Assessing Hydrofracing Success from Earth Tide and Barometric Response

Ground Water

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 825-835

  Burbey, Thomas J ^a   Zhang, Meijing ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; EARTH TIDE; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTURE CONNECTIVITY; HYDROFRACING; PHASE DIFFERENCE; TIDAL RESPONSE; TRANSMISSIVITY; VIRGINIA;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FRACTURE; TIDE GAGES; TIDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER LEVELS;

WELL TESTING;

AQUIFER; BAROMETRY; BOREHOLE; EARTH TIDE; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE NETWORK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER LEVEL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; VIRGINIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

FLOYD COUNTY [VIRGINIA]; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 78149297522     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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