Ground gas monitoring: Implications for hydraulic fracturing and CO2 storage

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13610-13616

  Teasdale, Christopher J ^a   Hall, Jean A ^a   Martin, John P ^b   Manning, David A C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TerraConsult Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH RISKS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LAND FILL; METHANE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES; HIGH-FREQUENCY MONITORING; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MONITORING PERIODS; MONITORING STRATEGY; SANITARY LANDFILL SITES;

MONITORING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; METHANE; GAS;

BOREHOLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; METHANE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GAS; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MONITORING; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; STORAGE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METHANE; MINING; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84918575312     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502528c     Document Type: Article

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