Chemical and bioanalytical assessment of coal seam gas associated water

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 267-285

  Tang, Janet Y M ^a   Taulis, Mauricio ^b   Edebeli, Jacinta ^a   Leusch, Frederic D L ^c   Jagals, Paul ^a   Jackson, Gregory P ^d   Escher, Beate I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department of Health Health Protection Unit   (Australia)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL SEAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURAL GAS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; SURAT BASIN;

EID: 84929615876     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN14054     Document Type: Article

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