Hydrogeological and Geomechanical Aspects of Underground Coal Gasification and its Direct Coupling to Carbon Capture and Storage

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-140

  Younger, Paul L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO2; Coal; Gasification; Groundwater; Storage; Underground

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957553360     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-011-0145-5     Document Type: Article

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