The Effect of Scale on the Petrophysical Estimation of Intergranular Permeability

Petrophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-72

  Worthington, Paul F ^a  

^a Cline and Associates   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BENCHMARKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

PETROPHYSICAL ESTIMATION; PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMS;

PETROGRAPHY;

EID: 1642586487     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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