On the role of caprock and fracture zones in dispersing gas plumes in the subsurface

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Woods, Andrew W ^a   Norris, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPROCK; FRACTURE ZONE; GAS PLUMES; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; INITIAL STAGES; LOW PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL MODEL; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SOURCE GAS;

FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GASES;

FRACTURE ZONE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; RESIDUAL FLOW; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 77955799420     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007568     Document Type: Article

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