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Joseph A. East

Joseph East is a Geologist with the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.

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Professional Experience

  • National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) Project Chief

  • National Helium Assessment, Assessment Geologist

  • National CO2 Sequestration Assessment, Assessment Geologist

  • Illinois Basin Undiscovered Oil and Gas Assessment, Assessment Geologist and GIS Analyst

  • Michigan Basin Undiscovered Oil and Gas Assessment, Assessment Geologist and GIS Analyst

  • Gulf Coast Deep Down Dip Tertiary Assessment, GIS Analyst 

Science and Products

Gas emissions, tars, and secondary minerals at the Ruth Mullins and Tiptop coal mine fires

Both the Tiptop and Ruth Mullins coal fires, Kentucky, were reinvestigated in 2009 and 2010. The Tiptop fire was not as active in 2009 and may have been on the path to burning out at the time of the 2009 visit. The Ruth Mullins coal mine fire, Perry County, Kentucky, has been the subject of several field investigations, including November 2009–February 2010 investigations in which we...
Authors
Jennifer M. K. O'Keefe, Erika R. Neace, Maxwell L. Hammond, James C. Hower, Mark A. Engle, Joseph A. East, Nicholas J. Geboy, Ricardo A. Olea, Kevin R. Henke, Gregory C. Copley, Edward W. Lemley, Rachel S. Hatch Nally, Antonia E. Hansen, Allison R. Richardson, Anne B. Satterwhite, Glenn B. Stracher, Larry F. Radke, Charles Smeltzer, Christopher Romanek, Donald R. Blake, Paul A. Schroeder, Stephen D. Emsbo-Mattingly, Scott A. Stout
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources—Southern Rocky Mountain Basins: Chapter M in Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources

The U.S. Geological Survey has completed an assessment of the potential geologic carbon dioxide storage resources in the onshore areas of the United States. To provide geological context and input data sources for the resources numbers, framework documents are being prepared for all areas that were investigated as part of the national assessment. This report, chapter M, is the geologic...
Authors
Matthew D. Merrill, Ronald M. Drake, Marc L. Buursink, William H. Craddock, Joseph A. East, Ernie R. Slucher, Peter D. Warwick, Sean T. Brennan, Madalyn S. Blondes, Philip A. Freeman, Steven M. Cahan, Christina A. DeVera, Celeste D. Lohr
By
Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Geologic assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the U.S. portion of the Michigan Basin

In 2004, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the U.S. portion of the Michigan Basin. For this assessment, the Michigan Basin includes most of the State of Michigan, as well as parts of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The assessment was based on the geologic elements of each of the six total petroleum...
Authors
Christopher S. Swezey, Joseph R. Hatch, Daniel O. Hayba, John E. Repetski, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher P. Anderson, Christopher J. Schenk, Joseph A. East, Phuong A. Le
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Central Energy Resources Science Center

Coal fields of the conterminous United States—National Coal Resource Assessment updated version

This map sheet with accompanying Geographic Information System (GIS) project is an update of the existing U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Conterminous U.S. Coal Fields map. This update was compiled using data primarily from the USGS National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) and information from other published maps. The five regions examined by NCRA (Eastern, Gulf Coast, Interior, Rocky...
Authors
Joseph A. East

Summary of mercury and trace element results in precipitation from the Culpeper, Virginia, Mercury Deposition Network Site (VA-08), 2002-2006

The VA-08 Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) site, southwest of Culpeper, Virginia, was established in autumn of 2002. This site, along with nearby VA-28 (~31 km west) at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park, fills a spatial gap in the Mid-Atlantic region of the MDN network and provides Hg deposition data immediately west of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Results for the...
Authors
Mark A. Engle, Allan Kolker, Douglas E. Mose, Joseph A. East, Jamey D. McCord

Expanding the mercury deposition network in Virginia and the U.S. mid-Atlantic region

No abstract available.
Authors
Allan Kolker, Douglas G. Mose, Shane Spitzer, Joseph A. East
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National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS)

The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) began as a cooperative venture between the USGS and State geological agencies in 1975 and focused on the stratigraphy and chemistry of coal.
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
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National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS)

The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) began as a cooperative venture between the USGS and State geological agencies in 1975 and focused on the stratigraphy and chemistry of coal.
Learn More
link
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Funding for State Cooperatives

The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) State Cooperatives project supports a publicly available database of coal knowledge that encompasses the entire United States. State-level partnering for coal resource assessment and fundamental research of energy-bearing strata improves the ability of Federal, State and local planners to make optimum policy decisions in the areas of energy...
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
link

Funding for State Cooperatives

The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) State Cooperatives project supports a publicly available database of coal knowledge that encompasses the entire United States. State-level partnering for coal resource assessment and fundamental research of energy-bearing strata improves the ability of Federal, State and local planners to make optimum policy decisions in the areas of energy...
Learn More
link
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World Coal Quality Inventory Data

Currently Available WoCQI Data Downloads:
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Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
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World Coal Quality Inventory Data

