University of Illinois Campus Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study - Regional Geology

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Links to papers and reports describing the structure and character of the Illinois Basin geology. Included are descriptions of the two reservoirs that are being modeled for the DDU feasibility project at University of Illinois, the St. Peter and Mt. Simon Sandstones.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 This report includes an assessment to determine the technical and economic feasibility of using these geological sinks for long-term storage to avoid atmospheric release of CO2 from fossil fuel combustion and thereby avoid the potential for adverse climate change. https://doi.org/10.2172/897315
21 This report summaries a research project supported by the National Science Foundation to help understand earthquakes and the geological structures that trigger them in North America’s continental interior. A large seismic array, installed to conduct this research, was centered over the Illinois Basin. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/93907
21 The report presents results of geological, geophysical, and hydrogeological investigations conducted to better understand the extent and character of the Mahomet aquifer in Champaign County and adjacent areas. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/98921
21 This volume provides a detailed overview of the Illinois Basin, and describes the basin-forming, basin-filling, and basin-modifying processes that control hydrocarbon plays and resultant oil and gas fields in this class of basins. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/aapg/books/book/1351/Interior-Cratonic-Basins

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  • isostatic-gravity
  • deep-direct-use
  • geophysics
  • illinois-basin
  • geology
  • magnetic-anomaly
  • st-peter-sandstone
  • carbon-dioxide
  • magnetics
  • co2
  • aquifer-hydrogeology
  • gravity-anomlay
  • mahomet-aquifer
  • ozark-dome
  • sequestration
  • ddu
  • mt-simon-sandstone
  • geothermal
  • energy
  • university-of-illinois

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