Is use of oil-field brine as a dust-abating agent really benign? Tracing the source and flowpath of contamination by oil brine in a shallow phreatic aquifer

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-214

  Eckstein, Yoram ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer contamination; Environmental litigation; Oil field brine; Surface disposal

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CONTAMINATION; CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT; CONTROL AGENT; COURT OF LAW; DATA SETS; DECENTRALIZED DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION; FLOWPATH; HOME OWNERS; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MINOR CONSTITUENTS; OIL AND GAS WELL DRILLING; OIL-FIELD BRINE; PHREATIC; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RECHARGE AREA; SALTY WATER; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STORAGE AREA; STORAGE YARDS; SURFACE DISPOSAL; SURFACE SPREADING;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ICE CONTROL; ISOTOPES; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PRODUCT LIABILITY; WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BRINE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DRILLING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; OIL FIELD; PHREATIC ZONE; RECHARGE; SHALLOW WATER; WELL;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954416747     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0689-x     Document Type: Article

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