Fluid-dynamic and geomechanical effects of CO2 sequestration below the venice lagoon

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-226

  Comerlati, Andrea ^a   Ferronato, Massimiliano ^a   Gambolati, Giuseppe ^a   Putti, Mario ^a   Teatini, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co2 sequestration; Geomechanical simulations; Ground surface uplift; Multiphase simulations; Venice lagoon

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; LAGOON; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; PORE PRESSURE; SIMULATION; SUBSIDENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 33845760453     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.12.3.211     Document Type: Article

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