2003b.ppt, 1.6 Mb]

2004

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 2004, Hell For Certain--A Carboniferous volcanic ash in the eastern USA [abs]. Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004), Proceedings, p. 89.[http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004NE/finalprogram/abstract_69125.htm; 2004a.ppt, 1 Mb]

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr., and Eble, C.F., 2004, Temporal changes in coal-bearing depositional sequences (lower and middle Pennsylvanian) of the central Appalachian basin, U.S.A., in J.C. Pashin and R.A. Gastaldo, eds., Sequence stratigraphy, paleoclimate, and tectonics of coal-bearing strata: AAPG Studies In Geology 51, p. 89-120.

2006

Chesnut, D.R., 2006, Latest Mississippian crinoid faunas of the Appalachian Basin, U.S.A., in Yang Qun, Wang Yongdong, and Weldon, E.A. [eds], Ancient Life and Modern Approaches, Abstracts of the 2nd International Palaeontological Congress, June 17-21, 2006, Beijing, China, p. 132.[2006a.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr., Nuttall, B.C., Harris, D.C., and Greb, S.F., 2006, Late Devonian through Middle Pennsylvanian strata in the Central Appalachian Basin, USA--Transition from basinal, to platform, and to terrestrial settings, in Aretz, M. and Herbig, H.G. [eds], Carboniferous Conference Cologne, From Platform to Basin, Sept. 4-10, 2006, Kölner Forum für Geologie und Paläontologie, v. 15, p. 18.[2006b.txt]

2007

Chesnut, D.R., 2007, Latest Mississippian crinoid faunas of the Appalachian Basin, U.S.A., Journal of Stratigraphy, Volume 31, Supplement I, p. 47-48.[2007a.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., 2007, Mysterious large crinoid stems of the Late Mississippian Slade Formation of Kentucky (USA) probably belong to Rhabdocrinus, Journal of Stratigraphy, Volume 31, Supplement I, p. 49.[2007b.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., Mason, C., and Work, D.M., 2007, Sequences within the Mississippian strata of the Central Appalachian basin, Journal of Stratigraphy, Volume 31, Supplement I, p. 202-203.[2007c.txt]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr., Nuttall, B.C., Harris, D.C., and Greb, S.F., 2007, Late Devonian and Carboniferous strata in the Central Appalachian Basin, USA, Journal of Stratigraphy, Volume 31, Supplement I, p. 204-205.[2007d.txt]

Ettensohn, F.R., Ausich, W.I., Kammer, T.R., and Johnson, W.K., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr., 2007, Carboniferous echinoderm zonation in the Appalachian Basin, eastern USA, in Wong, T. E. ed., Proceedings of the XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy: Netherlands Journal of Geosciences (Geologie en Mijnbouw), v. 84, p. 177-189.[2007e.pdf]

2009

Chesnut, D.R., 2009, Ginkgo trees are living cordaites, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 6, p. 40. [abstract] [powerpoint presentation, 13 Mb]

Carboniferous geology and biostratigraphy of the Appalachian and Black Warrior Basin, Kentucky Geological Survey, Special Publication SP-10-12, 101 pp. [pdf]

2011

Hannibal, J.T., Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., 2011, A Large Myriacantherpestid Archipolypod from Kentucky and its defensive mechanisms, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, South-Central Section - 45th Annual Meeting (27–29 March 2011) [abstract]

Chesnut, D.R., and Greb. S.F., 2011, Carboniferous of the Appalachian and Black Warrior Basins, p. 54, in Håkansson, E. and Trotter, J. (Eds.), 2011, Programme & Abstracts, The XVII International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, Perth 3-8 July 2011: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Record 2011/20, 137 p. [abstract]

Chesnut, D.R., 2011, The Fates of the Lhasa and West Burma Blocks, p. 53, in Håkansson, E. and Trotter, J. (Eds.), 2011, Programme & Abstracts, The XVII International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, Perth 3-8 July 2011: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Record 2011/20, 137 p. [abstract]

Chesnut, D.R., 2011, Assembly of Asia and Tectonics of Its Late Paleozoic Basins, p. 54, in Håkansson, E. and Trotter, J. (Eds.), 2011, Programme & Abstracts, The XVII International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian, Perth 3-8 July 2011: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Record 2011/20, 137 p. [abstract]

2012

Chesnut, D.R., 2012, Assembly of Asia and Tectonics of Its Late Paleozoic Basins, p. 13, in Sarawute Chantraprasert [ed.], International Conference on Tectonics of Northwestern Indochina, 2012, 22-24 February 2012, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Abstract Volume, 133 p. [abstract]

Chesnut, D.R., 2012, The Fates of the Lhasa and West Burma Blocks, p. 15, in Sarawute Chantraprasert [ed.], International Conference on Tectonics of Northwestern Indochina, 2012, 22-24 February 2012, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Abstract Volume, 133 p. [abstract]

Chesnut, D.R., 2012, The “Big Suck,” the Tethyan Subduction System, p. 14, in Sarawute Chantraprasert [ed.], International Conference on Tectonics of Northwestern Indochina, 2012, 22-24 February 2012, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Abstract Volume,   133 p. [abstract]

2014

Chesnut, D.R., 2014, Internet-based datasets of fauna and flora--Three examples from the Carboniferous of eastern North America, p. 680, in Cerdeño, E. (comp.), Abstract Volume, 4th International Palaeontological Congress, Mendoza, Argentina, 936 p. [abstract]

Ettensohn, F.R., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr., 2014, Functional morphology of the unusually large crinoid stems of Rhabdocrinus? from the Upper Mississippian Slade Formation, eastern Kentucky, U.S.A., p. 520, in Cerdeño, E. (comp.), Abstract Volume, 4th International Palaeontological Congress, Mendoza Argentina, 936 p. [abstract]

In Press

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Geologic highway cross sections: Kentucky Highway 80 Somerset to London. Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 12, Map and Chart Series.

