Characterization and quantification of pneumatic fracturing effects at a clay till site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 570-576

  Christiansen, Camilla Maymann ^a   Riis, Charlotte ^b   Christensen, Stine B ^a,d   Broholm, Mette M ^a   Christensen, Anders G ^b   Klint, Knud Erik S ^c   Wood, Judith S A ^a,e   Bauer Gottwein, Peter ^a   Bjerg, Poul L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NIRAS A S   (Denmark)

^c Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

^d ORBICON   (Denmark)

^e The Danish Environmental Protection Agency EPA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; PNEUMATIC FRACTURING;

CLAY;

BRILLIANT BLUE; BROMIDE; FLUORESCEIN; RHODAMINE; TRACER; ALUMINUM SILICATE;

CLAY; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

CLAY; EQUIPMENT; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; MASS BALANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TILL; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CLAY; GEOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; GEOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 40949121096     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071294s     Document Type: Article

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