May, 2015
Curriculum Vitæ
Scott D. Elrick
Personal:
Present Position: Geologist, Head, Coal & Petroleum Geology
Office Phone: (217) 333-3222 Email Address: elrick@illinois.edu
Office Address: Coal Section, Room 13C
Illinois State Geological Survey
615 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Education:
 1995 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; BS, Geology
 1998 University of California, Riverside; MS Geophysics
Professional Experience:
 1999-2002, Assistant Supportive Scientist II, ISGS
 2002-2005, Asst Sci (Asst Prof Scientist PG18), ISGS
 2005-2007, Associate Geologist PG21, ISGS
 2007-2012, Associate Geologist PG22, ISGS
 2012-present, Head, Coal & Petroleum Geology
Recent Publications:
Timothy H. Larson, Andrew C. Phillips, and Scott D. Elrick. 2015. The Meadow Bank: A Nontectonic Linear Feature in the Wabash
Valley Seismic Zone, Seismological Research Letters, V. 86, Number 6, November/December 2015, p. 1-7.
Spencer G. Lucas, Karl Krainer, William A. DiMichele, Sebastian Voigt, David S. Berman, Amy C. Henrici, Lawrence H. Tanner,
Dan S. Chaney, Scott D. Elrick, W. John Nelson and Larry F. Rinehart. 2015, Lithostratigraphy, Biostratigraphy and Sedimentology
of the Upper Paleozoic Sangre De Criso Formation, Southwestern San Miguel County, New Mexico, Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 424, p. 91 - 110
Rhinehart, Larry, F., Lucas, S.G., Tanner, L., Nelson, W.J., Elrick, S.D., Chaney, D.S., DiMichele, W.A. 2015, Plant architecture and
spatial structure of an early Permian woodland buried by flood waters, Sangre de Cristo Formation, New Mexico, New Mexico
Geological Society Guidebook, 66th Field Conference, Geology of the Meadowlands, Las Vegas Region, 2015, P. 211-288
DiMichele, William A., Cecil, C. B., Chaney, D. S., Elrick, S. D. and Nelson, W. J. 2014. "Fossil floras from the PennsylvanianPermian Cutler Group of southeastern Utah". Pp. 491-504 in Geology of Utah's Far South.
Agioutantis, Z., D. Barkley, M. Karmis, S. Elrick, Development of an Enhanced Methodology for Ground Movement Predictions due
to Longwall Mining in the Illinois Basin, 33rd International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, July 29 - 31, 2014,
Morgantown, West Virginia, p. 1 - 8
Nelson, W.J., Elrick, S.D., 2013, Permian Outliers in Western Kentucky, International Journal of Coal Geology, p. 152-164, v. 119
Rosenau, Nicholas, Tabor, N., Elrick, S.D., W.J. Nelson, 2013, Polygenetic history of paleosols in Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian
cyclothems of the Illinois Basin, USA.: Part I. Characterization of Paleosol Types and Interpretation of Pedogenic Processes, Journal
of Sedimentary Research, v. 83, 606-636.
Rosenau, Nicholas, Tabor, N., Elrick, S.D., W.J. Nelson, 2013, Polygenetic history of paleosols in Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian
cyclothems of the Illinois Basin, USA.: Part II. Integrating Geomorphology, Climate, and Glacioeustasy, Journal of Sedimentary
Research, v. 83, 637-668.
Nelson, W. J., Lucas, S.G., Krainer, K., McLemore, V.T., Elrick, S., 2013, Geology of the Fra Cristobal Mountains, New Mexico,
New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 63 rd Field Conference, Sierra County, p. 121-135.
Nelson, W.J., Elrick, S.D., Lucas, S.G., 2013, Clastic dike in the Late Paleozoic Bursum Formation at Carrizo Arroyo, New Mexico –
A likely paleoseismic sand blow, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 63 rd Field Conference, Sierra County, (in press)
Nelson, W.J., Lucas, S.G., Krainer, K., Elrick, S.D., 2013, The Gray Mesa Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) in New Mexico, New
Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 63rd Field Conference, Sierra County, (in press)
Chaney, D., DiMichele, W.A., Lucas, S.G., Elrick, S.D., 2013, New occurrence of giant Arthropleurid from the lower Permian of
Utah., New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 63 rd Field Conference, Sierra County, (in press)
DiMichele, W.A., Elrick, S.D., Bateman, R.M., 2013, Growth habit of the late Paleozoic rhiomorphic tree-lycopsid family
Diaphorodendraceae: phylogenetic, evolutionary, and paleoecological significance, American Journal of Botany 100(8): 1604–
1625, 2013
Stull, Gregory W., William A. DiMichele, Howard J. Falcon-Lang, W. John Nelson, Scott Elrick, 2012, Palaeoecology of
Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri, and its implications for resolving the paradox of ‘xeromorphic’ plants in Pennsylvanian wetlands.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v.331-332, p.162-176
Nelson, W. J., Elrick, Scott, and Williams, D. A., 2011, Permian outliers in western Kentucky, in Harper, J. A., ed., Geology of
the Pennsylvanian-Permian in the Dunkard basin: Guidebook, 76th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists,
Washington, PA, p. 190-199.
