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Publications Details for Grant Number R834382

Protecting Drinking Water by Reducing Uncertainties Associated with Geologic Carbon Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers

RFA: Integrated Design, Modeling, and Monitoring of Geologic Sequestration of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide to Safeguard Sources of Drinking Water (2009)

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Abstract Finley RJ, Greenberg SE, Leetaru HE, Marsteller S, Krapac I, Frailey SM, Mehnert E. Demonstrating geologic sequestration in the Illinois Basin. The Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 2010;42(2):52. R834382 (2010)
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Abstract Mehnert E, Damico J, Frailey S, Leetaru H, Okwen R. Basin-scale modeling of CO2 sequestration in the basal sandstone reservoir of the Illinois Basin—improving the geologic model and evaluating risk to groundwater. In: Abstracts for Computational Methods in Water Resources XIX International Conference, Urbana-Champaign, IL, June 17-21, 2012. R834382 (2012)
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Abstract Panno SV, Kelly WR, Hackley KC, Askari-Khorasgani Z, Rice RJ, Hwang H-H, Krothe NC. Saline groundwater discharges within/from a midwestern US intracratonic basin: the importance of geologic structures in CO2 sequestration. The Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 2010;42(5):44. R834382 (2010)
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Dissertation/Thesis Adams N. Coupling TOUGH2 and SEAWAT variable-density models to understand potential geologic carbon sequestration impacts on groundwater resources. Master's Thesis. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 2013. R834382 (Final)
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Dissertation/Thesis Weirholt C. The utility of multilevel pressure measurements in monitoring geologically stored carbon dioxide. Master’s Thesis. Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, June 2011. R834382 (2011)
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Journal Article Mehnert E, Damico J, Frailey S, Leetaru H, Lin Y-F, Okwen R, Adams N, Storsved B, Valocchi A. Development of a basin-scale model for CO2 sequestration in the basal sandstone reservoir of the Illinois Basin—issues, approach and preliminary results. Energy Procedia 2013;37:3850-3858. R834382 (Final)
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Journal Article Panno SV, Hackley KC, Locke RA, Krapac IG, Wimmer B, Iranmanesh A, Kelly WR. Formation waters from Cambrian-age strata, Illinois Basin, USA: constraints on their origin and evolution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2013;122:184-197. R834382 (2011)
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Journal Article Strandli CW, Benson SM. Identifying diagnostics for reservoir structure and CO2 plume migration from multilevel pressure measurements. Water Resources Research 2013;49(6):3462-3475. R834382 (Final)
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Journal Article Strandli CW, Benson SM. Diagnostics for reservoir structure and CO2 plume migration from multilevel pressure measurements. Energy Procedia 2013;37:4291-4301. R834382 (Final)
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Journal Article Yoksoulian LE, Freiburg JT, Butler SK, Berger PM, Roy WR. Mineralogical alterations during laboratory-scale carbon sequestration experiments for the Illinois Basin. Energy Procedia 2013;37:5601-5611. R834382 (2012)
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Presentation Adams N, Lin Y-F, Mehnert E. Coupling SEAWAT and TOUGH2 models to protect regional groundwater quality. Presented at the MODFLOW and More 2013 Conference, Golden, CO, June 2-5, 2013. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Adams N, Lin Y-F, Mehnert E, Valocchi AJ. Coupling SEAWAT TOUGH2 to analyze potential effects of geologic carbon sequestration on underground drinking water sources. Presented at the 2013 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 27-30, 2013. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Berger PM, Yoksoulian LE, Freiburg J, Butler SK, Panno SV, Roy WR, Hackley K. CO2 batch experiments and regional spring sampling. Presented at the ISGS-led USEPA STAR Grant Project Review Webinar, Washington, DC, January 7, 2013. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Freiburg JT, Butler SK, Yoksoulian LE, Berger PM, Roy WR. Alteration of clay minerals in the Mt. Simon Sandstone during laboratory-scale carbon sequestration. Presented at the 2012 North-Central GSA Section Meeting, Dayton, OH, April 23-24, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Mehnert E. Geologic carbon sequestration in the Illinois Basin and potential effects on groundwater. Presented at the Hydrosystems Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, November 20, 2009. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Mehnert E. Demonstrating geologic sequestration in the Illinois basin. Presented at the North Central-South Central Geological Society of America (GSA) Meeting, Branson, MO, April 11-13, 2010. R834382 (2010)
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Presentation Mehnert E. CO2 sequestration efforts in saline reservoirs in the Illinois basin & potential long-term effects. Presented at the American Gas Association (AGA) Biennial Underground Storage Operators Workshop, Louisville, KY, March 24-25, 2010. R834382 (2010)
