Studying the effect of correlation and finite-domain size on spatial continuity of permeable sediments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Guin, Arijit ^a   Ritzi Jr , Robert W ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CLAY MINERALS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLVENTS;

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES; ANALYTICAL METHODS; DOMAIN SIZES; EUCLIDEAN; FINITE LATTICES; INFINITE LATTICES; LATTICE SIZES; MONTE CARLO APPROACHES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; SPATIAL CONTINUITIES;

CORRELATION METHODS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58049126370     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032717     Document Type: Article

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