Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources—Atlantic Coastal Plain and Eastern Mesozoic Rift Basins

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Geo-Spatial Economic Assessment of the Potential Development of Bioenergy Combined with Direct Air Carbon Capture (BEDAC) in the USA

“…The Southeast has greater potential for forestry biomass due to both the rate of growth and forested areas, but the sequestration potential is mostly in saline aquifers. Once exception may be carbonate mineralization in buried mafic rocks associated with Mesozoic rift basins . Moreover, this study did not consider the potential for storage in geologic units not observed at the surface, and the majority of rift basins are buried beneath coastal plain sediments, requiring additional detailed geophysical surveys to estimate the total storage capacity.…”

“…Once exception may be carbonate mineralization in buried mafic rocks associated with Mesozoic rift basins. 24 Moreover, this study did not consider the potential for storage in geologic units not observed at the surface, and the majority of rift basins are buried beneath coastal plain sediments, requiring additional detailed geophysical surveys to estimate the total storage capacity. The Pacific NW has significant sequestration potential but a more costly biomass supply than the Southeast.…”