X-ray computed-tomography imaging of gas migration in water-saturated sediments: From capillary invasion to conduit opening

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Choi, Jeong Hoon ^a   Seol, Yongkoo ^a   Boswell, Ray ^a   Juanes, Ruben ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GASES; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFINING STRESS; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DEEP OCEAN; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GAS MIGRATION; GRANULAR MEDIA; METHANE GAS; MIGRATION DYNAMICS; OCEANIC SEDIMENTS; PORE-SCALE MODELING; STRONG COUPLING; X-RAY CT;

GAS HYDRATES;

CAPILLARITY; CARBON FLUX; CONFINING PRESSURE; DEEP SEA; DISPLACEMENT; EPISODIC EVENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GAS FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; IMAGING METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERCOLATION; POROSITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SATURATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICA; SILT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052721458     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048513     Document Type: Article

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