Coal Resources Available for Development - A Methodology and Pilot Study

By Jane R. Eggleston¹, M. Devereux Carter¹, and James C. Cobb^2
1U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, ²Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY.

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