Saturation dependence of the quadrature conductivity of oil-bearing sands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Schmutz, M ^a   Blondel, A ^a   Revil, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; EXPERIMENTS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL SANDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PHASE INTERFACES; SILICONES; VEGETABLE OILS;

ARCHIE'S LAW; COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS; COMPLEX CONDUCTIVITY; ENGINE OIL; IN-PHASE; NON-WETTING; OIL PHASE; OIL WATER INTERFACES; POWER LAW EXPONENT; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; QUADRATURE CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATION EXPONENT; SILICONE OIL; SUNFLOWER OIL; SURFACE AREA; WATER PHASE; WATER SATURATIONS; WAXMAN MODEL; INDUCED POLARIZATION; OIL SATURATION;

INSULATING OIL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDUCTIVITY; OIL; POWER LAW; SAND; SATURATION; SURFACE AREA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INDUCED POLARIZATION; OIL POLLUTION; WETTABILITY;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84856708010     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050474     Document Type: Article

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