Porous Media

Research Related to Porous Media:  Sediment and Rock

Acoustic monitoring of water-sediment interaction,
Li, X. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte,
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 25, no. 20, pages 3899-3902, 1998

Detecting sub-wavelength layers and interfaces in synthetic sediments using seismic wave transmission,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J.,  B. L. Mullenbach, X. Li, D. D. Nolte, and A. S. Grader,
Geophys. Res. Lett. 26, 127-130, 1999

The physics of partially saturated porous media:  residual saturation and seismic wave propagation,
Li, X., Zhong, L. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte,
Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Volume 29, 2001

Upscaling of Relative Permeability 

Related Publications:

Holographic 3-D Laser Imaging into   Sandstone
P. Yu, M. Mustata, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte and D. D. Nolte, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 29, no. 20, p1988-1991, doi:10.1029/2002GL015108,  2002

Linking Pressure and Saturation through Interfacial Areas in Porous Media 
J.-T. Cheng, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, D. D. Nolte and N. J. Giordano, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, L08502, doi:10.1029/2003GL019282, 2004

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