Percolation Effects of Grain Contacts in Partially Saturated Sandstones: Deviations from Archie's Law

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-467

  Yanici, S ^a   Arns, J Y ^a   Cinar, Y ^a   Pinczewski, W V ^a   Arns, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Micro tomography; Porous media; Resistivity index

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; POROUS PLATES; SOLVENTS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PERCOLATING NETWORKS; PERCOLATION EFFECTS; POROUS PLATE METHOD; RESISTIVITY INDEX; WATER SATURATIONS;

SANDSTONE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; SATURATED MEDIUM; SATURATION;

EID: 84872614085     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-012-0099-5     Document Type: Article

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