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Presentation Mehnert E. Geological carbon sequestration in the Illinois Basin. Presented at the Department of Geography-Geology GeoColloquium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, November 12, 2010. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Mehnert E. Modeling for geologic carbon sequestration. Presented at the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Summer School, hosted by ISGS and MGSC, Champaign, IL, July 18, 2011. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Mehnert E, Damico J, Frailey S, Leetaru H, Okwen R, Lin Y-F, Wang J, Allen N, Garcia-Cabrejo O, Storsved B, Valocchi A. Basin-scale modeling of CO2 sequestration in the Mount Simon Sandstone of the Illinois Basin: status report. Presented at the Midwest Carbon Sequestration Science Conference, Champaign, IL, November 7-9, 2011. R834382 (2011)
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Presentation Mehnert E. Effects of carbon capture and sequestration on water resources. Presented at the Water in a Changing World: A Comparison of Midwest and European Approaches, Champaign, IL, April 17, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Mehnert E, Damico J, Frailey S, Leetaru H, Okwen R. Basin-scale modeling of CO2 sequestration in the basal sandstone reservoir of the Illinois Basin—improving the geologic model and evaluating risk to groundwater. Presented at the 19th International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, June 17-21, 2012. R834382 (2012)
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Presentation Mehnert E, Damico J, Frailey S, Leetaru H, Okwen R, Lin Y-F, Wang J, Adams N, Garcia-Cabrejo O, Storsved B, Valocchi A. Basin-scale modeling of geologic carbon sequestration in the Illinois Basin: improving the geologic model and its effects on pressure. Presented at the 2012 American Gas Association Biennial Underground Storage Operators Workshop, Champaign, IL, March 28, 2012. R834382 (2012)
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Presentation Mehnert E, Damico J, Frailey S, Leetaru H, Lin Y-F, Okwen R, Adams N, Storsved B, Valocchi A. Development of a basin-scale model for CO2 sequestration in the basal sandstone reservoir of the Illinois Basin—issues, approach and preliminary results. Presented at the 11th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies (GHGT-11), Kyoto, Japan, November 18-22, 2012. R834382 (2012)
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Presentation Mehnert E. Development of a basin-scale model for CO2 sequestration in the basal sandstone reservoir of the Illinois Basin--issues, approach and preliminary results. Presented at the Prairie Research Institute Lightning Symposium, Champaign, IL, November 30, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Mehnert E, Damico J, Frailey S, Leetaru H, Okwen R, Lin Y-F, Wang J, Allen N, Garcia-Cabrejo O, Storsved B, Valocchi A. Basin-scale modeling of CO2 sequestration in the Mount Simon Sandstone of the Illinois Basin. Presented at the Midwest Carbon Sequestration Science Conference, Champaign, IL, September 17-19, 2012. R834382 (2012)
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Presentation Mehnert E. Basin-scale modeling of CO2 sequestration in the Illinois Basin. Presented at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CEE 457, Urbana, IL, September 27, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Panno SV, Kelly WR, Hackley KC, Askari-Khorasgani Z, Rice RJ, Hwang H-H, Krothe NC. Saline groundwater discharges within/from a midwestern U.S. intracratonic basin: the importance of geologic structures in CO2 sequestration. Presented at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 31-November 3, 2010. R834382 (2010)
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Presentation Roy WR. The geochemistry of geosequestration. Presented at the Department of Geology Seminar, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, October 15, 2009. R834382 (2010)
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Presentation Roy WR. Protecting drinking water by reducing uncertainties associated with geologic carbon sequestration in deep saline aquifers. Presented at the DOE/EPA Collaborative Review-Tracking Geologically Sequestered CO2: Monitoring, Verification, and Accounting (MVA), Simulation, and Risk Assessment, Pittsburgh, PA, March 23-24, 2010. R834382 (2010)
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Presentation Roy WR. Identifying diagnostics for reservoir structure and CO2 plume migration from multilevel pressure measurements. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011. R834382 (2011)
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Presentation Roy WR. The geochemistry of carbon sequestration: a lecture in ENG 571, theory, energy and sustainable engineering. Presented at the College of Engineering Initiative in Energy and Sustainability Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, February 25, 2011. R834382 (2011)
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Presentation Roy WR. Monitoring of CO2 plume through multilevel pressure measurements in storage reservoir, seal, and overlying aquifer. Presented at the NETL Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2-5, 2011. R834382 (2011)
