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Shale Gas in Alberta
November 12, 2012 | Alberta Geological Survey

The Alberta Geological Survey has published: What is Shale Gas? An Introduction to Shale-Gas Geology in Alberta. This is a stratigraphic and geographic summary with lots of references.


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