Relationship between mineralogy and porosity in seals relevant to geologic CO2 sequestration

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 39-57

  Swift, Alexander M ^a   Anovitz, Lawrence M ^b   Sheets, Julia M ^a   Cole, David R ^a   Welch, Susan A ^c   Rother, Gernot ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LITHOLOGY; MICA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY METHODS; DEGREE OF CONNECTIVITY; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REACTIVE SURFACE AREA; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS;

POROSITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DIAGENESIS; DIAMETER; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MUDSTONE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; ROCK MECHANICS;

EAU CLAIRE COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84927561858     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.03031413012     Document Type: Article

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