Regional-scale brine migration along vertical pathways due to CO2 injection - Part 2: A simulated case study in the North German Basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2751-2775

  Kissinger, Alexander ^a   Noack, Vera ^b   Knopf, Stefan ^b   Konrad, Wilfried ^c   Scheer, Dirk ^d   Class, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c DIALOGIK   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BRINES; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MERCURY (METAL); POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINE WATER; SALT WATER INTRUSION; WATER INJECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEOLOGICAL MODELING; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; MODEL SIMPLIFICATION; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; VARIABLE-DENSITY FLOWS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER; LEAKAGE; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; RECHARGE; REGIONAL PATTERN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 85020465543     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-21-2751-2017     Document Type: Article

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