Researcher biography
Professor Joan Esterle is the UQ Chair of Coal Geoscience. Her research interests are varied but focussed on how geological history impacts on coal behaviour during mining, processing and utilisation. She also develops 3D models for the distribution of sedimentary strata that can be used to predict geohazards in coal mines or reservoir behaviour in conventional and non conventional gas resources. She currently works with ACARP in the area of fugitive greenhouse gas emissions.
Publications
Book
Singh, Ashok K., Masto, Reginald Ebhin, Hazra, Bodhisatwa, Esterle, Joan and Singh, Pradeep K. (2020). Ash from coal and biomass combustion. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56981-5
Book Chapters
Esterle, Joan S. (2008). Mining and Beneficiation. Applied Coal Petrology. (pp. 61-83) Elsevier Ltd. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045051-3.00003-8
Esterle, Joan S. (2008). Mining and Benefication. Applied Coal Petrology: The Role of Petrology in Coal Utilization. (pp. 61-84) edited by I. Suarez-Ruiz and J. C. Crelling. Netherlands: Elsevier.
Journal Articles
Congo, Tara, Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan, Steel, Karen and Maranha, Silvio (2023). Before and after: A visual glimpse into the coking behaviour of coal macerals. Fuel, 343 127979, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2023.127979
Li, Jimmy Xuekai, Tsang, Matt, Zhong, Ruizhi, Esterle, Joan, Pirona, Claire, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Chen, Zhongwei (2023). Automatic coal mine roof rating calculation using machine learning. International Journal of Coal Geology, 274 104292, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2023.104292
Rodrigues, Sandra, Fonteneau, Lionel and Esterle, Joan (2023). Characterisation of coal using hyperspectral core scanning systems. International Journal of Coal Geology, 269 104220, 1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2023.104220
Mao, Xiaoxiao, Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan S. and Golding, Suzanne D. (2023). Reservoir lithofacies study of the Toolebuc Formation, Eromanga Basin, Australia as a potential unconventional target. International Journal of Coal Geology, 265 104163, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2022.104163
Santos, Richard Bryan Magalhães, Augusto, Karen Soares, Iglesias, Julio César Álvarez, Rodrigues, Sandra, Paciornik, Sidnei, Esterle, Joan S. and Domingues, Alei Leite Alcantara (2022). A deep learning system for collotelinite segmentation and coal reflectance determination. International Journal of Coal Geology, 263 104111, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2022.104111
Sobczak, Kasia, La Croix, Andrew D., Esterle, Joan, Hayes, Phil, Holl, Heinz-Gerd, Ciesiolka, Rachael, Crowley, James L. and Allen, Charlotte M. (2022). Geochronology and sediment provenance of the Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia: implications for the palaeogeography of eastern Gondwana. Gondwana Research, 111, 189-208. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2022.08.003
Yu, T., Cooling, J., Esterle, J., Chadwick, T. and Babaahmadi, A. (2022). Origins of clay-rich strata in Cenozoic paleochannel deposits: an example from Suttor Formation, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 70 (1), 40-59. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2127122
La Croix, Andrew D., Sobczak, Kasia, Esterle, Joan S., Bianchi, Valeria, Wang, Jiahao, He, Jianhua, Hayes, Phil, Underschultz, Jim R. and Garnett, Andrew (2022). Integrating palynostratigraphy with zircon geochronology in the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation to improve stratigraphic correlation within the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 144 105845, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105845
Moore, Tim A., Dai, Shifeng, Huguet, Carme, Pearse, Jillian, Liu, Jingjing, Esterle, Joan S. and Jia, Rongkun (2022). Petrographic and geochemical characteristics of selected coal seams from the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene Guaduas Formation, Eastern Cordillera Basin, Colombia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 259 104042, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2022.104042
Esmailpour, R., Alipour, S., Ardejani, F. Doulati, Rodrigues, S. and Esterle, J. (2022). Petrology of the Parvadeh coals, Tabas Basin, Iran. International Journal of Coal Geology, 258 104028, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2022.104028
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan, Heidbach, Oliver, Travassos, Daniel and Fumo, Silvestre (2022). Characterizing the contemporary stress orientations near an active continental rifting zone: A case study from the Moatize Basin, central Mozambique. Basin Research, 34 (4), 1292-1313. doi: 10.1111/bre.12660
Maxwell, Kane, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2022). Impact of in-situ density spatial model methods on resource tonnages in highly intruded coal deposits. Natural Resources Research, 31 (1), 499-515. doi: 10.1007/s11053-021-09989-0
Sepulveda-Castaneda, Victor M., Esterle, Joan S., Golding, Suzanne D. and Gonzalez, Sebastian (2022). Isotopic and hydrogeochemical evidence for biogenic gas in Cuervos Formation coal beds, Cesar Rancheria Basin, Colombia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 249 103882, 103882. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103882
Maxwell, Kane, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2021). Spatial interpolation of coal properties using geographic quantile regression forest. International Journal of Coal Geology 103869, 103869. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103869
Baublys, K. A., Hofmann, H., Esterle, J. S., Cendón, D. I., Vink, S. and Golding, S. D. (2021). Geochemical influences on methanogenic groundwater from a low rank coal seam gas reservoir: Walloon Subgroup, Surat Basin. International Journal of Coal Geology, 246 103841, 103841. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103841
Mukherjee, Saswata, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2021). Relationship between coal composition, fracture abundance and initial reservoir permeability: a case study in the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 240 103726, 103726. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103726
Davis, Brooke A., Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan S., Nguyen, Ai D., Duxbury, Alexander J. and Golding, Suzanne D. (2021). Geochemistry of apatite in Late Permian coals, Bowen Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 237 103708, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103708
Moore, Tim A., Moroeng, Ofentse M., Shen, Jian, Esterle, Joan S. and Pausch, Roman C. (2021). Using carbon isotopes and organic composition to decipher climate and tectonics in the Early Cretaceous: an example from the Hailar Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. Cretaceous Research, 118 104674, 1-25. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104674
Wheeler, Alexander, Moss, Patrick T., Götz, Annette E., Esterle, Joan S. and Mantle, Daniel (2021). Acid-free palynological processing: a Permian case study. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 284 104343, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104343
Davis, Brooke A., Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan S., Rintoul, Llew, Duxbury, Alex J. and Golding, Sue D. (2020). In situ techniques for classifying apatite in coal. International Journal of Coal Geology, 230 103572, 103572. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2020.103572
Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan, Ward, Valerie, Glasser, Lance, Maquissene, Timoteo and Etchart, Eduardo (2020). Flow structures and mineralisation in thermally altered coal from the Moatize Basin, Mozambique. International Journal of Coal Geology, 228 103551, 103551. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2020.103551
Cooling, J. J., Crowley, J. L., McKellar, J. L., Esterle, J. S., Nicoll, R. S. and Bianchi, V. (2020). Stratigraphic constraints on the Lower Cretaceous Orallo Formation, southeastern Queensland: U–Pb dating of bentonite and palynostratigraphy of associated strata. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 68 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2020.1781690
Sun, Beilei, Esterle, Joan S., Dawson, Grant K.W., Rodrigues, Sandra, Lord, Rhiannon, Golding, Sue D., Feng, Yuexing and Zeng, Fangui (2020). Evidence for an Early-Middle Jurassic fluid event constrained by Sm–Nd, Sr isotopes, rare earth elements and yttrium in the Bowen Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 224 103478, 103478. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2020.103478
