Executive Summary—Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain, U.S.A.
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Published:January 01, 2011
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Peter D. Warwick, 2011. "Executive Summary—Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain, U.S.A.", Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain, Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew Merrill, Brett J. Valentine
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The National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) project of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has assessed the quantity and quality of the nation's coal deposits that potentially could be mined during the next few decades. For eight years, geologic, geochemical, and resource information was collected and compiled for the five major coal-producing regions of the United States: the Appalachian Basin, Illinois Basin, Northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, Colorado Plateau, and the western part of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain (Gulf Coast) region (Figure 1). In particular, the NCRA assessed resource estimates, compiled coal-quality information, and characterized environmentally sensitive...
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Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain

This publication is the fifth in a searies of reports by the U.S. Geological Survey on the assessment of the quantity and quality of the nation's coal deposits that potentially can be mined during the next few decades. For eight years (1995-2003), geologic, geochemical, and resource information was collected and compiled for the five major coal-producing regions of the United States. This volume contains the assessment results for the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain region. The contents of this volume were compiled mainly during the 8-year period mentioned above. However, every effort has been made to update the references and text to incorporate new work that has been completed since the original compilation period.