Carbonation of borehole seals: Comparing evidence from short-term laboratory experiments and long-term natural analogues

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-177

  Rochelle, Christopher A ^a   Milodowski, Antoni E ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION REACTIONS; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SILICATE HYDRATES; STORAGE FACILITIES;

BOREHOLES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRATES; LABORATORIES; PORTLAND CEMENT; SEALS; SILICATES;

EXPERIMENTS;

BOREHOLE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAINMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POROSITY; SEALING; TIMESCALE;

IRELAND;

EID: 84875387102     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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