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Coal Assessments in Colorado Plateau

Molnia, C.L., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., Affolter, R.H., Brownfield, M.E., Dubiel, R.F., Fassett, J.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 2001, Federally Owned Coal, Federal Lands, and Coal Quality in the Colorado Plateau Region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-0011-01, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0011-01/

Affolter, R.H., 2000, Quality Characterization of Cretaceous Coal from the Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Area, Chapter G, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. G1-G136. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_G.pdf

Biewick, L.R.H., and Mercier, T.J., 2000, The Colorado Plateau Geographic Information System (GIS)--An Introduction to the ArcView Project and Data Library, Chapter D, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. D1-D44. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_D.pdf

Brownfield, M.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 2000, A Summary of the Stratigraphy, Coal Resources, and Coalbed Methane Potential of Northwest Colorado, Chapter I, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. I1-I25. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_I.pdf

Brownfield, M.E., Roberts, L.N.R., Johnson, E.A., and Mercier, T.J., 2000, Assessment of the Distribution and Resources of Coal in the Deserado Coal Area, Lower White River Coal Field, Northern Piceance Basin, Colorado, Chapter N, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. N1-N37. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_N.pdf

Brownfield, M.E., Roberts, L.N.R., Johnson, E.A., and Mercier, T.J., 2000, Assessment of the Distribution and Resources of Coal in the Fairfield Coal Group of the Williams Fork Formation, Danforth Hills Coal Field, Northwest Colorado, Chapter M, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. M1-M28. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_M.pdf

Dallegge, T.A., and Barker, C.E., 2000, Coalbed Methane Gas-In-Place Resource Estimates Using Sorption Isotherms and Burial History Reconstruction--An Example from Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale, Utah, Chapter L, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. L1-L26. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_L.pdf

Dubiel, R.F., 2000, Summary of geology and coal resources of the Blackhawk Formation in the southern Wastach Plateau, central Utah, Chapter K, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, K1-K26. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_K.pdf

Dubiel, R.F., Kirschbaum, M.A., Roberts, L.N.R., Mercier, T.J., and Heinrich, A., 2000, Geology and Coal Resources of the Blackhawk Formation of the Southern Wasatch Plateau, Central Utah, Chapter S, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, 125 p. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_S.pdf

Fassett, J.E., 2000, Geology and coal resources of the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado, Chapter Q, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. Q1-Q131. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_Q.pdf

Group, U.C.P.C.A., 2000, Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, Appendix. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/

Hettinger, R.D., 2000, A Summary of the Coal Distribution and Geology in the Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah, Chapter J, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. J1-J17. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_J.pdf

Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., and Gognat, T.A., 2000, Investigations of the Distribution and Resources of Coal in the Southern Part of the Piceance Basin, Colorado, Chapter O, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. O1-O101. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_O.pdf

Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., and Kirschbaum, M.A., 2000, Geologic Overview and Resource Assessment of Coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, Southern Utah, Chapter T, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. T1-T69. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_T.pdf

Johnson, E.A., Roberts, L.N.R., Brownfield, M.E., and Mercier, T.J., 2000, Geology and Resource Assessment of the Middle and Upper Coal Groups in the Yampa Coal Field, Northwestern Colorado, Chapter P, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. P1-P81. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_P.pdf

Kirschbaum, M.A., 2000, Executive Summary: Geologic Assessment of coal in the Colorado Plateau, Chapter ES, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. ES1-ES-5. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Exec_Summary.pdf

Kirschbaum, M.A., 2000, Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau, Introduction, Chapter A, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic assessment of coal in the Colorado Plateau; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, A1-A34. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_A.pdf

Kirschbaum, M.A., and Biewick, L.R.H., 2000, A Summary of the Coal Deposits in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, Chapter B, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, B1-B99. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_B.pdf

Molnia, C.L., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., and Osmonson, L.M., 2000, Federally Owned Coal and Federal Lands in the Colorado Plateau Region, Chapter E, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. E1-E23. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_E.pdf

Nations, J.D., Swift, R.L., and Haven, H.W., Jr., 2000, Summary of Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Coal Distribution, Black Mesa Basin, Arizona, Chapter H, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. H1-H31 [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_H.pdf

Roberts, L.N.R., Brownfield, M.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 2000, Methodology for Calculating Coal Resources for the Colorado Plateau, U.S. Geological Survey National Coal Assessment, Chapter C, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. C1-C34. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_C.pdf

Rohrbacher, T.J., Molnia, C.L., Osmonson, L.M., Carter, M.D., Eakins, W., Hoffman, G.K., Tabet, D.E., Schultz, J.E., Scott, D.C., Teeters, D.D., Jones, G.E., Quick, J.C., Hucka, B.P., and Hanson, J.A., 2000, Coal Availability, Recoverability and Economic Evaluations of Coal Resources in the Colorado Plateau, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, Chapter F, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. F1-F64. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_F.pdf

Tabet, D.E., 2000, Coal resources of the Henry Mountains Coal Field, Utah, Chapter R, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. R1-R25. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_R.pdf

Biewick, L.R.H., and Green, G.A., 1999, Land and mineral ownership coverage for the Uinta Basin, Wasatch Plateau and surrounding areas, northeastern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-553-B.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0553-b/

Biewick, L.R.H., Mercier, T.J., Levitt, P., Deikman, D., and Vlahos, B., 1999, Land and Federal mineral ownership coverage for northwestern Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-553-A, 26 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0553-a/

Molnia, C.L., Roberts, L.N.R., Brownfield, M.E., Dubiel, R.F., Fassett, J.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 1999, Federally Owned Coal and Federal Lands in the Colorado Plateau Region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-145-99, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0145-99/

Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., 1999, Calculations of coal resources using ARC/INFO and Earth Vision; Methodology for the National Coal Resource Assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-5, 7 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0005/

Affolter, R.H., and Hatch, J. R., 1995, Cretaceous and Tertiary coals and coal-bearing rocks of the western United States; a bibliography of the U.S. Geological Survey data for resource estimation, quality determination, and reclamation potential evaluation, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., Energy and the environment--Application of geosciences to decision-making; Program and short papers; Tenth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, 1995, Washington, DC, Feb. 13-17, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1108, p. 44-45.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1108

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Coal Quality in Colorado Plateau

Affolter, R.H., 2000, Quality Characterization of Cretaceous Coal from the Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Area, Chapter G, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. G1-G136. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_G.pdf

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Coalbed Methane in Colorado Plateau

Dallegge, T.A., and Barker, C.E., 2000, Coalbed Methane Gas-In-Place Resource Estimates Using Sorption Isotherms and Burial History Reconstruction--An Example from Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale, Utah, Chapter L, in Kirschbaum, M. A., Roberts, L.N.R., and Biewick, L.R.H., eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, compiled by Colorado Plateau Coal Assessment Group: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, Version 1.0, p. L1-L26. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1625b/Reports/Chapters/Chapter_L.pdf

Condon, S.M., author, Johnson, E.A., Milici, R.C., and Fassett, J.E., contributors, 1997, Geologic mapping and fracture studies of the Upper Cretaceous Pictured Cliffs Sandstone and Fruitland Formation in selected parts of La Plata County, Colorado, in Fassett, J. E., Condon, S.M., Huffman, A.C., Jr., and Taylor, D.J., eds., Geology and structure of the Pine River, Florida River, Carbon Junction, and Basin Creek Gas Seeps, La Plata County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-59, p. 23-113.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/59/LaPlata/2condon.pdf

Fassett, J.E., 1997, Subsurface correlation of Late Cretaceous Fruitland Formation coal beds in the Pine River, Florida River, Carbon Junction, and Basin Creek gas-seep areas, La Plata County, Colorado, in Fassett, J. E., Condon, S.M., Huffman, A.C. Jr., and Taylor, D.J., eds., Geology and structure of the Pine River, Florida River, Carbon Junction, and Basin Creek gas seeps, La Plata County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-59, p. 1-21.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/59/LaPlata/1fassett.pdf

Fassett, J.E., Condon, S.M., Huffman, A.C., and Taylor, D.J., 1997, Geology and structure of the Pine River, Florida River, Carbon Junction, and Basin Creek gas seeps, La Plata County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-59, 126 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/59/

Huffman, A.C., Jr., and Taylor, D.J., 1997, Seismic Structure Studies of the Pine River Gas Seep Area, La Plata County, Colorado, in Fassett, J. E., Condon, S.M., Huffman, A.C., and Taylor, D.J., eds., Geology and structure of the Pine River, Florida River, Carbon Junction, and Basin Creek gas seeps, La Plata County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-59, p. 115-126.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/59/LaPlata/3huffman.pdf

Herring, J.R., Ciener, J.S., Been, J.M., Reimer, G.M., Rice, D.D., and Boyce, Brad, 1994, Methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen in soil gas overlying coal beds of the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation in the San Juan Basin, La Plata County, southwestern Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-295, 12 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr94295

Fassett, J.E., 1990, Once a menace, now a burgeoning source of energy--Coal-bed methane in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama and the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Colorado [abs.], in Carter, L. M., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 28-29.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

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Related Coal Studies in Colorado Plateau

Barker, C.E., 2004, Analyses of Coal from the Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale near Emery, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1279, 18 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1279/

Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., and Kirschbaum, M.A., 2004, Coal resources and coal resource potential in the Grand Mesa, Gunnison, and Uncompahgre National Forests, Colorado, Chapter M, in Bankey, V., ed., Resource potential and geology of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests and vicinity, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2213, p. 188-223.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/2213/M/

Molnia, C.L., Roberts, L.N.R., Brownfield, M.E., Dubiel, R.F., Fassett, J.E., Hettinger, R.D., and Johnson, E.A., 1999, Federally Owned Coal and Federal Lands in the Colorado Plateau Region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-145-99, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0145-99/

Biewick, L.R.H., Hettinger, R.D., and Roberts, L.N.R., 1997, Selected Arc/INFO coverages created for investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah; an accompaniment to Hettinger and others, 1996, version 1: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-709, 26 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-0709/

Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., and Kirschbaum, M.A., 1996, Preliminary investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-539, 72 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/OF96-539/

Hettinger, R.D., and McCabe, P. J., 1992, Testing new coal models; the 1991 Kaiparowits Plateau drilling project, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Research on Energy Resources--1992 Program and Abstracts Eighth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, February 17-20, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1074, p. 34, 36.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1074

Hettinger, R.D., and McCabe, P. J., 1990, Architecture of clastic facies and location of coals associated with a major marine transgression, the mid-Cretaceous of the Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 36.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Kirschbaum, M.A., and McCabe, P. J., 1990, Alluvial sandstone geometries and their relationship to coal deposits in a transgressive system tract, Dakota Formation, Utah [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 42.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

McCabe, P.J., Hettinger, R. D., Kirschbaum, M. A., Sanchez, J. D., and Shanley, K. W., 1990, Subsidence, eustacy, and climate; controls on coal and clastic facies architecture, Cretaceous of western United States [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 51-52.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Michael, G.E., Law, B.E., and Anders, D.E., 1990, Geochemical evaluation of gas-bearing coals with respect to maturity, Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation, San Juan basin, New Mexico, and Colorado [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 52-53.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

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