Aziz, Hammad, Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan S. and Steel, Karen M. (2020). Interactions between vitrinite and solid additives including inertinite during pyrolysis for coke-making considerations. Fuel Processing Technology, 201 106321, 106321. doi: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2019.106321
Barbosa, Karina, Esterle, Joan and Chen, Zhongwei (2020). Scaling compressive strength from mini-cylinder specimens of sub-bituminous coal. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 53 (6), 2839-2853. doi: 10.1007/s00603-020-02083-6
Mukherjee, Saswata, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan and Copley, Jeff (2020). Subsurface fractures, in-situ stress and permeability variations in the Walloon Coal Measures, eastern Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 222 103449, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2020.103449
Hamilton, Stephanie K., Golding, Suzanne D., Ruyobya, Brycson B., Esterle, Joan S. and Baublys, Kim A. (2020). Controls on gas domains and production behaviour in a high-rank CSG reservoir: Insights from molecular and isotopic chemistry of co-produced waters and gases from the Bowen Basin, Australia. Geosciences, 10 (2) 74, 74. doi: 10.3390/geosciences10020074
Xu, Zhanjie, Hamilton, Stephanie K., Rodrigues, Sandra, Baublys, Kim A., Esterle, Joan S., Liu, Qinfu and Golding, Suzanne D. (2020). Palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate during the late Carboniferous–early Permian in northern China from carbon and nitrogen isotopes of coals. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 539 109490, 109490. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109490
Barbosa, Karina, Esterle, Joan, Van De Wetering, Nikola and Chen, Zhongwei (2020). Shore hardness measurements of sub-bituminous coal microlithotypes. International Journal of Coal Geology, 217 103341, 103341. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2019.103341
Barbosa, Karina, Esterle, Joan, Bonfils, Benjamin and Chen, Zhongwei (2019). The use of short impact load cell to derive geomechanical properties of sub-bituminous coal and mudstone. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 72 103018, 103018. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2019.103018
Van de Wetering, Nikola, Esterle, Joan S., Golding, Suzanne D., Rodrigues, Sandra and Götz, Annette E. (2019). Carbon isotopic evidence for rapid methane clathrate release recorded in coals at the terminus of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 16544, 16544. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52863-6
La Croix, Andrew D., Wang, Jiahao, He, Jianhua, Hannaford, Carey, Bianchi, Valeria, Esterle, Joan and Undershultz, Jim R. (2019). Widespread nearshore and shallow marine deposition within the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 109, 760-790. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.06.048
Barbosa, Karina, Chalaturnyk, Rick, Bonfils, Benjamin, Esterle, Joan and Chen, Zhongwei (2019). Testing impact load cell calculations of material fracture toughness and strength using 3D-printed sandstone. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 38 (2), 1065-1096. doi: 10.1007/s10706-019-01073-y
Maxwell, Kane, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2019). Automated classification of metamorphosed coal from geophysical log data using supervised machine learning techniques. International Journal of Coal Geology, 214 103284, 103284. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2019.103284
Manchee, P., Bianchi, V., Shaanan, U. and Esterle, J. (2019). Sedimentary and drainage evolution of the Condamine Valley Transition Zone (eastern Australia). Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 66 (4), 531-545. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2018.1550112
Jing, Zhenhua, Rodrigues, Sandra, Strounina, Ekaterina, Li, Mengran, Wood, Barry, Underschultz, Jim R., Esterle, Joan S. and Steel, Karen M. (2019). Use of FTIR, XPS, NMR to characterize oxidative effects of NaClO on coal molecular structures. International Journal of Coal Geology, 201, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2018.11.017
Jing, Zhenhua, Mahoney, Shilo A., Rodrigues, Sandra, Balucan, Reydick D., Underschultz, Jim, Esterle, Joan S., Rufford, Thomas E. and Steel, Karen M. (2018). A preliminary study of oxidant stimulation for enhancing coal seam permeability: effects of sodium hypochlorite oxidation on subbituminous and bituminous Australian coals. International Journal of Coal Geology, 200, 36-44. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2018.10.006
Shi, Fengnian, Liu, Hongping, Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan, Nguyen, Anh K. and Manlapig, Emmanuel (2018). Lithotype-based modelling and simulations of coal degradation conditioned by both high and low energy breakage. Fuel, 232, 405-414. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.05.125
Wheeler, Alexander, Van de Wetering, Nikola, Esterle, Joan S. and Götz, Annette E. (2018). Palaeoenvironmental changes recorded in the palynology and palynofacies of a Late Permian Marker Mudstone (Galilee Basin, Australia). Palaeoworld, 29 (2), 439-452. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2018.10.005
Ghosh, Santanu, Rodrigues, Sandra, Varma, Atul Kumar, Esterle, Joan, Patra, Sutapa and Dirghangi, Sitindra S. (2018). Petrographic and Raman spectroscopic characterization of coal from Himalayan fold-thrust belts of Sikkim, India. International Journal of Coal Geology, 196, 246-259. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2018.07.014
Zhou, Fengde, Shields, Daren, Tyson, Stephen and Esterle, Joan (2018). Comparison of sequential indicator simulation, object modelling and multiple-point statistics in reproducing channel geometries and continuity in 2D with two different spaced conditional datasets. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 166, 718-730. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2018.03.043
Phillips, L. J., Verdel, C., Allen, C. M. and Esterle, J. S. (2018). Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology of Permian strata in the Galilee Basin, Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 65 (4), 465-481. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2018.1467261
Bianchi, V., Zhou, F., Pistellato, D., Martin, M., Boccardo, S. and Esterle, J. (2018). Mapping a coastal transition in braided systems: an example from the Precipice Sandstone, Surat Basin. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 65 (4), 483-502. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2018.1455156
Emmerton, Bevan, Burgess, Jon, Esterle, Joan, Erskine, Peter and Baumgartl, Thomas (2018). The application of natural landform analogy and geology-based spoil classification to improve surface stability of elevated spoil landforms in the Bowen Basin, Australia-a review. Land Degradation and Development, 29 (5), 1489-1508. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2908
Babaahmadi, Abbas, Rosenbaum, Gideon, Sliwa, Renate, Esterle, Joan and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2018). Style and intensity of Late Cenozoic deformation in the Nagoorin Basin (eastern Queensland, Australia) and implications for the pattern of strain in an intraplate setting. Geological Magazine, 156 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.1017/S0016756817001078
Phillips, L. J., Crowley, J. L., Mantle, D. J., Esterle, J. S., Nicoll, R. S., McKellar, J. L. and Wheeler, A. (2018). U–Pb geochronology and palynology from Lopingian (upper Permian) coal measure strata of the Galilee Basin, Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 65 (2), 153-173. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2018.1418431
Babaahmadi, Abbas, Sliwa, Renate, Esterle, Joan and Rosenbaum, Gideon (2017). The evolution of a Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic intraplate basin (Duaringa Basin), eastern Australia: evidence for the negative inversion of a pre-existing fold–thrust belt. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 107 (5), 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s00531-017-1577-3
Klawitter, Matthias, Pistellato, Davide, Webster, Anthony and Esterle, Joan (2017). Application of photogrammetry for mapping of solution collapse breccia pipes on the Colorado Plateau, USA. Photogrammetric Record, 32 (160), 443-458. doi: 10.1111/phor.12219
Martin, M., Wakefield, M., Bianchi, V., Esterle, J. and Zhou, F. (2017). Evidence for marine influence in the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone, Surat Basin, eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 65 (1), 75-91. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2018.1402821
