Dedolomitization as an analogue process for assessing the long-term behaviour of a CO 2 deep geological storage: The Alicún de las Torres thermal system (Betic Cordillera, Spain)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 98-113

  Prado Pérez, Antonio J ^a,b   Pérez del Villar, Luís ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera Intramontane Tertiary Basin; CO 2 deep geological storage (DGS); Dedolomitization; Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC); Natural analogues

Indexed keywords

BETIC CORDILLERA; CARBONATE AQUIFER; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DEDOLOMITIZATION; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS; GYPSUM DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; INTERACTION PROCESS; NATURAL ANALOGUES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMAL SYSTEMS; THERMAL WATERS;

AQUIFERS; DIRECT INJECTION; DISSOLUTION; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GYPSUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DOLOMITIZATION; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NATURAL ANALOG;

BETIC CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

EID: 84860392707     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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