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Reply to Davies: Hydraulic fracturing remains a possible mechanism for observed methane contamination of drinking water

Robert B. Jackson, Stephen G. Osborn, Avner Vengosh, and Nathaniel R. Warner
  1. aCenter on Global Change, Nicholas School of the Environment and Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708; and
  2. bDivision of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

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PNAS October 25, 2011 108 (43) E872; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1113768108
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vol. 108 no. 43 E872
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1113768108

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National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
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1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue October 25, 2011.
  • Published first October 14, 2011.

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  1. Robert B. Jacksona,1,
  2. Stephen G. Osborna,
  3. Avner Vengoshb, and
  4. Nathaniel R. Warnerb
  1. aCenter on Global Change, Nicholas School of the Environment and Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708; and
  2. bDivision of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jackson{at}duke.edu.
  • Author contributions: R.B.J., S.G.O., A.V., and N.R.W. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Robert B. Jackson, Stephen G. Osborn, Avner Vengosh, Nathaniel R. Warner
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