A Review of Laboratory Experiments for $CO_2$ Geological Storage

이산화탄소 지중저장 평가를 위한 실내실험 연구동향

  • Oh, Jun-Ho (Geologic Environmental Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kim, Kue-Young (Geologic Environmental Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Hee (Geologic Environmental Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Chan (Geologic Environmental Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 오준호 (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부) ;
  • 김구영 (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부) ;
  • 김태희 (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부) ;
  • 김정찬 (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부)
  • Received : 2010.04.21
  • Accepted : 2010.06.20
  • Published : 2010.06.28

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