Effects of pore structure and wettability on the electrical resistivity of partially saturated rocks - A network study

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1151-1162

  Suman, Ravi J ^a,b   Knight, Rosemary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AGAT Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; HYSTERESIS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WETTING;

PARTIALLY SATURATED ROCKS; PORE SIZE CORRELATION;

PETROLOGY;

DRAINAGE; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK; WETTABILITY;

PORE STRUCTURE; RESERVOIR FLUID; RESISTIVITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0031179918     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444216     Document Type: Article

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