Land application of hydrofracturing fluids damages a deciduous forest stand in West Virginia

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1340-1344

  Adams, Mary Beth ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; APPLICATION AREA; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; DAMAGE SYMPTOMS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FERNOW EXPERIMENTAL FORESTS; GROUND VEGETATION; HYDRO-FRACTURING; LAND APPLICATIONS; MIXED HARDWOODS; SAFE DISPOSALS; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE SOIL; TREE SPECIES; WEST VIRGINIA;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARDWOODS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SODIUM; SOILS;

FLUIDS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

ACER; ARTICLE; BEECH; BIRCH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HYDROFRACTURING FLUID; LIRIODENDRON; MAGNOLIACEAE; OAK; SASSAFRAS; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE SOIL; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ACER; CHLORIDES; FAGUS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PLANT LEAVES; SODIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WEST VIRGINIA;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXTRACTIVES; FLUID; HARDWOODS; NATURAL GAS; PLANTS; SODIUM; SOIL; WELLS; WEST VIRGINIA;

ACER RUBRUM; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 79960707245     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0504     Document Type: Article

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