Mechanical compaction of sand/clay mixtures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Revil, A ^a   Grauls, D ^b   Brevart O ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Compaction; Permeability; Sand; Sandstone; Shale

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPACTION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SAND; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALE;

EID: 0037880462     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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