Effective models for CO2 migration in geological systems with varying topography

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gasda, Sarah E ^a   Nilsen, Halvor M ^b   Dahle, Helge K ^c   Gray, William G ^d  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPROCK; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; DISCRETIZATIONS; EFFECTIVE EQUATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; LIDAR SCANNING; MIGRATION PATTERNS; MODEL RESOLUTION; MODELING STUDIES; PLUME MIGRATION; SEALING LAYERS; SEISMIC DETECTION LIMITS; SEISMIC SURVEYS; SPATIAL SCALE; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; UPSCALING; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

SEISMOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LIDAR; MODELING; OUTCROP; SEALING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRAPPING; UPSCALING; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

EID: 84868309684     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012264     Document Type: Article

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