Effect of quartz overgrowth precipitation on the multiscale porosity of sandstone: A (U)SANS and imaging analysis

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 199-222

  Anovitz, Lawrence M ^a   Cole, David R ^b   Jackson, Andrew J ^c,d   Rother, Gernot ^a   Littrell, Kenneth C ^a   Allard, Lawrence F ^a   Pollington, Anthony D ^e   Wesolowski, David J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

EID: 84928041583     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.01.028     Document Type: Article

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