Carbon dioxide sequestration in deep-sea basalt

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 9920-9925

  Goldberg, David S ^a   Takahashi, Taro ^a   Slagle, Angela L ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate mitigation; Energy; Fossil fuel emissions; Ocean crust

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; IRON; MAGNESIUM;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BASALT; DEEP SEA; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

EID: 48249097853     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804397105     Document Type: Article

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