Liu, Hongping, Rodrigues, Sandra, Shi, Fengnian, Esterle, Joan and Manlapig, Emmanuel (2017). Coal washability analysis using X-ray tomographic images for different lithotypes. Fuel, 209, 162-171. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2017.07.104
Shields, D., Zhou, F., Buchannan, A. and Esterle, J. (2017). Complementing coal seam gas facies modelling workflows with decompaction based processes. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 88, 155-169. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.08.007
Zhou, Fengde, Shields, Daren, Titheridge, David, Tyson, Stephen and Esterle, Joan (2017). Understanding the geometry and distribution of fluvial channel sandstones and coal in the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 86, 573-586. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.06.020
Mahoney, Shilo A., Rufford, Thomas E., Johnson, David, Dmyterko, Anastasia, Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan, Rudolph, Victor and Steel, Karen M. (2017). The effect of rank, lithotype and roughness on contact angle measurements in coal cleats. International Journal of Coal Geology, 179, 302-315. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2017.07.001
Phillips, L. J., Edwards, S. A., Bianchi, V. and Esterle, J. S. (2017). Paleo-environmental reconstruction of Lopingian (upper Permian) sediments in the Galilee Basin, Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (5), 587-609. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2017.1338618
Shields, D., Bianchi, V. and Esterle, J. (2017). A seismic investigation into the geometry and controls upon alluvial architecture in the Walloon Subgroup, Surat Basin, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (4), 455-469. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2017.1312524
Phillips, L. J., Esterle, J. S. and Edwards, S. A. (2017). Review of Lopingian (upper Permian) stratigraphy of the Galilee Basin, Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2017.1290684
Babaahmadi, Abbas, Sliwa, Renate, Esterle, Joan and Rosenbaum, Gideon (2017). The development of a Triassic fold-thrust belt in a synclinal depositional system, Bowen Basin (eastern Australia). Tectonics, 36 (1), 51-77. doi: 10.1002/2016TC004297
Ayaz, S. A., Martin, M., Esterle, J., Amelin, Y. and Nicoll, R. S. (2016). Age of the Yarrabee and accessory tuffs: implications for the upper Permian sediment-accumulation rates across the Bowen Basin. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63 (7), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2016.1255254
Roslin, A. and Esterle, J. S. (2016). Electrofacies analysis for coal lithotype profiling based on high-resolution wireline log data. Computers and Geosciences, 91, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2016.03.006
Susilawati, Rita, Golding, Suzanne D., Baublys, Kim A., Esterle, Joan S. and Hamilton, Stephanie K. (2016). Carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation during methanogenesis: a laboratory study using coal and formation water. International Journal of Coal Geology, 162, 108-122. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2016.05.003
Hentschel, A., Esterle, J. S., Golding, S. D. and Pacey, D. V. (2016). Petrologic and stable isotopic study of the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Queensland: peat accumulation under changing climate and base level. International Journal of Coal Geology, 160-161, 11-27. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2016.04.010
Towler, Brian, Firouzi, Mahshid, Underschultz, James, Rifkin, Will, Garnett, Andrew, Schultz, Helen, Esterle, Joan, Tyson, Stephen and Witt, Katherine (2016). An overview of the coal seam gas developments in Queensland. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 31, 249-271. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.02.040
Robbins, Steven J., Evans, Paul N., Esterle, Joan S., Golding, Suzanne D. and Tyson, Gene W. (2016). The effect of coal rank on biogenic methane potential and microbial composition. International Journal of Coal Geology, 154, 205-212. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2016.01.001
Zhang, Nian-Chao, Zhang, Nong, Wang, Hua-Yang, Ma, Bai-Long, Sun, Yuan-Tian and Esterle, Joan (2016). Floor failure depth of the roadway in soft rocks of deep coalmine: a case study. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 21 (5), 1833-1845.
Ayaz, S. A., Rodrigues, S., Golding, S. D. and Esterle, J. S. (2016). Compositional variation and palaeoenvironment of the volcanolithic Fort Cooper Coal Measures, Bowen Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 166, 36-46. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2016.04.007
Sliwa, Renate and Esterle, Joan (2016). Rangal Supermodel 2015. The APPEA Journal, 56 (2), 598-598. doi: 10.1071/aj15104
Zhang, Nian-Chao, Zhang, Nong, Esterle, Joan, Kan, Jia-Guang, Zhao, Yi-Ming and Xue, Fei (2016). Optimization of gateroad layout under a remnant chain pillar in longwall undermining based on pressure bulb theory. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 30 (2), 128-144. doi: 10.1080/17480930.2015.1024814
Barbosa, Karina, Esterle, Joan and Ruest, Marc (2016). A workflow to build a model investigating coal cleat upscaling conditioned by the lithotype. The APPEA Journal, 56 (1), 331-340. doi: 10.1071/aj15024
Roslin, A. and Esterle, J. S. (2015). Electrofacies analysis using high-resolution wireline geophysical data as a proxy for inertinite-rich coal distribution in Late Permian Coal Seams, Bowen Basin. International Journal of Coal Geology, 152, 10-18. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2015.08.003
Baublys, K. A., Hamilton, S. K., Golding, S. D., Vink, S. and Esterle, J. (2015). Microbial controls on the origin and evolution of coal seam gases and production waters of the Walloon Subgroup; Surat Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 147-148, 85-104. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2015.06.007
Klawitter, Matthias, Esterle, Joan and Collins, Sarah (2015). A study of hardness and fracture propagation in coal. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 76, 237-242. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2015.02.006
Burra, Agi, Esterle, Joan S and Golding, Suzanne D (2015). Use of temperature logs in coal seam gas reservoirs: Application to the Sydney Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 143 (1), 68-77. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2015.03.014
Hamilton, S. K., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2015). Conceptual exploration targeting for microbially enhanced coal bed methane (MECoM) in the Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 138, 68-82. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2014.12.002
Babaahmadi, A., Rosenbaum, G. and Esterle, J. (2015). Alternating episodes of extension and contraction during the Triassic: evidence from Mesozoic sedimentary basins in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 62 (5), 563-579. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2015.1057864
Ayaz, S. A., Esterle, J. S. and Martin, M. A. (2015). Spatial variation in the stratigraphic architecture of the Fort Cooper and equivalent coal measures, Bowen Basin, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 62 (5), 547-562. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2015.1062422
Shields, D. and Esterle, J. (2015). Regional insights into the sedimentary organisation of the Walloon Subgroup, Surat Basin, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 62 (8), 949-967. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2015.1127287
Susilawati, Rita, Evans, Paul N., Esterle, Joan S., Robbins, Steven J., Tyson, Gene W., Golding, Suzanne D. and Mares, Tennille E. (2015). Temporal changes in microbial community composition during culture enrichment experiments with Indonesian coals. International Journal of Coal Geology, 137, 66-76. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2014.10.015
Burra, Agi, Esterle, Joan S. and Golding, Suzanne D. (2014). Horizontal stress anisotropy and effective stress as regulator of coal seam gas zonation in the Sydney Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 132, 103-116. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2014.08.008
Hamilton, S. K., Esterle, J. S. and Sliwa, R. (2014). Stratigraphic and depositional framework of the Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61 (8), 1061-1080. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2014.960000
Van de Wetering, Nikola and Esterle, Joan (2014). Short note: on petrographically differentiating the anatomical characteristics of saprotrophied and carbonised inertinite group macerals. International Journal of Coal Geology, 131, 106-108. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2014.06.006
