Simulation of CO2 plume movement in multilayered saline formations through multilayer injection technology in the Ordos Basin, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4447-4462

  Liu, Hejuan ^a   Hou, Zhengmeng ^a,b   Were, Patrick ^a   Gou, Yang ^a,b   Sun, Xiaoling ^c,d  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Ordos Vocational College   (China)

Author keywords

Horizontal boundary; Multilayer system; Saline formation; The Ordos Basin

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON CAPTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MULTILAYERS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATIONS; HORIZONTAL BOUNDARY; INTER-LAYER COMMUNICATION; MULTI-LAYER SYSTEM; ORDOS BASIN; SALINE FORMATION; SIMULTANEOUS INJECTIONS; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MOVEMENT; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; SALINE INTRUSION;

CHINA; ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 84899137424     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2839-4     Document Type: Article

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