Predicting salt intrusion into freshwater aquifers resulting from CO2 injection - A study on the influence of conservative assumptions

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 543-554

  Walter, Lena ^a   Binning, Philip John ^b   Class, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CO2 storage; Conceptual models; Salt intrusion; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL EFFECTS; COMPREHENSIVE RISKS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DEEP SALINE FORMATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SALT INTRUSION; UNCERTAINTY; VARIABLE PARAMETERS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINE INTRUSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84888842159     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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