Top-down and bottom-up estimates of CO2 storage capacity in the United Kingdom sector of the southern North Sea basin

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-84

  Holloway, Sam ^a   Vincent, Ceri J ^a   Bentham, Michelle S ^a   Kirk, Karen L ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SETTLING TANKS; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

BUNTER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745456517     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.11080505015     Document Type: Article

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