Application of noble gases to the viability of CO2 storage

The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 177-223

  Holland, Greg ^a   Gilfillan, Stuart ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GROUNDWATER; OIL FIELDS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE; GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE INTERACTIONS; NOBLE GAS MONITORING; SUBSURFACE RESERVOIR;

INERT GASES;

EID: 85029624835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28836-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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