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Presentation Roy WR. Geochemical sequestration of carbon dioxide. Presented at the Prairie Lightning Symposium, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, November 16-17, 2011. R834382 (2011)
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Presentation Roy WR. Carbon sequestration. Presented at the Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, August 9-17, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Roy WR. The geochemistry of carbon sequestration. A lecture in ENG 571, theory, energy and sustainable engineering. Presented at the College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, February 22, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Roy WR. Geological carbon sequestration—NPRE 596: seminar in nuclear science and engineering. Presented at the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, September 17, 2013. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Roy W, Berger P, Butler S, Freiburg J, Yoksoulian L. Geochemical and mineralogical investigations of carbon sequestration in the Illinois and Michigan basins: reaction experiments. Presented at the Midwest Carbon Sequestration Science Conference, Champaign, IL, November 7-9, 2011. R834382 (2011)
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Presentation Roy W, Berger P, Butler S, Freiburg J, Yoksoulian L. Geochemical and mineralogical investigations of carbon sequestration in the Illinois and Michigan Basins: reaction experiments. Presented at the Prairie Lightning Poster Symposium, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, September 20, 2012. R834382 (2012)
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Presentation Strandli CW, Benson SM. Monitoring of CO2 migration through multilevel pressure measurements in storage reservoir, seal, and overlying aquifer. Poster presented at the 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Strandli CW, Benson SM. Identifying diagnostics for reservoir structure and CO2 plume migration. Presented at the Stanford Center for Carbon Storage Annual Affiliates Meeting, Stanford, CA, May 10, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Strandli CW, Benson SM. Diagnostics for reservoir structure and CO2 plume migration from multilevel pressure measurements. Presented at the 11th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-11), Kyoto, Japan, November 18-22, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Strandli CW, Benson SM. Identifying diagnostics for reservoir structure and CO2 plume migration from multilevel pressure measurements. Poster presented at the 2012 Midwest Carbon Sequestration Science Conference, Champaign, IL, September 17-19, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Strandli CW, Benson SM. Diagnostics for reservoir structure and CO2 plume migration from multilevel pressure measurements. Poster presented at the Stanford Center for Carbon Storage Workshop on CO2-EOR & Storage, Stanford, CA, January 23-24, 2013. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Strandli CW, Benson SM. Multilevel pressure monitoring at the Illinois Basin-Decatur Project (IBDP). Poster presented at the Stanford Center for Carbon Storage Annual Review Meeting, Stanford, CA, May 23-24, 2013. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Strandli CW, Benson SM. Analysis of the multilevel pressure transient data at the Illinois Basin-Decatur Project (IBDP). Poster presented at the 2013 Midwest Carbon Sequestration Science Conference, Champaign, IL, October 7-9, 2013. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Wang J, Mehnert E, Lin YF. Protecting drinking water by coupling two models associated with geologic carbon sequestration in deep saline aquifers. Presented at MODFLOW and More 2011: Integrated Hydrologic Modeling, Golden, CO, June 5-8, 2011. R834382 (2011)
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Presentation Yoksoulian LE, Freiburg JT, Butler SK, Berger PM, Roy WR. Mineralogical alterations during laboratory-scale carbon sequestration experiments for the Illinois Basin. Poster presented at the International Conference on Green House Gas Technology (GHGT-11), Kyoto, Japan, November 18-22, 2012. R834382 (2012)
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Presentation Yoksoulian LE, Freiburg JT, Butler SK, Berger PM, Roy WR. Mineralogical alterations during laboratory-scale carbon sequestration experiments for the Illinois Basin. Presented at the Prairie Research Institute Lightning Symposium, November 30, 2012. R834382 (Final)
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Presentation Yoksoulian LE. Carbon sequestration in the Illinois Basin: laboratory-scale geochemical experiments. Presented at the Prairie Research Institute Advisory Board Meeting, Champaign, IL, November 22, 2013. R834382 (Final)
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Proceedings Wang JH, Mehnert E, Lin Y-F. Protecting drinking water by coupling two models associated with geologic carbon sequestration in deep saline aquifers. In: Proceedings of MODFLOW and More 2011: Integrated Hydrologic Modeling, Golden, CO, June 5-8, 2011, pp. 363-365. R834382 (Final)
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Report Mehnert E, Weberling PH. Groundwater salinity within the Mt. Simon Sandstone in Illinois and Indiana. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 582, 2014, 23 pp. R834382 (Final)
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