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Eastern Plains Region

The Eastern Plains Region is a physiographic province extending from the Appalachian Basin on the east, Great Lakes on the north, and the Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas borders on the west. Northern portions of the eastern plains are located on the stable continental core and have been minimally impacted for over a billion years. Eastern and southern portions of the region have been influenced by the development and subsequent erosion and sedimentation of the Appalachian and Ozark/Ouchita Mountains. Glaciers added the final touches in the region, leaving thin deposits of loess and numerous outwash and glacial landforms. The region is drained by the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and Great Lakes; each providing significant impact to the economy of the region.

Abundant amounts of oil, gas, and coal resources exist in the region and are produced in the Michigan, Illinois, Black Warrior Basins and portions of the Cincinnati Arch area in Kentucky. This web site provides access to the Energy Resources Program research activities and products within the Eastern Plains Region.

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Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Illinois Basin, 2007
By Swezey, C.S., Hatch, J.R., Brennan, S.E., East, J.A., Rowan, E.L., Repetski, J.E., Charpentier, R.R., Cook, T.A., Klett, T.R., Pollastro, R.M., and Schenk , C.J.
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-2007-3058, 2 p.

Executive Summary--Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Black Warrior Basin Province of Alabama and Mississippi, Chapter 1
By Hatch, J.R., and Pawlewicz, M.J., compilers
U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-69-I, 6 p. [CD-ROM].

Geologic Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Black Warrior Basin Province, Alabama and Mississippi, by U.S. Geological Survey Black Warrior Basin Province Assessment Team
By Hatch, J.R., and Pawlewicz, M.J., compilers
U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-69-I [CD-ROM].

Introduction to the Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Black Warrior Basin Province of Alabama and Mississippi, Chapter 2
By Hatch, J.R., and Pawlewicz, M.J.
U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-69-I, 9 p. [CD-ROM].

Petroleum Assessment of the Chattanooga Shale/Floyd Shale-Paleozoic Total Petroleum System, Black Warrior Basin, Alabama and Mississippi, Chapter 3
By Pawlewicz, M.J., and Hatch, J.R.
U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-69-I, 28 p. [CD-ROM].

Petroleum Assessment of the Pottsville Coal Total Petroleum System, Black Warrior Basin, Alabama and Mississippi, Chapter 4
By Hatch, J.R., and Pawlewicz, M.J.
U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-69-I, 33 p. [CD-ROM].

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In the Illinois Basin, coal-bearing rocks of Pennsylvanian age underlie most of Illinois (36,800 mi²), and parts of southwestern Indiana (6,500 mi²) and northwestern Kentucky (6,400 mi²). Rocks of Pennsylvanian age were formed between about 325 and 290 million years before present.

Map showing extent of the Illinois Basin as defined by the outcrop or subcrop of the Pennsylvanian rocks in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. (See PP1625-D)

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