James Thomas , Greg Pohll , Jenny Chapman , Karl Pohlmann , Rishi Parashar , Susan Rybarski , Ronald Hershey , Wyatt Fereday
{"title":"Hydraulic Fracturing in the Upper Humboldt River Basin, Nevada, USA","authors":"James Thomas , Greg Pohll , Jenny Chapman , Karl Pohlmann , Rishi Parashar , Susan Rybarski , Ronald Hershey , Wyatt Fereday","doi":"10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.065","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.065","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Water-quality and isotopic data were collected in central Nevada, USA in an exploration hydraulic fracturing area with no previous oil or gas production. The target shales of the Elko Formation are unique fresh-water hydrocarbon reservoirs with relatively dilute source water (8.5 g/L total dissolved solids [TDS]). Additionally, the Elko Formation is underlain by a fresh-water carbonate aquifer (0.2-0.3 g/L TDS) that outcrops downgradient of the exploration area. The water quality and isotopic data were used to evaluate pre-hydraulic fracturing conditions in this undeveloped area. The same data were also collected for groundwater and surface-water sites about two months and one year after exploration hydraulic fracturing. No systematic differences in water chemistry were observed between pre- and post-hydraulic fracturing samples. Based on water chemistry of shallow groundwater, surface water, and from the production zone, the most useful constituents identified for monitoring for potential future incursion of reservoir-associated fluids into the near-surface environment are TDS (or electrical conductivity), chloride, propane, methanol, ethanol, and 2-butoxyethanol. Groundwater flow and transport models were developed to evaluate the potential movement of hydrocarbons and hydraulic fracturing fluids from the targeted zones, which are about 1800 to 3600 m beneath the land surface, to shallow groundwater (<300 m below land surface). Model simulations indicate that hydraulic fracturing fluid remains contained within the target shales for at least 1,000 years for most development scenarios.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"17 ","pages":"Pages 189-192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.065","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83695870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CO2 Trapping State in Saline Aquifers and its Implications for Site-scale Storage Capacity Assessment ☆","authors":"Yiman Li, Z. Pang","doi":"10.1016/J.PROEPS.2016.12.123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PROEPS.2016.12.123","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"84 1","pages":"488-491"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86249745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Baum, D. Rébiscoul, S. Tardif, N. Tas, L. Mercury, F. Rieutord
{"title":"X-Ray Reflectivity Analysis of SiO2 Nanochannels Filled with Water and Ions: A New Method for the Determination of the Spatial Distribution of Ions Inside Confined Media","authors":"M. Baum, D. Rébiscoul, S. Tardif, N. Tas, L. Mercury, F. Rieutord","doi":"10.1016/J.PROEPS.2016.12.146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PROEPS.2016.12.146","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"48 1","pages":"682-685"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79362722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of Different Geothermometrical Techniques to a Low Enthalpy Thermal System","authors":"Mónica Blasco, Luis F. Auqué, María J. Gimeno","doi":"10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The reservoir temperature of the waters in the low temperature carbonate-evaporitic geothermal system of Arnedillo has been estimated by using two different techniques: 1) chemical geothermometers and 2) geothermometrical modelling. By combining the results of both techniques a reliable range of temperature of 90 ± 20°C has been proposed for the waters in the reservoir. Despite being a carbonate-evaporitic system, the cationic geothermometers have provided good results, which, together with the geothermometrical modelling, indicate that the waters have reached equilibrium with anhydrite, quartz, calcite, dolomite, albite and K-feldspar in the reservoir.