Can the circle be squared? An enquiry into shale gas mining in South Africa's Karoo

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 539-554

  Ingle, Mark ^a   Atkinson, Doreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

environmentalism; fracking; hydraulic fracturing; Karoo; shale gas

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MINING; SHALE;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84933177622     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2015.1044076     Document Type: Article

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