Geological storage of CO2 within the oceanic crust by gravitational trapping

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6219-6224

  Marieni, Chiara ^a   Henstock, Timothy J ^a   Teagle, Damon A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon capture and sequestration; climate change; ocean crust; physical and gravitational trapping

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATIONS; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OCEAN CRUST; PHYSICAL AND GRAVITATIONAL TRAPPING; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BASALT; CARBON CAPTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITY FIELD; LAVA; OCEANIC CRUST; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84888815236     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058220     Document Type: Article

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