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
Tar yields from low-temperature carbonization of coal facies from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA
Petrology, mineralogy and geochemistry of mined coals, western Venezuela
Proceedings of the twentieth annual meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology
Selected presentations on coal-bed gas in the eastern United States
Preliminary Results from Coal-Bed Methane Drilling in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Chronostratigraphic and depositional sequences of the Fort Union formation (Paleocene), Williston Basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana
Results of coal bed methane drilling, Mylan Park, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Preliminary geochemical, microbiological, and epidemiological investigations into possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and kidney disease in northwestern Louisiana
The Sohagpur Coalfield Project - A collaborative study of potential coking coal resources by the Geological Survey of India and the U.S. Geological Survey
Olmos coal, Maverick Basin, south Texas: From prospect to production
Characterization of core extracted from the Olmos Formation (Cretaceous), Southwest Texas
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
Tar yields from low-temperature carbonization of coal facies from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA
Petrology, mineralogy and geochemistry of mined coals, western Venezuela
Proceedings of the twentieth annual meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology
Selected presentations on coal-bed gas in the eastern United States
Preliminary Results from Coal-Bed Methane Drilling in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Chronostratigraphic and depositional sequences of the Fort Union formation (Paleocene), Williston Basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana
Results of coal bed methane drilling, Mylan Park, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Preliminary geochemical, microbiological, and epidemiological investigations into possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and kidney disease in northwestern Louisiana
The Sohagpur Coalfield Project - A collaborative study of potential coking coal resources by the Geological Survey of India and the U.S. Geological Survey
Olmos coal, Maverick Basin, south Texas: From prospect to production
Characterization of core extracted from the Olmos Formation (Cretaceous), Southwest Texas
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.