Currently Available WoCQI Data Downloads:
Learn More
link
World Coal Quality Inventory Thumb

World Coal Quality Inventory

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Resources Program, in cooperation with many agencies and scientists from the world’s coal producing countries, undertook a project, called the World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI), to obtain samples of coal from the world’s producing coal mines during a limited period of time (roughly 1995-2006).
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
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World Coal Quality Inventory

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Resources Program, in cooperation with many agencies and scientists from the world’s coal producing countries, undertook a project, called the World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI), to obtain samples of coal from the world’s producing coal mines during a limited period of time (roughly 1995-2006).
Learn More

Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources - Appalachian Basin, Black Warrior Basin, Illinois Basin, and Michigan Basin: Chapter P, Spatial Data

The storage assessment unit (SAU) is the fundamental unit used in the National Assessment of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources project for the assessment of geologic CO2 storage resources. The SAU is shown here as a geographic boundary interpreted, defined, and mapped by the geologist responsible for the assessment interval. Individual SAUs are defined on the basis of common...
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Dataset of Helium Concentrations in United States Wells

This dataset provides national scale location information for known, publicly available, data on helium gas concentrations, reported in mol%. The dataset was created as part of the effort by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct an assessment of helium resources in accordance with the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013, Public Law 113-40. The data were collected from the USGS...
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Thermal maturity map of Devonian shale in the Illinois, Michigan, and Appalachian basins of North America

Much of the oil and gas in the Illinois, Michigan, and Appalachian basins of eastern North America is thought to be derived from Devonian shale that is within these basins (for example, Milici and others, 2003; Swezey, 2002, 2008, 2009; Swezey and others, 2005, 2007). As the Devonian strata were buried by younger sediments, the Devonian shale was subjected to great temperature and...
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Geologic map of upper cretaceous and tertiary strata and coal stratigraphy of the Paleocene Fort Union Formation, Rawlins-Little Snake River area, south-central Wyoming

This report provides a map and detailed descriptions of geologic formations for a 1,250 square mile region in the Rawlins-Little Snake River coal field in the eastern part of the Washakie and Great Divide Basins of south-central Wyoming. Mapping of geologic formations and coal beds was conducted at a scale of 1:24,000 and compiled at a scale of 1:100,000. Emphasis was placed on coal...

World Coal Quality Inventory (WOCQI) Spatial Viewer

The World Coal Quality Inventory (WOCQI) Spatial Viewer allows users to select a country and download underlying data associated with countries that were working collaboratively to sample and inventory coal.
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

NCRDS USTRAT Spatial Viewer

This viewer allows users to see the location and underlying data associated with NCRDS USTRAT data points. The NCRDS Spatial Viewer was expanded to display data from the USCHEM and USCOAL databases in FY2011.
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Science and Products

Gas emissions, tars, and secondary minerals at the Ruth Mullins and Tiptop coal mine fires

Both the Tiptop and Ruth Mullins coal fires, Kentucky, were reinvestigated in 2009 and 2010. The Tiptop fire was not as active in 2009 and may have been on the path to burning out at the time of the 2009 visit. The Ruth Mullins coal mine fire, Perry County, Kentucky, has been the subject of several field investigations, including November 2009–February 2010 investigations in which we...
Authors
Jennifer M. K. O'Keefe, Erika R. Neace, Maxwell L. Hammond, James C. Hower, Mark A. Engle, Joseph A. East, Nicholas J. Geboy, Ricardo A. Olea, Kevin R. Henke, Gregory C. Copley, Edward W. Lemley, Rachel S. Hatch Nally, Antonia E. Hansen, Allison R. Richardson, Anne B. Satterwhite, Glenn B. Stracher, Larry F. Radke, Charles Smeltzer, Christopher Romanek, Donald R. Blake, Paul A. Schroeder, Stephen D. Emsbo-Mattingly, Scott A. Stout
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources—Southern Rocky Mountain Basins: Chapter M in Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources

The U.S. Geological Survey has completed an assessment of the potential geologic carbon dioxide storage resources in the onshore areas of the United States. To provide geological context and input data sources for the resources numbers, framework documents are being prepared for all areas that were investigated as part of the national assessment. This report, chapter M, is the geologic...
Authors
Matthew D. Merrill, Ronald M. Drake, Marc L. Buursink, William H. Craddock, Joseph A. East, Ernie R. Slucher, Peter D. Warwick, Sean T. Brennan, Madalyn S. Blondes, Philip A. Freeman, Steven M. Cahan, Christina A. DeVera, Celeste D. Lohr
By
Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Geologic assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the U.S. portion of the Michigan Basin

In 2004, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the U.S. portion of the Michigan Basin. For this assessment, the Michigan Basin includes most of the State of Michigan, as well as parts of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The assessment was based on the geologic elements of each of the six total petroleum...
Authors
Christopher S. Swezey, Joseph R. Hatch, Daniel O. Hayba, John E. Repetski, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher P. Anderson, Christopher J. Schenk, Joseph A. East, Phuong A. Le
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Central Energy Resources Science Center