DiMichele, W. A., Cecil, C. B., Chaney, D. S., Elrick, S. D., Lucas, S. G., Lupia, R., Nelson, W. J., and Tabor, N. J., 2011,
Pennsylvanian-Permian vegetational changes in tropical Euramerica, in Harper, J. A., ed., Geology of the PennsylvanianPermian in the Dunkard basin: Guidebook, 76th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, Washington, PA, p. 60102.
Pšenička, J., Kerp H., Opluštil S., Elrick S., DiMichele W.A. Bek J., Nelson W. J., Ames, P.R. 2011. Preliminary report on the earliest
callipterid assignable to the morphogenus Rhachiphyllum Kerp from the late Moscovian (Asturian) Farmington Shale (Illinois Basin,
USA). XVII International Carboniferous and Permian Congress, Programme and Abstracts, Geological Survey of Western Australia,
Record 2011/20, p. 105.
Howard J. Falcon-Lang, Heckel, P.H., DiMichele, W.A., Blake, B.M., Easterday, C.R., Eble, C.F., Elrick, S.D., Gastaldo, R.A., Greb,
S.F., Martino, R.L., Nelson, W.J., Pfefferkorn, H.W., Phillips, T.L., Rosscoe, S.J., No major stratigraphic gap exists near the middleupper Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian-Missourian) boundary in North America. Palaois, 2011, v.26, p.125-139
Howard J. Falcon-Lang, DiMichele, W.A., Elrick, S. and Nelson, W.J. Going underground: in search of Coal Forests. Geology
Today 25: 181-184
Howard J. Falcon-Lang, W. John Nelson, Scott Elrick, Cindy V. Looy, Philip R. Ames and William A. DiMichele, 2009. Incised
channel fills containing conifers indicate that seasonally dry vegetation dominated Pennsylvanian tropical lowlands. Geology,
October, 2009
DiMichele, W.A., Nelson, W.J., Elrick, S.D., Ames, P.R., 2008, A Catastrophically Buried Middle Pennsylvanian age plant
assemblage composed of Sigilaria and Calamitean Spenopsids, Indiana, USA: Just what kind of Vegetation was this? , Palaios, 2009,
v. 24, p. 159-166
DiMichele, W.A., Falcon-Lang, H.J., Nelson, W.J., Elrick, S.D., Ames, P.R., 2007, Ecological Gradients within a Pennsylvanian
Mire Forest, Geology, April, 2007
Recent Presentations:
Spencer G. Lucas1, Karl Krainer2, William A. Dimichele3, Sebastian Voigt4, David S Berman5, Amy C. Henrici5 , Lawrence H.
Tanner6, Dan S. Chaney3, Scott D. Elrick7, W. John Nelson7 and Larry F. Rinehart, The Upper Paleozoic Sangre de Cristo Formation,
southwestern San Miguel County, New Mexico: Stratigraphy, Age and Sedimentology, New Mexico Geological Society meeting,
Poster Session. Socorro, NM, April 24, 2015.
Elrick, S. D., DiMichele, W. A., Nelson, W. J., Ames, P.R., Middle Desmoinesian Tidal Channel Log Jams and Roof Flora Indicate
Coal Swamp-Terminal Vegetation Dominated by Sigillaria, Tree and Seed Ferns – A Missourian Assemblage. 2013 - Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.300
DiMichele, W.A., Cecil, B., Elrick, S.D., Nelson, W.J., Eble, C.F., Bashforth, A.R., Climate Change Across the Atokan-Desmoinesian
Transition (Middle Pennsylvanian) in Equatorial Euramerica. 2013 - Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol.
45, No. 7, p.300
Freiburg, J.T., Elrick, S., Leetaru, H., Hoss, R.H., Yan, Q., Palkovic, M. 2013. The Role of Depositional Setting and Diagenesis on
Reservoir and Seal Quality of the Mt. Simon Sandstone and Eau Claire Formation: Illinois Basin Decatur Project. 2013 Midwest
Carbon Sequestration Science Conference, Oct. 8th, Poster.