Hamilton, S. K., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2014). Stable isotopic and molecular composition of desorbed coal seam gases from the Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 122, 21-36. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.12.003
Burra, A., Esterle, J. S. and Golding, S. D. (2014). Coal seam gas distribution and hydrodynamics of the Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61 (3), 427-451. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2014.912991
Van de Wetering, Nikola, Filho, Joao Graciano Mendonca and Esterle, Joan (2013). Palynofacies changes and their reflection on preservation of peat accumulation stages in the Late Permian coal measures of the Bowen Basin, Australia: A new system for coal palynofacies characterisation. International Journal of Coal Geology, 120, 57-70. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.09.004
Golding S.D., Boreham C.J. and Esterle J.S. (2013). Stable isotope geochemistry of coal bed and shale gas and related production waters: A review. International Journal of Coal Geology, 120 (3-4), 24-40. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.09.001
Susilawati, Rita, Papendick, Sam L., Gilcrease, Patrick C., Esterle,Joan S., Golding, Suzanna D. and Mares, Tennille E. (2013). Preliminary investigation of biogenic gas production in Indonesian low rank coals and implications for a renewable energy source. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 77, 234-242. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.08.024
O'Keefe, Jennifer M. K., Bechtel, Achim, Christanis, Kimon, Dai, Shifeng, DiMichele, William A., Eble, Cortland F., Esterle, Joan S., Mastalerz, Maria, Raymond, Anne L., Valentim, Buno V., Wagner, Nicola J., Ward, Colin R. and Hower, James C. (2013). On the fundamental difference between coal rank and coal type. International Journal of Coal Geology, 118, 58-87. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.08.007
Van de Wetering, Nikola, Esterle, Joan and Baublys, Kim (2013). Decoupling delta C-13 response to palaeoflora cycles and climatic variation in coal: A case study from the Late Permian Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 386, 165-179. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.05.016
Farquhar, S. M., Dawson, G. K. W., Esterle, J. S. and Golding, S. D. (2013). Mineralogical characterisation of a potential reservoir system for CO2 sequestration in the Surat Basin. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 60 (1), 91-110. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2012.752406
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T., Bolhar, R., Boreham, C. J., Dawson, G. K. W., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2013). Carbon dioxide-rich coals of the Oaky Creek area, central Bowen Basin: a natural analogue for carbon sequestration in coal systems. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 60 (1), 125-140. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2012.750627
Hamilton, S. K., Esterle, J. S. and Golding, S. D. (2012). Geological interpretation of gas content trends, Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 101, 21-35. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.07.001
Dawson, G. K. W., Golding, S. D., Esterle, J. S. and Massarotto, P. (2012). Occurrence of minerals within fractures and matrix of selected Bowen and Ruhr Basin coals. International Journal of Coal Geology, 94, 150-166. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.01.004
Kinnon, E. C. P., Golding, S. D., Boreham, C. J., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2010). Stable isotope and water quality analysis of coal bed methane production waters and gases from the Bowen Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 82 (3-4), 219-231. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.10.014
Dawson, G.K.W. and Esterle, J.S. (2010). Controls on coal cleat spacing. International Journal of Coal Geology, 82 (3-4), 213-218. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.10.004
Varma, Sunil, Underschultz, Jim, Dance, Tess, Langford, Robert, Esterle, Joan, Dodds, Kevin and van Gent, Dominique (2009). Regional study on potential CO2 geosequestration in the Collie Basin and the Southern Perth Basin of Western Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 26 (7), 1255-1273. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.05.001
Radlinski, Andrzej P., Busbridge, Tara L., Gray, Evan MacA., Blach, Tomasz P., Cheng, Gang, Melnichenko, Yuri B., Cookson, David J., Mastaterz, Maria and Esterle, Joan (2009). Dynamic Micromapping of CO2 Sorption in Coal. Langmuir, 25 (4), 2385-2389. doi: 10.1021/la801925k
Karacan, C. Oezgen, Larsen, John W. and Esterle, Joan S. (2009). CO2 Sequestration in Coals and Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Preface. International Journal of Coal Geology, 77 (1-2), 1-1. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.10.001
Sherwood, Neil, Ward, Colin, Moore, Tim and Esterle, Joan (2007). Introduction and overview. International Journal of Coal Geology, 70 (1-3), 1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.06.001
Wyborn, Lesley A. I. and Esterle, Joan S. (2003). GRID computing: enabling the next generation of solid earth and environmental research in Australia. Preview, 106, 21-24.
O'Brien, G., Jenkins, B., Esterle, J. and Beath, H. (2003). Coal characterisation by automated coal petrography. Fuel, 82 (9), 1067-1073. doi: 10.1016/S0016-2361(02)00428-3
Esterle, Joan and Carr, Graham (2003). The Glass Earth. AIG News, 72, 1-2-4-6.
Shi, F. N., Kojovic, T., Esterle, J. S. and David, D. (2003). An energy-based model for swing hammer mills. International Journal of Mineral Processing, 71 (1-4), 147-166. doi: 10.1016/S0301-7516(03)00035-8
Esterle, J. S., Kolatschek, Y. and O’Brien, G. (2002). Relationship between in situ coal stratigraphy and particle size and composition after breakage in bituminous coals. International Journal of Coal Geology, 49 (2-3), 195-214. doi: 10.1016/S0166-5162(01)00077-5
Rimmer, Susan M., Hower, James C., Moore, Timothy A., Esterle, Joan S., Walton, Richard L. and Helfrich, Charles T. (2000). Petrography and palynology of the Blue Gem coal bed (Middle Pennsylvanian), southeastern Kentucky,USA. International Journal of Coal Geology, 42 (2-3), 159-184. doi: 10.1016/S0166-5162(99)00038-5
Esterle, J., Thornton, D. M. and Cocker, A. S. (2000). CoalFrag - A fragmentation modelling tool for coal production. The Australian Coal Review, October (10), 25-29.
Esterle, J. S., O’Brien, G., Thornton, D., Kanchibotla, S. and Edwards, D. (1999). Impact of coal mass structure on fragmentation during mining and processing. Mineral Resources Engineering, 8 (3), 285-299. doi: 10.1142/S0950609899000281
Yu, K., Barry, J. C. and Esterle, J. S. (1997). Analysis of coal banding texture and implications for megascopic image analysis. International Journal of Coal Geology, 33 (1), 1-18.
Yu, K., Barry, J. C. and Esterle, J. S. (1997). Analysis of coal banding texture and implications for megascopic image analysis. International Journal of Coal Geology, 33 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1016/S0166-5162(96)00022-5
Newman, N. A., Moore, T. A. and Esterle, J. S. (1996). Geochemistry and petrography of the Taupiri and Kupakupa coal seams, Waikato Coal Measures (Eocene), New Zealand.. International Journal of Coal Geology, 33 (2), 103-133. doi: 10.1016/S0166-5162(96)00021-3
Esterle, J. S. and Ferm, J. C. (1994). Spatial variability in modern tropical peat deposits from Sarawak, Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia: Analogues for coal. International Journal of Coal Geology, 26 (1-2), 1-41. doi: 10.1016/0166-5162(94)90030-2
Staub, James R. and Esterle, Joan S. (1994). Peat-accumulating depositional systems of Sarawak, East Malaysia. Sedimentary geology, 89 (1-2), 91-106. doi: 10.1016/0037-0738(94)90085-X
Staub, J. R. and Esterle, J. S. (1993). Provenance and sediment dispersal in the Rajang River delta/coastal plain system, Sarawak, East Malaysia. Sedimentology, 85 (1-4), 191-202. doi: 10.1016/0037-0738(93)90083-H
Staub, James R. and Esterle, Joan S. (1992). Evidence for a tidally influenced upper carboniferous ombrogenous mire system: Upper Bench, Beckley Bed (Westphalian A), Southern West Virginia. SEPM Journal of Sedimentary Research, 62 (3), 411-428. doi: 10.1306/d4267915-2b26-11d7-8648000102c1865d
Staub, J. R. and Esterle, J. S. (1992). Evidence for a tidally influenced Upper Carboniferous ombrogenous mire system: Upper Bench, Beckley Bed (Wesphalian * A), Southern West Virginia. Journal of sedimentary petrology, 62 (3), 411-428.
