Environmental considerations for coalbed natural gas development in Colorado

Coalbed Natural Gas: Energy and Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 207-226

  Stednick, John D ^a   Paschke, Mark W ^a   Sutherland, P Lorenz ^b   Walker, Russ D ^c   Bauder, Troy A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c and Mass Communication   (United States)

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