Groundwater management and coal bed methane development in the Powder River Basin of Montana

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 368, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 178-193

  Myers, Tom ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal bed methane; Groundwater drawdown; Groundwater modeling; Montana; Reinjection

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL STORAGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METAL RECOVERY; METHANE; POWDERS; RIVERS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER WELLS; WATERSHEDS;

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGES; COAL BED METHANE; COAL SEAMS; GROUND-WATER MANAGEMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELS; GROUNDWATER MODELING; LONG DISTANCES; METHANE GAS; MONTANA; POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACES; POWDER RIVER BASINS; PRODUCED WATERS; RAPID INFILTRATIONS; REINJECTION; RIVER FLOWS; SANDSTONE AQUIFERS; SIMULATION RESULTS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFER; COAL SEAM; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INFILTRATION; METHANE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; SANDSTONE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63049109591     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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