Interfacial energy effects and the evolution of pore size distributions during quartz precipitation in sandstone

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3539-3552

  Emmanuel, Simon ^a   Ague, Jay J ^a   Walderhaug, Olav ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; INTERFACE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; REACTION KINETICS; SANDSTONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 77952887272     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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