Can We Treat Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback with a Conventional Biological Process? The Case of Guar Gum

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-136

  Lester, Yaal ^a   Yacob, Tesfayohanes ^a   Morrissey, Ian ^a   Linden, Karl G ^a  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

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EID: 84969216929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez4000115     Document Type: Article

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