Durig, J. R., Calvert, G. D. and Esterle, J. S. (1991). Particle size fraction and downhole depositional trends of a tropical domed peat deposit as determined by Pyrolysis GC/FTIR/FID and Pyrolysis GC/MS. Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis, 18 (3-4), 293-324. doi: 10.1016/0165-2370(91)87009-B
Staub, J. R., Esterle, J. S. and Raymond, A. L. (1991). Comparative geomorphic analysis of Central Appalachian coal beds and Malaysian peat deposits. * , v. 162(2), 339-351.. Bulletin, 162 (2), 339-351.
Calvert, G. C., Durig, J. R. and Esterle, J. S. (1991). Controls on the chemical variability of peat types in a domed peat deposit, Baram River Area, Sarawak, Malaysia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 17 (2), 171-188. doi: 10.1016/0166-5162(91)90009-8
Esterle, J. S., Moore, T. A. and Hower, J. C. (1991). A reflected light petrographic technique for peats. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 61 (4), 614-616. doi: 10.2110/jsr.61.614
Cameron, C. C., Palmer, C. A. and Esterle, J. S. (1990). The geology of selected peat-forming environments in temperate and tropical latitudes. International Journal of Coal Geology, 16 (1-3), 127-130. doi: 10.1016/0166-5162(90)90018-T
Esterle, J.S. and Ferm, J.C. (1990). On the use of modern tropical domed peats as analogues for petrographic variation in Carboniferous coal beds. International Journal of Coal Geology, 16 (1-3), 131-136. doi: 10.1016/0166-5162(90)90019-u
Esterle, Joan S., Ferm, John C. and Tie, Yiu-Liong (1989). A test for the analogy of tropical domed peat deposits to "dulling up" sequences in coal beds--preliminary results. Organic Geochemistry, 14 (3: 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology), 333-342. doi: 10.1016/0146-6380(89)90060-0
Cameron, C. C., Esterle, J. S. and Palmer, C. A. (1989). The geology, botany and chemistry of selected peat-forming environments from temperate and tropical latitudes. International Journal of Coal Geology, 12 (1-4), 105-156. doi: 10.1016/0166-5162(89)90049-9
Durig, J. R., Calvert, G. D. and Esterle, J. S. (1989). Development of a Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatographic/Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic technique for the study of woody peats. Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis, 14 (4), 295-308. doi: 10.1016/0165-2370(89)80005-1
Calvert, G. D., Esterle, J. S. and Durig, J. R. (1989). Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography/Fourier Transform Infrared/FID studies of particle size fractions of peat. Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis, 6 (1), 5-25. doi: 10.1016/0165-2370(89)80032-4
Durig, D. T., Esterle, J. S, Dickson, T. J. and Durig, J. R. (1988). An investigation of the chemical variability of woody peat by FT-IR spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy, 42 (7), 1239-1244. doi: 10.1366/0003702884429986
Esterle, J. S. and Ferm, J. C. (1986). Relationship between petrographic and chemical properties and coal seam geometry, Hance Seam, Breathitt Formation, SE Kentucky. International Journal of Coal Geology, 6 (3), 199-214. doi: 10.1016/0166-5162(86)90001-7
Conference Papers
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Ziegler, Moritz, Sliwa, Renate and Esterle, Joan (2023). 3D geomechanical-numerical model of northern Bowen basin: implications for fault characteristics in the present-day stress regime. 2nd EAGE Workshop on Fluid Flow in Faults and Fracture - Modelling, Uncertainty and Risk, Canberra, ACT Australia, 15-16 August 2023. Utrecht, the Netherlands: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.202373016
Maxwell, K., Rajabi, M., Esterle, J. and Tivane, M. (2023). Spatial modelling using geographic quantile regression forest in multi-domain deposits. 26th World Mining Congress (WMC2023), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 26-29 June 2023. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: 26th World Mining Congress.
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Sliwa, Renate and Esterle, Joan (2023). The contribution of mine data for multi-scale geomechanical analysis. 26th World Mining Congress (WMC 2023), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 26-29 June 2023. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: 26th World Mining Congress.
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Ziegler, Moritz, Sliwa, Renate and Esterle, Joan (2023). From pointwise data toward a continuous description of 3D stress tensor: an example from the Northern Bowen Basin. 4th Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC 2023), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 13-18 March 2023.
Mao, Xiaoxiao, Rodrigues, Sandra, Golding, Sue and Esterle, Joan (2022). Petrographic characterization of the Toolebuc Formation, Eromanga Basin: organic components and nanometer-scale pore types. Dorothy Hill Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-9 November 2022.
Congo, Tara, Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan, Somasundaram, Singaram and Steel, Karen (2022). Understanding the coal-to-coke transformation
. Dorothy Hill Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-9 November 2022.
Esterle, Joan, Rodrigues, Sandra, Congo, Tara and Golding, Suzanne (2022). Creating a Digital Petrographic Atlas of Australian Coals – maintaining the knowledge. Dorothy Hill Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-9 November 2022.
Rodrigues, S., Congo, T., Esterle, J. and Foley, E. (2022). Petrographic evidence for hydrocarbon generation from coals in the Laura Basin, Australia. 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, New Delhi, India, 18-25 September 2022.
Rodrigues, S., Golding, S., Esterle, J., Mao, X. and Coffa, A. A. (2022). I am generating but not yet producing. 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Online, 12-16 September 2022.
Esmailpour, R., Rodrigues, S. and Esterle, J. (2022). Using coal petrology to track hydrocarbon generation in the Parvadeh coalfield Tabas, Iran. The 2022 PESA Symposium Energy for the future , Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9 September 2022.
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan, Mukherjee, Saswata and Sliwa Renate (2022). In-situ Stress Pattern of the Bowen Basin, Queensland. 2021 Bowen Basin Symposium, Mackay, QLD, Australia, 28-30 March 2022.
Li, Jimmy Xuekai, Tsang, Matt, Giese, Stephen, Zhong, Ruizhi, Esterle, Joan, Pirona, Claire, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Chen, Zhongwei (2022). UCS prediction by group-based machine learning method. Resource Operators Conference, Virtual, 10-11 February 2022. Wollongong, NSW, Australia: University of Wollongong and University of Southern Queensland.
Congo, Tara, Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan and Steel, Karen (2022). The effect of thermal alteration on coking behaviour. Bowen Basin Symposium, Mackay, QLD Australia, 28-30 March 2022.
Esmailpour, R., Alipour, A., Rodrigues, S. and Esterle, J. S. (2021). Evidence for hydrocarbon generation in macerals from the Parvadeh Coalfield, Tbas, Iran. 72nd Annual International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 19-25 September 2021.
Congo, T., Rodrigues, S., Esterle, J. and Steele, K. (2021). Optical tracking of maceral response to pyrolysis and variation with degree of thermal alteration. International Committe for Coal and Organic Petrology, Prague, Czech Republic, 19-25 September 2021.
Maxwell, Kane, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2021). Geographic quantile regression forest: a new method for spatial modelling of mineral commodities. 3rd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference, Online, 13-17 September 2021. Crows Nest, NSW Australia: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
Mukherjee, Saswata, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan and Sliwa, Renate (2021). In-situ stress pattern along the Jellinbah Fold Thrust Belt in the Bowen Basin, Australia. 3rd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference, Online, 13-17 September 2021. Crows Nest, NSW Australia: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
Yu, Tianjiao, Rodrigues, Sandra and Esterle, Joan (2021). The effect of Igneous Intrusion on the Mineral Matter in Coal, Moatize Bain, Mozambique. 37th TSOP Annual Meeting, Bulgaria, 12-14 September 2021.
