FAQs - Earthquakes Induced by Fluid Injection - USGS (January 2012)

"Unconventional Natural Gas Development from Shale Formations" - A study of the technical challenges, environmental risks, and social and economic impacts and opportunities.  (Cornell Class lectures, Spring, 2011)

• Class Syllabus
• Unconventional Natural Gas Development from Shale Formations
• Earth Energy IGERT curriculum overview, 2011-2012
• Geology and Geochemistry of Black Shale
• Estimating the Magnitude of the Gas Resource Base and Reserves within a Black Shale Play
• Hydrocarbon Generation, Migration and Venting in a Portion of the Offshore Louisiana Gulf of Mexico Basin
• Final Report: Geologic, Geochemical and Geographic Controls on NORM in Produced Water from Texas Oil, Gas and Geothermal Reservoirs
• The Marcellus Shale - An Old "New" Gas Reservoir in Pennsylvania
• From Oil-Prone Source Rock to Gas-Producing Shale Reservoir: Geologic and Petrophysical Characterization of Unconventional Shale Gas Reservoirs
• Environmental Levels of Radium in Water of Central New York
• Natural Gas at the Sharp End
• Induced Seismicity

Geology of the Marcellus Shale: A Paleontological Perspective on a Modern Resource - a series of papers by the Paleontological Research Institution, Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY.

• Introduction to the Marcellus Shale (May 2011)
• Why the Geology Matters (May 2011)
• Making the Earth Shake: Understanding Induced Seismicity (May 2011)
• Understanding Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material in the Marcellus Shale (August 2011)
• Jointing and Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale (August 2011)
• Water: Into the Wells (November 2011)
• Water: Out of the Wells (November 2011)
• Sources and Uses of Energy (November 2011)
  

Gases in the Subsurface and the Marcellus (pdf) - presentation for the Seminar Series: Issues Confronting Unconventional Shale Gas Development, (3/8/11) Presenter: L.M. Cathles, Professor, Dept. of Earth & Atmospherice Sciences, Cornell University.

Marcellus Shale: Why the Geology Matters - a webinar presented by Robert Ross and Trisha Smrecak of the Paleontological Research Institute (July 21, 2010).  The slides are also available to be viewed as a pdf.  

Geology of the Marcellus Shale: A Paleontological Perspective on a Modern Resource - Museum of the Earth, Paleontological Research Institution

Dallas-Fort Worth earthquakes coincident with activity associated with natural gas production. Authors: Cliff Frohlich & Eric Potter, University of Texas, Austin and Chris Hayward & Brian Stump, Southern Methodist University.  Society of Exploration Geophysicists journal (March 10, 2010).

Marcellus Shale - Appalachian Basin Natural Gas Play - Geology.com

Utica and Marcellus Shale Potential in New York State (pdf) - Presentation by: Taury Smith and Jim Leone. New York State Museum.