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A Case Study for Radon as a Tracer of Seabed Minerals
A Case Study for Radon as a Tracer of Seabed Minerals
Media Alert: Low-level Flights to Image Geology over Eastern California
Media Alert: Low-level Flights to Image Geology over Eastern California
USGS Updates U.S. Critical Mineral Deposits
USGS Updates U.S. Critical Mineral Deposits
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Assessment of undiscovered shale-gas resources in the Utica Shale of eastern Canada, 2026 Assessment of undiscovered shale-gas resources in the Utica Shale of eastern Canada, 2026
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 9 trillion cubic feet of shale gas in the Utica Shale of eastern Canada.
Niobium-bearing minerals from the Sheep Creek carbonatite-related deposits of southwest Montana, USA Niobium-bearing minerals from the Sheep Creek carbonatite-related deposits of southwest Montana, USA
The Sheep Creek area in southwest Montana contains a number of small, tabular, carbonatite-related deposits that are rich in Nb and REE minerals. Nb-rich minerals from Sheep Creek and nearby Woods Creek are herein described in detail. The carbonatite veins contain a mix of calcite and Fe-bearing dolomite, with locally abundant apatite, baryte, celsian, actinolite, phlogopite, monazite-...
Release and recapture: Limited carbon mobilization in sediment adjacent to Central Atlantic Magmatic Province sills, Florida, USA Release and recapture: Limited carbon mobilization in sediment adjacent to Central Atlantic Magmatic Province sills, Florida, USA
Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) are associated with dramatic changes to the Earth system; their rapid release of carbon may initiate catastrophic climatic changes causing mass extinction. This carbon release is often associated with volcanic emissions, yet metamorphic carbon production is poorly constrained. Metamorphic carbon devolatilization occurs as intrusions interact with host...