Spatial and temporal evolution of injected CO2 at the Sleipner Field, North Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Boait, F C ^a   White, N J ^a   Bickle, M J ^a   Chadwick, R A ^b   Neufeld, J A ^a,c   Huppert, H E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MUDSTONE; REFLECTIVITY; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SLEIPNER FIELD;

EID: 84858320505     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008603     Document Type: Article

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