Observations of the release of non-methane hydrocarbons from fractured shale

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8891-8896

  Sommariva, Roberto ^a   Blake, Robert S ^a   Cuss, Robert J ^b   Cordell, Rebecca L ^a   Harrington, Jon F ^b   White, Iain R ^a   Monks, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE;

CYCLO-ALKANES; DYNAMIC PROCESS; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CONTENT; PARTS PER BILLION; PARTS PER MILLIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REAL-TIME OBSERVATION;

SHALE;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CYCLOALKANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; NON METHANE HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NATURAL GAS;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAS; HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; ROCK; SHALE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84905648720     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502508w     Document Type: Article

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