Evaporite caprock integrity: An experimental study of reactive mineralogy and pore-scale heterogeneity during brine-CO2 exposure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 262-268

  Smith, Megan M ^a   Sholokhova, Yelena ^a   Hao, Yue ^a   Carroll, Susan A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPROCK; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE CONTENT; DOLOMITE DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EVAPORITES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HIGH PERMEABILITY; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LOW PERMEABILITY; MICROFRACTURES; MINERAL PHASE; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL TRANSPORT; PORE-SCALE HETEROGENEITIES; ROCK MATRIX; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; THREE DIMENSIONS; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; DOLOMITE; MINERAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRINE; CAP ROCK; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DOLOMITE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EVAPORITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR FLOODING; TOMOGRAPHY; VOID; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; PERMEABILITY; PORE SCALE HETEROGENEITY; POROSITY; REACTIVE MINERALOGY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MAGNESIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SALTS; SOLUBILITY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

CANADA;

EID: 84871729188     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3012723     Document Type: Article

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