Christopher P. Korose, B.S.

Coal
Earth Resources Center

Phone: 217-333-7256
E-mail: korose@isgs.illinois.edu

Research Interests

• GIS analysis and geological mapping
• Cartographic products and online interactive maps
• GIS/database development and programming
• Coal and petroleum resource data
• Geologic carbon sequestration
• Illinois Basin stratigraphy and geology
• Mine geology

Current Projects

• Assist team in the creation of new coal geology map products, reports, and GIS datasets
• Develop and maintain coal stratigraphic relational database
• Lead GIS study to update results pertaining to The Proximity of Underground Mines to Urban and Developed Lands in Illinois
• Assist team with coal mine visits, preparation of geologic notes, coal data acquisition and core description, respond to requests for coal resource information and data
• Manage GIS data and coordinate regional mapping tasks for a three-state geologic carbon sequestration study
• Design GIS data processing models and calculate regional CO₂ volumetric estimates for multiple geologic reservoirs
• Provide sequestration project data via a distributed national carbon sequestration geospatial data portal (NATCARB), and the Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada (U.S. DOE)

Updated 8/26/2009 SLD