Toward physical aspects affecting a possible leakage of geologically stored CO2 into the shallow subsurface

Acta Geotechnica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-86

  Singh, Ashok ^a   Delfs, Jens Olaf ^a,b   Görke, Uwe Jens ^a   Kolditz, Olaf ^a,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fracture; Free convection; Leakage; OpenGeoSys; Sorption; Translated volume

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE ZONE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; LEAKAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW WATER;

EID: 84895900713     PISSN: 18611125     EISSN: 18611133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-013-0237-4     Document Type: Article

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