Effective stress law for the permeability of clay-rich sandstones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Al Wardy, Widad ^a   Zimmerman, Robert W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay; Effective stress; Permeability; Sandstones

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONFINING PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE;

EID: 3242773716     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002836     Document Type: Article

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