Effective permittivity of porous media: A critical analysis of the complex refractive index model

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 715-727

  Brovelli, Alessandro ^a   Cassiani, Giorgio ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT REFRACTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; WATER CONTENT;

BULK DIELECTRIC; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX MODEL; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID-SATURATION CHANGES; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTIES; INNER STRUCTURES; MOISTURE CONTENT; NON-INVASIVE METHODS; POROUS MEDIUMS; POROUS STRUCTURES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SYNTHETIC DATA; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; MODELING; PERMITTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 48949092301     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2008.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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