Isotope Approach to Assess Hydrologic Connections During Marcellus Shale Drilling

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作者
Sharma, Shikha [1 ,2 ]
Mulder, Michon L. [1 ]
Sack, Andrea [1 ,2 ]
Schroeder, Karl [3 ]
Hammack, Richard [3 ]
机构
[1] W Virginia Univ, Dept Geol & Geog, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
[2] Natl Technol Lab Reg Univ Alliance, Berkeley, CA USA
[3] US DOE, Natl Energy Technol Lab, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 USA
关键词
DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; NATURAL-GAS; FORMATION-WATERS; STABLE-ISOTOPES; BIOGENIC METHANE; MICHIGAN BASIN; MINE DRAINAGE; ORIGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION;
D O I
10.1111/gwat.12083
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Water and gas samples were collected from (1) nine shallow groundwater aquifers overlying Marcellus Shale in north-central West Virginia before active shale gas drilling, (2) wells producing gas from Upper Devonian sands and Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale in southwestern Pennsylvania, (3) coal-mine water discharges in southwestern Pennsylvania, and (4) streams in southwestern Pennsylvania and north-central West Virginia. Our preliminary results demonstrate that the oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition of water, carbon isotope composition of dissolved inorganic carbon, and carbon and hydrogen isotope compositions of methane in Upper Devonian sands and Marcellus Shale are very different compared with shallow groundwater aquifers, coal-mine waters, and stream waters of the region. Therefore, spatiotemporal stable isotope monitoring of the different sources of water before, during, and after hydraulic fracturing can be used to identify migrations of fluids and gas from deep formations that are coincident with shale gas drilling.
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页码:424 / 433
页数:10
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