IMPACTS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN CALIFORNIA – AN OVERVIEW OF A COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE ASSESSMENT

Jens T Birkholzer1, Jane C S Long2, Laura Feinstein3, William T Stringfellow1, Preston D. Jordan4, Charuleka Varadharajan5, William Foxall6, Patrick F Dobson1 and James E. Houseworth7, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Retired, Washington, DC, United States, (3)California Council on Science and Technology, Sacramento, CA, United States, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, United States, (5)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States, (6)Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, San Rafael, CA, United States, (7)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences, Berkeley, CA, United States