Peter D. Warwick, Ph.D.
Peter Warwick is a Senior Research Geologist for the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, and Science Coordinator for Carbon Sequestration and Energy Storage for the Energy Resources Program office in Reston, VA.
Peter's scientific and technical specialties include sedimentology, stratigraphy, the geology of fossil fuels, and geologic carbon sequestration. His career with the USGS has focused on energy-related research, exploration, and resource assessments in various sedimentary basins in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific research publications. In addition, Dr. Warwick has served as the President of the Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and is an AAPG Charles Taylor Fellow. He has been President of The Society for Organic Petrology, and Chair of the Coal Geology Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA). He is a GSA Fellow and an active member of several scientific journal review boards.
Professional Experience
Supervisory Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Resident Research Associate, U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Council
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Geology, University of Kentucky
M.S. Geology, North Carolina State University
B.S. Political Science and Geology, North Carolina State University
Science and Products
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Petrography, geochemistry, and depositional setting of the San Pedro and Santo Tomas coal zones: Anomalous algae-rich coals in the middle part of the Claiborne Group (Eocene) of Webb County, Texas Petrography, geochemistry, and depositional setting of the San Pedro and Santo Tomas coal zones: Anomalous algae-rich coals in the middle part of the Claiborne Group (Eocene) of Webb County, Texas
Two coal zones, the San Pedro and the overlying Santo Tomas, are present for nearly 35 km in outcrop, surface and underground mines, and shallow drill holes along the strike of the middle part of the Claiborne Group (Eocene) in Webb County, Texas. A sandstone-dominated interval of 25 to 35 m separates the two coal zones, which range up to 3 m in thickness. Each coal zone contains...
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, Robert W. Hook
Tonsteins and clay-rich layers in coal-bearing intervals of the Eocene Manning formation, east-central Texas Tonsteins and clay-rich layers in coal-bearing intervals of the Eocene Manning formation, east-central Texas
Six samples from clay-rich intervals in the coal-bearing upper part of the Eocene Manning Formation were analyzed by scanning-electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence to determine the origin of minerals in the samples. Two samples were from surface-mine exposures of the 3500 coal bed near Bryan, Texas, and the remaining samples were from an exposure of a correlative...
Authors
Leslie F. Ruppert, Peter D. Warwick, Sharon S. Crowley, James Pontolillo
Assessment of the solid fuel resource potential of Armenia Assessment of the solid fuel resource potential of Armenia
No abstract available.
Authors
B.S. Pierce, Peter D. Warwick, E.R. Landis
Report on drilling activities in the Thar Desert, Sindh Province, Pakistan Report on drilling activities in the Thar Desert, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Coal test drilling in the Thar Desert of southeast Pakistan was conducted as part of the Coal Exploration and Assessment Program (COALREAP) involving the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP), and the U.S. Geological Survey. Drilling was performed in the Thar Desert, or Great Indian Desert, approximately 175 km northeast of...
Authors
Roger E. Thomas, James E. Fassett, Peter D. Warwick, Bruce R. Wardlaw, Abas A. Shah, Shafique Ahmed Khan, Mohammad A. Tagar, Abdul R. Memon, Ghulam S. Lashari, Zameer M. Khan, Muhammad D. Khan, Altaf H. Chandio, Mohammad Anwar, Mohammad A. Nizamani, Mujeeb Ahmad, Mehtab- Ur-Raman
A preliminary review of coal exploration activities conducted by the government of Armenia and the coal resource potential of Armenia A preliminary review of coal exploration activities conducted by the government of Armenia and the coal resource potential of Armenia
A coal resource assessment team from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Armenian Department of Underground Resources (DUR) and elements of the Ministry of Energy and Fuel, has completed an initial visit to Armenia under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development JUSAID). The visit included discussions of the coal resources, identification of...
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, B.S. Pierce, E.R. Landis
Regional characterization and resource evaluation of Paleocene and Eocene coal-bearing rocks in Pakistan Regional characterization and resource evaluation of Paleocene and Eocene coal-bearing rocks in Pakistan
Field work drilling, and other related studies carried out from 1985 to 1988 to assess the quantity and quality of the coal resources of southern Sindh. Sixty-eight holes drilled in the Lakhra/Jherruck, Thatta, and Indus East coal fields indicate that presently known and mined coal fields in southern Sindh are not isolated coal occurrences. Rather, much of southern Sindh, including the...
Authors
N.A. Durrani, Peter D. Warwick
Quality and character of Pakistan Coal Quality and character of Pakistan Coal
No abstract available.
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, Shahid Javed
Chemical and physical characteristics of coal and carbonaceous shale samples from the Salt Range coal field, Punjab Province, Pakistan Chemical and physical characteristics of coal and carbonaceous shale samples from the Salt Range coal field, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Sixty coal and carbonaceous shale samples collected from the Paleocene Patala Formation in the Salt Range coal field, Punjab Province, Pakistan, were analyzed to examine the relationships between coal bed chemical and physical characteristics and depositional environments. Results of proximate and ultimate analyses, reported on an as received basis, indicate that coal beds have an...
