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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Cortland F. Eble is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research spans several main fields of study, primarily Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Within these domains, they focus on multiple subfields such as Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Geophysics.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • Coal and Its By-products
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Coal Properties and Utilization
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes

Eble has been published extensively, with a strong presence in several research venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • AAPG Bulletin
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • International Journal of Coal Science & Technology

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Cortland F. Eble are:

  • Recognition of peat depositional environments in coal: A review (2020), International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Understanding coal quality and the critical importance of comprehensive coal analyses (2022), International Journal of Coal Geology
  • The environmental implications of upper Paleozoic plant-fossil assemblages with mixtures of wetland and drought-tolerant taxa in tropical Pangea (2021), Geobios
  • Rare earth elements and yttrium in Pennsylvanian coals and shales in the eastern part of the Illinois Basin (2020), International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Aspects of rare earth element enrichment in Central Appalachian coals (2020), Applied Geochemistry

Cortland F. Eble frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • James C. Hower
  • Yuegang Tang
  • María Mastalerz
  • Stephen F. Greb
  • Madison M. Hood

They have received recognition as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Lanthanide, yttrium, and zirconium anomalies in the Fire Clay coal bed, Eastern Kentucky

    James C Hower;Leslie F Ruppert;Cortland F Eble

  • Recognition of peat depositional environments in coal: A review

    Shifeng Dai;Achim Bechtel;Cortland F. Eble;Romeo M. Flores

  • On the fundamental difference between coal rank and coal type

    Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe;Achim Bechtel;Kimon Christanis;Shifeng Dai

  • Distribution of rare earth elements in eastern Kentucky coals: Indicators of multiple modes of enrichment?

    James C. Hower;Cortland F. Eble;Shifeng Dai;Harvey E. Belkin

  • Characterization of the origin of coalbed gases in southeastern Illinois Basin by compound-specific carbon and hydrogen stable isotope ratios

    Dariusz Strąpoć;Maria Mastalerz;Cortland Eble;Arndt Schimmelmann

  • Standardization of reflectance measurements in dispersed organic matter: Results of an exercise to improve interlaboratory agreement

    Paul C. Hackley;Carla Viviane Araujo;Angeles G. Borrego;Antonis Bouzinos

  • Notes on the origin of inertinite macerals in coal: Evidence for fungal and arthropod transformations of degraded macerals

    James C. Hower;Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe;Cortland F. Eble;Anne Raymond

  • Notes on the origin of inertinite macerals in coals: Observations on the importance of fungi in the origin of macrinite

    James C. Hower;Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe;Michael A. Watt;Timothy J. Pratt

  • Characterization of Fly Ash from Low-Sulfur and High-Sulfur Coal Sources: Partitioning of Carbon and Trace Elements with Particle Size

    James C. Hower;Alan S. Trimble;Cortland F. Eble;Curtis A. Palmer

  • NO MAJOR STRATIGRAPHIC GAP EXISTS NEAR THE MIDDLE-UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN (DESMOINESIAN-MISSOURIAN) BOUNDARY IN NORTH AMERICA

    Howard J. Falcon-Lang;Philip H. Heckel;William A. Dimichele;Bascombe M. Blake

  • Anomalous cold in the Pangaean tropics

    Gerilyn S. Soreghan;Michael J. Soreghan;Christopher J. Poulsen;Roger A. Young

  • Paleoecology of the Fire Clay coal bed in a portion of the Eastern Kentucky coal field

    Cortland F. Eble;James C. Hower;William M. Andrews

  • Arsenic-bearing pyrite and marcasite in the Fire Clay coal bed, Middle Pennsylvanian Breathitt Formation, eastern Kentucky

    Leslie F. Ruppert;James C. Hower;Cortland F. Eble

  • Petrology, Palynology, and Geochemistry of Gray Hawk Coal (Early Pennsylvanian, Langsettian) in Eastern Kentucky, USA

    James C. Hower;Courtland F. Eble;Jennifer M. K. O'Keefe;Shifeng Dai

  • Pennsylvanian paleokarst and cave fills from northern Illinois, USA: A window into late Carboniferous environments and landscapes

    Roy E. Plotnick;Fabien Kenig;Andrew C. Scott;Ian J. Glasspool

  • Notes on the Potential for the Concentration of Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium in Coal Combustion Fly Ash

    James C. Hower;John G. Groppo Jr.;Kevin R. Henke;Madison M. Hood

  • Depositional history of the Fire Clay coal bed /Late Duckmantian , Eastern Kentucky, USA

    S.F Greb;C.F Eble;J.C Hower

  • Evidence of multiple late Bashkirian to early Moscovian (Pennsylvanian) fire events preserved in contemporaneous cave fills

    Andrew C. Scott;Fabien Kenig;Roy E. Plotnick;Ian J. Glasspool

  • Paleoecological interpretation of a middle Pennsylvanian coal bed in the central Appalachian basin, U.S.A.

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  • Arsenic and lead concentrations in the Pond Creek and Fire Clay coal beds, eastern Kentucky coal field

    James C. Hower;J. David Robertson;Amy S. Wong;Cortland F. Eble

  • A drowned lycopsid forest above the Mahoning coal (Conemaugh Group, Upper Pennsylvanian) in eastern Ohio, U.S.A.

    William A. DiMichele;Cortland F. Eble;Dan S. Chaney

  • Appalachian sedimentary cycles during the Pennsylvanian: Changing influences of sea level, climate, and tectonics

    Stephen F Greb;Jack C Pashin;Ronald L Martino;Cortland F Eble

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Hower
James C. Hower University of Kentucky
Maria Mastalerz
Maria Mastalerz Indiana University
William A. DiMichele
William A. DiMichele Smithsonian Institution
Gerilyn S. Soreghan
Gerilyn S. Soreghan University of Oklahoma
Paul C. Hackley
Paul C. Hackley United States Geological Survey
Shifeng Dai
Shifeng Dai China University of Mining and Technology
Robert A. Gastaldo
Robert A. Gastaldo Colby College
Howard J. Falcon-Lang
Howard J. Falcon-Lang Royal Holloway University of London
Michael D. Blum
Michael D. Blum University of Kansas
Andrew C. Scott
Andrew C. Scott Royal Holloway University of London

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