Complex fluid flow revealed by monitoring CO2 injection in a fluvial formation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lu, Jiemin ^a   Cook, Paul J ^b   Hosseini, Seyyed A ^a   Yang, Changbing ^a   Romanak, Katherine D ^a   Zhang, Tongwei ^a   Freifeld, Barry M ^b   Smyth, Rebecca C ^a   Zeng, Hongliu ^a   Hovorka, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPLEXITY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLUID FLOW; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; HETEROGENEITY; METHANE; MONITORING SYSTEM; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFUR;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863344549     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008939     Document Type: Article

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