Distance: A critical aspect for environmental impact assessment of hydraulic fracking

Extractive Industries and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-126

  Meng, Qingmin ^a   Ashby, Steve ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance; Environmental risks; Hydraulic fracking; Methane migration; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908495679     PISSN: 2214790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2014.07.004     Document Type: Note

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