Porosity distribution in a clay gouge by image processing of 14C-PolyMethylMethAcrylate (14C-PMMA) autoradiographs: Case study of the fault of St. Julien (Basin of Lodève, France)

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 107-118

  Prêt, Dimitri ^a   Sardini, Paul ^a   Beaufort, Daniel ^a   Zellagui, Riadh ^a   Sammartino, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Etudes Recherches Materiaux   (France)

Author keywords

Clay; Fault; Heterogeneous rock; Permeability; Porosity; Texture

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CEMENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LITHOLOGY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POROSITY; ROCKS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CLAY GOUGE; CLAY MATRIX; POROSITY DISTRIBUTION; QUANTIFICATION;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; FAULT GOUGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; LODEVE BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13944262212     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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