Capillary tension and imbibition sequester frack fluid in Marcellus gas shale

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 52, 2012, Pages

  Engelder, Terry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; CAPILLARY; GAS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LETTER; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA;

GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GROUNDWATER; SALTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84871825895     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216133110     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Warner NR, et al. (2012) Geochemical evidence for possible natural migration of Marcellus Formation brine to shallow aquifers in Pennsylvania. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109(30):11961-11966.
2. Evans MA (1995) Fluid inclusions in veins from the Middle Devonian shales: A record of deformation conditions and fluid evolution in the Appalachian Plateau. Geol Soc Am Bull 107(3):327-339.