Transport properties and diagenesis in sedimentary rocks: The role of micro-scale geometry

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 547-550

  Aharonov, Einat ^a,c   Rothman, Daniel H ^a   Thompson, Arthur H ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL DIMENSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORE STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GRAIN GROWTH;

DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL PROPERTIES; PORE-SCALE GEOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE RELATIONS; REACTION LIMITEDS; MINERAL REACTIONS; MODEL OF PORE; MODELING RESULTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CRYSTAL; DIAGENESIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; PORE GEOMETRY;

EID: 84874974284     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0547:TPADIS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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