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Title: Assessment of geophysical monitoring methods for detection of brine and CO2 leakage in drinking water aquifers

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
OSTI Identifier:
1572327
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1597614; OSTI ID: 1607758; OSTI ID: 1780315
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-21588; LLNL-JRNL-759257
Journal ID: ISSN 1750-5836
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 90; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1750-5836
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; Earth Sciences; Leak detection; Drinking water aquifers; Wellbore leakage; Pressure monitoring; Total dissolved solids (TDS); Gravity; Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); Magnetotellurics (MT); Seismic; Reflection

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Yang, Xianjin, Buscheck, Thomas A., Mansoor, Kayyum, Wang, Zan, Gao, Kai, Huang, Lianjie, Appriou, Delphine, and Carroll, Susan A. Assessment of geophysical monitoring methods for detection of brine and CO2 leakage in drinking water aquifers. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102803.
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Yang, Xianjin, Buscheck, Thomas A., Mansoor, Kayyum, Wang, Zan, Gao, Kai, Huang, Lianjie, Appriou, Delphine, & Carroll, Susan A. Assessment of geophysical monitoring methods for detection of brine and CO2 leakage in drinking water aquifers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102803
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Yang, Xianjin, Buscheck, Thomas A., Mansoor, Kayyum, Wang, Zan, Gao, Kai, Huang, Lianjie, Appriou, Delphine, and Carroll, Susan A. Mon . "Assessment of geophysical monitoring methods for detection of brine and CO2 leakage in drinking water aquifers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102803. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1572327.
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@article{osti_1572327,
title = {Assessment of geophysical monitoring methods for detection of brine and CO2 leakage in drinking water aquifers},
author = {Yang, Xianjin and Buscheck, Thomas A. and Mansoor, Kayyum and Wang, Zan and Gao, Kai and Huang, Lianjie and Appriou, Delphine and Carroll, Susan A.},
abstractNote = {},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102803},
journal = {International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control},
number = C,
volume = 90,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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