Multi-scale imaging and simulation of structure, flow and reactive transport for CO2 storage and EOR in carbonate reservoirs

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 431-458

  Crawshaw, John P ^a   Boek, Edo S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84896508027     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2013.77.12     Document Type: Article

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