Formation of an amorphous silica gel barrier under CO2 storage conditions

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We acknowledge the Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research and Development (ANLEC R&D) for providing funding for this project. ANLEC R& D is supported by the Australian Coal Association Low Emissions Technology Limited and the Australian Government through the Clean Energy Initiative. The authors thank the CO2CRC and the Peter Cook Centre for CCS Research for their support and technical oversight of the project. Thanks for support from the Trace Analysis for Chemical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (TrACEES) platform from the Melbourne Collaborative Research Infrastructure Program (MCRIP) at the University of Melbourne. Acknowledgements to The David Lachlan Hay Memorial Fund for the financial support on the writing of this manuscript. We would also like to thank the reviewers of this paper for their valuable and constructive comments.