Noble gas and carbon isotopic evidence for CO 2-driven silicate dissolution in a recent natural CO 2 field

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 341-344, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-19

  Dubacq, Benoît ^a   Bickle, Mike J ^a   Wigley, Max ^a   Kampman, Niko ^a   Ballentine, Chris J ^b   Sherwood Lollar, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bravo Dome; CO 2 sequestration; Dissolution; Noble gas isotopes; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DISSOLUTION-PRECIPITATION PROCESS; FAST DISSOLUTIONS; GASPHASE; GEOLOGICAL RESERVOIRS; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; NATURAL CO; NEW MEXICO; NOBLE GAS; NOBLE GAS ISOTOPES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SECURE STORAGE; SILICATE DISSOLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIME-SCALES; UNIQUE FEATURES; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

CARBON; DEGASSING; DISSOLUTION; DOMES; GROUNDWATER; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEGASSING; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; NOBLE GAS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICATE MELT; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863479471     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.05.040     Document Type: Article

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