The fluid mechanics of carbon dioxide sequestration

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-272

  Huppert, Herbert E ^a,b,c   Neufeld, Jerome A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convective dissolution; Geomechanics; Gravity currents; Leakage; Residual trapping

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION; CURRENT EMISSIONS; GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; GRAVITY CURRENTS; POROUS RESERVOIRS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESIDUAL TRAPPING;

FLUID MECHANICS; GEOMECHANICS; LEAKAGE (FLUID);

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOMECHANICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRAVITY FIELD; LEAKAGE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 84891751671     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-011212-140627     Document Type: Article

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