The effect of differences of multiphase spatial distributions on the electrical properties of porous media

Log Analyst

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 47-57

  Grattoni, Carlos A ^a   Dawe, Richard A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER;

MULTIPHASE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER SATURATION; WELL LOG RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 0032118434     PISSN: 0024581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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