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Potential Groundwater Drawdown and Recovery from Coalbed Methane Development in the Powder River Basin, Montana

John Wheaton, John Metesh
This 58-page PDF document from the US Bureau of Land Management assesses the potential impacts of coalbed methane development on water resources in Montana's Powder River Basin. The study explores ...
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Aquifer properties, Environmental Science:Policy:State Policy, , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Groundwater modeling, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Groundwater , Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results

Assessment of Shallow Biogenic Gas Resources in Montana

J. L. Ridgley, T. C. Hester, S. M. Condon, L. O. Anna, P. G. Lillis, E. L. Rowan, G. T. Snyder
This 6-page PDF abstract by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists is a reassessment of a USGS study of methane gas reserves in shallow Cretaceous deposits in northern Montana. The study is ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results

Stratigraphic Framework of Lower and Upper Cretaceous Rocks in Central and Eastern Montana

Steven M. Condon
This USGS report focuses on Cretaceous rocks in Montana with respect to natural gas and coalbed methane. The study includes the stratigraphy from the top of the Mowry Shale to the base of the Judith ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations

Integrated Earth Systems: Confronting Global Change

Ellen Mosley-Thompson
This site is the course syllabus for a geography course taught at Ohio State University. The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of both natural and human caused climate change. ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change, Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Natural causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Natural causes
Resource Type: Course Information:Goals/Syllabi

Environmental Risk Assessment

Douglas Crawford-Brown
This site is the homepage for a course on environmental risk assessment taught by Douglas Crawford-Brown at the University of North Carolina. This course provides an overview of the evidential ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science, Biology
Resource Type: Course Information:Course Site

Dinosaur Extinction: Causal Loop Diagram of Earth Feedback System

Dewey M. McLean
This site features a causal loop diagram from system dynamics methodology showing the solar-earth-space energy flow system (the dominant flow system driving earth's surficial systems, including the ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Education
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities

Garbage-eating Geobacter

Joshua Zaffos
This Geotimes article highlights recent work done by Derek Lovley on the microbe Geobacter. The article discusses the ability of Geobacter to eat metal wastes as well as the prospect of using ...
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Contaminant hydrology, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Surface Chemistry, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Coalbed Methane: Drilling Firm Has Plans

Scott McMillion
This article from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle describes the initial reaction of residents to news that a multinational company has bought leases on the mineral rights for 18,500 acres of land in a ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, , Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Policy Resources:Opinion

Moratorium Imposed on Coalbed Methane Drilling

Scott McMillion
This article from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle describes the creation of a temporary ban on coalbed methane development near Bozeman, Montana. The local county commission created an emergency zoning ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary

Envirofacts Data Warehouse

Environmental Protection Agency
The Envirofacts Data Warehouse website provides access to several EPA databases that offer information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United ...
Subject: Environmental Science
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Datasets



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