Noble gases identify the mechanisms of fugitive gas contamination in drinking-water wells overlying the Marcellus and Barnett Shales

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 14076-14081

  Darrah, Thomas H ^a,b   Vengosh, Avner ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^a,c   Warner, Nathaniel R ^a,d   Poreda, Robert J ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Isotopic tracers; Methane; Noble gas geochemistry; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; INERT GAS; WATER POLLUTANT; WELL WATER;

ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; OIL AND GAS FIELD; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOBLE GASES; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PENNSYLVANIA; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84907437833     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322107111     Document Type: Article

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