

Selected Publications
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Masalehdani, Naze-Nancy, Stracher, Glenn B., Black, Philippa B., Potdevin, Jean-Luc, Hower, James C., Finkelman, Robert B., Prakash, Anupma, and Pone, J. Denis N., 2009, Ancient and Modern Coal-Seam Fires: Long-Term Geochemical Effects, Carbon'09, The Annual World Conference on Carbon, Biarritz, France (Submitted for publication). |
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Emsbo-Mattingly, S.D.,
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2008, The Origin of Gas Vent Minerals: Isochemical and Mass Transfer Processes, in Stracher, Glenn B., ed., Geology of Coal Fires: Case Studies from Around the World, Reviews in Engineering Geology, V. XVIII, Geological Society of America, p. 91-96. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Hower, James C., Hiett, John, Finkelman, Robert B., Prakash, Anupma, Pone, J. Denis N., Mathews, Jonathan, Annegarn, Harold, Hein, Kim A.A., Blake, Donald R., Schroeder, Paul A., Emsbo-Mattingly, Stephen D., O’Keefe, Jennifer M.K., and Mardon, Sarah M., 2008, Coal Fires: Gateway to Environmental Destruction and Human Suffering: Fossil Fuel Foundation of Africa , 2nd Conference on Spontaneous Combustion: Open Cast and Surface Mines (September 9th), Parkview, South Africa, p. 4-5 (Plenary Presentation). |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Hower, James C., Hiett, John, Finkelman, Robert B., Prakash, Anupma, Pone, J. Denis N., Mathews, Jonathan, Annegarn, Harold, Hein, Kim A.A., Blake, Donald R., Schroeder, Paul A., Emsbo-Mattingly, Stephen D., O’Keefe, Jennifer M.K., and Mardon, Sarah M., 2008, Coal Fires: Gateway to Environmental Destruction and Human Suffering: Fossil Fuel Foundation of Africa , 2nd Conference on Spontaneous Combustion: Open Cast and Surface Mines (September 9th), Parkview, South Africa, 13 p. (CD-Rom). |
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Stracher, Glenn, B., Hower, James, C., Schroeder, Paul, Fleisher, Chris, Kitson, Jimmy, Barwick, Larry, Hiett, John, Mardon, Sarah M., Carroll, Richard E., and Emsbo-Mattingly, Stephen D., Environmental Dangers of Coal Fires in Kentucky and Alabama, 2008, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, paper no. 310-7, v. 40, no. 6, p. 493. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2008, Geology of Coal Fires: Case Studies from Around the World, in Stracher, Glenn B., ed., Geology of Coal Fires: Case Studies from Around the World, Reviews in Engineering Geology, V. XVIII, Geological Society of America, p. v - ix. |
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Hower, James C., Stracher, Glenn B., Hiett, John, Mardon, Sarah, O'Keefe, Jennifer M.K., Schroeder, Paul, Blake, Donald R., and Emsbo-Mattingly, Stephen D., 2008, Reconnaissance of Coal-Mine Fires in Perry County, Eastern Kentucky publication: Twenty-Fifth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, proceedings on CD-Rom. |
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Pone, J. Denis N., Stracher, Glenn B.,
Finkelman, Robert B., Annegarn, Harold J., and Hein, Kim A.A., 2008,
Potential Land Contamination Associated with Solid Chemicals Mobilized by
Spontaneous Combustion of Coal, 2008, Proceedings of the 6th International Acid Sulfate
Soil Conference and the Acid Rock Drainage Symposium (September 16-20),
Guangdong Press Group, Guangdong Science &
Technology Press,
Guangzhou, P. R.