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, T. Shakoor, Shahid Javed, S.T.A. Mashhadi, H. Hussain, M. Anwar, M.I. Ghaznavi
Coal fields of Punjab and North-West Frontier Provinces, and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Coal fields of Punjab and North-West Frontier Provinces, and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
No abstract available.
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, Farhat Husain
Comparative facies formation in selected coal beds of the Powder River Basin Comparative facies formation in selected coal beds of the Powder River Basin
Petrologic studies of thick coal beds [Warwick, 1985; Moore, 1986; Moore and others, 1986; Moore and others, 1987; Warwick and Stanton, in press], which build on sedimentological interpretations [Flores, this volume] of associated units, provide data to interpret and contrast the varieties of peat formation in the Powder River Basin. Detailed analyses of the composition of coal beds lead...
Authors
R.W. Stanton, Timothy A. Moore, Peter D. Warwick, S.S. Crowley, Romeo M. Flores
Depositional aspects and a guide to Paleocene coal-bearing sequences, Powder River Basin Depositional aspects and a guide to Paleocene coal-bearing sequences, Powder River Basin
The Paleocene coal-bearing sequences in the northern Powder River Basin are contained in the Tongue River Member of the Fort Union Formation and include anomalously thick (54 m) subbituminous coals. These thick coals have been the target of exploration and development for the past few decades. For the past decade, these coals have also been the object of depositional modeling studies...
Authors
Romeo M. Flores, Peter D. Warwick, Timothy A. Moore
Coal quality of a core from the Wyodak-Anderson coal bed, southeastern Powder River basin, Wyoming; a preliminary study Coal quality of a core from the Wyodak-Anderson coal bed, southeastern Powder River basin, Wyoming; a preliminary study
No abstract available.
Authors
Sharon S. Crowley, R.W. Stanton, Peter D. Warwick
Non-USGS Publications**
Warwick, P.D., 1985, Depositional environments and petrology of the Felix coal interval (Eocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Lexington, University of Kentucky, Ph.D. dissertation, 333 p. 27 figs., https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ees_etds/74/.
Flores, R.M., and Warwick, P.D., 1984, Dynamics of coal deposition in intermontane alluvial paleoenvironments, Eocene Wasatch Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in 1984 Proceedings of the Symposium on the Geology of Rocky Mountain Coal, Houghton, R.L., and Clausen, E.N., eds.: North Dakota Geological Society Special Publication 84-1, p. 184-199, 11 figs.
Belt, E.S., Flores, R.M., Warwick, P.D., Conway, K.M., Johnson, K.R., and Waskowitz, R.S., 1984, Relationship of fluvio-deltaic facies to coal deposition in the Lower Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), south-western North Dakota, in Sedimentology of coal and coal-bearing sequences, Rahmani, R.A., and Flores, R.M., eds.: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication no. 7, p. 177-198, 19 figs.
Warwick, P.D., 1982, The geology of some lignite-bearing fluvial deposits (Paleocene), southwestern North Dakota: Raleigh, North Carolina State University, M.S. thesis, 116 p., 20 figs., https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.20/45025.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 189
Petrography, geochemistry, and depositional setting of the San Pedro and Santo Tomas coal zones: Anomalous algae-rich coals in the middle part of the Claiborne Group (Eocene) of Webb County, Texas Petrography, geochemistry, and depositional setting of the San Pedro and Santo Tomas coal zones: Anomalous algae-rich coals in the middle part of the Claiborne Group (Eocene) of Webb County, Texas
Two coal zones, the San Pedro and the overlying Santo Tomas, are present for nearly 35 km in outcrop, surface and underground mines, and shallow drill holes along the strike of the middle part of the Claiborne Group (Eocene) in Webb County, Texas. A sandstone-dominated interval of 25 to 35 m separates the two coal zones, which range up to 3 m in thickness. Each coal zone contains...
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, Robert W. Hook
Tonsteins and clay-rich layers in coal-bearing intervals of the Eocene Manning formation, east-central Texas Tonsteins and clay-rich layers in coal-bearing intervals of the Eocene Manning formation, east-central Texas
Six samples from clay-rich intervals in the coal-bearing upper part of the Eocene Manning Formation were analyzed by scanning-electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence to determine the origin of minerals in the samples. Two samples were from surface-mine exposures of the 3500 coal bed near Bryan, Texas, and the remaining samples were from an exposure of a correlative...
Authors
Leslie F. Ruppert, Peter D. Warwick, Sharon S. Crowley, James Pontolillo
Assessment of the solid fuel resource potential of Armenia Assessment of the solid fuel resource potential of Armenia
No abstract available.
Authors
B.S. Pierce, Peter D. Warwick, E.R. Landis
Report on drilling activities in the Thar Desert, Sindh Province, Pakistan Report on drilling activities in the Thar Desert, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Coal test drilling in the Thar Desert of southeast Pakistan was conducted as part of the Coal Exploration and Assessment Program (COALREAP) involving the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP), and the U.S. Geological Survey. Drilling was performed in the Thar Desert, or Great Indian Desert, approximately 175 km northeast of...
