Peter D. Warwick, Ph.D.
Peter Warwick is the Science Coordinator for Carbon Sequestration and Energy Storage at 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
Palynology of Paleocene lignite beds and associated detrital strata from Louisiana and Mississippi
Lithofacies and palynostratigraphy of some Cretaceous and Paleocene rocks, Surghar and Salt Range coal fields, northern Pakistan
Coal geology of the Paleocene-Eocene Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) and the Eocene Manning Formation (Jackson Group) in east-central Texas: Field trip guidebook for the Society for Organic Petrology, Twelfth Annual Meeting, The Woodlands, Texas, A
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
Stratigraphic sections of the Lignite-bearing Tongue River Member, Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), Southwestern North Dakota
Assessment of the solid fuel resource potential of Armenia
Report on drilling activities in the Thar Desert, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Tonsteins and clay-rich layers in coal-bearing intervals of the Eocene Manning formation, east-central Texas
A preliminary review of coal exploration activities conducted by the government of Armenia and the coal resource potential of Armenia
Regional characterization and resource evaluation of Paleocene and Eocene coal-bearing rocks in Pakistan
Coal fields of Punjab and North-West Frontier Provinces, and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Quality and character of Pakistan Coal
Non-USGS Publications**
**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
Palynology of Paleocene lignite beds and associated detrital strata from Louisiana and Mississippi
Lithofacies and palynostratigraphy of some Cretaceous and Paleocene rocks, Surghar and Salt Range coal fields, northern Pakistan
Coal geology of the Paleocene-Eocene Calvert Bluff Formation (Wilcox Group) and the Eocene Manning Formation (Jackson Group) in east-central Texas: Field trip guidebook for the Society for Organic Petrology, Twelfth Annual Meeting, The Woodlands, Texas, A
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
Stratigraphic sections of the Lignite-bearing Tongue River Member, Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), Southwestern North Dakota
Assessment of the solid fuel resource potential of Armenia
Report on drilling activities in the Thar Desert, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Tonsteins and clay-rich layers in coal-bearing intervals of the Eocene Manning formation, east-central Texas
A preliminary review of coal exploration activities conducted by the government of Armenia and the coal resource potential of Armenia
Regional characterization and resource evaluation of Paleocene and Eocene coal-bearing rocks in Pakistan
Coal fields of Punjab and North-West Frontier Provinces, and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Quality and character of Pakistan Coal
Non-USGS Publications**
**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.