China, p. 286. |
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Kuenzer, Claudia and Stracher, Glenn B., 2008, Geomorphology of Coal Seam Fires, Journal of Geomorphology (accepted for publication). |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2007, Coal Fires Burning Around the World: Opportunity for Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research, GSA Today ("Groundwork" article by invitation), Geological Society of America, v. 17, no. 11, p. 36-37. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Sokol, Ellina V., Prakash, Anupma, Hower, James C., Kuenzer, Claudia, Pone, J. Denis N., Schroeder, Paul, Masalehdani, M. Naze-Nancy, Mardon, Sarah, and Hiett, John, 2007, Coal Fires: Opportunity for Innovative Research in Mineralogy, Petrology, Structural Geology, and Environmental Science, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 30. |
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Masalehdani, M. Naze-Nancy, Paquette, Yves, Bouchardon, Jean-Luc, Guy, Bernard, Stracher, Glenn B., and Chalier, Jean, 2007, Vapor Deposition of Arsenic-Bearing Minerals Originating from a Burning Culm Bank: St Etienne, the Loire Region, France, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 298. |
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Pone, J. Denis N., Hein, Kim A.A., Stracher, Glenn B., Annegarn, Harold J., Finkelman, Robert F., Blake, Donald R., McCormack John K, and Schroeder, Paul, 2007, The Spontaneous Combustion of Coal and Its By-Products in the Witbank and Sasolburg Coalfields of South Africa, International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 72, p. 124-140. Top 3 listing in Science Direct. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2007, Gas Vent Mineralogy of Coal Fires Burning Around the World, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 2, p. 81. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Lindsley-Griffin, Nancy, Griffin, John R., Renner, Steven, Schroeder, Paul, Viellenave, James H., Masalehdani, M. Naze-Nancy, and Kuenzer, Claudia, 2007, Revisiting the South Cañon Number 1 Coal Mine Fire during a Geologic Excursion from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Colorado in Raynolds, R.G., ed., Roaming the Rocky Mountains and Environs: Geological Field Trips, Geological Society of America Field Guide 10, p. 101-110. |
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Pone, J. Denis N., Hein, Kim A.A., Stracher, Glenn B., Finkelman, Robert B., and Annegarn, Harold J., 2007, Potential Environmental and Health Impacts of Burning Coal in Witbank Coalfield, South Africa, Ecological Research for Sustaining the Environment in China, ERSEC Ecological Book Series - 4, p. 1-12. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Nolter, Melissa A., Schroeder, Paul, McCormack, John, Blake, Donald R., and Vice, Daniel H., 2006, The Great Centralia Mine Fire: A Natural Laboratory for the Study of Coal Fires, in Pazzaglia, F.J., ed., Excursions in Geology and History: Field Trips in the Middle Atlantic States, Geological Society of America Field Guide 8, p. 33-45. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., and Prakash, Anupma, 2006, Gas Vent Minerals: Isochemical and Mass Transfer Processes, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 7, p. 168. |
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Prakash, Anupma and Stracher, Glenn B., 2006, Tracking, Documenting, and Dissemination Global information about Coal Fires, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 7, p. 94. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Prakash, Anupma, Schroeder, Paul, McCormack, John, Zhang, Xiangmin, Van Dijk, Paul, and Blake, Donald, 2005, New Mineral Occurrences and Mineralization Processes: Wuda Coal-Fire Gas Vents of Inner Mongolia, American Mineralogist, v. 90, p. 1729-1739. Top 10 listing in Geoscience World. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Tabet, David E., Anderson, Paul B., and Pone, J. Dénis N., 2005, Utah's State Rock and the Emery Coalfield: Geology, Mining History, and Natural Burning Coal Beds, in Pederson, J., and Dehler, C.M., eds, Interior Western United States, Geological Society of America Field Guide 6, p. 199-210. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Pone, J. Dénis N., Finkelman, Robert B., Annegarn, Harold J., McCormack, John, Schroeder, Paul, and Blake, Donald L., 2005, Gas Vent Mineralogy and Geochemistry: The Burning Culm Banks of South Africa, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 453. |
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Pone,
J. Dénis N.,
Stracher, Glenn B., Finkelman, Robert B., Hein, Kim A.A., and Annegarn,
Harold J., 2005, The environmental impact of coal fires: spontaneous
combustion in
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Stracher, Glenn B., Renner, Steven, Colaizzi, Gary, and Taylor, Tammy P., 2004, The South Cañon Number 1 Coal Mine Fire: Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in Nelson, E.P., and Erslev, E.A., eds., Field Trips in the southern Rocky Mountains, USA: Geological Society of America Field Guide 5, p. 143-150. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2004, Wild Coal Fires (CD-ROM), Spontaneous Combustion of Coal Proceedings, The Fossil Fuel Foundation of Africa and SABS: Coal and Mineral Technologies (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, South Africa. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2004, Coal Mine Fire-- Gas and Condensation Products: Collection Techniques for Laboratory Analysis, Spontaneous Combustion of Coal Proceedings, The Fossil Fuel Foundation of Africa and SABS: Coal and Mineral Technologies (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, South Africa p. 2-7. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., and Finkelman, Robert B., 2004, Wild Coal Fires Burning Around the World: Origin, Catastrophic Effects, and Condensation Products, Spontaneous Combustion of Coal Proceedings, The Fossil Fuel Foundation of Africa and SABS: Coal and Mineral Technologies (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, South Africa p. 42- 43. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., and Taylor, Tammy P., 2004, Coal Fires Burning out of Control Around The World: Thermodynamic Recipe for Environmental Catastrophe, in Stracher, G.B., ed., International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 59/1-2, p. 7-17. Top 5 listing in Science Direct. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2004, Coal Fires Burning Around the World: a Global Catastrophe, in Stracher, G.B., ed., International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 59/1-2, p. 1-6. Top 10 listing in Science Direct. