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Two-dimensional reactive transport modeling of CO2 injection in a saline aquifer at the Sleipner site, North Sea
Pascal Audigane, Irina Gaus, Isabelle Czernichowski-Lauriol, Karsten Pruess and Tianfu Xu
American Journal of Science September 2007, 307 (7) 974-1008; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/07.2007.02
Pascal Audigane
Irina Gaus
Isabelle Czernichowski-Lauriol
Karsten Pruess

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Two-dimensional reactive transport modeling of CO2 injection in a saline aquifer at the Sleipner site, North Sea
Pascal Audigane, Irina Gaus, Isabelle Czernichowski-Lauriol, Karsten Pruess, Tianfu Xu
American Journal of Science Sep 2007, 307 (7) 974-1008; DOI: 10.2475/07.2007.02
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