Carbon capture and storage: how green can black be?

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5948, 2009, Pages 1647-1652

  Stuart Haszeldine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIALIZATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS TRANSPORT; OIL FIELD; SALINITY;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FIELD EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 70349553629     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1172246     Document Type: Review

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