USGS Hydraulic Fracturing Sand

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USGS Hydraulic Fracturing Sand

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"Fine-grained silica sand is mixed with chemicals and water before being pumped into rock formations to prevent the newly created artificial fractures from closing after hydraulic fracturing is completed. Location: AR, USA; Date Taken: 2012; Photographer: Bill Cunningham, USGS". See Hydraulic fracturing

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2012
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U.S. Geological Survey
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