A study of porosity and permeability using a lattice Boltzmann simulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1475-1478

  Bosl, William J ^a,b   Dvorkin, Jack ^b   Nur, Amos ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCKS;

DIAGENESIS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; PORE SPACE MODELS; STOKES FLOW;

PETROLOGY;

DIAGENESIS; GRANULAR MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 0032076785     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00859     Document Type: Article

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