Shale Gas and Fracking: The Science Behind the Controversy explains the relevant geological principles before examining the peer-reviewed evidence and presenting it through a simple and compelling illustrated narrative. Each chapter focuses on a particular controversy, such contamination of well water with gas from fracking, and follows a similar format: starting with the principles; then detailing peer-reviewed case studies for earthquakes, radioactivity, and climate change; and concluding with a judgment of the general risks involved.
Shale Gas and Fracking: The Science Behind the Controversy provides readers with the unbiased information they need to make informed decisions on the controversial issue of fracking.
- ISBN10 1322884056
- ISBN13 9781322884059
- Publish Date 1 January 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Elsevier Science
- Format eBook
- Pages 167
- Language English