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Transforming Uinta Basin Earth Materials for Advanced Products (TUBE-MAP)

Free, Michael L. [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Birgenheier, Lauren [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Sarswat, Prashant [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Larsen, Tulinda [Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI), Clearfield, UT (United States)]·Patten, Jim [JWP Consulting, LLC., Vienna, VA (United States)]·Eddings, Eric [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Mohanty, Swomitra [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Nigra, Michael [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Ganguli, Rajive [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Rogers, Pratt [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Wempen, Jessica [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Goehring, Brent [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·vanden Berg, Michael [Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]·Giebel, Andrew [Colorado Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]
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The objectives of this project were to quantify, assess, and plan to enable the transformation of Uinta Basin earth resources, such as coal, oil shale, resin, rare earth elements, and critical minerals into high value metal, mineral, and carbon-based products. The specific major goals were 1) basinal assessments and initial planning (Task 2), 2) basinal assessment for waste stream reuse with associated plan development (Task 3), 3) basinal strategies development for infrastructure, industries, and business (Task 4), 4) technology assessment, development, and field-testing plan (Task 5), 5) technology innovation center plan (Task 6), and 6) stakeholder outreach and education plan (Task 7).

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT02 PETROLEUM03 NATURAL GAS20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY42 ENGINEERING54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES58 GEOSCIENCES99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUSCoal ResourcesCritical MineralsRare Earth ElementsResource Characterization

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Free, Michael L. [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Birgenheier, Lauren [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Sarswat, Prashant [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Larsen, Tulinda [Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI), Clearfield, UT (United States)], Patten, Jim [JWP Consulting, LLC., Vienna, VA (United States)], Eddings, Eric [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Mohanty, Swomitra [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Nigra, Michael [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Ganguli, Rajive [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Rogers, Pratt [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Wempen, Jessica [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Goehring, Brent [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], vanden Berg, Michael [Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)], Giebel, Andrew [Colorado Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]. 2024-12-31. Transforming Uinta Basin Earth Materials for Advanced Products (TUBE-MAP). https://doi.org/10.2172/2565707

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