Water quality changes as a result of coalbed methane development in a rocky mountain watershed

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1383-1399

  Wang, Xixi ^a   Melesse, Assefa M ^b   McClain, Michael E ^b   Yang, Wanhong ^c  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coalbed methane, produced water; Montana; Natural gas; Pattern analysis; Salinity; Sodicity; Trend analysis; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DATA ACQUISITION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; WATERSHEDS;

PATTERN ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; DATA ACQUISITION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

COALBED METHANE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; NATURAL GAS; SALINITY; SODICITY; STREAMWATER; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; POWDER RIVER; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 36649027124     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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