Mapping and quantifying the clay aggregate microporosity in medium- to coarse-grained sandstones using the 14c-pmma method

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 584-592

  Sardini, Paul ^a   Albani, Abderrazak El ^a   Pret, Dimitri ^a   Gaboreau, Stéphane ^a   Siitari Kauppi, Marja ^b   Beaufort, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CORE SAMPLES; KAOLIN; MAPPING; MICROPOROSITY; SANDSTONE; TEXTURES;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; METHYL METHACRYLATES; MINERAL AGGREGATE; NANO-METER SCALE; POROSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO-STEP PROCESS;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE; CLAY MINERAL; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GAUSSIAN METHOD; ILLITE; KAOLIN; MAPPING; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SANDSTONE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRACER;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69149110576     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.063     Document Type: Article

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