Residual CO2 imaged with X-ray micro-tomography

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Iglauer, Stefan ^a   Paluszny, Adriana ^b   Pentland, Christopher H ^b   Blunt, Martin J ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDROGEOLOGY; SANDSTONE;

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGES (CCS); CLUSTER SIZES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; SIMULATION STUDIES; STORAGE CONDITION; X-RAY MICRO TOMOGRAPHIES;

CARBON CAPTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PORE SPACE; PRESSURE EFFECT; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAPPED WAVE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 81155124346     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049680     Document Type: Article

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