GEOLOGY OF ALTERNATE ENERGY RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL UNITED STATES.

The South-Central United States is well endowed with alternate energy resources in the form of uranium, coal (lignite), and geopressured geothermal energy. This volume presents a review of what may become the region's major sources of energy in the foreseeable future, and is intended to be a state-of-the-art analysis of the total spectrum of regional energy resource assessment. Although regional in scope, the techniques of assessment and the developmental approaches explored in this text have significant application to other regions of the United States as well as to other nations. Each of the three alternate energy resources (uranium, coal (lignite) and geopressured geothermal energy), is examined in terms of the four factors involved in resource assessment: new areas of exploration (frontier); known areas of exploration and development (trend); resource development or utilization; and environmental considerations. A selected bibliography is included to augment the technical coverage of each of the three resources examined.