Iodine as a sensitive tracer for detecting influence of organic-rich shale in shallow groundwater

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-36

  Lu, Zunli ^a   Hummel, Sunshyne T ^a   Lautz, Laura K ^a   Hoke, Gregory D ^a   Zhou, Xiaoli ^a   Leone, James ^b   Siegel, Donald I ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; IODINE; SHALE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER WELLS;

DRINKING WATER SOURCES; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; PRISTINE SURFACES; REGULATORY AGENCIES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

POTABLE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FORMATION WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; IODINE; SHALE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939417498     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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