Predicting the permeability of sandstone from image analysis of pore structure

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 6311-6319

  Lock, Peter A ^a   Jing, Xudong ^a   Zimmerman, Robert W ^a   Schlueter, Erika M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ARBITRARY DISTRIBUTION; AVERAGE ERRORS; CONSTRICTION FACTOR; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; EFFECTIVE-MEDIUM THEORIES; HYDRAULIC RADIUS; NORTH SEA; PORE DIAMETERS; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; THIN SECTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ANALYSIS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINAR FLOW; PORE STRUCTURE; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 0037113064     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1516271     Document Type: Article

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