Grain-scale permeabilities of faceted polycrystalline aggregates

Geofluids

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 302-318

  Price, J D ^a   Wark, D A ^a   Watson, E B ^a   Smith, A M ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihedral; Facets; Fluids; Grain scale; Permeability; Pores

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CRYSTALLINITY; FLUID FLOW; PERMEABILITY; QUARTZITE;

EID: 33746173500     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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