Salinity dependence of complex conductivity of unconsolidated and consolidated materials: Comparisons with electrical double layer models

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Weller, Andreas ^a   Slater, Lee ^b  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Induced polarization (IP); Rock physics

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

COMPLEX CONDUCTIVITY; CONSOLIDATED MATERIALS; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; ENVIRONMENTAL; INDUCED POLARIZATION; PORE FLUID CONDUCTIVITY; ROCK PHYSICS; SURFACE POLARIZATIONS;

POLARIZATION;

DATA SET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MODELING; POLARIZATION; POWER LAW; ROCK PROPERTY; SALINITY; SANDSTONE; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

EID: 84866444790     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2012-0030.1     Document Type: Article

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