Mukherjee, Saswata, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2021). In-situ stress and geological structure influence on the coal fractures and initial reservoir permeability within Coal Seam Gas reservoirs, eastern Surat Basin . Australian Earth Sciences Convention – ‘Core to Cosmos’ (AESC2021), Virtual, 9-12 February 2021.
Yu, Tianjiao, Dube, Kudzai, Moss, Patrick, Abylgazina, Adiya, Cooling, Jennifer and Esterle, Joan (2021). Cenozoic Channel Deposits of the Bowen Basin, Queensland. Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2021, Virtual, 9-12 February 2021.
Rodrigues, S., Golding, S. D., Esterle, J., Mendonca Filho, J. G. and Flores, D. (2021). Combined petrography and palynofacies study of the Toolebuc hydrocarbon sources. Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Online, 9-12 February 2021.
Rodrigues, S., Fonteneau, L. and Esterle, J. (2021). Coal spectral features in the mid-infrared range. . Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Online, 9-12 February 2021.
Esterle, Joan, Rodrigues, Sandra, Ward, Valerie and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2019). Thermal maturation & uplift in the Moatize Basin, Mozambique. 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, 7-11 September 2019. Society for Organic Petrology.
Davis, B., Rodrigues, S. and Esterle, J. (2018). Towards understanding phosphorus distribution in coal: A case study from the Bowen Basin. Australian Exploration Geoscience Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 18-21 February 2018.
Van de Wetering, N., Esterle, J., Rodrigues, S. and Gotz, A. (2018). Identification of coal phyterals in the Middle Permian, Moatize Formation, Mozambique. 70th Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 23-29 September 2018.
Van de Wetering, N., Esterle, J., Rodrigues, S. and Golding, S. (2018). δ13C of coals from the Moatize Basin, Mozambique: evidence for global carbon isotope anomaly associated with the deglaciation of Gondwana. Australian Geoscience Council Convention, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 14-18 October 2018.
Rodrigues, S., Fonteneau, L. and Esterle, J. (2017). Hyperspectral signature of coal bands – black over black. AUSIMM International mining geology conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 20-22 September 2017.
Rodrigues, S., Fonteneau, L., Esterle, J., Honey, F. and Carey, R. (2017). Hyperspectral techniques applied to coal characterisation. FUTORES II, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 4 – 7 June 2017.
Davis,B., Rodrigues, S., Esterle, J. and Golding, S. (2017). “It goes with the splits?” – Spatial variability of phosphorus and fluorine within the coal. AUSIMM International Mining Geology Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 20-22 September 2017.
Rodrigues, S., Glasser, L., Ward, V., Peixoto, H., Esterle, J., Macamo, S. and Etchart, E. (2017). Deformed coal seams associated with igneous intrusions in Moatize, Mozambique. 69th Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, Romania, 3 -9 September 2017.
Mukherjee, Saswata, Copley, Jeff and Esterle, Joan (2017). In-situ stress and fracture controls on permeability distribution within walloon subgroup, Surat basin. SPE/IATMI Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2017, Jakarta, Indonesia, October 17-19, 2017. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/186413-ms
Esterle, J., Rodrigues, S., Kelloway, S., Marjo, C.E. and Ward, C.R. (2016). Profiling of P and S in Mozambique coal using and XRF core scanner. Goldschmidt, Japan, 26 June to 1 July 2016.
Babaahmadi, A., Sliwa, R., Esterle, J. and Rosenbaum, G. (2016). Triassic thrusting in the eastern Central Bowen Basin, Queensland. AESC 2016 – Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Adelaide, SA, Australia, June 2016.
Kwitko-Ribeiro, R., Rodrigues, S. and Esterle, J. (2016). Coal characterization by QEMSCAN: the study case of Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. IX Congresso de Microscopia dos Materiais, Brazil, 22-25 November 2016.
Rodrigues, S. and Esterle, J. (2016). Core scanner technologies – take everything without breaking. APPEA - Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Australia, 5 to 8 June 2016.
Susilawati, Rita, Esterle, Joan S., Golding, Suzanne D. and Mares, Tennille E. (2015). Microbial methane potential for the South Sumatra Basin coal: formation water screening and coal substrate bioavailability. 3rd Indonesian New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (The 3rd Indo EBTKE-ConEx 2014), Jakarta Indonesia, 4-6 June, 2014. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.01.051
Rahmat, S.B., Rodrigues, S., Blach, T. and Esterle, J. (2015). Inheritance of pore structure from wood to vitrain in different rank coals and their relationship with gas sorption capacity – A case study from New Zealand’s coal. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Indonesia, 20 to 27 September 2015.
Taylor, N., Honey, F., Carey, R., Rodrigues, S. and Esterle, J. (2014). Hyperspectral CorescanTM applications for coal. Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Australia, 7-10 July 2014.
Ayaz, S. A., Esterle, J., Rodrigues, S. and Martin, M. (2014). Spatial variation in character and composition of the Fort Cooper Coal Measures in Bowen Basin. 31st Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology, Australia, 27 September-3 October 2014.
Rodrigues, S., Kwitko-Ribeiro, R. and Esterle, J. (2014). Study of mineral matter in coal from the Late Permian Bowen Basin by QEMSCAN and optical microscopy. Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Australia, 7-10 July 2014.
Babaahmadi, A., Rosenbaum, G. and Esterle, J. (2014). Geodynamic evolution of early Mesozoic sedimentary basins in eastern Australia. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, December 2014.
Golding, S. D., Hamilton, S. K., Baublys, K. A., Esterle, J. S., Tyson, G., Robbins, S., Rudolph, V., Zheng, H., Gilcrease, P. C. and Papendick, S. L. (2013). Future gas through bioconversion of waster coal. Goldschmidt Conference 2013, Florence, Italy, 25-30 August 2013. Twickenham, Middlesex, United Kingdom: Mineralogical Society. doi: 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.5.7
Rodrigues, S., Kwitko-Ribeiro, R., Collins, S., Esterle, J. and Jaime, P. (2013). Coal characterization by QEMSCAN: The study case of Bowen Basin. 10th Australian Coal Science Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18-19 November 2013.
Dmyterko, Anastasia, Nolan, Andrew, Rodrigues, Sandra and Esterle, Joan (2013). Effect of rank, type and oxidation on coal swelling behaviour. ACSC 2013: 10th Australian Coal Science Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18-19 November 2013.
Dawson, G.K.W., Golding, S.D., Massarotto, P. and Esterle, J.S. (2011). Experimental supercritical CO2 and water interactions with coal under simulated in situ conditions. 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 19-23 September 2010. The Netherlands: Elseiver. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.228
Papendick, Samuel, Tyson, Gene, Esterle, Joan, Golding, Suzanne D., Rudolph, Victor and Gilcrease, Patrick C. (2011). Coal-to-biomethane potential of microbial consortia native to coal seam formation waters. Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division - Core Programming Topic at the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 16, 2011-October 21, 2011. New York NY United States: AIChE.
Papendick, Samuel, Tyson, Gene, Esterle, Joan, Golding, Suzanne D., Rudolph, Victor and Gilcrease, Patrick C. (2011). Coal-to-biomethane potential of microbial consortia native to coal seam formation waters. Sustainable Engineering Forum: Core Programming Topic at the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 16, 2011-October 21, 2011. New York NY United States: AIChE.
