To frack or not to frack: Perceptions of the risks and opportunities of high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the United States

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-54

  Kreuze, Amanda ^a   Schelly, Chelsea ^a   Norman, Emma ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwest Indian College   (United States)

Author keywords

Community perceptions; Decision making; Horizontal high volume hydraulic fracturing; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970024547     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2016.05.010     Document Type: Article

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