Migration of gas injected into a fault in low-permeability ground

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-320

  Ciotoli, G ^a   Etiope, G ^b   Guerra, M ^c   Lombardi, S ^a   Duddridge, G A ^d   Grainger, P ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Agenzia per la Protezione dell'Ambiente e per i Servizi Tecnici   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault; Gas; Helium; Migration

Indexed keywords

GAS INJECTION; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; LOW-PERMEABILITY GROUND; MIGRATION PATTERN;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HELIUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

FAULT; FLUID INJECTION; GAS;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 23844483223     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/03-058     Document Type: Article

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