Fault damage zone volume and initial salinity distribution determine intensity of shallow aquifer salinisation in subsurface storage

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1049-1067

  Tillner, Elena ^a   Langer, Maria ^a   Kempka, Thomas ^a   Kühn, Michael ^a,b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER;

DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; FLUID DISPLACEMENT; GEOLOGICAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; POTENTIAL STORAGE SITES; RESERVOIR BOUNDARY; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SHALLOWER AQUIFERS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BRINE; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR; SALINITY; SALINIZATION;

NORTH GERMAN BASIN; NORTHEAST GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 84960345052     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-1049-2016     Document Type: Article

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