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"17 ","pages":"Pages 65-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78314360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"U redistribution in the Vendian Siltstones of the Paleo Valley (NW Russia)","authors":"A. Malov","doi":"10.1016/J.PROEPS.2016.12.176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PROEPS.2016.12.176","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"54 1","pages":"658-661"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78616169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Organic and Inorganic Colloids on Iodine Mobilization in Groundwater of the Datong Basin, Northern China","authors":"Kun Qian, Junxia Li, Xianjun Xie, Yijun Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In order to identify the effects of groundwater colloids on iodine mobilization in aquifer system, nine groundwater samples were in-situ filtered through successive pore-sized membranes (0.45 μm, 30 kDa and 5 kDa) using filtration technique under N<sub>2</sub> atmosphere. Obvious decrease in groundwater iodine, Fe, Al and DOC was observed in the larger pore-sized fractions, indicating that groundwater iodine is closely associated with larger Fe-Al colloids. The analysis result of sample DT15-27 suggests that the extremely reducing condition could promote iodine dissolved in the truly dissolved phase. For low iodine groundwater, no good correlation between iodine and Fe, Al, DOC was observed for all sequential filtration steps, suggesting that groundwater iodine is trapped in the truly dissolved phase because of competitive adsorption of iron/aluminum.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"17 ","pages":"Pages 153-156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84739177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chlorine Stable Isotope and Helium Isotope Studies Contributing to the Understanding of the Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Old Groundwater","authors":"T. Szőcs, S. Frape, Rhys Gwynne, L. Palcsu","doi":"10.1016/J.PROEPS.2017.01.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PROEPS.2017.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"16 30","pages":"877-880"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91506075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lukas Aschwanden, L. Diamond, A. Adams, M. Mazurek
{"title":"Anhydrite-dissolution Porosity in the Upper Muschelkalk Carbonate Aquifer, NE-Switzerland: Implications for Geothermal Energy and Geological Storage of Gas","authors":"Lukas Aschwanden, L. Diamond, A. Adams, M. Mazurek","doi":"10.1016/J.PROEPS.2017.01.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PROEPS.2017.01.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"195 1","pages":"897-900"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79851733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Shand, S. Grocke, N. Creeper, A. Baker, R. Fitzpatrick, A. Love
{"title":"Impacts of Climate Change, Climate Variability and Management on Soil and Water Quality in Wetlands of South Australia☆","authors":"P. Shand, S. Grocke, N. Creeper, A. Baker, R. Fitzpatrick, A. Love","doi":"10.1016/J.PROEPS.2016.12.115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PROEPS.2016.12.115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"14 1","pages":"456-459"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84892303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Franco Frau, Stefania Da Pelo, Roberta Atzori, Rosa Cidu
{"title":"Impact on Streams and Sea Water of a Near-neutral Drainage from a Flooded Mine in Sardinia, Italy","authors":"Franco Frau, Stefania Da Pelo, Roberta Atzori, Rosa Cidu","doi":"10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.074","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.074","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>After mine closure and subsequent shutdown of the dewatering system, groundwater rebound led to drainage outflow from the Casargiu gallery (Montevecchio mine, SW Sardinia, Italy) since 1997. As compared with the first discharge, a very high contamination level still persists after almost 20 years of flushing. Mine drainage (20-70 L s<sup>-1</sup>; pH 6.0±0.2; Zn-Mg-Ca-SO<sub>4</sub> composition) flows into the Rio Irvi. Abundant precipitation of amorphous Fe(III)-(oxy)hydroxides occurs. Moreover, sulfate-bearing green rust is observed to flocculate in the reach of the Rio Irvi where pH is still circumneutral. Water sampling along this stream shows a pH decrease from 6.0 to 4.0 and a significant removal of Fe (46%) and As (96%), while sulfate, Zn, Mn, Co, Ni and Cd show small variations downstream. Lead is initially adsorbed onto Fe(III)-(oxy)hydroxides, then desorbed as pH drops below 5.4. A conservative estimation of dissolved metals discharged into the Mediterranean Sea is significant (e.g. 900 kg day<sup>-1</sup> Zn, 1.4 kg day<sup>-1</sup> Cd, 5 kg day<sup>-1</sup> Ni).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101039,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Earth and Planetary Science","volume":"17 ","pages":"Pages 213-216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87886334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}