Estimation of the apertures of water-saturated fractures by nuclear magnetic resonance well logging

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-254

  Nakashima, Yoshito ^a   Kikuchi, Tsuneo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MUD LOGGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OIL WELL LOGGING; POROSITY; WATER WELL LOGGING;

FRACTURE APERTURE; HYDROGEN-BEARING FLUID;

EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES;

ANDESITE; BENTONITE; BOREHOLE LOGGING; DRILLING; FRACTURE APERTURE; HOLOCENE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POROSITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WELL LOGGING; WELL TESTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33847622917     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2006.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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