CO2 Pressurisation of a Storage Reservoir does not Lead to Salinization of Shallower Aquifers through Intact Caprocks

Energy Procedia

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 607-615

  Kühn, Michael ^a,b   Kempka, Thomas ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

brine migration; CO2 storage; freshwater salinisation; numerical modelling; saline aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; WATER;

FRESHWATER RESERVOIRS; MULTI-BARRIER SYSTEMS; SALINE AQUIFERS; SALINISATION; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY; SHALLOWER AQUIFERS; STORAGE RESERVOIRS; STORAGE SITES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84947268098     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.880     Document Type: Conference Paper

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