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Maciej J. Kotarba is affiliated with AGH University of Science and Technology in Poland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological formations and processes exploration
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Coal properties and utilization
  • Coal and its by-products
  • Coal and coke industries research
  • Petroleum processing and analysis

Maciej J. Kotarba has a number of recent publications demonstrating their research interests. Notable papers include:

  • Fluctuations in methane and carbon dioxide concentrations in the near-surface zone and their genetic characterization in abandoned and active coal mines in the SW part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland (2020), published in International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Origin of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon (H2S, CO2 and N2) components of natural gas accumulated in the Zechstein Main Dolomite carbonate reservoir of the western part of the Polish sector of the Southern Permian Basin (2020), published in Chemical Geology
  • Simulated maturation by hydrous pyrolysis of bituminous coals and carbonaceous shales from the Upper Silesian and Lublin basins (Poland): Induced compositional variations in biomarkers, carbon isotopes and macerals (2021), published in International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Origin, secondary processes and migration of oil and natural gas in the central part of the Polish Outer Carpathians (2020), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Variations of bitumen fraction, biomarker, stable carbon isotope and maceral compositions of dispersed organic matter in the Miocene strata (Carpathian Foredeep, Poland) during maturation simulated by hydrous pyrolysis (2021), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Dariusz Więcław
  • Krzysztof Jurek
  • Elżbieta Bilkiewicz
  • Marta Waliczek
  • Mirosław Słowakiewicz

Maciej J. Kotarba publishes regularly in several academic venues. The most common journals for their work are:

  • International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Chemical Geology
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • AAPG Bulletin

Best Publications

  • Composition and origin of coalbed gases in the Upper Silesian and Lublin basins, Poland

    Maciej J Kotarba

  • Oil-generation kinetics for organic facies with Type-II and -IIS kerogen in the Menilite Shales of the Polish Carpathians

    M.D. Lewan;M.J. Kotarba;John B. Curtis;D. Wieclaw

  • Characterizing thermogenic coalbed gas from Polish coals of different ranks by hydrous pyrolysis

    Maciej J. Kotarba;Michael D. Lewan

  • Assessment of hydrocarbon source rock potential of Polish bituminous coals and carbonaceous shales

    Maciej J. Kotarba;Jerry L. Clayton;Dudley D. Rice;Marian Wagner

  • Composition and origin of coalbed gases in the Lower Silesian basin, southwest Poland

    Maciej J. Kotarba;Dudley D. Rice

  • Diagenetic history of the Podhale-Orava Basin and the underlying Tatra sedimentary structural units (Western Carpathians) : evidence from XRD and K-Ar of illite-smectite

    J. Środoń;M. Kotarba;A. Biroň;P. Such

  • Biomarker geochemistry of a foreland basin: the Oligocene Menilite Formation in the Flysch Carpathians of Southeast Poland

    J. Köster;M. Rospondek;S. Schouten;M. Kotarba

  • Oil/oil and oil/source rock correlations in the Carpathian Foredeep and Overthrust, south-east Poland☆

    H.L. ten Haven;E. Lafargue;M. Kotarba

  • Composition and origin of natural gases accumulated in the Polish and Ukrainian parts of the Carpathian region : Gaseous hydrocarbons, noble gases, carbon dioxide and nitrogen

    Maciej J. Kotarba;Keisuke Nagao

  • A stable carbon isotope and biological marker study of Polish bituminous coals and carbonaceous shales

    Maciej J. Kotarba;Jerry L. Clayton

  • The Origin and Habitat of Hydrocarbons of the Polish and Ukrainian Parts of the Carpathian Province

    M. J. Kotarba;Y. V. Koltun

  • Geology, spatial distribution of methane content and origin of coalbed gases in Upper Carboniferous (Upper Mississippian and Pennsylvanian) strata in the south-eastern part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland

    Sławomir Kędzior;Maciej J. Kotarba;Zbigniew Pękała

  • Pre‐Neogene evolution of the Western Carpathians: Constraints from the Bochnia‐Tatra Mountains section (Polish Western Carpathians)

    E. Roca;G. Bessereau;E. Jawor;M. Kotarba

  • Oil/source rock correlations in the Polish Flysch Carpathians and Mesozoic basement and organic facies of the Oligocene Menilite Shales: insights from hydrous pyrolysis experiments

    John B. Curtis;Maciej J. Kotarba;Michael D. Lewan;Dariusz Więcław

  • Organic geochemical study and genetic correlation of natural gas, oil and Menilite source rocks in the area between San and Stryi rivers (Polish and Ukrainian Carpathians)

    M.J. Kotarba;D. Więcław;Y.V. Koltun;L. Marynowski

  • Comparison of natural gases accumulated in Oligocene strata with hydrous pyrolysis gases from Menilite Shales of the Polish Outer Carpathians

    M.J. Kotarba;John B. Curtis;M.D. Lewan

  • Source rock habitat and hydrocarbon potential of Oligocene Menilite Formation (Flysch Carpathians, Southeast Poland): an organic geochemical and isotope approach

    J. Köster;M. Kotarba;E. Lafargue;P. Kosakowski

  • Sources of natural gases in Middle Cambrian reservoirs in Polish and Lithuanian Baltic Basin as determined by stable isotopes and hydrous pyrolysis of Lower Palaeozoic source rocks

    M.J. Kotarba;M.D. Lewan

  • Origin of natural waters and gases within the Upper Carboniferous coal-bearing and autochthonous Miocene strata in South-Western part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland

    Maciej J. Kotarba;Irena Pluta

  • Evaluating transition-metal catalysis in gas generation from the Permian Kupferschiefer by hydrous pyrolysis

    M.D. Lewan;M.J. Kotarba;D. Więcław;A. Piestrzyński

  • Habitat and hydrocarbon potential of the lower Paleozoic source rocks in the Polish part of the Baltic region

    Dariusz Więcław;Maciej J. Kotarba;Paweł Kosakowski;Adam Kowalski

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Lewan
Michael D. Lewan United States Geological Survey
Keisuke Nagao
Keisuke Nagao University of Tokyo
Tadeusz Marek Peryt
Tadeusz Marek Peryt Polish Geological Institute
Achim Bechtel
Achim Bechtel University of Leoben
Leszek Marynowski
Leszek Marynowski University of Silesia
Richard D. Pancost
Richard D. Pancost University of Bristol
J.S. Sinninghe Damsté
J.S. Sinninghe Damsté Utrecht University
Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer
Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer University of Leoben
Kazimierz Rozanski
Kazimierz Rozanski AGH University of Science and Technology
Carsten J. Schubert
Carsten J. Schubert Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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