The early days of NMR in the Southwest

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-102

  Woessner, Donald E ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARTHAGE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Paramagnetic ions; Relaxation; Spectra; Spin echo; Surfaces; Well logging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035580647     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0534(2001)13:2<77::AID-CMR1000>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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