Assessing potential shale gas impacts on groundwater resources: recommendations for groundwater monitoring and definition of baseline conditions

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• baseline conditions 73%
• groundwater resource 56%
• shale gas 56%
• recommendation 40%
• hydraulic fracturing 29%
• monitoring 28%
• baseline monitoring 25%
• project 12%
• public 10%
• well 10%
• induced seismicity 10%
• dissolved gas 9%
• site characterization 9%
• environmental risk 7%
• gas production 7%
• electrical conductivity 7%
• stable isotope 6%
• atmospheric pollution 6%
• environmental impact 5%
• drinking water 5%
• aquifer 5%
• parameter 5%
• contamination 5%
• methodology 4%
• sampling 4%
• laboratory 4%
• chemical 3%
• sediment 3%
• temperature 2%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Groundwater resources 100%
• Shale gas 69%
• Groundwater 63%
• Monitoring 30%
• Hydraulic fracturing 28%
• Induced Seismicity 10%
• Aquifers 7%
• Potable water 7%
• Sediments 7%
• Isotopes 7%
• Air pollution 6%
• Horizontal wells 6%
• Electric Conductivity 6%
• Contamination 5%
• Environmental impact 5%
• Sampling 4%
• Temperature 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Groundwater 58%
• Gas 28%
• Air Pollution 10%
• Stable Isotope 8%
• Drinking Water 7%
• Sampling 6%
• Electrical Conductivity 5%