Capillary trapping in sandstones and carbonates: Dependence on pore structure

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Tanino, Y ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; LIME; LIMESTONE; POROSITY; POROUS PLATES; SANDSTONE; WETTING;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; COORDINATION NUMBER; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; LOW CAPILLARY NUMBERS; MEASURED RESIDUALS; RESIDUAL SATURATION; THROAT ASPECT RATIO; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ASPECT RATIO;

CAPILLARITY; CARBONATE; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SATURATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866000857     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011712     Document Type: Article

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