Magnetic resonance imaging of dense and light non-aqueous phase liquid in a rock fracture

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Becker, Matthew W ^a   Pelc, Matthew ^a   Mazurchuk, Richard V ^b   Spernyak, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FRACTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POROSITY; ROCKS; TWO PHASE FLOW; FLOW OF FLUIDS; WETTING;

WETTABILITY; ACQUISITION TIME; AQUEOUS PHASE; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; LIGHT NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; MATRIX POROSITY; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; ROCK FRACTURES;

GEOPHYSICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FRACTURE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURE FLOW; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 0347413651     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017375     Document Type: Article

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