Spatially resolved measurement of rock core porosity

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 136-141

  Marica, F ^a   Chen, Q ^a   Hamilton, A ^b   Hall, C ^b   Al, T ^a   Balcom, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conical SPRITE; MRI; Porosity; Porous media; Water content

Indexed keywords

GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; SAMPLING; WATER RESOURCES;

CONICAL SPRITE; LOCAL POROSITY; ROCK CORE; WATER CONTENT;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 28844475094     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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