Selected Annotated Bibliography On Asphalt Bearing Rocks Of The United States And Canada To 1970 PDF Download

Excerpt from Selected Annotated Bibliography on Asphalt-Bearing Rocks of the United States and Canada, to 1970: A Compilation of About 600 Selected References Pertaining to the Geology and Occurrence of Asphalt-Bearing Rocks Asphalt-bearing deposits most commonly occur around the margins of oil-producing basins in which the oil-containing for mations are near the surface. The locations of many of the early discovery oil wells were on or near outcrops of asphalt-bearing rocks. Asphalt deposits also occur within the basins where folds and faults have brought these asphalt-bearing formations to the surface. Prior to production of petroleum from wells, such de posits were mined for recovery of petroleum products and for road material. A few asphalt-bearing rocks are being mined at the present time for the asphaAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.