...A bureau of the United States Department of the Interior, it is that department's sole scientific agency. The USGS employs approximately 8,670 people and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The USGS also has major offices in Lakewood, Colorado (Denver Federal Center), and Menlo Park, California. Read full entry
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- 1.United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- Official site of the USGS.
- http://www.usgs.gov/
- 2.USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
- Learn about current earthquakes and seismological activity in the U.S. and around the world. USGS offers a searchable database of historic earthquakes, ...
- http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
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U.S. Geological Survey Energy & Capital Newsletter
June 22nd, 2008
The U.S. Geological Survey
just published its official
results of a groundbreaking
study.
Its report confirmed a massive
oil reserve in an area the
locals have nicknamed the
"Bakken," which stretches
across North Dakota, Montana
and southeastern Saskatchewan.
The new USGS study estimates a
whopping 3.65 billion barrels
of oil in the Bakken...
The reported 3.65 billion
barrels of oil mean estimate
is for 'undiscovered' oil
only, and doesn't include
known oil, such as reserves.
Discovered over 50 years ago,
the Bakken deposit--once
impossible to extract--is now
being hailed as the single
largest oil find in US
history.
That's because, today, thanks
to breakthrough drilling
techniques like horizontal
drilling, the Bakken's oil
shales can be extracted
relatively cheaply.
just $16 per barrel! And trade
for $140
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Because oil companies would rather drill through the skull of a baby seal to get cheap oil than put any effort into R&D of more expensive solutions like oil shale or CTL. The are just looking for gimmies from the federal government. |
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I've seen the U.S. Geological I went to a wedding on
Saturday in Witchita and I saw
the USGS there. Then today I
saw them in Nebraska between
Lincoln and Ceresco. Is
something going on?
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The USGS is out all the time, but the summer season is conducive to field work. They have thousands of employees - you may have seen people from Water Resources checking out stream gages or making water level measurements in wells. Or geologists from Geologic Discipline doing field research. |
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how does the u.s. geological |
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"Earthquake is a term used to describe both sudden slip on a fault, and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slip, or by volcanic or magmatic activity, or other sudden stress changes in the earth" http://earthquake.usgs.gov/lea rning/glossary.php?term=earthq uake Take a look at this link too: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/lea rning/index.php |
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