Strontium isotope quantification of siderite, brine and acid mine drainage contributions to abandoned gas well discharges in the Appalachian Plateau

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-118

  Chapman, Elizabeth C ^a   Capo, Rosemary C ^a   Stewart, Brian W ^a   Hedin, Robert S ^b   Weaver, Theodore J ^b   Edenborn, Harry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Hedin Environmental   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; NATURAL GAS DRILLING; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

ABANDONED WELLS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BRINES; COAL MINES; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELL DRILLING; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

STRONTIUM;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; AQUIFER; ARTESIAN WELL; BRINE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED MATTER; DRILLING; GAS WELL; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SIDERITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER FLOW;

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875099711     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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