Sanders, S.C., Tibert, N.E., Elrick, S.D., Nelson, W.J., 2012, Age and paleo-environmental significance of upper Paleozoic ostracods
from the Appalachian and Eastern Illinois basins, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
Nelson, W.J., S.D. Elrick, May 2012, Active Tectonism During Carboniferous-Permian Transition, Central New Mexico, Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, No. 6, p. 24.
Elrick, S.D., Nelson, W.J., May 2012, Late Desmoinesian Silicified Coniferopsid Trees Preserved in Channel Margin Sabkha Facies,
Whiskey Canyon, Central New Mexico, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, No. 6, p. 85.
Nelson, W.J., Z. Askari Khorasgani, and S. D. Elrick, 2011, Revised Upper Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of Illinois Basin with regional
correlations: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, no. 5, poster no. 249-18.
Elrick, S.D., Nelson, W.J., Ames, P.A., 2011, Origin of Disturbed Coal Zone in the Air Quality Mine, Peabody Energy Geology
Summit (invited talk).
DiMichele, W.A., Elrick, S.D., Lucas, S.G., Nelson, W.J., Tabor, N.J., 2011, Vegetational patterns across the Pennsylvanian-Permian
boundary in western equatorial Pangaea, a contrast with the Dunkard. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol.
43, No. 1, p. 125
Nelson, W.J., Elrick, S.D., Permian outliers in western Kentucky, 2011, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol.
43, No. 1, p. 125
Elrick, S.D., Nelson, W.J., 2010, Facies relationships of the middle Pennsylvanian Springfield Coal and Dykersburg
Shale: Constraints on sedimentation, development of coal splits and climate change during transgression. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 2, p. 51
Nelson, W. John, Elrick, S.D., Ames, P., 2010, “Merging” Pennsylvanian Limestones in Illinois Basin: Formation at highstand.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 2, p. 51
Stumpf, A.J., Korose, C.P., Elrick, S.E. , 2009, Paleosurface within Quaternary Deposits from Central Illinois, United States - Poster
Elrick, S.D. 2008, Illinois Coal Geology: DCEO Annual Teachers Coal Conference, Rend Lake, IL, 2008
Nelson, W. John, Elrick, S.D., DiMichele, W.A., Evolution of a Peat-Contemporaneous Channel: Galatia Channel, Pennsylvanian of
Illinois. North Central GSA, 2008
Elrick, S.D., W.J. Nelson, W.A. DiMichele, 2008, Split Coal Origin as Floating Peat Mats: Springfield Coal, Illinois. Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 5, p. 81.
Elrick, S.D., Nelson, W.J., Snapshot in time – Geologic Secrets of the Danville, Illinois, Fossilized Forest, A touring talk, 2008
Elrick, S.D. , 2006, State of CBM in Illinois: The 2006 CBM forum , West Virginia, 2006
Elrick, S.D., 2007, Poster - Coal Geology of Illinois,: ISGS Open House, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2007
Elrick, S.D., 2007, Video - Surface Mining of Coal in Illinois: ISGS Open House, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2007
Elrick, S.D. 2006, The Basics of Coal: DCEO Annual Teachers Coal Conference, Rend Lake, IL, 2006
Elrick, S.D. 2006, Poster - The Coal Geology of 3 Mines in Illinois: DCEO Annual Teachers Coal Conference, Rend Lake, IL, 2006
2006
Elrick, S.D., 2006, County Coal Map Series – version 2. New layout, geologic information and corrections. Coal information maps
for Colchester, Danville, Davis, Dekoven, Herrin, Jamestown, Seelyville, Springfield Coals, and Illinois net coal thickness, in PDF
format): ISGS Coal Section web site, http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/coalsec/coal/county-index.htm, scale 1:100,000
Elrick, S.D., 2006, ISGS Coal Publications Website. One of the most comprehensive collections of coal technical work produced by
any single agency, 670 digital files of 300 documents, 450 plates and 160 maps totaling 15,500 pages of downloadable .pdf files:
ISGS Coal Section website, http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/coalsec/coal/outofprint_coalpubs.htm.
2005
Drobniak, Agnieszka, M. Mastalerz, C. Eble, C. Korose, S. Elrick, Illinois Basin Coal GIS Datasets for Coalbed Methane, Carbon
Sequestration, and Coal Resource Studies, November, 2004 (poster co-presented with S. Elrick at Midwest PTTC 1st Annual Illinois
Basin Coalbed Symposium, Evansville, IN; poster also presented by M. Mastalerz and A. Drobniak at the 18th Annual Surface Mined
Land Reclamation Technology Transfer Seminar, Jasper, IN).
