Follow the water: Connecting a CO2 reservoir and bleached sandstone to iron-rich concretions in the Navajo Sandstone of south-central Utah, USA

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 999-1002

  Loope, David B ^a   Kettler, Richard M ^a   Weber, Karrie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO RIVER; DATA SETS; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW PATH; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; SANDSTONE CORES; UTAH , USA; VECTOR MAGNITUDE;

AQUIFERS; BLEACHING; BUOYANCY; CARBONATES; CLEANING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRON ORES; METHANE; SANDSTONE; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

IRON OXIDES;

ANTICLINE; AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE ROCK; CONCRETION; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEMATITE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MASS TRANSPORT; OXIDATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

VACCINIUM;

EID: 78249264119     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31213.1     Document Type: Article

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