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MeSH Heading: Hydraulic Fracking
Tree Number(s): J01.576.655.875.750.500
Unique ID: D000067071
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000067071
Scope Note: A drilling technology in which NATURAL GAS is extracted from large deposits of impermeable rock formations known as shale, deep within the earth’s crust. This drilling technique involves injecting large volumes of high-pressure fracturing fluid (a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals) several thousand feet underground, thereby creating cracks or fissures in the shale formation, and releasing trapped gas.
Entry Term(s): Fraccing; Fracking; Hydraulic Fracturing; Hydrofracking; Hydrofracturing
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/01
Revision Date: 2014/10/15

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Concept UI: M000597774
Scope Note: A drilling technology in which NATURAL GAS is extracted from large deposits of impermeable rock formations known as shale, deep within the earth’s crust. This drilling technique involves injecting large volumes of high-pressure fracturing fluid (a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals) several thousand feet underground, thereby creating cracks or fissures in the shale formation, and releasing trapped gas.
Terms: Hydraulic Fracking Preferred Term
Term UI T000866225
Date09/08/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Hydraulic Fracturing
Term UI T000866229
Date09/08/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Fraccing
Term UI T000866228
Date09/08/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Hydrofracturing
Term UI T000868627
Date10/14/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Hydrofracking
Term UI T000867023
Date09/22/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Fracking
Term UI T000866224
Date09/08/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016)

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