Mapping methane and carbon dioxide concentrations and δ13c values in the atmosphere of two Australian coal seam gas fields

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Maher, Damien T ^a   Santos, Isaac R ^a   Tait, Douglas R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Cavity ring down spectroscopy; Coal seam gas; Fugitive emissions; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL BED METHANE; COAL DEPOSITS; DECISION MAKING; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PLANTS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SHALE; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TIGHT GAS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CAVITY RING DOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS;

NATURAL GAS FIELDS;

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COAL SEAM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS FIELD; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAPPING; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; AUSTRALIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS FIELD; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84919797609     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2216-2     Document Type: Article

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