Inverse modeling of water-rock-CO2 batch experiments: Potential impacts on groundwater resources at carbon sequestration sites

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2798-2806

  Yang, Changbing ^a   Dai, Zhenxue ^b   Romanak, Katherine D ^a   Hovorka, Susan D ^a   Treviño, Ramón H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

AQUEOUS COMPLEXATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLUTION/PRECIPITATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; SURFACE COMPLEXATION;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; GROUND WATER; MINERAL; TRACE METAL; CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY MINERAL; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; REACTION KINETICS; SAMPLING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ROCK; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MINERALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84895515625     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4041368     Document Type: Article

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