LAB 15: SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY & FOSSIL FUEL EXPLORATION

FOSSIL FUELS

Fossil Fuel: Coal provides information about coal as an energy resource.

Fossil Fuel: Natural Gas provides information about natural gas as an energy resource.

Fossil Fuel: Oil provides information about oil as an energy resource.

Fossil fuels--heat from prehistory has general information about the origin of coal and its use in wood/coal stoves.

Fossil Fuel Production & Consumption deals with reserves of fossil fuels and the issue of--When will the oil run out?

Office of Fossil Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy is located here. It has links to other fossil energy sites and information about The Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Energy themes page of the U.S. Geological Survey.

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION

GeoCube 3-Dimensional Interpretation & Visualization shows how 3-D seismic interpretation can be used to visualize subsurface geology.

Salt Tectonics and salt diapirs are discussed and imaged on this research page by Giovanni Guglielmo.

MINING

Info-mine has excellent information about mining of mineral resources, mining news and trends, and many other topics related to mining.

Mining News also has excellent news and information about mining of mineral resources and other topics related to mining.

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