Searching for anomalous methane in shallow groundwater near shale gas wells

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• 作者：Zhenhui Li^a ; ^{jessieli@ist.psu.edu} ; Cheng You^b ; Matthew Gonzales^c ; Anna K. Wendt^c ; Fei Wu^a ; Susan L. Brantley^c ; ^sxb7@psu.edu
• 关键词：Hydraulic fracturing ; Methane ; Groundwater ; Data mining
• 刊名：Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：195
• 期：Complete
• 页码：23-30
• 全文大小：1837 K
• 卷排序：195

文摘

In some gas play subregions, groundwater CH4 concentrations slightly increase near gas wells. CH4 concentrations also slightly increase in groundwater near some large faults. Data mining locates where CH4 may be leaking out of shale gas wells intersecting faults.