Evaluating Fluid/Rock Interactions for Energy Storage in Salt Caverns: Part I: Brine–Rock Salt Interactions

A Najafimarghmaleki, H Dehghanpour - Energy & Fuels, 2024 - ACS Publications
Understanding the interaction between brine and impure salt rock is essential for the long-
term stability of salt caverns used in energy storage. This knowledge is crucial for optimizing …

Evaluating Fluid/Rock Interactions for Energy Storage in Salt Caverns–Part II: Effect of Hydrogen on Salt Rock Dissolution in Brine

L Yuan, A Najafimarghmaleki, A Meysami… - Energy & …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Building upon our previous study that investigated the interactions between brine and
impure salt rock, this study extends the understanding of salt rock behavior by examining the …

Lotsberg Formation: lithological and geochemical constraints for a prime H2 cavern target in Alberta, Canada

PB Kabanov, OH Ardakani… - Bulletin of Canadian …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Homogenous and thick (approximately 40–170 m) halite intervals in the upper part
of the Lotsberg Formation are most favored targets for hydrogen (H2) storage caverns in …

Morphogenesis of hollow bulbous gypsum structures along a brine spring in northeast Alberta

PL Broughton - The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The stromatolite tufa mound at La Saline Lake developed along the Athabasca River Valley
in northeast Alberta consists of a 30 m-high structure with a multi-meter thick caprock of …

Morphogenesis of a new landform responsive to superimposed sulphate and carbonate buried karsts in western Canada

PL Broughton - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This case study documents the morphogenesis of a new karstic landform consisting of a
calcareous tufa mound with a gypsum caprock that developed at La Saline Lake, an oxbow …

Geochemical and microbiological variability of aerobic and anaerobic sediments along a bifurcated sulphate‐saturated brine spring in western Canada

PL Broughton - The Depositional Record, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A tufa mound developed at La Saline Lake, an oxbow of the Athabasca River in the
Athabasca Oil Sands deposit of north‐east Alberta, is characterised by an unusual …

Salt dissolution tectonism and origin of lacustrine carbonate beds: Mn‐Fe‐calcite and Mn‐siderite micro‐spherulite fabrics of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray …

PL Broughton - The Depositional Record, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Several lacustrine carbonate beds, each a metre‐thick interval of densely packed Mn‐rich
sideritic micro‐spherulites or Mn‐rich ferroan calcite micro‐spherulites, are recorded for the …

Migrations of Devonian brine up-section and the origin of calcite-cemented sand in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Athabasca Oil Sands

PL Broughton - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Calcite-cemented sand intervals are widely distributed in the lower interval of the McMurray
Formation of the Lower Cretaceous Athabasca Oil Sands deposit, northeastern Alberta …