2025
Assessment of groundwater contamination risks from shale gas development in the Northern Appalachian Basin, USA
Soriano M, Wang C, Van Velden D, Lin S, Baker K, Warren J, Saiers J, Maxwell R. Assessment of groundwater contamination risks from shale gas development in the Northern Appalachian Basin, USA. 2025 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-13979.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNorthern Appalachian BasinGroundwater contamination riskAppalachian BasinGas developmentSolute transport modelEnsemble simulation resultsExpansion of unconventional oilShale gas developmentContamination riskHydrological observationsGroundwater flowGroundwater wellsKm regionShale formationsParticle tracking simulationsWell locationsHydraulic fracturingHorizontal drillingTransport modelUnconventional oilUnconventional wellsGeospatial dataMultiple realizationsMultiple contaminant sourcesContamination sources
2023
Social Vulnerability and Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination From Unconventional Hydrocarbon Extraction in the Appalachian Basin
Soriano M, Warren J, Clark C, Johnson N, Siegel H, Deziel N, Saiers J. Social Vulnerability and Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination From Unconventional Hydrocarbon Extraction in the Appalachian Basin. GeoHealth 2023, 7: e2022gh000758. PMID: 37064218, PMCID: PMC10100439, DOI: 10.1029/2022gh000758.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGroundwater vulnerabilityLow population densityUOG developmentRapid expansionHigh-volume hydraulic fracturingEnvironmental contaminationStudy regionUnconventional hydrocarbon extractionGroundwater resourcesPopulation densitySocial vulnerabilityGas developmentHigher proportionEnvironmental injusticeContaminationChemical exposureAppalachian BasinHydrocarbon extractionPopulated rural areasBasinVulnerability
2022
Assessing unconventional oil and gas exposure in the Appalachian Basin: Comparison of exposure surrogates and drinking water measurements in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Clark C, Xiong B, Soriano M, Gutchess K, Siegel H, Ryan E, Johnson N, Cassell K, Elliott E, Li Y, Cox A, Bugher N, Glist L, Brenneis R, Sorrentino K, Plano J, Ma X, Warren J, Plata D, Saiers J, Deziel N. Assessing unconventional oil and gas exposure in the Appalachian Basin: Comparison of exposure surrogates and drinking water measurements in Ohio and Pennsylvania. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2022, 2022 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2022.p-0833.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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