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Geologic Background
- Forecast of the Potential Impact of Increased Royalty Income on the Pennsylvania Economy, 2008–2011 [June 19, Economic & Workforce Brief]
- Marcellus Shale Play’s
Vast Resource Potential
Creating Stir In Appalachia [May 8, The American Oil & Gas Reporter]
- Geologic Map of Pennsylvania [Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources]
- Marcellus Shale Distribution Map [April 8, 2008, The New York Times]
- Influence of Basin Dynamics on Upper Devonian Black Shale Deposition, Western New York State and Northwest Pennsylvania [April 22, 2007, searchanddiscovery.net]
- Outcrops of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Formation [Photos from Dr. Terry Engelder's Website, Penn State Department of Geosciences]
- History of Shale Deposition
[Presentation from the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia, Inc.]
- Appalachian Basin Black Shale Exploitation: Past, Present, and Future
[Presentation from IOGA of PA Annual Meeting, May 2007.]
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