CO2 Sequestration

Selected References - revised November 2007

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Klusman, R.W., 2005, Baseline studies of surface gas exchange and soil-gas composition in preparation for CO2 sequestration research: Teapot Dome, Wyoming: AAPG Bulletin, v. 89, p. 981-1003.

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