Authors
Roger E. Thomas, James E. Fassett, Peter D. Warwick, Bruce R. Wardlaw, Abas A. Shah, Shafique Ahmed Khan, Mohammad A. Tagar, Abdul R. Memon, Ghulam S. Lashari, Zameer M. Khan, Muhammad D. Khan, Altaf H. Chandio, Mohammad Anwar, Mohammad A. Nizamani, Mujeeb Ahmad, Mehtab- Ur-Raman
A preliminary review of coal exploration activities conducted by the government of Armenia and the coal resource potential of Armenia A preliminary review of coal exploration activities conducted by the government of Armenia and the coal resource potential of Armenia
A coal resource assessment team from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Armenian Department of Underground Resources (DUR) and elements of the Ministry of Energy and Fuel, has completed an initial visit to Armenia under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development JUSAID). The visit included discussions of the coal resources, identification of...
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, B.S. Pierce, E.R. Landis
Regional characterization and resource evaluation of Paleocene and Eocene coal-bearing rocks in Pakistan Regional characterization and resource evaluation of Paleocene and Eocene coal-bearing rocks in Pakistan
Field work drilling, and other related studies carried out from 1985 to 1988 to assess the quantity and quality of the coal resources of southern Sindh. Sixty-eight holes drilled in the Lakhra/Jherruck, Thatta, and Indus East coal fields indicate that presently known and mined coal fields in southern Sindh are not isolated coal occurrences. Rather, much of southern Sindh, including the...
Authors
N.A. Durrani, Peter D. Warwick
Quality and character of Pakistan Coal Quality and character of Pakistan Coal
No abstract available.
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, Shahid Javed
Chemical and physical characteristics of coal and carbonaceous shale samples from the Salt Range coal field, Punjab Province, Pakistan Chemical and physical characteristics of coal and carbonaceous shale samples from the Salt Range coal field, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Sixty coal and carbonaceous shale samples collected from the Paleocene Patala Formation in the Salt Range coal field, Punjab Province, Pakistan, were analyzed to examine the relationships between coal bed chemical and physical characteristics and depositional environments. Results of proximate and ultimate analyses, reported on an as received basis, indicate that coal beds have an...
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, T. Shakoor, Shahid Javed, S.T.A. Mashhadi, H. Hussain, M. Anwar, M.I. Ghaznavi
Coal fields of Punjab and North-West Frontier Provinces, and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Coal fields of Punjab and North-West Frontier Provinces, and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
No abstract available.
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, Farhat Husain
Comparative facies formation in selected coal beds of the Powder River Basin Comparative facies formation in selected coal beds of the Powder River Basin
Petrologic studies of thick coal beds [Warwick, 1985; Moore, 1986; Moore and others, 1986; Moore and others, 1987; Warwick and Stanton, in press], which build on sedimentological interpretations [Flores, this volume] of associated units, provide data to interpret and contrast the varieties of peat formation in the Powder River Basin. Detailed analyses of the composition of coal beds lead...
Authors
R.W. Stanton, Timothy A. Moore, Peter D. Warwick, S.S. Crowley, Romeo M. Flores
Depositional aspects and a guide to Paleocene coal-bearing sequences, Powder River Basin Depositional aspects and a guide to Paleocene coal-bearing sequences, Powder River Basin
The Paleocene coal-bearing sequences in the northern Powder River Basin are contained in the Tongue River Member of the Fort Union Formation and include anomalously thick (54 m) subbituminous coals. These thick coals have been the target of exploration and development for the past few decades. For the past decade, these coals have also been the object of depositional modeling studies...
Authors
Romeo M. Flores, Peter D. Warwick, Timothy A. Moore
Coal quality of a core from the Wyodak-Anderson coal bed, southeastern Powder River basin, Wyoming; a preliminary study Coal quality of a core from the Wyodak-Anderson coal bed, southeastern Powder River basin, Wyoming; a preliminary study
No abstract available.
Authors
Sharon S. Crowley, R.W. Stanton, Peter D. Warwick
Non-USGS Publications**
Warwick, P.D., 1985, Depositional environments and petrology of the Felix coal interval (Eocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Lexington, University of Kentucky, Ph.D. dissertation, 333 p. 27 figs., https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ees_etds/74/.
Flores, R.M., and Warwick, P.D., 1984, Dynamics of coal deposition in intermontane alluvial paleoenvironments, Eocene Wasatch Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in 1984 Proceedings of the Symposium on the Geology of Rocky Mountain Coal, Houghton, R.L., and Clausen, E.N., eds.: North Dakota Geological Society Special Publication 84-1, p. 184-199, 11 figs.
Belt, E.S., Flores, R.M., Warwick, P.D., Conway, K.M., Johnson, K.R., and Waskowitz, R.S., 1984, Relationship of fluvio-deltaic facies to coal deposition in the Lower Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), south-western North Dakota, in Sedimentology of coal and coal-bearing sequences, Rahmani, R.A., and Flores, R.M., eds.: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication no. 7, p. 177-198, 19 figs.
Warwick, P.D., 1982, The geology of some lignite-bearing fluvial deposits (Paleocene), southwestern North Dakota: Raleigh, North Carolina State University, M.S. thesis, 116 p., 20 figs., https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.20/45025.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.