Caprock fracture dissolution and CO2 leakage

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 459-479

  Fitts, Jeffrey P ^a   Peters, Catherine A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

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EID: 84896501916     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2013.77.13     Document Type: Article

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