Erratum to A Stream-Based Methane Monitoring Approach for Evaluating Groundwater Impacts Associated with Unconventional Gas Development [Groundwater, (2013)] doi: 10.1111/gwat.12079;A stream-based methane monitoring approach for evaluating groundwater impacts associated with unconventional gas development

Groundwater

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 511-524

  Heilweil, Victor M ^a   Stolp, Bert J ^a   Kimball, Briant A ^a   Susong, David D ^a   Marston, Thomas M ^a   Gardner, Philip M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE PLACING; GASES; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED METHANE; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; GROUND WATER INFLOW; MONITORING APPROACH; MULTIPLE FLOW PATHS; TRACER INJECTIONS; TRANSPORT MODELING; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS;

BUOYANCY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS PRODUCTION; GAS TRANSPORT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFLOW; LEAKAGE; METHANE; MONITORING SYSTEM; RESERVOIR; STREAMWATER; TRACER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WELL WATER;

NINE MILE CREEK; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84880168124     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12103     Document Type: Erratum

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