Coal fields of the conterminous United States—National Coal Resource Assessment updated version

This map sheet with accompanying Geographic Information System (GIS) project is an update of the existing U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Conterminous U.S. Coal Fields map. This update was compiled using data primarily from the USGS National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) and information from other published maps. The five regions examined by NCRA (Eastern, Gulf Coast, Interior, Rocky...
Authors
Joseph A. East

Summary of mercury and trace element results in precipitation from the Culpeper, Virginia, Mercury Deposition Network Site (VA-08), 2002-2006

The VA-08 Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) site, southwest of Culpeper, Virginia, was established in autumn of 2002. This site, along with nearby VA-28 (~31 km west) at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park, fills a spatial gap in the Mid-Atlantic region of the MDN network and provides Hg deposition data immediately west of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Results for the...
Authors
Mark A. Engle, Allan Kolker, Douglas E. Mose, Joseph A. East, Jamey D. McCord

Expanding the mercury deposition network in Virginia and the U.S. mid-Atlantic region

No abstract available.
Authors
Allan Kolker, Douglas G. Mose, Shane Spitzer, Joseph A. East
link
National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) Thumb

National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS)

The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) began as a cooperative venture between the USGS and State geological agencies in 1975 and focused on the stratigraphy and chemistry of coal.
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
link

National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS)

The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) began as a cooperative venture between the USGS and State geological agencies in 1975 and focused on the stratigraphy and chemistry of coal.
Learn More
link
State Cooperators Science Object Thumb

Funding for State Cooperatives

The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) State Cooperatives project supports a publicly available database of coal knowledge that encompasses the entire United States. State-level partnering for coal resource assessment and fundamental research of energy-bearing strata improves the ability of Federal, State and local planners to make optimum policy decisions in the areas of energy...
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
link

Funding for State Cooperatives

The National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) State Cooperatives project supports a publicly available database of coal knowledge that encompasses the entire United States. State-level partnering for coal resource assessment and fundamental research of energy-bearing strata improves the ability of Federal, State and local planners to make optimum policy decisions in the areas of energy...
Learn More
link
World Coal Quality Inventory (WOCQI) Thumb

World Coal Quality Inventory Data

Currently Available WoCQI Data Downloads:
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
link

World Coal Quality Inventory Data

Currently Available WoCQI Data Downloads:
Learn More
link
World Coal Quality Inventory Thumb

World Coal Quality Inventory

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Resources Program, in cooperation with many agencies and scientists from the world’s coal producing countries, undertook a project, called the World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI), to obtain samples of coal from the world’s producing coal mines during a limited period of time (roughly 1995-2006).
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
link

World Coal Quality Inventory

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Resources Program, in cooperation with many agencies and scientists from the world’s coal producing countries, undertook a project, called the World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI), to obtain samples of coal from the world’s producing coal mines during a limited period of time (roughly 1995-2006).
Learn More

Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources - Appalachian Basin, Black Warrior Basin, Illinois Basin, and Michigan Basin: Chapter P, Spatial Data

The storage assessment unit (SAU) is the fundamental unit used in the National Assessment of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources project for the assessment of geologic CO2 storage resources. The SAU is shown here as a geographic boundary interpreted, defined, and mapped by the geologist responsible for the assessment interval. Individual SAUs are defined on the basis of common...
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Dataset of Helium Concentrations in United States Wells

This dataset provides national scale location information for known, publicly available, data on helium gas concentrations, reported in mol%. The dataset was created as part of the effort by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct an assessment of helium resources in accordance with the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013, Public Law 113-40. The data were collected from the USGS...
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Thermal maturity map of Devonian shale in the Illinois, Michigan, and Appalachian basins of North America

Much of the oil and gas in the Illinois, Michigan, and Appalachian basins of eastern North America is thought to be derived from Devonian shale that is within these basins (for example, Milici and others, 2003; Swezey, 2002, 2008, 2009; Swezey and others, 2005, 2007). As the Devonian strata were buried by younger sediments, the Devonian shale was subjected to great temperature and...
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Geologic map of upper cretaceous and tertiary strata and coal stratigraphy of the Paleocene Fort Union Formation, Rawlins-Little Snake River area, south-central Wyoming

This report provides a map and detailed descriptions of geologic formations for a 1,250 square mile region in the Rawlins-Little Snake River coal field in the eastern part of the Washakie and Great Divide Basins of south-central Wyoming. Mapping of geologic formations and coal beds was conducted at a scale of 1:24,000 and compiled at a scale of 1:100,000. Emphasis was placed on coal...

World Coal Quality Inventory (WOCQI) Spatial Viewer

The World Coal Quality Inventory (WOCQI) Spatial Viewer allows users to select a country and download underlying data associated with countries that were working collaboratively to sample and inventory coal.
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

NCRDS USTRAT Spatial Viewer

This viewer allows users to see the location and underlying data associated with NCRDS USTRAT data points. The NCRDS Spatial Viewer was expanded to display data from the USCHEM and USCOAL databases in FY2011.
By
Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
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