Publications in Preparation:

Geological Highway Cross Sections.

(1) Daniel Boone Parkway from London to Hazard

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, Pennsylvanian fossil assemblages as relative paleosalinity indicators.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr and others, New tetrapod fauna from the Upper Chesterian strata of western Kentucky.

Chesnut, D.R., Jr and others, Fauna from Big Bone Lick, Kentucky.

Electronic Publications

Borehole Data System for the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field, 1980-1994.-- contained about 6,000 locality entries; in process of entering lithologic data and collecting additional borehole records. [Duties of building and maintaining data base was transferred to Stephen Greb in 1994; Jerry Weisenfluh and Robert Andrew also began entry of data in 1994.]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1992, Outcrop Localities of Marine Strata in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 11, available by Datatrieve (Registered Trademark). [currently contains about 2,000 locality entries; data compiled by Chesnut, D.R., Jr; data entry by Margaret Reed.]

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, and Webster, Anne, 1994, Fossils from Big Bone Lick, Kentucky collected by the University of Nebraska in the 1960's. Kentucky Geological Survey, Microsoft Access (Registered) data base program [contains approximately 2,000 master tables for accession numbers and numerous subordinate tables for each master table for specimens collected; funded in part by the Kentucky Department of Parks][Concept and data base design by Chesnut, D.R., Jr; data analysis and entry by Dr. Anne Webster].

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1995, Web pages for Coal and Mineral Section of the Kentucky Geological Survey. [also web pages for "Fossils of Kentucky," "Geology of Kentucky," and co-authored web pages for "Rocks and Minerals of Kentucky" and "Earth Science Education"].

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1997 [revised 1999], Stratigraphy of the coal-bearing strata of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field and adjacent states. Kentucky Geological Survey [startpage is http://www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/coalcorrel.htm].

Chesnut, D.R., Jr, 1999, Stratigraphy of the coal-bearing strata of the Western Kentucky Coal Field and adjacent states. Kentucky Geological Survey [startpage is http://www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/wkcf.htm].

[Chesnut, D.R., 2008] McFarlan, A.C., 1943, Geology of Kentucky. Steve Cordiviola and I scanned the original pages and I rescanned about half of the pages. I then used OCR software to read and record the text digitally and then converted the results to a webpage at http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/goky/indexgoky.htm

[Chesnut, D.R., 2008] Jillson, W.R., 1931, Paleontology of Kentucky. I scanned the original pages and then used OCR software to read and record the text digitally and then converted the results to a webpage and pdf files at http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/poky/indexpoky.htm

[Chesnut, D.R., 2008] Davis, W.J., 1885, Kentucky Fossil Corals. I scanned the original pages and then used OCR software to read and record the text digitally and then converted the results to a webpage and pdf files at http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/fossilcorals/index.htm

[Chesnut, D.R., 2008] Safford, J.M., 1869, Geology of Tennessee. I scanned the original pages and then used OCR software to read and record the text digitally and then converted the results to a webpage and pdf files at http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/books/geologytnsafford/safford1869.htm

[Chesnut, D.R., 2008] Nettelroth, H., 1889,  Kentucky Fossil Shells: A Monograph of the Fossil Shells of the Silurian and Devonian Rocks of Kentucky.  I scanned the original pages and then used OCR software to read and record the text digitally and then converted the results to a webpage and pdf files at http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/books/nettelroth/nettelroth.htm

[Chesnut, D.R., 2008] Nickles, J. M., 1905, The Upper Ordovician Rocks of Kentucky and their Bryozoa. I scanned the original pages and then used OCR software to read and record the text digitally and then converted the results to a webpage and pdf files at http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/books/nickels/nickels1905.htm

[Chesnut, D.R., 2008] Funkhouser, W.D. and Webb, W.S., 1928, Ancient Life in Kentucky. [ditto] http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/books/funkwebb/funkwebb.htm

[Chesnut, D.R., 2009] Foerste, A.F., The Silurian, Devonian and Irvine Formations of East-Central Kentucky. [ditto] http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/books/foerste1906/foerste1906.htm

[Chesnut, D.R., 2016] Shark Bay and Microbialites. GeologVlog channel, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b43kUMyJNbg

[Chesnut, D.R., 2016] Assembly of the Alps. GeologVlog channel, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0hebTN9ykA

[Chesnut, D.R., 2016] Assembly of the Appalachians. GeologVlog channel, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYJVFD0MRo

[Chesnut, D.R., 2016] Evolution of the Hawaiian Islands. GeologVlog channel, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjF_hnn4MB8

[Chesnut, D.R., 2016] The Deccan Tras and Deccan Plateau. GeologVlog channel, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtch77zwUOc