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Surface Geophysical data collected along Blacktail Creek in June 2017 near Williston, North Dakota, USA

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2017-06-27
End Date
2017-06-28

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M.A. Briggs, E.A. White, N.C. Terry, and J.W. Lane, 2020, Surface Geophysical data collected along Blacktail Creek in June 2017 near Williston, North Dakota, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9N1GQID.

Summary

The extraction of unconventional oil and gas (UOG) resources often produces highly saline waste waters, which can be released to the river corridor environment during spills and pipe leakage. In North Dakota, USA more than 8,000 spills were recorded from 2008-2015, and more than half of those spills were related to pipelines. Data collected for this study were related to UOG wastewater leakage from a pipeline into a creek in the Williston Basin, North Dakota discovered on the January 6th, 2015. Although the spill was followed by extensive remediation efforts, we conducted geophysical surveys in June 2017 to assess the potential for waste water retention along the Blacktail Creek corridor as part of a larger evaluation of the post-spill [...]

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Point of Contact :
Martin A Briggs, Hydrogeophysics Branch
Originator :
Martin A Briggs, Eric A White, Neil C Terry, John W Lane
Metadata Contact :
Martin A Briggs
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
SDC Data Owner :
Earth System Processes Division

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The geophysical measurements were used to map potential subsurface flowpaths and storage zones along Blacktail Creek influenced by residual UOG spilled waste waters and guide additional direct pore water sampling.
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