Monitoring subsurface CO2 emplacement and security of storage using muon tomography

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-24

  Kudryavtsev, Vitaly A ^a   Spooner, Neil J C ^a   Gluyas, Jon ^b   Fung, Cora ^a   Coleman, Max ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon capture; Carbon storage monitoring; Cosmic ray muons; Muon tomography

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON STORAGE; CO2 STORAGE; COSMIC-RAY MUONS; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; MUON DETECTION; PORE VOLUME; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COSMIC RAY; LEAKAGE; MONITORING; TOMOGRAPHY; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

EID: 84864920162     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.07.023     Document Type: Article

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