Preliminary modeling of the long-term fate of CO2 following injection into deep geological formations

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Strazisar, Brian R ^a   Zhu, Chen ^b   Hedges, Sheila W ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BRINES; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33644761968     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.09280404023     Document Type: Article

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