Relationships between induced polarization relaxation time and hydraulic properties of sandstone

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1095-1106

  Titov, Konstantin ^a   Tarasov, Andrey ^b   Ilyin, Yuri ^a   Seleznev, Nikita ^c   Boyd, Austin ^d  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ElGeo Ltd   (Russian Federation)

^c SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Hydrogeophysics; Permeability and porosity

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDUCED POLARIZATION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

EID: 77949960408     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04465.x     Document Type: Article

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