Fault-controlled CO2 leakage from natural reservoirs in the Colorado Plateau, East-Central Utah

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 403, Issue , 2014, Pages 358-367

  Jung, Na Hyun ^a   Han, Weon Shik ^a   Watson, Z T ^a   Graham, Jack P ^a   Kim, Kue Young ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fault; Natural analogue

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FAULTING; GEYSERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; SANDSTONE; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; DIFFUSIVE LEAKAGE; FAULT ZONE ARCHITECTURE; LATERAL TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT SITES; NATURAL ANALOGUE; PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE; SOIL CO;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; GEYSER; LEAKAGE; TRAVERTINE;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84905375056     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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