But when Mr Shoemaker, then aged 20, began his career with the United States Geological Survey, few believed such things.

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Data from the United States Geological Survey suggest the seabed between Greenland and Canada holds a total of 17 billion barrels.

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The United States Geological Survey, a government scientific body, reckons that the seas around Cuba hold 4.6 billion barrels of oil.

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Seismic activity was detected in North Korea this evening that the United States Geological Survey registered as a 5.1 magnitude earthquake.

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The Wednesday night blast shook houses 50 miles away and measured as a 2.1-magnitude seismic event, according to the United States Geological Survey.

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So it is with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

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But a joint survey by the state-run Petrobangla corporation and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) suggests that Bangladesh's gas reserves could reach as much as sixty-one trillion cubic feet (tcf).

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According to a United States Geological Survey, the Levant Basin, shared by Lebanon, Israel and Cyprus, offers up about 122 trillion cubic feet in recoverable gas and an estimated 1.7 billion barrels of oil.

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The United States, uses 410 billion gallons of water every day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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