Regional variation in water-related impacts of shale gas development and implications for emerging international plays

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8298-8306

  Mauter, Meagan S ^a   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^b   Burton, Allen ^c   Cafaro, Diego C ^d   Chen, Wei ^e   Gregory, Kelvin B ^f   Jiang, Guibin ^g   Li, Qilin ^b   Pittock, Jamie ^h   Reible, Danny ⁱ   Schnoor, Jerald L ^j  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^e NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROVEN RESERVES; SHALE; SHALE GAS;

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; FUEL INDUSTRIES; GAS DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL VARIATION; SHALE PLAYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

FOSSIL FUEL; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER; NATURAL GAS;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHINA; CULTURAL VALUE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FIELD EMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SHALE; POLITICS; UNITED STATES; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENT; MINING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; NATURAL GAS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84905666220     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405432k     Document Type: Article

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