The Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale (PRI Special Publication no. 43) - Softcover

Don Duggan-Haas; Robert M. Ross; Warren D. Allmon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877105022 ISBN 13: 9780877105022

Publisher: Paleontological Research Institution, 2013

Synopsis

The Marcellus Shale — a vast rock formation that holds a huge reservoir of natural gas — is at the center of one of the most controversial natural resources issues of our time. This is primarily because of the unconventional method used to extract gas from the shale — slickwater horizontal high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking. Concerns about how widespread use of the practice will affect the natural environment — most especially freshwaters at the local level and climate at the global level — have thrust geology into the public view in a way seldom otherwise experienced. This book reviews the major science and technology issues around this complex topic, offering impartial, evidence-based, thought-provoking information to help citizens decide what to do. This book is part of the Very Short Guide Series from PRI Publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Paleontological Research Institution
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877105022
• ISBN 13: 9780877105022
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252