ORIGINS
chapter 1
THE STORY OF BIOGENIA
How natural materials decay and form natural gas
ORIGINS
chapter 2
CENTER OF THE EARTH
How natural gas is found on other planets
ORIGINS
Chapter 3
FOUR WORLDS
How the geologic time periods developed
ORIGINS
chapter 4
THE MYSTERY OF DELPHI
How natural gas has been explained and used
EXPLORATION
chapter 1
chapter 2
Want to talk directly with a geologist about natural gas
exploration?
Write to : ask-a-geologist@usgs.gov
chapter 3
chapter4
Click on this link to US
Census Data to learn more about the"gas towns" which serve
the gas fields and treatment plants at the beginning of the pipeline. These
towns can be called "gas towns" because their economies depend
in a large part on the natural gas industry.
Dumas, Texas
Beaver, Oklahoma
Lakin, Kansas
Elkhart, Kansas
Rawlins, Wyoming
Wamsutter, Wyoming
Census information for these towns was gathered in 1990
because the federal government only performs a census of the population
every ten years.
The town may have grown or gotten smaller since the last
census was completed. Choose a town. What can you learn about your town
from this information? How does your town compare with Colorado Springs?
What might it be like to live in your town?
Make a list of what you know about your town and what you still want to
learn.
FUTURE
chapter 1
chapter 2
chapter 3
chapter 4