Aspects of induced seismic activity and deep-well sequestration of carbon dioxide

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-89

  Sminchak, Joel ^a   Gupta, Neeraj ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCED SEISMICITY;

EID: 4644334621     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg100202009     Document Type: Article

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