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An integrative hierarchical monitoring approach applied at a natural analogue site to monitor CO2 degassing areas

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This paper introduces an integrative hierarchical monitoring concept allowing for the detection and assessment of possible leakages from geological storage formations into the shallow subsurface or atmosphere. The concept introduced in this paper combines various investigation methods working at different scales and with varying resolutions. This approach will allow large spatial areas to be consistently covered, to enable efficient monitoring. Experience gained from the adoption of these tools for naturally occurring CO2 deposits (analogue sites) is helpful for the evaluation and adoption of the methods to the requirements of storage projects.

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The presented work has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the frame of the GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Program and the financial support for the projects MONACO (grant ID: 03G0785A) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany

    Uta Sauer, Claudia Schütze & Peter Dietrich

  2. Center for Applied Geoscience Hydrogeology, University of Tübingen, Sigwartstr. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Carsten Leven

  3. Department 1.5 Resource Geochemistry, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Stilleweg 2, 30655, Hannover, Germany

    Stefan Schlömer

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Sauer, U., Schütze, C., Leven, C. et al. An integrative hierarchical monitoring approach applied at a natural analogue site to monitor CO2 degassing areas. Acta Geotech. 9, 127–133 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-013-0224-9

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