Elrick, S.D., C.P. Korose, 2005, County Coal Map Series ( UPDATES - draft, coal information maps for Colchester, Danville, Davis,
Dekoven, Herrin, Jamestown, Seelyville, Springfield Coals, and Illinois net coal thickness, in PDF format), ISGS Coal Section web
site, scale 1:100,000; with Illinois Coal Resource Shapefiles and Coal Stratigraphic Data at the ISGS (draft, GIS and tabular datafiles
used to construct the above maps).
Elrick, S.D., Overview of Available Coal Geology and Resource Data on the ISGS Coal Section Website, at the 1st annual Illinois
Basin Coal Bed Symposium
S. Elrick, A. Louchios, C. Korose, 2005. Management of Data on Illinois Coal Resources, Report of Activities – September 2004 to
August 2005: Report to the United States Geological Survey, Agreement Number 99HQAG0189, 7 p.
Elrick, Scott, Chris Korose, 2005, Herrin Coal Depth (Map), 1:500,000, Open – file report
Elrick, Scott, Chris Korose, 2005, Springfield Coal Elevation (Map), 1:500,000, Open – file report
Elrick, Scott, Chris Korose, 2005, Springfield Coal Depth (Map), 1:500,000, Open – file report
Elrick, Scott, 2005, Potentially Minable Coal – Legislative map series (Map), Senate and House district maps illustrating areas with
coal seams greater than 42 inches, Variable scales, Open – file report
S. Elrick, A. Louchios, 2005, County Mined Out Area maps, 1:100,000, Open – file report (part of the County Coal map series
established in 2004)
PRESENTATIONS
Presented poster “Coalbed Methane Potential in Illinois – Regional Mapping Data”, at 2002 Annual Meeting for the Eastern Section
of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Poster and Talk to the Montgomery County Farm Bureau showing coal information on their area. 2005
Poster and Talk to the Effingham County Farm Bureau showing coal information on their area. 2005
Posters and Talk for the Coal Producers Meeting put on by Joe Devera, detailing recent drilling and coal resources of S. Illinois, 2005
Posters for the 2006 Open House giving an overview of Illinois coal, the formation of coal and location.
Created a video showing the geology of coal formation and where coal can be found in Illinois.
Talk entitled “Illinois Coal, Past, Present, Future” at the World of Science lecture series at Parkland Collage, Champaign, IL.
Talk entitled “Illinois Coal Education Conference – The Basics of Coal” given at the DCEO teachers coal conference, Rend Lake,
2003 (updated and enhanced versions given 2004, 2005 and in 2006)
Talk entitled “Accessing Web Resources” given at the DCEO teachers coal conference, Rend Lake, 2005
Presentation given to SASOL on an overview of Illinois Coal in Springfield, 2005 as part of an effort to attract their investment in
Illinois
2004
Demir, I., Morse, D. G., and Elrick, S. D., 2003. Assessment of Coal Gas Production in Illinois. In: Preprints of papers for the 4th
Coalbed Methane Symposium, June 2003. RMAG and PTTC, Denver, CO. 6 pages.
Elrick, S.D. C.P. Korose, and R. J. Jacobson, 2004, Colchester Coal, Structure Maps, Depth Maps, Thickness Maps;Danville Coal,
Elevation Maps, Depth Maps, Thickness Maps, Sulfur Maps; Davis Coal, Depth Maps, Thickness Maps; Dekoven Coal, Depth
Map, Thickness Maps; Herrin Coal, Depth Maps, Thickness Maps, Chlorine Maps, Sulfur Maps; Jamestown Coal, Elevation
Maps, Depth Maps, Thickness Maps; Seelyville Coal, Elevation Maps, Depth Maps, Thickness Maps; Springfield Coal, Elevation
Maps, Depth Maps, Thickness Maps, Sulfur Maps; Net Coal Thickness Maps (Sum of aggregate net coal thickness of the above-listed
seams where present greater than 1.5 ft.); ISGS, Coal Section, County Map Series (Draft ), Scale 1:100,000. A total of 1,203 maps
Jacobson, R. J. and S.D. Elrick, 2004, Coal industry in Illinois: Scale, 1:500,000. Size, 30 x 50 inches. In color
S. Elrick, A. Loucios, C. Korose, 2004. Management of Data on Illinois Coal Resources, Report of Activities – September 2003 to
August 2004: Report to the United States Geological Survey, Agreement Number 99HQAG0189, 7 p.
2003
Korose, Christopher P., Elrick, S. D., Jacobson, R.J., 2003, Availability of the Colchester Coal for mining in northern and western
Illinois,Illinois State Geological Survey Illinois Minerals 129 (in press).
