Groundwater chemistry near an impoundment for produced water, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Healy, Richard W ^a   Bartos, Timothy T ^b   Rice, Cynthia A ^a   McKinley, Michael P ^c   Smith, Bruce D ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal bed methane; Coal bed natural gas; Impoundment; Powder River Basin; Produced water; Selenium

Indexed keywords

COAL-BED NATURAL GAS; COALBED METHANES; IMPOUNDMENT; POWDER RIVER BASIN; PRODUCED WATER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GYPSUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; RIVERS; SELENIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BEDROCK; COALBED METHANE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GYPSUM; HETEROGENEITY; IMPOUNDMENT; ION EXCHANGE; RESERVOIR; SELENIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

POWDER BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 79955889831     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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