Pore-scale imaging of geological carbon dioxide storage under in situ conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3915-3918

  Andrew, Matthew ^a   Bijeljic, Branko ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon Storage; Pore Scale; Reservoir Pressure; Reservoir Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; CARBON STORAGE; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; PORE SCALE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMESTONE; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK; SATURATION;

EID: 84881181744     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50771     Document Type: Article

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