Probabilistic evaluation of shallow groundwater resources at a hypothetical carbon sequestration site

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dai, Zhenxue ^a   Keating, Elizabeth ^a   Bacon, Diana ^b   Viswanathan, Hari ^a   Stauffer, Philip ^a   Jordan, Amy ^a   Pawar, Rajesh ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER SUPPLY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84901268566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04006     Document Type: Article

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