Both vertical and horizontal Marcellus Shale wells produce marketable quantities of natural gas. The drilling process focuses first on reaching – and protecting – water-bearing zones beneath the ground. This allows for the extraction of larger quantities of natural gas from a single wellhead.
Answer:
Stratopause
Explanation:
Stratopause - the boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere
Oceanography is the study of the ocean and the cryosphere are the portions of the earth that are just frozen water (ice). When fresh water glaciers melt, they lower the salt levels in the ocean and and oceanographer studies that and makes sure that it wont have too much of an effect. The cryosphere plays a significant role in the global climate.
Northeast (N) region:
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
South (S) region:
- Arkansas
- West Virginia
Midwest (M) region:
- North Dakota
- Missouri
West (W) region:
- New Mexico
- Oregon
The United States are divided into few large regions. Even though they may not always correspond with the actual geographic position of the state and its regional location as in south, northeast, west, or Midwest, the states are carefully put into the regional divisions, and it is mostly done by natural characteristics of the places, as well as climate.