Scott D. Elrick
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Section Head
Coal, Bedrock Geology & Industrial Minerals
429 Natural Resources Building
615 E. Peabody Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-3222
Resume/CV:
Education:
- B.S. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- M.S. University of California, Riverside
Major Responsibilities:
- Oversee research and operations of the Coal, Bedrock Geology, and Industrial Minerals Section
- Provide oversight to ISGS Wikis and geologic data webservices: ILSTRAT, ILMINES, ILMINES_Wiki,and ILSTRUC
- Coal and aggregate mine visits, coal mine geology, stratigraphic assistance to coal and aggregate companies and petroleum industry
- Provide oversight to the ISGS samples library, and Tom L. Phillips Coal Ball Collection
Research Interests:
- Stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleoclimate, paleobotany, coal balls, and depositional history of the Pennsylvanian period and Late Paleozoic Ice Age
- Geologic History of the Illinois Basin
- Rare Earth Minerals in the Illinois Basin
- Coal geology, coal resources, coal mine mining, coal mine disturbances, and mining history of Illinois
- Digital archiving, online geologic data Wikis, data transferral, and development of public access portals to geologic information