Reservoir uncertainty, Precambrian topography, and carbon sequestration in the Mt. Simon Sandstone, Illinois Basin

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-243

  Leetaru, Hannes E ^a   McBride, John H ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; ILLINOIS; LARGE PARTS; LOW AREA; MISSOURIS; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL SITES; PRECAMBRIAN; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; RESERVOIR UNCERTAINTY; RHYOLITIC; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; WISCONSIN;

FORESTRY; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

BUILDINGS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FAULTING; GRANITE; OUTCROP; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; RESERVOIR ROCK; RHYOLITE; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ILLINOIS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75949119231     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.04210909006     Document Type: Article

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