Identifying sources, formation pathways and geological controls of methane in shallow groundwater above unconventional natural gas plays in Alberta, Canada
Bernhard Mayer1, Pauline Humez2, Michael Nightingale1, Jenifer Ing2, Andrew W Kingston2, Christopher Clarkson3, Aaron Cahill4, Beth L Parker5, John A Cherry6, Romain Millot7, Wolfram Kloppmann8, Kirk Osadetz9 and Don Lawton10, (1)University of Calgary, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (4)University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, (5)University of Guelph, School of Engineering, Guelph, ON, Canada, (6)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (7)BRGM, French Geological Survey, Orleans, France, (8)BRGM, Orleans, France, (9)Containment and Monitoring Institute, CMC Research Institutes Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada, (10)CMC Research Institutes Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada
