Critical dynamics of gravito-convective mixing in geological carbon sequestration

Soltanian, Mohamad Reza; Amooie, Mohammad Amin; Dai, Zhenxue; Cole, David; Moortgat, Joachim

doi:10.1038/srep35921

Title: Critical dynamics of gravito-convective mixing in geological carbon sequestration

Journal Article · Thu Nov 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35921· OSTI ID:1337504

Soltanian, Mohamad Reza ^[1]; Amooie, Mohammad Amin ^[1]; Dai, Zhenxue ^[2]; Cole, David ^[1]; Moortgat, Joachim ^[1]

The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

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Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-26814

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

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