Coal seam gas water from Maramarua, New Zealand: Characterisation and comparison to United States analogues

Journal of Hydrology New Zealand

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Taulis, Mauricio ^a   Milke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coal bed natural gas (CBNG); Coal seam gas (CSG); Coalbed methane (CBM); Groundwater; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAM; COALBED METHANE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NATURAL GAS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250029862     PISSN: 00221708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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