Review: The potential impact of underground geological storage of carbon dioxide in deep saline aquifers on shallow groundwater resources

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 757-778

  Lemieux, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Contamination; Groundwater protection; Review; Saline aquifers

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRINKING WATER; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 79958184438     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0715-4     Document Type: Article

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