Geochemical and strontium isotope characterization of produced waters from marcellus shale natural gas extraction

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3545-3553

  Chapman, Elizabeth C ^a   Capo, Rosemary C ^a   Stewart, Brian W ^a   Kirby, Carl S ^b   Hammack, Richard W ^c   Schroeder, Karl T ^c   Edenborn, Harry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL RELEASE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; APPALACHIAN BASIN; DEVONIANS; DISSOLVED SOLIDS; GEOGRAPHIC RANGES; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; MIXING MODELS; NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION; OIL AND GAS; PENNSYLVANIA; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRODUCED WATER; SR ISOTOPE RATIO; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

ACCIDENTS; DISSOLUTION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; ISOTOPES; NATURAL GAS; SEAWATER; SHALE;

STRONTIUM;

GROUND WATER; NATURAL GAS; OIL; SEA WATER; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BRINE; DEVONIAN; EXTRACTION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIXING; NATURAL GAS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COAL MINING; GEOCHEMISTRY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLID; UNITED STATES;

COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GAS, NATURAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PENNSYLVANIA; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858696263     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204005g     Document Type: Article

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