Eastern United States, resource

Jacobson, J. S.. and W. A. Feder. A Regional Network for Environmental Monitoring Atmospheric Oxidant Concentrations and Foliar Injury to Tobacco Indicator Plants in the Eastern United States. Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Statioo Bulletin No. 604. Amherst University of Massachusetts, College of Food and Natural Resources, 1974. 31 pp. 

Schnoor J. L., Lee S., Nickolaidis N. P., and Nair D. R. (1986) Lake resources at risk to acid deposition in eastern United States. Water Air Soil Pollut. 31, 1091—1101. 

Figure 1. Map showing outcrop areas and resource data for the Devonian-Mississippian oil shales of the eastern United States. (Outcrop is shown by narrow line.) (Reproduced with permission from Ref 9. Copyright 1981, Institute of Gas Technology.)...

Matthews, R. D., Janka, J. C. and Dennison, J. M., "New Insights Into the Devonian Oil Shale Resource of the Eastern United States," presented at Amer. Assn. Pet. Geol. Nat. Conv., San Francisco, June 2, 1981. (IGT preprints available.)... 

Matthews, R.D., Janka, J.C., and Dennison, J.M. (1980). Devonian Oil Shale of the Eastern United States A Major American Energy Resource, paper presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Meeting, Evansville, IN, October 1-3,43 pp. 

Oil Fields. Oil field waters in the United States containing lithium have been identified in 10 states. The greatest concentrations are in waters from the Smackover formation of southern Arkansas and eastern Texas. Concentrations from this formation have been measured from 300—600 ppm in waters originating at a 2500—3300 m depth. Recovery of lithium from this resource would only be commercially feasible if a selective extraction technique could be developed. Lithium as a by-product of the recovery of petroleum (qv), bromine (qv), or other chemicals remains to be exploited (12). 

Nelson, R. G., Enersol Resources. (2001), Resource Assessment, Removal Analysis, Edge-of-Field Cost Analysis, and Supply Curves for Corn Stover and Wheat Straw in the Eastern and Midwestern United States, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO. 

Another source of urban salinization is the use of road de-icing salts. Salt has been used for road de-icing for several decades, particularly in the eastern and northeastern states in the United States and Canada. The use of road salt improves fuel efficiency and reduces accidents at the same time, it causes salinization of associated groundwater. In 1990, more than 10.5 Mt of salt were used for road de-icing (Richter et al., 1993). Brine generated in storage piles of salt (Wilmoth, 1972) and from the dissolution of salts that are applied directly to the roads (Howard and Beck, 1993 Williams et al., 1999) can contaminate water resources. If salt is applied as a powder, its particles may become airborne and transported for considerable distances downwind (Jones and Hutchon, 1983 Richter et al., 1993). 

The largest untapped fossil fuel resource in the United States is the oil bearing shales in the western part of the country and the black shales in the east. The oil shale resource concentrated in three western states is estimated to be equivalent to more than two trillion barrels of crude oil. An additional two trillion barrels of oil exists in the lean deposits of the Eastern U.S. 

Law, B. E. 1995. Columbia basin-centred gas play (0503) in Tennyson, M.E., Eastern Oregon Washington Province (005). In Gautier, D. L., Dolton, G. L., Takahashi, K. L. Varnes, K. (eds) 1995 National Assessment in the United States of Oil and Gas Resources Results, Methodology, and Supporting Data. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 30. 

In the Far Eastern theatre, the first use of gas warfare was never seriously considered by the dominant Allied power - the United States. Until 1945 American gas policy has been aptly described as one of minimum deterrence, aimed at inhibiting initiation by the Axis nations. This limited objective reflected Roosevelt s fierce opposition to gas warfare and his declaration that America would never employ it initially. It also derived from a reluctance by the military to divert scarce resources to improve their gas readiness in the Far East. By January 1945, the United States possessed sufficient munitions to launch a gas attack but the bulk of them remained in the United States. Neither of the Pacific Theatre Commanders had allocated the requisite shipping space to transport the gas munitions overseas. In the Pacific Ocean Area, Admiral Chester Nimitz retained only about 5 per cent of the authorised stocks while in the Southwest Pacific Area General... 

Gypsum resources in the United States are adequate but unevenly distributed. The United States import large amounts of gypsum from Canada to manufacture wallboard, particularly in the eastern and southern coastal regions. Gypsum imported from Mexico is used for wallboard manufacturing along portions of the United States western seaboard. 

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