Experimental investigation of trapped oil clusters in a water-wet bead pack using X-ray microtomography

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Karpyn, Zuleima T ^a   Piri, Mohammad ^b   Singh, Gurpreet ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649521921     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007539     Document Type: Article

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