Supercritical carbon dioxide and sulfur in the Madison Limestone: A natural analog in southwest Wyoming for geologic carbon-sulfur co-sequestration

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 131-140

  Kaszuba, John P ^a,b   Navarre Sitchler, Alexis ^a,c   Thyne, Geoffrey ^b   Chopping, Curtis ^a   Meuzelaar, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Geologic carbon sequestration; Multiphase fluid rock interactions; Natural analog; Supercritical carbon dioxide; Water rock interactions

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; NATURAL ANALOG; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS;

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPLEXATION; CORE DRILLING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ORGANIC ACIDS; QUARTZ; REDOX REACTIONS; ROCK PRODUCTS; SULFUR; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DAWSONITE; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SULFUR; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 79961129692     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.033     Document Type: Article

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