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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2759-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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12 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 12 Jul 2016
Redox controls on methane formation, migration and fate in shallow aquifers
Pauline Humez
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Applied Geochemistry Group, Department of Geoscience, University of
Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
Bernhard Mayer
Applied Geochemistry Group, Department of Geoscience, University of
Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
Michael Nightingale
Applied Geochemistry Group, Department of Geoscience, University of
Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
Veith Becker
Applied Geochemistry Group, Department of Geoscience, University of
Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
Andrew Kingston
Applied Geochemistry Group, Department of Geoscience, University of
Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
Stephen Taylor
Applied Geochemistry Group, Department of Geoscience, University of
Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
Guy Bayegnak
Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA), 9th Floor 9888 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 5C6, Canada
Romain Millot
BRGM, French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, BP 6009, 45060 Orléans CEDEX 2, France
Wolfram Kloppmann
BRGM, French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, BP 6009, 45060 Orléans CEDEX 2, France
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Short summary
Development of unconventional energy resources if often associated with public concerns regarding potential contamination of shallow groundwater due to methane leakage. We combined chemical and isotopic analyses of gas and water samples obtained from shallow aquifers in Alberta (Canada) to assess baseline methane sources and found that > 67 % of the samples contained biogenic methane formed in situ in the aquifers. There was no evidence of deep thermogenic methane migration into shallow aquifers.
Development of unconventional energy resources if often associated with public concerns...