Demir, I., Morse, D.G., Elrick, S.D., Chenoweth, C.A., Jacobson, R.J., and Finley, R.J., in review, Delineation of the coalbed methane
resources of Illinois, Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 564, 166 p.
W. John Nelson and Scott Elrick, Geology and roof stability at Crown 3 mine, Freeman United Coal Mining Company, Macoupin and
Montgomery Counties, Illinois, April 21, 2003, Confidential report to Company.
Elrick, Scott, Chris Korose, Blair Tormey, and Russ Jacobson, 2003, Herrin Coal Structure (Map), 1:500,000, Open – file report
Elrick, Scott, Chris Korose, Blair Tormey, and Russ Jacobson, 2003, Herrin Coal Structure (Map), 1:100,000, Open – file report
S. Elrick, B. Tormey, C. Korose, 2003. Management of Data on Illinois Coal Resources, Report of Activities – September 2002 to
August 2003: Report to the United States Geological Survey, Agreement Number 99HQAG0189, 7 p.
2002
Korose, Christopher P., Treworgy, C. G., Jacobson, R.J., Elrick, S. D. 2002. Availability of the Danville, Jamestown, Dekoven,
Davis, and Seelyville Coals for Mining in Selected Areas of Illinois,
Illinois State Geological Survey Illinois Minerals 124 (in publication as of4/15/2002).
Demir, I., Morse, D.G., Elrick, S.D., Chenoweth, C.A., Jacobson, R.J., and Finley, R.J., 2002, Delineation of the coalbed methane
resources of Illinois - A commodity to support economic viability of Illinois Coal, Final Contract Report, Office of Coal Development,
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, December 31, 2002, 162 p.
Jacobson, R. J., S.D. Elrick and C.P. Korose, 2002, Coal Availability Studies in Illinois - A summary of results for a 10-year program,
Presented at the Annual Meeting for the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, October 2-4, 2002,
Champaign, IL.
S.D. Elrick, C. A. Chenoweth, I. Demir, D. G. Morse, C. P. Korose - Coalbed Methane Potential in Illinois – Regional Mapping
Data, Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, October
2-4, 2002, Champaign, IL.
Jacobson, Russ, S. Elrick, V. Straayer, C. Korose, 2001. Management of Data on Illinois Coal Resources, Report of Activities –
September 2001 to August 2002: Report to the United States Geological Survey, Agreement Number 99HQAG0189, 7 p.
2001
Chenoweth, Cheri, S. D. Elrick, M. E. Barrett. 2001. Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois, 7.5' Quadrangle Series, Monks Mound
Quadrangle, Madison & St. Clair Counties, Illinois. 20 p.
With 'Coal Mines in Illinois - Monks Mound Quadrangle, Madison & St. Clair Counties, Illinois'. Illinois State Geological
Survey Map (1:24,000).
Jacobson, Russ, S. Elrick, V. Straayer, C. Korose, 2001. Management of Data on Illinois Coal Resources, Report of Activities –
September 2000 to August 2001: Report to the United States Geological Survey, Agreement Number 99HQAG0189, 7 p.
2000
Chenoweth, Cheri, M. E. Barrett, S. D. Elrick. 2000. Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois, 7.5' Quadrangle Series, Freeburg
Quadrangle, St. Clair County, Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey. 55 p.
With ‘Coal Mines in Illinois - Freeburg Quadrangle, St. Clair County, Illinois’. Illinois State Geological Survey Map
(1:24,000).
Chenoweth, Cheri, S. D. Elrick, M. E. Barrett. 2000. Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois, 7.5' Quadrangle Series, Collinsville
Quadrangle, Madison & St. Clair Counties, Illinois. 37 p.
With ‘Coal Mines in Illinois - Collinsville Quadrangle, Madison & St. Clair Counties, Illinois’. Illinois State Geological
Survey Map (1:24,000).
Chenoweth, Cheri, M. E. Barrett, S. D. Elrick. 2000. Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois, 7.5' Quadrangle Series, O’Fallon
Quadrangle, St. Clair County, Illinois. 73 p.
With ‘Coal Mines in Illinois - O’Fallon Quadrangle, St. Clair County, Illinois’. Illinois State Geological Survey Map
(1:24,000).
Chenoweth, Cheri, S. D. Elrick, M. E. Barrett. 2000. Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois, 7.5' Quadrangle Series, French Village
Quadrangle, St. Clair County. 85 p.
With ‘Coal Mines in Illinois, St. Clair County, Illinois’. Illinois State Geological Survey Map (1:24,000).