Simple permeability model for natural granular media

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1609-1612

  Knackstedt, Mark A ^a   Duplessis, J Prieur ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICABILITY; HYDRODYNAMIC PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GRANULAR MEDIA; ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTIC MODELING; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GRANULAR MEDIA; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; PERMEABILITY MODEL; PORE-SCALE MODEL;

AGGREGATES; CALCITE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POROSITY; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SOLVENTS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS; POROSITY;

GRANULAR MEDIUM; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY; PORE SCALE MODEL; POROSITY;

EID: 0030173262     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01487     Document Type: Article

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