Hydraulic fracturing: A critical physical geography review

Geography Compass

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 739-754

  Lave, Rebecca ^a   Lutz, Brian ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84908231941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12162     Document Type: Article

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