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Contributed by Dennis V. Kent, November 30, 2009 (sent for review October 16, 2009)
Abstract
Identifying locations for secure sequestration of CO2 in geological formations is one of our most pressing global scientific problems. Injection into basalt formations provides unique and significant advantages over other potential geological storage options, including large potential storage volumes and permanent fixation of carbon by mineralization. The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province basalt flows along the eastern seaboard of the United States may provide large and secure storage reservoirs both onshore and offshore. Sites in the South Georgia basin, the New York Bight basin, and the Sandy Hook basin offer promising basalt-hosted reservoirs with considerable potential for CO2 sequestration due to their proximity to major metropolitan centers, and thus to large industrial sources for CO2. Onshore sites are suggested for cost-effective characterization studies of these reservoirs, although offshore sites may offer larger potential capacity and additional long-term advantages for safe and secure CO2 sequestration.
Footnotes
- ↵ 1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dvk{at}rutgers.edu.
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Author contributions: D.S.G. and D.V.K. designed research; D.S.G., D.V.K., and P.E.O. performed research; D.S.G., D.V.K., and P.E.O. analyzed data; and D.S.G. wrote the paper.
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Potential on-shore and off-shore reservoirs for CO2 sequestration in Central Atlantic magmatic province basalts
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