Modeling and analysis: Deterioration of a fractured carbonate caprock exposed to CO 2-acidified brine flow

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-260

  Ellis, Brian ^a   Peters, Catherine A ^a   Fitts, Jeffrey ^b   Bromhal, Grant ^c   McIntyre, Dustin ^c   Warzinski, Robert ^c   Rosenbaum, Eilis ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caprock fracture; Carbonate dissolution; CO 2sequestration; Fracture flow; Leakage; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856819256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21523878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ghg     Document Type: Article

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