Key factors for determining groundwater impacts due to leakage from geologic carbon sequestration reservoirs

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-168

  Carroll, Susan A ^a   Keating, Elizabeth ^b   Mansoor, Kayyum ^a   Dai, Zhenxue ^b   Sun, Yunwei ^a   Trainor Guitton, Whitney ^a   Brown, Chris ^c   Bacon, Diana ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; CO2 and brine leakage; Groundwater impacts; Reactive transport simulations; Reduced order models

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FORESTRY; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LEGACY SYSTEMS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POTABLE WATER; RISK PERCEPTION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY; WELL SPACING;

CARBON STORAGE; GEOLOGIC CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; MAXIMUM CONTAMINATION LEVELS; PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDUCED ORDER MODELS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LEAKAGE; PH; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

KANSAS; OGALLALA AQUIFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908154545     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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