Effect of faceting on pore geometry in texturally equilibrated rocks: Implications for low permeability at low porosity

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-186

  Yoshino, Takashi ^a,b   Price, Jonathan D ^a   Wark, David A ^a   Watson, E Bruce ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; GRAIN BOUNDARY; LIQUID LIMIT; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCK; SHRINKAGE;

EID: 33746105684     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0099-y     Document Type: Article

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