Environmental issues related to enhanced production of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-71

  Walton, John ^a   Woocay, Arturo ^b  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^b Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Drilling; Environmental impact; Fracking; Hydraulic fracturing; Land use and disturbance; Risk; Water and groundwater contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876427760     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.8.1.62     Document Type: Article

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