Dawson, G. K. W., Esterle, J. S., Golding, S. D. and Massarotto, P. (2011). Cleat and joint intersections and mineralisation of a coal core from the Bandanna Formation, Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. The Asia Pacific Coalbed Methane Symposium (3rd, APCBM, 2011), Brisbane, Australia, 3-6 May 2011.
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T., Boreham, C. J., Kirste, D., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2011). Adsorption and mineral trapping dominate CO2 storage in coal systems. International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (10th, GHGT, 2011), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19-23 September 2010. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.227
Golding, Susanne, Uysal, Tonguc, Borham, Chris, Kirste, Dirk, Baublys, Kim and Esterle, Joan (2010). Adsorption and mineral trapping dominate CO2 storage in coal systems. 10th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 19-23 September, 2010.
Kinnon, E. C. P., Golding, S. D., Boreham, C. J., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2010). Stable isotope and water quality analysis of coal bed methane production waters and gases from the Bowen Basin, Australia. APCBM 2008 Asia Pacific Coalbed Methane Symposium, Brisbane, Qld., Australia, 22-24 September 2008. Amstedam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.10.014
Golding, Suzanne D., Uysal, Ibrahim T., Boreham, C. and Esterle, Joan S. (2009). Adsorption and mineral trapping of CO2 in coal systems. CO2CRC Research Symposium 2009, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia, 1-3 December 2009. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC).
Golding, Suzanne D., Uysal, Ibrahim T., Boreham, C.J., Baublys, Kim A. and Esterle, Joan S. (2009). Implications of natural analogue studies for CO2 storage in coal measures with enhanced coal bed methane. 2009 Asia Pacific Coalbed Methane Symposium and 2009 China Coalbed Symposium, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, 24-26 September 2009. China: China University of Mining and Technology Press.
Baublys, Kim A., Esterle, Joan S., Feng, Y.X., Golding, Suzanne D. and Uysal, Ibrahim T. (2009). Natural analogues for storage of CO2 in coal systems, Gunnedah and Bowen Basins, Australia. 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 21-26 June 2009. Switzerland: Acta.
Kinnon, Emma and Esterle, Joan (2008). Geological controls on gas flow pathways in coal seams. International Coalbed and Shale Gas Symposium 2008, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 19-23 May 2008. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Curran Associates.
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T. and Esterle, J. S. (2008). Ancient analogues for CO2 sequestration in coal measures, Gunnedah and Bowen Basins, Australia. Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2008 (AESC), Perth, WA, Australia, 20-24 July 2008. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Geological Society of Australia.
Kinnon, E., Esterle, J. and Golding, S. (2008). Geological controls on gas flow pathways in coal seams. CO2CRC Research Symposium 2008: Accelerating CCS Deployment, Queenstown, N.Z., 1-4 December 2008. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC).
Kinnon, E. C. P., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2008). Stable isotope and water quality analysis of production waters associated with coal bed methane. APCBM 2008 Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 22-24 September, 2008. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland.
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T., Esterle, J. E., Massarotto, P. and Rudolph, V. (2008). A comparative review of carbon geosequestration options. Asia Pacific Coalbed Methane Symposium APCBM 2008, Brisbane, Australia, 22-24 September, 2008. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T., Boreham, C. J. and Esterle, J. S. (2008). Ancient analogues for CO2 sequestration in coal measures, Gunnedah and Bowen Basins. CO2CRC Research Symposium 2008: Accelerating CCS Deployment, Queenstown, N.Z., 1-4 December 2008. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC).
Uysal, I., Golding, S., Esterle, J., Feng, Y. and Zhao, J. (2008). Geochemistry and age dating of ancient and modern CO2-rich hydrothermal systems as natural analogues for CO2 storage: Examples from Australia and Eastern Mediterranean. 2008 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., 15-19 December 2008. Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Golding, S., Massarotto, P., Iyer, R., Baublys, K., Esterle, J. and Rudolph, V. (2008). Experimental studies of CO2 and water reactions with Permian coals: Implications for ECBM and CO2 geosequestration. APCBM 2008 Asia Pacific Coalbed Methane Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 22-24 September 2008. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Zhou, Binzhong and Esterle, Joan (2007). Toward improved coal density estimation from geophysical logs. 19th ASEG Geophysical Conference & Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia, 18-22 November 2007. Sydney, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/EG08011
Esterle, J. S., Williams, R., Sliwa, R. and Malone, M. (2006). Variability in Coal Seam Gas Parameters that Impact on Fugitive Gas Emissions Estimations for Australian Black Coals. The 36th Sydney Basin Symposium 2006: Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin, University of Woolongong, NSW, 27th-29th November, 2006.
Davis, B., Esterle, J. S. and Keilar (2006). Determining the geological controls on the spatial distribution of phosphorus within coal seams mined at South Walker Creek Mine, Bowen Basin, Central Queensland, Australia. 36th Symposium on Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin 2006, Wollongong, Australia, 27-29 November 2006. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong.
Esterle, J. S. and Williams, R. J. (2002). Coal seam gas distribution in the Moranbah-German Creek Coal Measures, Bowen Basin, Queensland. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Queensland: Exploration and Development, Brisbane, Australia, 11th September, 2002.
Thornton, D. M., Kanchibotla, S. S. and Esterle, J. S. (2001). A fragmentation model to estimate ROM size distribution of soft rock types. 27th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques, Orlando, Florida, 28-31 January 2001. Cleveland, Ohio: International Society of Explosives Engineers.
Esterle, J. S., Shi, F., Thornton, D. and Cocker, A. S. (2001). Modelling fragmentation from pit to plant feed. 18th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, December, 2001.
Esterle, J. S., Sliwa, R., Le Blanc Smith, G. and Yago, J. (2001). Basement controls on regional to minescale structure and sedimentation in the Moranbah Coal Measures: the Super Model 2000 case study. Geological hazards, the impact to mining, NSW, Australia, 15th-16th November, 2001.
Esterle, J.S., LeBlanc Smith, G. and Yago, J. (2000). Controls on Sandstone Distribution and Faulting in Permian Moranbah Coal Measures, Bowen Basin, Australia. 2000 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, Bali, Indonesia, 2000. Tulsa, OK United States: American Association of Petroleum Geologists. doi: 10.1306/a96744fe-1738-11d7-8645000102c1865d
Esterle, J. S., Clarkson, C., O'Brien, G., Swanson, A. and Fletcher, I. (2000). Predicting plant performance from small and large diameter bore cores. Australian Coal Preparation Congress, Port Stephens, NSW, 12th-16th November, 2000.
Esterle, J., Kanchibotla, S. S. and Thornton, D. M. (2000). Using brightness profiles to optimise coal blasting. Bowen Basin Symposium 2000- the New Millenium, Rockhampton, Queensland, 22nd-24th October, 2000. Geol Soc Aust Inc.
Esterle, J. S., O’Brien, G. and Corrin, G. (1999). Effect of comminution energy on Rosin-Rammler distributions in coal. Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin, University of Newcastle, 1999.
Esterle, J. S. (1999). Controls on Phosphorous Variability at the Minescale. The 33rd Newcastle Symposium on Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin, University of Newcastle, NSW, 1999.
Esterle, J. S., O’Brien, G., Thornton, D., Kojovic, T. and Firth, B. (1998). Tracking coal fragmentation from pit face to plant feed. AUSIMM Mine to Mill 1998 Conference, Brisbane, October, 1998. Melbourne: The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Esterle, J. S., O’Brien, G., Sexty, G., Thornton, D., Kojovic, T., Djordjevic, N., Kolatschek, Y., Firth, B. and Clarkson, C. (1998). Assessing Coal fines and their impact on plant performance. International Coal Preparation Conference, Brisbane, October, 1998.
