Porosity and pathway determination in crystalline rock by positron emission tomography and neutron radiography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 213-225

  Degueldre, C ^a   Pleinert, H ^d   Maguire, P ^d   Lehman, E ^d   Missimer, J ^d   Hammer, J ^d   Leenders, K ^d   Bock H ^b   Townsend, D ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b TU WIEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Crystalline rocks; Neutron methods; Porosity; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PATHWAY; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; POROSITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030442623     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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