The US Geological Survey's national coal resource assessment: The results

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 247-274

  Ruppert, Leslie F ^a   Kirschbaum, Mark A ^b   Warwick, Peter D ^a   Flores, Romeo M ^b   Affolter, Ronald H ^b   Hatch, Joseph R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian basin; Coal resources; Colorado Plateau; GIS; Gulf Coast; Illinois Basin; Northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains

Indexed keywords

COAL ZONES; PLATEAU;

CATCHMENTS; COAL DEPOSITS; COASTAL ZONES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SULFUR; SURVEYS;

GEOLOGY;

COAL; COAL RANK; MINERAL RESOURCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SULFUR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036587641     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(02)00120-9     Document Type: Article

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