Request for Papers: Special Issue of the ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering
Topic: Environmental Aspects of Shale Gas Development
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2012
Guest Editors:
Jeanne VanBriesen, Carnegie Mellon University
Michel Boufadel, Temple University
Unconventional gas in tight shales like the Barnett, the Marcellus, and the Eagle Ford formations is changing the view of domestic natural gas supply. Directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing has opened up new resources, but also opens new debates on the impacts of extraction technologies on water and air resources. Environmental engineers are leading technology developments in green completions, as well as investigating the effects of drilling on water and air quality.
ASCE is pleased to announce a special issue of the Journal of Environmental Engineering broadly encompassing the following aspects: Water resources and allocation, migration of fluids (liquids and gases) in aquifers and waterways, produced water treatment, and air quality.
Prospective authors are requested to prepare manuscripts according to the guidelines published at Journal of Environmental Engineering. Submission of a manuscript for the special issue does not guarantee publication. Manuscripts will be subject to the same peer-review process for all manuscripts published in the Journal of Environmental Engineering. Submit articles to editorial manager.
A detailed timeline for publication of the special issue is given below:
Schedule
| Submission deadline: | September 30, 2012 |
| First round of reviews: | December 30, 2012 |
| Final decision: | February 28, 2013 |
| Accepted manuscripts due: | March 30, 2013 |
| Publication: | Late 2013/Early 2014 |
Prospective authors for the special issue should address cover letters to Special Issues Editor Dionysios (Dion) D. Dionysiou. If you have questions regarding this special issue, please contact Jeanne VanBriesen or Michel Boufadel.
