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Maria Mastalerz

Indiana University Bloomington

Dept of Biology

100 South Indiana Ave.

Bloomington, IN 47405

United States

  • Indiana University Bloomington

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Scholarly Papers (8)

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1.

Reflectance as an Indicator of Biochar Permanence

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Feb 2025
Maria Mastalerz, Agnieszka Drobniak, Bei Liu and Peter E. Sauer
Indiana University Bloomington, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indiana University Bloomington and Indiana University Bloomington
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biochar, biochar stability, biochar permanence, carbon sequestration, reflectance, reflected light microscopy

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Organic Matter Content and its Role in Shale Porosity Development with Maturity: Insights from Baltic Basin Silurian Shales

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Jan 2025
Grzegorz Lis, Tomasz Topór and Maria Mastalerz
University of Wrocław, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Indiana University Bloomington
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porosity, organic matter, gas shale, Baltic Basin, thermal maturity

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Developing methodology for biochar reflectance measurements: A round robin study

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Oct 2025
Agnieszka Drobniak, Maria Mastalerz, Bei Liu, Grzegorz Lis, Kacper Lis, A Rudra, Henrik I. Petersen, James Hower, Cortland Eble and Kamila WIDZIEWICZ-RZOŃCA
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Wrocław, University of Wrocław, Aarhus University, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, University of Kentucky, University of Kentucky and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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reflected light microscopy, reflectance, biochar, round robin

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Residential Gasification of Solid Biomass Influence of Raw Material on Emissions

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Nov 2022
Agnieszka Drobniak, Zbigniew Jelonek, Maria Mastalerz and Iwona Jelonek
University of Silesia in Katowice, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indiana University Bloomington and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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biomass, gasification, reflected light microscopy, emissions

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Application of Image Analysis to Quantify Maceral Composition of Source Rocks: Examples from the Devonian New Albany Shale and Marcellus Shale

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Feb 2025
Simon C. Brassell, Hao Yuan, Maria Mastalerz and Bei Liu
Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Bloomington and Indiana University Bloomington
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Machine learning, vitrinite, alginite, inertinite, solid bitumen, image analysis, amorphous organic matter

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Application of statistical methods to evaluate identification credibility of macerals in high-maturity marine shales

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Nov 2025
Lin Wei, Maria Mastalerz, Jingwen Wang, Yanan Wang, Xiaomiao Li and Xiong Cheng
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indiana University Bloomington, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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marine shale, vitrinite reflectance, solid bitumen reflectance, maturity, maceral identification, hierarchical analysis, bootstrap modelling

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Application of statistical methods to evaluate the accuracy of maceral identification in high maturity marine shales

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Sep 2025
Lin Wei, Maria Mastalerz, Jingwen Wang, Yanan Wang, Xiaomiao Li and Xiong Cheng
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indiana University Bloomington, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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marine shale, vitrinite reflectance, solid bitumen reflectance, maturity, maceral identification, hierarchical analysis, bootstrap modelling

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Storage potential and seal capacity evaluation of the Cambrian Mount Simon Sandstone-Eau Claire Formation system for geologic carbon sequestration in the eastern Illinois Basin

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Mar 2026
Bei Liu, Maria Mastalerz, Ashley Douds, Valerie Beckham-Feller, Garrett Marietta and Rachel Culver
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Bloomington, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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geologic carbon sequestration, seal capacity, porosity, permeability, Illinois Basin, CCUS, MICP