Petrophysical and capillary properties of compacted salt

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-228

  Cinar, Y ^a   Pusch, G ^a   Reitenbach, V ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Compacted salt; Gas breakthrough; Mercury injection; Permeability; Porosity; Restored state method

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY;

CAPILLARY PROPERTIES; COMPACTED SALT; MERCURY INJECTION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RESTORED STATE METHOD;

SALTS;

COMPACTION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SALTS;

PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SALT;

EID: 33646926395     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-005-2848-1     Document Type: Article

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