Carbonate cements in Miller field of the UK North Sea: A natural analog for mineral trapping in CO2 geological storage

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 507-517

  Lu, Jiemin ^a,c   Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Haszeldine, R Stuart ^a   Boyce, Adrian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide capture and storage; Carbonate cements; Miller field; Mineral dissolution; Mineral sequestration; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBONATE CEMENTS; MILLER FIELD; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; MINERAL SEQUESTRATION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERALS;

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE; CEMENT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; OIL FIELD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PH; SANDSTONE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78651511551     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0543-1     Document Type: Article

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