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A FIELD CONFERENCE ON IMPACTS OF COALBED METHANE DEVELOPMENT IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING

by

Romeo M. Flores,  Gary D. Stricker,  Joseph F. Meyer, Thomas E. Doll, 
Pierce H. Norton, Jr.,  Robert J.  Livingston, and  M. Craig Jennings

Digital products by Scott Kinney,  Heather Mitchell,  and Steve Dunn
 
 
 

Open-File Report 01-126

2001
 
 
 
 


This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with the U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code.  Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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