Oxygen isotope exchange between H2O and CO2 at elevated CO2 pressures: Implications for monitoring of geological CO2 storage

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1184-1191

  Johnson, G ^a   Mayer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; ELEVATED CO; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IN-SITU; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE ENRICHMENTS; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; LABORATORY STUDIES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR FLUID; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; STABLE ISOTOPES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

EXPERIMENTS; ISOTOPES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OIL FIELD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CARDIUM;

EID: 79956264272     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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