A framework for identifying organic compounds of concern in hydraulic fracturing fluids based on their mobility and persistence in groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 158-164

  Rogers, Jessica D ^a   Burke, Troy L ^a   Osborn, Stephen G ^b   Ryan, Joseph N ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NAPHTHALENE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER WELLS;

EXPOSURE POTENTIAL; GROUNDWATER TRANSPORT; HEALTH BASED STANDARDS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; SETBACK DISTANCES; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 84969287126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00090     Document Type: Article

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