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Energy Production Impacts in Rocky Mountains and Great Plains

Bunnell, J.E., and Garcia, L.V., 2008, Results of a Survey of Residential Home Heating Fuel and Stove Type and Use in the Shiprock Area of the Navajo Nation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1249, 6 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1249/

Brownfield, M.E., Affolter, R.H., Cathcart, J.D., Rice, C.A., Brownfield, I.K., O'Connor, J.T., Zielinski, R.A., Bullock, J.H., Jr., Hower, J.C., and Meeker, G.P., 2005, Characterization and Modes of Occurrence of Elements in Feed Coal and Coal Combustion Products from a Power Plant Utilizing Low-Sulfur Coal from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5271, 42 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2004/5271/

Kolker, A., Hatch, J.R., Palmer, C.A., and Bragg, L.J., 2004, Mercury Variation in Powder River Basin Coal Samples, in Bragg, L. J., Lentz, E.E., Warwick, P.D., Finkelman, R.B., and Trippi, M.H., eds., Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1283, Version 1. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1283/tsop_volume.pdf

Bartos, T.T., and Ogle, K.M., 2002, Water quality and environmental isotopic analyses of ground-water samples collected from the Wasatch and Fort Union Formations in areas of coalbed methane development : implications to recharge and ground-water flow, eastern Powder River basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4045, 88 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri024045/

Fishman, N.S., Woodward, C.L., and Langer, W.H., 1999, Influence of the oil and gas production infrastructure on land use in the Front Range of Colorado [abs.], in Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Front Range Infrastructure Resource Project Stakeholder's Meeting, November 4, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0001, p. 10-13.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr991

Cunningham, K.I., Reimer, G.M., DuChene, H.R., LaRock, E.J., Szarzi, S.L., and Been, J.M., 1994, Geological and geochemical tools for evaluating the potential impact of oil and gas drilling operations on Federal cave resources, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, 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.98.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1108

Hobbs, R.G., 1978, Methane occurrences, hazards, and potential resources, Recluse geologic analysis area, northern Campbell County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 78-401, 20 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr78401

Keefer, W.R., and Hadley, R.F., 1976, Land and natural resource information and some potential environmental effects of surface mining of coal in the Gillette area, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 743, 27 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/cir/cir743

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Produced Waters in Rocky Mountains and Great Plains

Rice, C.A., Ellis, M.S., and Bullock, J.H., Jr., 2000, Water co-produced with coalbed methane in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming; preliminary compositional data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-372, 20 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/ofr-00-372/

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