Sensitivity analysis of gas leakage through a fault zone during subsurface gas storage in porous formations

Gasanzade, Firdovsi; Bauer, Sebastian; Pfeiffer, Wolf Tilmann

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Sensitivity analysis of gas leakage through a fault zone during subsurface gas storage in porous formations

Firdovsi Gasanzade, Sebastian Bauer, and Wolf Tilmann Pfeiffer

Firdovsi Gasanzade

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firdovsi.gasanzade@ifg.uni-kiel.de

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5382-364X

Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany

Sebastian Bauer

Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany

Wolf Tilmann Pfeiffer

Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany

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