Landscape Disturbance from Unconventional and Conventional Oil and Gas Development in the Marcellus Shale Region of Pennsylvania, USA

Landscape Disturbance from Unconventional and Conventional Oil and Gas Development in the Marcellus Shale Region of Pennsylvania, USA

The spatial footprint of unconventional (hydraulic fracturing) and conventional oil and gas development in the Marcellus Shale region of the State of Pennsylvania was digitized from high-resolution, ortho-rectified, digital aerial photography, from 2004 to 2010. We used these data to measure the spa...

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Main Authors: E. Terrence Slonecker, Lesley E. Milheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Environments
Subjects:
hydraulic fracturing (fracking)
natural gas
coal-bed methane
combined impacts
environmental justice
forest fragmentation
landscape disturbance
water quality
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/2/2/200

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