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Joan Esterle is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and specializes in research related to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their academic work spans multiple subfields including Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology.

The scientist's research interests cover a range of topics centered on hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, coal properties and utilization, geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geological and geophysical studies, as well as earthquake and tectonic studies.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Subsurface fractures, in-situ stress and permeability variations in the Walloon Coal Measures, eastern Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia (2020), International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Using carbon isotopes and organic composition to decipher climate and tectonics in the Early Cretaceous: An example from the Hailar Basin, Inner Mongolia, China (2020), Cretaceous Research
  • Petrographic and geochemical characteristics of selected coal seams from the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene Guaduas Formation, Eastern Cordillera Basin, Colombia (2022), International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Relationship between coal composition, fracture abundance and initial reservoir permeability: A case study in the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia (2021), International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Flow structures and mineralisation in thermally altered coal from the Moatize Basin, Mozambique (2020), International Journal of Coal Geology

Frequent collaborators include Sandra Rodrigues, Mojtaba Rajabi, S. D. Golding, Katarzyna Sobczak, and Tim A. Moore.

Joan Esterle's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Gondwana Research
  • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fuel

Their research often focuses on the relationship between coal composition, structural fractures, permeability, and mineralisation processes. The geographic scope of their studies includes regions such as the Surat Basin in Australia, the Hailar Basin in Inner Mongolia, the Eastern Cordillera Basin in Colombia, and the Moatize Basin in Mozambique.

Joan Esterle combines expertise from multiple disciplines to contribute to the understanding of subsurface geological and geochemical processes relevant to resource extraction and tectonic interpretations.

Best Publications

  • On the fundamental difference between coal rank and coal type

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

  • Stable isotope geochemistry of coal bed and shale gas and related production waters: A review

    Suzanne D. Golding;Chris J. Boreham;Joan S. Esterle

  • Stable isotope and water quality analysis of coal bed methane production waters and gases from the Bowen Basin, Australia

    E.C.P. Kinnon;S.D. Golding;C.J. Boreham;K.A. Baublys

  • An overview of the coal seam gas developments in Queensland

    Brian Towler;Mahshid Firouzi;James Underschultz;Will Rifkin

  • The geology, botany and chemistry of selected peat-forming environments from temperate and tropical latitudes

    Cornelia C. Cameron;Joan S. Esterle;Curtis A. Palmer

  • Controls on coal cleat spacing

    G.K.W. Dawson;J.S. Esterle

  • Spatial variability in modern tropical peat deposits from Sarawak, Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia: analogues for coal

    J.S. Esterle;J.C. Ferm

  • Stable isotopic and molecular composition of desorbed coal seam gases from the Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Australia

    S.K. Hamilton;S.D. Golding;K.A. Baublys;J.S. Esterle

  • Use of FTIR, XPS, NMR to characterize oxidative effects of NaClO on coal molecular structures

    Zhenhua Jing;Sandra Rodrigues;Ekaterina Strounina;Mengran Li

  • Microbial controls on the origin and evolution of coal seam gases and production waters of the Walloon Subgroup; Surat Basin, Australia

    K.A. Baublys;S.K. Hamilton;S.D. Golding;S. Vink

  • Peat-accumulating depositional systems of Sarawak, East Malaysia

    James R. Staub;Joan S. Esterle

  • Geological interpretation of gas content trends, Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia

    S.K. Hamilton;J.S. Esterle;S.D. Golding

  • A test for the analogy of tropical domed peat deposits to “dulling up” sequences in coal beds—Preliminary results

    Joan S. Esterle;John C. Ferm;Tie Yiu-Liong

  • The effect of coal rank on biogenic methane potential and microbial composition

    Steven J. Robbins;Paul N. Evans;Joan S. Esterle;Suzanne D. Golding

  • Occurrence of minerals within fractures and matrix of selected Bowen and Ruhr Basin coals

    G.K.W. Dawson;S.D. Golding;J.S. Esterle;P. Massarotto

  • Relationship between petrographic and chemical properties and coal seam geometry, Hance seam, breathitt formation, southeastern Kentucky

    Joan S. Esterle;John C. Ferm

  • Stratigraphic and depositional framework of the Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Queensland

    S. K. Hamilton;J. S. Esterle;R. Sliwa

  • An Investigation of the Chemical Variability of Woody Peat by FT-IR Spectroscopy

    D. T. Durig;J. S. Esterle;T. J. Dickson;J. R. Durig

  • Trends in petrographic and chemical characteristics of tropical domed peats in Indonesia and Malaysia as analogues for coal formation

    Joan Sharon Esterle

  • Provenance and sediment dispersal in the Rajang River delta/coastal plain system, Sarawak, East Malaysia

    James R. Staub;Joan S. Esterle

  • Temporal changes in microbial community composition during culture enrichment experiments with Indonesian Coals

    Rita Susilawati;Paul N. Evans;Joan S. Esterle;Steven J. Robbins

  • The effect of rank, lithotype and roughness on contact angle measurements in coal cleats

    Shilo A. Mahoney;Thomas E. Rufford;David Johnson;Anastasia S.K. Dmyterko

  • Dynamic micromapping of CO2 sorption in coal.

    Andrzej P. Radlinski;Tara L. Busbridge;Evan Mac A. Gray;Tomasz P. Blach

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne D. Golding
Suzanne D. Golding University of Queensland
Gideon Rosenbaum
Gideon Rosenbaum University of Queensland
Gene W. Tyson
Gene W. Tyson Queensland University of Technology
Victor Rudolph
Victor Rudolph University of Queensland
Ibrahim Uysal
Ibrahim Uysal Karadeniz Technical University
James C. Hower
James C. Hower University of Kentucky
Zhongwei Chen
Zhongwei Chen University of Queensland
Yuexing Feng
Yuexing Feng University of Queensland
Colin R. Ward
Colin R. Ward University of New South Wales
Maria Mastalerz
Maria Mastalerz Indiana University

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