CO2-depleted warm air venting from chrysotile milling waste (Thetford Mines, Canada): Evidence for in-situ carbon capture from the atmosphere

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-278

  Pronost, Julie ^a   Beaudoin, Georges ^a   Lemieux, Jean Michel ^a   Hébert, Réjean ^a   Constantin, Marc ^a   Marcouiller, Simon ^b   Klein, Matthieu ^a   Duchesne, Josée ^a   Molson, John W ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a   Maldague, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; FROZEN GROUND; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GROUND SURFACES; IN-SITU; MILLING WASTES; MINERAL CARBONATION; SURFACE AREA; VOLUMETRIC FLOW; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE; WARM AIR;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; FLOW RATE; LAKES; MILLING (MACHINING); SERPENTINE; SOILS; VENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE; VENTING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; THETFORD MINES;

EID: 84858124811     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32583.1     Document Type: Article

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