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

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 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1]
  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
OSTI Identifier:
1337504
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1396134
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-26814
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES

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Soltanian, Mohamad Reza, Amooie, Mohammad Amin, Dai, Zhenxue, Cole, David, and Moortgat, Joachim. Critical dynamics of gravito-convective mixing in geological carbon sequestration. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/srep35921.
Soltanian, Mohamad Reza, Amooie, Mohammad Amin, Dai, Zhenxue, Cole, David, & Moortgat, Joachim. Critical dynamics of gravito-convective mixing in geological carbon sequestration. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35921
Soltanian, Mohamad Reza, Amooie, Mohammad Amin, Dai, Zhenxue, Cole, David, and Moortgat, Joachim. Thu . "Critical dynamics of gravito-convective mixing in geological carbon sequestration". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35921. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1337504.
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