Is it the grain size or the characteristic pore size that controls the induced polarization relaxation time of clean sands and sandstones?

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Revil, André ^a,b   Koch, Kristof ^c   Holliger, Klaus ^c  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAN SAND; COMPARATIVE TESTS; FORMATION FACTOR; GRAIN DIAMETER; GRAIN SIZE; INDUCED POLARIZATION; LOW FREQUENCY; MECHANISTIC MODELS; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PORE RADIUS; RELAXATION BEHAVIORS; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; TIME CONSTANTS; UNSATURATED CONDITION; WATER SATURATIONS;

PORE SIZE;

SANDSTONE;

GRAIN SIZE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

EID: 84861661990     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011561     Document Type: Article

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