Relating the permeability of quartz sands to their grain size and spectral induced polarization characteristics

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 230-242

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Hydrogeophysics; Permeability and porosity

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC SIZE; COMPACTED STATE; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULAR MEDIA; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION; NATURAL SAND; PERMEABILITY PREDICTION; POLARIZED CELLS; QUARTZ SAND; SPECTRAL INDUCED POLARIZATION; STERN LAYER; TIME CONSTANTS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SAND;

POLARIZATION;

ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULOMETRY; PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SAND;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84862187398     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05510.x     Document Type: Article

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