Petrophysical properties of saprolites from the Oak Ridge Integrated Field Research Challenge site, Tennessee

Geophysics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Revil, André ^a,b   Skold, Magnus ^b   Hubbard, Susan S ^c   Wu, Yuxin ^c   Watson, David B ^d   Karaouli, Marios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

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

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; CORE SAMPLES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ROCKS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; COMPLEX CONDUCTIVITY; DEGREE OF WEATHERINGS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STREAMING POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY;

PETROPHYSICS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; MIXED LAYER; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; SAPROLITE; SMECTITE; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE AREA; WEATHERING;

OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876532982     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/GEO2012-0176.1     Document Type: Article

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