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Maps and Images
  Marcellus Shale isopleth (formation thickness) map
  Marcellus Shale extent map
   
 

Papers and Articles
  Unconventional shale-gas systems: The Mississippian Barnett Shale of north-central Texas as one model for thermogenic shale-gas assessment, Daniel M. Jarvie, Ronald J. Hill, Tim E. Ruble, and Richard M. Pollastro
  Palaeoceanographic controls on geochemical characteristics of organic-rich Exshaw mudrocks: role of enhanced primary production, Mark L. Caplan , R. Marc Bustin
  Marcellus Shale Play’s Vast Resource Potential Creating Stir In Appalachia, Terry Engelder and Gary G. Lash
  Water Facts #28: Gas Well Drilling and Your Private Water Supply, College of Agricultural Sciences • Cooperative Extension School of Forest Resources prepared by Bryan Swistock
  Potential Development of the Natural Gas Resources in the Marcellus Shale
New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio, National Park Service Natural Resource Program Center
  Shale Gas: Focus on the Marcellus Shale, Lisa Sumi for the Oil & Gas Accountability Project
  Geology of the Devonian black shales of the Appalachian Basin, John Roen US Geologic Survey
  Assessment of Undiscovered Natural Gas Resources in Devonian Black Shales,
Appalachian Basin, Eastern U.S.A.Appalachian Basin, Eastern U.S.A., Robert C. Milici US Geologic Survey
   
 

Presentations
  Drilling & Developing the Marcellus Shale, Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania’s Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Partnership, The Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Association
  Gas Well Activity and Regulatory Requirements In the Susquehanna River Basin, Susquehanna River Basin Commission
   
 

Web Links
  Natural Gas Impacts, Cooperative Extension, Penn State College of Agricultural Science
  Natural Gas Exploration, The Agricultural Law Resources & Reference Center, Dickinson School of Law, Penn State