Hydrofracturing water boreholes in hard rock aquifers in Scotland

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-186

  Cobbing, J ^a   Dochartaigh, B E O ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE BEDROCK; HYDROFRACTURING; WATER SUPPLY BOREHOLES;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; BOREHOLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; HARD ROCK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249340518     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/06-018     Document Type: Article

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