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. 2006 Jan;178(1):136-41.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmr.2005.09.003. Epub 2005 Oct 7.

Spatially resolved measurement of rock core porosity

F Marica  1 , Q Chen, A Hamilton, C Hall, T Al, B J Balcom
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Spatially resolved measurement of rock core porosity

F Marica et al. J Magn Reson. 2006 Jan.

Abstract

Density weighted, centric scan, Conical SPRITE MRI techniques are applied in the current work for local porosity measurements in fluid saturated porous media. The methodology is tested on a series of sandstone core samples. These samples vary in both porosity and degree of local heterogeneity due to bedding plane structure. The MRI porosity measurement is in good agreement with traditional gravimetric measurements of porosity. Spatially resolved porosity measurements reveal significant porosity variation in some samples. This novel MRI technique should have applications to the characterization of local porosity in a wide variety of porous media.

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