Natural analogues: A potential approach for developing reliable monitoring methods to understand subsurface CO 2 migration processes

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 411-423

  Schutze C ^a   Sauer, U ^a   Beyer, K ^a   Lamert, H ^a   Brauer K ^a   Strauch, G ^a   Flechsig, Ch ^b   Kampf H ^c   Dietrich, P ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cheb Basin; CO 2 flux; Geological carbon dioxide storage; Natural analogues; Resistivity; Soil gas concentration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; CHEB BASIN; CZECH REPUBLIC; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GAS SEEPS; GEOELECTRICAL; GEOSPHERES; HEALTH , SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROLOGICAL STRUCTURE; JOINT INTERPRETATION; MIGRATION PATH; MIGRATION PROCESS; MONITORING METHODS; MONITORING TOOLS; NATURAL ANALOGUES; NATURAL CO; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEAR-SURFACE; NEO GENES; POTENTIAL RISKS; PREFERENTIAL PATHWAYS; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SHALLOW BASINS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL CO; SOIL-GAS CONCENTRATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON CAPTURE; DEGASSING; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HEALTH RISKS; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGASSING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS SEEPAGE; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; LEAKAGE; PERMEABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

CHEB BASIN; CZECH REPUBLIC; KARLOVARSKY;

EID: 84865820169     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1701-4     Document Type: Article

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