GIS representation of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America

• Main Authors: Susan J. Tewalt (ed.), Scott A. Kinney (comp.), Matthew D. Merrill (comp.)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2008
• Subjects: coal; coal rank; coal age; bituminous coal; anthracite; lignite; subbituminous coal; geoInformationData; geoscientificInformation; World; World coal; United States of America; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Guatemala; Mexico; Panama; Peru; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Greenland; Costa Rica; Haiti; Venezuela; Uruguay; Ecuador; Paraguay; Jamaica; Honduras; Dominican Republic; Cuba; South America coal; Central America coal; North America coal; Canada coal; economy; environment; coalinternational
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/a5623de5-169e-427f-9a81-a3e160ea69b1

Worldwide coal consumption and international coal trade are projected to increase in the next several decades (Energy Information Administration, 2007). A search of existing literature indicates that in the Western Hemisphere, coal resources are known to occur in about 30 countries. The need exists...