Permeability-porosity relationships in rocks subjected to various evolution processes

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 937-960

  Bernabe Y ^a   Mok, U ^b   Evans, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Permeability; Porosity

Indexed keywords

PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0037401135     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012574     Document Type: Article

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