University of Illinois Campus Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study - Regional Geology
Abstract
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.
4 Resources
Geological Carbon Sequestration in the Illinois Basin
This report includes an assessment to determine the technical and economic feasibility of using these geological sinks for long-term storage to avoid atmospheric releas... more
Geological and Geophysical Maps of Ozark Dome Region
This report summaries a research project supported by the National Science Foundation to help understand earthquakes and the geological
structures that trigger them in ... more
This volume provides a detailed overview of the Illinois Basin, and describes the basin-forming, basin-filling, and basin-modifying processes that control hydrocarbon p... more
The report presents results of geological, geophysical, and hydrogeological investigations conducted to better understand the extent and character of the Mahomet aquife... more
DOE Project Name: Geothermal Heat Recovery Complex: Large-scale, Deep Direct-Use System in a Low-Temperature Sedimentary Basin DOE Project Number: EE0008106 DOE Project Lead: Arlene Anderson
Timothy H. Larson Illinois State Geological Survey
Andrew J. Stumpf Illinois State Geological Survey
William S. Dey Illinois State Geological Survey
Keywords
geothermal, energy, DDU, Deep Direct-Use, University of Illinois, Illinois Basin, geology, St. Peter Sandstone, Mt. Simon Sandstone, aquifer hydrogeology, carbon dioxide, co2, sequestration, ozark dome, mahomet aquifer, geophysics, gravity anomlay, magnetic anomaly, magnetics, isostatic gravity
