National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project - Southwestern Wyoming Province (037) Maturation Contours

The maturation contours show vitrinite reflectance trends and ranges for petroleum system horizons within the Southwestern Wyoming Province. The horizons are the base of the Niobrara Formation, the top of the Frontier Formation, the base of the Mesaverde Formation, the top of the Mesaverde Formation/base of the Lewis Formation, and the top of the Lewis Formation. The ranges of vitrinite reflectance shown for the Niobrara horizons are 0.6, 0.8-1.3, and 1.3. The ranges for the top of the Frontier are less than 0.6, less than 0.8, 0.6-0.8, 0.8-1.3, and greater than 1.3. The ranges for the base of the Mesaverde are less than 0.6, 0.6-0.8, 0.8-1.1, 1.1-2.0, greater than 1.1, greater than 1.3, 2.0-2.2, greater than 2.0,...

Categories: Data, pre-SM502.8; Tags: 503701 = Phosphoria Total Petroleum System, 50370101 = Sub-Cretaceous Conventional Oil and Gas, 503702 = Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System, 50370201 = Mowry Conventional Oil and Gas, 50370261 = Mowry Continuous Gas, All tags... 503703 = Niobrara Total Petroleum System, 50370361 = Niobrara Continuous Oil, 50370362 = Niobrara Continuous Gas, 503704 = Hilliard-Baxter-Mancos Total Petroleum System, 50370401 = Hilliard-Baxter-Mancos Conventional Oil and Gas, 50370461 = Hilliard-Baxter-Mancos Continuous Gas, 503705 = Mesaverde Total Petroleum System, 50370501 = Mesaverde Conventional Oil and Gas, 50370561 = Almond Continuous Gas, 50370562 = Rock Springs-Ericson Continuous Gas, 50370581 = Mesaverde Coalbed Gas, 503706 = Mesaverde-Lance-Fort Union Composite Total Petroleum System, 50370601 = Mesaverde-Lance-Fort Union Conventional Oil and Gas, 50370661 = Mesaverde-Lance-Fort Union Continuous Gas, 50370681 = Mesaverde Coalbed Gas, 50370682 = Fort Union Coalbed Gas, 503707 = Lewis Total Petroleum System, 50370701 = Lewis Conventional Oil and Gas, 50370761 = Lewis Continuous Gas, 503708 = Lance-Fort Union Composite Total Petroleum System, 50370801 = Lance-Fort Union Conventional Oil and Gas, 50370861 = Lance-Fort Union Continuous Gas, 50370881 = Lance Coalbed Gas, 50370882 = Fort Union Coalbed Gas, 503709 = Wasatch-Green River Composite Total Petroleum System, 50370961 = Wasatch-Green River Continuous Gas, 50370981 = Wasatch-Green River Coalbed Gas, CO, Coalbed methane resources, Earth Science, Economic geology, Energy Resources, Gas hydrate resources, Geology, Kirschbaum, M.A., Maturation Contours, National Assessment of Oil and Gas, Natural Gas, Natural Resources, Natural gas resources, Oil, Oil sand resources, Oil shale resources, Resource Assessment, Southwestern Wyoming, Southwestern Wyoming, Thermal Maturity, U.S. Geological Survey, US08 = Colorado, US49 = Utah, US56 = Wyoming, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS World Energy Region 5, USGS World Energy Region 5, UT, United States, Vitrinite Reflectance, WY, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

The Vulnerability of Forests to Climate Change and Wildfire in the Southwestern U.S.

Fire in the western U.S. poses one of the greatest threats to human and ecological communities alike. In fact, fire management is the largest single expenditure of land management funds on federal lands. Now, climate change is altering wildfire patterns. Climate change in the West is creating warmer and drier conditions, resulting in an increase in the amount of dead vegetation available to fuel fires. This project sought to assess the vulnerability of forests in the southwestern U.S. to climate change and wildfire, in order to understand how these ecosystems might become altered as a result. Researchers (a) examined how climate change impacts wildfires in the region, to better understand fire risk; (b) identified...

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Identifying the Vulnerability of Birds and Reptiles to Changes in Climate in the Southwest

Biodiversity is declining worldwide, and this trend could potentially become more severe as climate conditions change. An integral component of proactive adaptive management planning requires forecasts of how changes in climate will affect individual species. This need has been identified my multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Forest Service. The goal of this project was to assist land and wildlife managers in anticipating which species are most vulnerable to changes in climate in the Southwest, and how resources can best be invested to facilitate adaptation. Researchers evaluated the current and future breeding ranges...

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