| Abstract: | Twenty of the peat deposits in Penobscot County, Maine contain an estimated 29,282,000 short tons air-dried peat. The peat is chiefly sphagnum moss and reed-sedge of high quality according to ASTM standards for agricultural and horticultural use.
Analyses show that this same volume has high fuel value, low sulfur and high hydrogen contents compared with lignite and sub-bituminous coal, which may indicate that it also has potential for fuel use. On the basis of the metallic trace element content, one area within the region containing the 20 deposits has been delineated for further bedrock studies. |
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| ProdID: | 8163 |
| Citation Author: | Cameron, Cornelia Clermont; Anderson, Walter A. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 31 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Number: | 79-1096 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Some peat deposits in Penobscot County, Maine; 1979; OFR; 79-1096; Cameron, Cornelia Clermont; Anderson, Walter A. |
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| Text: | Some peat deposits in Penobscot County, Maine; 1979; OFR; 79-1096; Cameron, Cornelia Clermont; Anderson, Walter A. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/1096/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
