Monitoring experience associated with nuclear waste disposal and its application to CO 2 sequestration projects

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 233, Issue , 2004, Pages 235-247

  Stenhouse, Michael J ^a   Savage, David ^b  

^a Monitor Scientific LLC   (United States)

^b QUINTESSA LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 11144348769     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.233.01.16     Document Type: Article

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