Effect of pore structure on electrical resistivity in carbonates

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-190

  Verwer, Klaas ^a,b   Eberli, Gregor P ^a,c   Weger, Ralf J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCARBON REFINING; LITHOLOGY; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY DATUM; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGH RESISTIVITY; LITHOLOGY DISCRIMINATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTIC; WATER SATURATIONS;

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

BOREHOLE; CARBONATE ROCK; CEMENTATION; DIGITAL IMAGE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROCARBON; LITHOLOGY; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); MACROPORE; MAGNITUDE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952383610     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06301010047     Document Type: Article

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