Characterization of unsaturated porous media by high-field and low-field NMR relaxometry

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Stringaciu, L R ^a   Pohlmeier, A ^a   Blumler P ^a   Weihermuller L ^a   Van Dusschoten, D ^a   Stapf, S ^b   Vereecken, H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; CLAY CONTENT; CLAY MIXTURES; COMPARISON STUDY; FIELD STRENGTHS; HIGH-FIELD; KAOLIN CLAY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMATIONS; LOSS-OF-SIGNAL; LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOW-FIELD NMR; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MAGNETIC-FIELD INTENSITY; MIXED SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE RELAXOMETRY; POROUS MEDIA; RELAXATION CURVES; RELAXIVITY; RELAXOMETRIC PROPERTIES; SATURATION DEGREE; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SLOW EVAPORATION; UNSATURATED CLAY; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

CLAY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; KAOLIN; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POROUS MATERIALS;

WATER CONTENT;

AMPLITUDE; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; EVAPORATION; KAOLIN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POROUS MEDIUM; SAMPLING; SANDY CLAY; SIGNAL; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 70349762647     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007459     Document Type: Article

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