A numerical study of mineral alteration and self-sealing efficiency of a caprock for CO2 geological storage

Acta Geotechnica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-100

  Tian, Hailong ^a,b   Xu, Tianfu ^a   Wang, Fugang ^a   Patil, Vivek V ^b   Sun, Yuan ^c   Yue, Gaofan ^a  

^a Jilin University   (China)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caprock; Integrity of caprock; Jianghan Basin; Self sealing efficiency

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; CARBON STORAGE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MINERAL ALTERATION; MUDSTONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEALING; SHALE;

CHINA; HUNAN; JIANGHAN BASIN;

EID: 84895902500     PISSN: 18611125     EISSN: 18611133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-013-0225-8     Document Type: Article

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