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Taylor, Tammy P., Nolter, Melissa, Vice, Daniel H., Blake, Donald R., and Cerpovicz, Paul F., 2004, Centralia Mine Fire Collecting Extravaganza with National Geographic, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 42. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Prakash, Anupma, Schroeder, Paul, and McCormack, John, 2004, New Mineral Occurrences from the Wuda Coalfield Fires of Inner Mongolia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 42. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2003, Coal mine fire--Gas and Condensation Products: Collection Techniques for Laboratory Analysis, v. 14, no. 5, Energeia, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2002 (October), Coal Fires: A burning global recipe for catastrophe, Geotimes, v. 47, no. 10, p. 36-37, 66. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Taylor, Tammy P., and Prakash, Anupma, 2002, Coal Fires: A Synopsis of Their Origin, Remote Sensing Detection, and Thermodynamics of Sublimation, in Shannon, S., editor, Case Histories of Mine Reclamation and Regulation, Environmental Technology for Mining: Robertson GeoConsultants Inc., Reno, NV; Vancouver, B.C., p. 1-8. |
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Whitney, P.R., Stracher, G.B., and Grover, T., 2002, Precambrian Geology of the Whitehall Area, Southeastern Adirondacks, in J. McLelland and P. Karabinos, editors, New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference-New York State Geological Association (NEIGC-NYSGA) Guidebook for Fieldtrips in New York and Vermont, p. C2-1 to C2-10. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., and Taylor, Tammy P., 2001, Coal Fires Burning out of Control Around The World: Thermodynamic Recipe for Environmental Catastrophe, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 2. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., and Shea, James H., 2000, Enhancing Quantitative Skills of Physical-Geology Students with a Geologic Compass, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 48, p. 89-91. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2000, Forward, in Stracher, Glenn B., ed., Enhancing the Quantitative Skills of Earth Science Students, International Journal of Mathematical Geology (Special Edition), v. 32, no. 2, p. 149-150: 1998 SEGSA symposium no. 7. |
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Macdonald, Heather R., Srogi, LeeAnn, Stracher, Glenn B., 2000, Building the Quantitative Skills of Students in Geoscience Courses, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 48, p.409-412. |
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Hanley, Tom, Stracher, Glenn B., and Wampler, J.M., 2000, Alleghanian K-Ar Ages from Texturally Distinctive Biotite-Rich Lithologies in the Central Uchee Belt of Western Georgia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 2, p. 23. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., and Shea, James H., 1999, Enhancing Quantitative and Map Reading Skills of Introductory Geoscience Students with a Geologic Compass, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. 209. |
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Hanley, Tom, Stracher, Glenn B., and Fleisher, Chris, 1999, Petrology and Mineral Chemistry of Calc-Silicates from the Uchee Belt, Columbus, Georgia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. 167. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Lindsley-Griffin, Nancy, and Griffin, John R., 1998, A Laboratory Exercise in Mineral Thermodynamics, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 46, p. 169-177. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., and Guy, Albert G., 1998, The Internal Energy of a PV = RT Gas: A Univariable or Multivariable Function, International Journal of Mathematical Geology, v. 30, no.3, p. 251-258. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 1996, Long-Distance Geology, Geotimes, v. 41, no. 4, p. 10-11. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 1996, Geology and Long Distance Learning, University System of Georgia Annual Computing Conference Proceedings, Office of Information and Instructional Technology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 42-44. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 1995, The Anthracite Smokers of Eastern Pennsylvania: PS2(g)-T Stability Diagram by TL Analysis, International Journal of Mathematical Geology, v. 27, no. 4, p. 499-511. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., 1992, Rheology and Deformation History of a Precambrian Granulite Facies SE Adirondack Brittle-Ductile Shear Zone, Northeastern Geology, v. 14, no. 2 & 3, p. 113-120. |
BOOKS:
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Stracher, Glenn B., 2008, Geology of Coal Fires: Case Studies From Around the World, Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology, V. XVIII, 278 p. plus index. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Sokol, Ellina, Prakash, Anupma, Coal Combustion and Wild Coal Fires Atlas of the World. Proposal accepted by Elsevier Publishing, this project will be several years in the making. |
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Stracher, Glenn B., Coal Fires Burning Around the World: A Global Catastrophe, 2004, International Journal of Coal Geology, Elsevier, v. 59, Iss 1-2, 151 p. |
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Johnson, Donald G., and Stracher, Glenn B., 1995, Thermodynamic Loop Applications in Materials Systems, V. I and V. II, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society of The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers Inc. |
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Johnson, Donald G., and Stracher, Glenn B., 1998, Introduction to Thermodynamics for Materials Science - Application of Thermodynamic Loop Analysis, Kodansha Publishing Company, Japan. |
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Johnson, Donald G., and Stracher, Glenn B., Materials Thermodynamics In Engineering and Earth Science: Applied Thermodynamic Loop Analysis, In Progress. |
COMPUTER MEDIATED DISTANCE LEARNING:
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A Computer Mediated Distance Learning course in Materials and Chemical Thermodynamics for Engineers and Scientists is currently under construction with the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion). |
COMPUTER PROGRAMS:
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Stracher, Glenn B., 1999, PYROXENE: a computer program for the chemical classification of single-chain silicates according to guidelines established by the International Mineralogical Association, RockWare, Earth Science Software, Golden, Colorado. |
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