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Chapter 3 - Goals of CO2 Monitoring

Why and How to Assess the Subsurface Changes Associated with Carbon Capture and Storage

from Part I - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2019

Thomas L. Davis
Affiliation:
Colorado School of Mines
Martin Landrø
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Malcolm Wilson
Affiliation:
New World Orange BioFuels
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