Effects of permeability on CO2 trapping mechanisms and buoyancy-driven CO2 migration in saline formations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Han, Weon Shik ^a,b   Lee, Si Yong ^a,b   Lu, Chuan ^a,b   McPherson, Brian J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; NUMERICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN; CORRELATION LENGTHS; HETEROGENEITY EFFECTS; LOW PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SALINE FORMATION; SEQUENTIAL GAUSSIAN SIMULATION; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; TRAPPING MECHANISMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 77955863681     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007850     Document Type: Article

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