Application of complementary methods for more robust characterization of sandstone cores

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-56

  Baraka Lokmane, S ^a,b   Main, I G ^c   Ngwenya, B T ^c   Elphick, S C ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Berea sandstone; Fife sandstone; Locharbriggs sandstone; Routine core analysis; Slick Rock Aeolian sandstone

Indexed keywords

BEREA SANDSTONE; FIFE SANDSTONE; LOCHARBRIGGS SANDSTONE; ROUTINE CORE ANALYSIS; SLICK ROCK AEOLIAN SANDSTONE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CORE ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYMER BLENDS; RESONANCE; ROCKS; SCANNING; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SANDSTONE;

CORE ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 56949088154     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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