Geological and Mineralogical Sequestration of CO₂

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid increase of concentrations of greenhouse gases, anthropologically-generated (primarily CO₂) in the atmosphere, is responsible for global warming and ocean acidification. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) techniques have been proposed and developed to contrast the rise of CO₂ in atmosphere. One of the technological solutions is the long-term storage of CO₂ into appropriate geological formations, such as deep saline formations and depleted oil and gas reservoirs. A potential alternative to CO₂ geological storage is CO₂ mineral sequestration through carbonation (ex situ and in situ), leading to the permanent and safe storage of CO₂.

This Special Issue aims to collect articles covering various aspects of recent scientific advances of CO₂ storage, including characterization of storage formations and cap-rocks and their behavior during CO₂ injection, storage modelling studies for test design, test site results and environmental monitoring, numerical modelling of geochemical-mineralogical reactions and CO₂ flow, studies of natural analogs of CO₂ storage and CO₂ mineral sequestration, and experimental investigations to better understand long-term geological storage and carbonation processes.

Dr. Giovanni Ruggieri
Dr. Fabrizio Gherardi
Guest Editors

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