Environmental contamination due to shale gas development

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 550, Issue , 2016, Pages 431-438

  Annevelink, M P J A ^a   Meesters, J A J ^a   Hendriks, A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicology; Chemical concentrations; Chemical emission; Ecotox TRV; Environmental contamination; Environmental risks; Shale gas development; Toxicology; TWA TLV

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; GAS EMISSIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALE GAS; STANDARDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL EMISSIONS; ECOTOX TRV; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GAS DEVELOPMENT; TOXICOLOGY; TWA-TLV;

SHALE;

1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BARIUM; BENZENE; BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; FOSSIL FUEL; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; METHANE; OZONE; PHENOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; TOLUENE; TRIHALOMETHANE; XYLENE; AIR POLLUTANT; NATURAL GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALE GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; FRACKING; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALINITY; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER STANDARD; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84956639869     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.131     Document Type: Review

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