Pore size distributions and hydraulic conductivities of rocks derived from Magnetic Resonance Sounding relaxation data using multi-exponential decay time inversion

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 73-81

  Mohnke, O ^a   Yaramanci, U ^b,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data base calibration; Decay time distribution; Hydraulic conductivity; Magnetic Resonance Sounding (MRS); Multi exponential inversion; Pore size distribution; Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (SNMR)

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ATOMS; CALIBRATION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYACRYLONITRILES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DATA-BASE-CALIBRATION; DECAY TIME DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOUNDING (MRS); MULTI-EXPONENTIAL INVERSION; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

RESONANCE;

AQUIFER; DATA INVERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POROSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 54549102227     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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