Continental Scientific Drilling and Exploration Act, United States
Published: August 15, 2007, 4:56 pm
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Cutler J. Cleveland The Continental Scientific Drilling and Exploration Act of 1988 regulates the Interagency Coordinating Group for Continental Scientific Drilling (ICG/CDS), made up of the US Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the US Geological Survey (USGS) of the Department of the Interior. The Act requires one of these agencies to submit an annual report, on a rotating basis, to the US Congress on the United States Continental Scientific Drilling Program (CSDP).
The primary mission of the CSDP consists of enhancing understanding of the continental crust and its affects on earthquakes, volcanoes, geothermal energy sources, distribution of mineral deposits, and occurrence of fossil fuels. The government funds these studies with the intention of producing early detection systems for natural disasters, and with hopes of benefiting our economy with new information about geothermal energy sources and the determination of the location and distribution of fossil fuels. The CSDP is also developing a method for isolation of radioactive material and other hazardous wastes. The ICG/CDS is responsible for monitoring the entire drilling process performed by the agencies including pre-drilling site studies, drilling methods and documentation, and post-drilling studies.
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Ida Kubiszewski PhD (Lead Author);Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor) "Continental Scientific Drilling and Exploration Act, United States". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 15, 2007; Last revised Date August 15, 2007; Retrieved May 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Continental_Scientific_Drilling_and_Exploration_Act,_United_States>
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Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is a Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University. She is also a co-founder and former-Managing Editor the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Kubiszewki is currently working as the Managing Editor for a magazine/journal hybrid called Solutions. Solutions is an outlet for discussions focusing on solutions to the complex problems we are now facing in ... (Full Bio)
The Continental Scientific Drilling and Exploration Act of 1988 regulates the Interagency Coordinating Group for Continental Scientific Drilling (ICG/CDS), made up of the US Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the US Geological Survey (USGS) of the Department of the Interior. The Act requires one of these agencies to submit an annual report, on a rotating basis, to the US Congress on the United States Continental Scientific Drilling Program (CSDP).
The primary mission of the CSDP consists of enhancing understanding of the continental crust and its affects on earthquakes, volcanoes, geothermal energy sources, distribution of mineral deposits, and occurrence of fossil fuels. The government funds these studies with the intention of producing early detection systems for natural disasters, and with hopes of benefiting our economy with new information about geothermal energy sources and the determination of the location and distribution of fossil fuels. The CSDP is also developing a method for isolation of radioactive material and other hazardous wastes. The ICG/CDS is responsible for monitoring the entire drilling process performed by the agencies including pre-drilling site studies, drilling methods and documentation, and post-drilling studies.
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A drilling used to explore the continental crust. (Source: U.S. Department of Energy)
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