Esterle, J. S. (1996). A test of maceral indices in modern tropical peat deposits. Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin, Newcastle, Australia, 1996.
Bailey, J. G., Esterle, J. S., O’Brien, G., Beath, H. and Chalmers, G. (1996). Reflections on hardgrove grindability index in the light of microtextural analysis of the milled coal. 7th Australian Coal Science Conference, Monash University, Gippsland, 1996. Gippsland, Victoria: Australian Institute of Energy.
Esterle, J. S. and Fielding, C. R. (1996). Sedimentological analysis of goafing interval for longwall mining, Goonyella Mine, Bowen Basin. Geology in Longwall Mining Conference, University of New South Wales, 12th-13th November, 1996.
Esterle, J. S., Kojovic, T., O’Brien, G. and Scott, A. C. (1996). Coal Breakage Modelling: A tool for managing fines generation.. Mining Technology Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, September, 1996.
Spain, A. V., Esterle, J. S and McLennan, T. P. T. (1995). Information from geology: implications for soil formation and rehabilitation in the post coal mining environment. 150 years on...Bowen Basin Symposium, Mackay, Australia, 1st - 3rd October, 1995. GSA Inc. Coal Geology Group.
Poulsen, B., Esterle, J. S. and Meyer, T. (1995). 3D Visualisation of borehole sedimentology data. 150 years on...Bowen Basin Symposium, Mackay, Australia, 1st - 3rd October, 1995. Brisbane, Queensland: Geological Society of Australia Incorporated Coal Geology Group.
Esterle, J. S., O’Brien, G. and Moore, T. A. (1995). A comparison of breakage behaviour for New Zealand and Australian coals. 6th New Zealand Coal Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 1995. New Zealand: Coal Research, Ltd.
Walsh, L. and Esterle, J. (1994). A Geological model for the distribution of coal type and quality in the Katoomba Seam, Illawarra Coal Measures, Sydney Basin. 27th Newcastle Symposium on the Advances in the Sydney Basin, Newcastle, NSW, 1994.
Esterle, J. S., O'Brien, G. and Kojovic, T. (1994). Influence of coal texture and rank on breakage energy and resulting size distributions in Australian coals. 6th Australian Coal Science Conference, Newcastle, NSW, 1994. Australian Institute of Energy.
STANKIEWICZ, BA, KRUGE, MA and ESTERLE, JS (1993). COMPARATIVE GEOCHEMISTRY OF COLD TEMPERATE (NEW-ZEALAND) AND TROPICAL (SARAWAK) PEATS USING FLASH PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.
Esterle, J. S., Moore, T. A. and Shearer, J. C. (1992). Comparison of macroscopic and microscopic size analyses of organic components in both coal and peat. 26th Newcastle Symposium "Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin", University of Newcastle, NSW, April 1992.
Tie, Y. L. and Esterle, J. S. (1991). The formation of tropical domed peats in Sarawak, Malaysia. MARDI Symposium on Tropical Peat and Peatlands, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 1991.
Esterle, J. S., Calvert, G. D., Durig, D. T., Tie, Y. L. and Supardi (1991). Characterization and classification of tropical woody peats from Baram River Area, Sarawak, and Jambi, Sumatra. MARDI Symposium on Tropical Peat and Peatlands, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 1991.
ESTERLE, JS and FERM, JC (1990). ON THE USE OF MODERN TROPICAL DOMED PEATS AS ANALOGS FOR PETROGRAPHIC VARIATION IN CARBONIFEROUS COAL BEDS. Symp At the 28Th International Geological Congress - Peat and Coal : Origin, Facies, and Coalification, Washington Dc, Jul 09-19, 1989. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/0166-5162(90)90019-U
Ferm, J. C., Esterle, J. S., Moore, T. A. and Weisenfluh, G. A. (1988). Depositional Controls on Sulfur and Ash in Coal: ABSTRACT. -, -, -. Tulsa, OK United States: American Association of Petroleum Geologists. doi: 10.1306/703c91a9-1707-11d7-8645000102c1865d
Research Reports
Mojtaba Rajabi, Renate Sliwa and Joan Esterle (2023). Integrating In-Situ Stress Patterns with Basin to Local Scale Structures in the Nebo Synclinorium, Bowen Basin. ACARP Project C29011 Brisbane, QLD Australia: ACARP.
Steel, Karen , Congo, Tara , Somasundaram, Singaram , Esterle, Joan , Rodrigues, Sandra , Sakurovs, Richard , Blach, Tomasz , Mahoney, Merrick and Jenkins, David (2022). Influence of inertinite and volatile release characteristics on viscosity development and fusibility during coking. Australia: ACARP.
Davis, Brooke , Rodrigues, Sandra , Duxbury, Alex , Sliwa, Renate and Esterle, Joan (2022). Geological controls on fluorine and phosphorus in Bowen Basin coals. Australia: Australian Coal Association Research Program.
Rodrigues, Sandra , Esterle, Joan and Fonteneau, Lionel (2021). Coal spectral libraries for scanning devices. Brisbane, Australia: ACARP.
Zhai, Hao , Zoorabadi, Mahdi , Masoumi, Hossein , Canbulat, Ismet , Tsang, Matthew , Pistellato, Davide and Esterle, Joan (2019). Guidelines for Estimating Coal Measure Rock Mass Strength from Laboratory Properties - Report A Empirical Approach and Report B Synthetic Rock Mass Models. Australia: Australian Coal Research Association.
Manlapig, Emmy, Shi, Frank, Nguyen, Anh K., Jackson, John, Joan Esterle, Rodrigues, Sandra, Liu, Hongping and Pretorius, Sion (2018). Acquisition of coal quality by semi-automatic analysis of Corescan® HCI-3 system (hyperspectral) and other images. Australia: Australian Coal Association Research Program.
Sliwa, Renate , Babaahmadi, Abbas and Esterle, Joan (2018). Structure Supermodel 2017 - Fault Characterisation in Permian to Jurassic Coal Measures. Australia: Australian Coal Association Research Program.
Pistellato, Davide, Rodrigues, Sandra, Sansoleimani, Atefeh, Esterle, Joan, Murphy, Richard and Bianchi, Valeria (2017). Hyperspectral scanning of precipice outcrop. Final Report ANLEC Project 7-0115-0237. Brisbane, Australia: ACARP.
Sliwa, Renate, Esterle, Joan, Phillips, Laura and Wilson, Steven (2017). Rangal Supermodel 2015: The Rangal-Baralaba-Bandanna Coal Measures in the Bowen and Galilee Basins. Final Report ACARP Project C22028. ACARP (Australian Coal Industry Research Program).
Esterle, Joan, Rodrigues, Sandra, Collins, Sarah, Klawitter, Matthias, Dmyterko, Anastasia, Roslin, Alexandra and Taylor, Natalya (2014). Characterisation and differentiation of the Rangal and Moranbah Coal members in the Central Bowen Basin. Brisbane, QLD Australia: UniQuest.
Burra, Agi and Esterle, Joan (2011). Guidelines for the Implementation of NGER Method 2 or 3 for Open Cut Coal Mine Fugitive GHG Emissions Reporting (C20005) and Technical Discussion of the Implementation of NGER Method 2 or 3 for Open Cut Coal Mine Fugitive GHG Emissions Reporting (C20005A). Final Report ACARP C20005. Brisbane, Australia: ACARP (Australian Coal Industry Research Program).