Physical Properties of Rocks, Volume 18: Fundamentals and Principles of Petrophysics (Handbook of Geophysical Exploration: Seismic Exploration)

The interpretation of geophysical data in exploration geophysics, well logging, engineering, mining and environmental geophysics requires knowledge of the physical properties of rocks and their correlations. Physical properties are a "key" for combined interpretation techniques. The study of rock physics provides an interdisciplinary treatment of physical properties, whether related to geophysical, geotechnical, hydrological or geological methodology.__Physical Properties of Rocks, 2nd Edition__, describes the physical fundamentals of rock properties, based on typical experimental results and relevant theories and models. It provides readers with all relevant rock properties and their interrelationships in one concise volume. Furthermore, it guides the reader through experimental and theoretical knowledge in order to handle models and theories in practice.Throughout the book the author focuses on the problems of applied geophysics with respect to exploration and the expanding field of applications in engineering and mining geophysics, geotechnics, hydrology and environmental problems, and the properties under the conditions of the upper Earth crust.__Physical Properties of Rocks, Second Edition,__ guides readers through a systematic presentation of all relevant physical properties and their interrelationships in parallel with experimental and theoretical basic knowledge and a guide for handling core models and theories. Content: Front Cover Physical Properties of Rocks: Fundamentals and Principles of Petrophysics Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Rocks-Their Classification and General Properties 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Igneous Rocks 1.3. Metamorphic Rocks 1.4. Sedimentary Rocks 1.4.1. Overview 1.4.2. Clastic Rocks 1.4.2.1. Classification 1.4.2.2. Textural Properties 1.4.2.3. Some Fundamental Clay Properties 1.4.3. Carbonate and Evaporate Rocks 1.4.3.1. Introduction 1.4.3.2. Composition 1.4.3.3. Classification 1.4.4. Comparison of Siliciclastic and Carbonate Sediments. 1.5. Physical Properties of Rocks-Some General Characteristics1.6. Measurements of Rock Samples and Core Analysis Chapter 2: Pore Space Properties 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Porosity 2.2.1. Definitions 2.2.2. Porosity of Clastic Rocks 2.2.3. Porosity of Carbonate Rocks 2.2.4. Fractures, Fractured Rocks 2.3. Specific Internal Surface 2.4. Fluids in the Pore Space-Saturation and Bulk Volume Fluid 2.5. Permeability 2.5.1. Introduction and Definitions 2.5.2. Rock Permeability-An Overview 2.5.3. Clastic Rocks 2.5.3.1. Permeability as a Function of Porosity and Pore Size, Grain Size. 2.5.3.2. Permeability Description in Hydrogeology2.5.3.3. Influence of Shale Content 2.5.4. Carbonate Rocks 2.5.5. Summary: Main Influences Controlling Permeability-Porosity Relationships 2.5.6. Pressure Dependence 2.5.7. Permeability Models 2.5.7.1. Overview 2.5.7.2. The Capillary Tube Model (Kozeny-Carman) 2.5.7.2.1. The Fundamental Equation 2.5.7.2.2. Modified Model 2.5.7.2.3. Implementation of the Specific Surface 2.5.7.2.4. Modifications for an Approximation of the Real Pore Geometry 2.5.7.3. Flow Through Fractures and Channels. 2.5.7.4. Modelling Shale Influence upon Permeability2.5.8. Multiphase Flow-Effective Permeability 2.5.9. Wettability 2.6. Capillary Pressure 2.6.1. Fundamentals 2.6.2. Drainage and Imbibition 2.6.3. Capillary Pressure-Description by an Equation 2.6.4. Conversion of Laboratory Capillary Curves to Fluid Distribution in a Reservoir 2.7. The Digital Core-A Look into the Pore Space 2.7.1. Principle 2.7.2. Examples 2.7.3. Digital Versus Conventional Core Chapter 3: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR): Petrophysical Properties 3.1. Introduction 3.2. The Principle of an NMR Measurement. 3.3. NMR Relaxation Mechanisms of Fluids in Pores and Fluid-Surface Effects3.3.1. Overview 3.3.2. Bulk Relaxation 3.3.3. Surface Relaxation 3.3.4. Diffusion-Induced Relaxation 3.3.5. Description of Relaxation as a Multi-Exponential Decay-Data Inversion 3.4. Applications 3.4.1. Porosity and Pore Volume Partitioning 3.4.2. Permeability, Pore Size, and Capillary Pressure Estimate 3.4.3. Fluid (Hydrocarbon) Typing Chapter 4: Density 4.1. Definition and Units 4.2. Density of Rock Constituents 4.2.1. Density of Minerals 4.2.2. Density of Pore Fluids 4.3. Density of Rocks. The interpretation of geophysical data in exploration geophysics, well logging, engineering, mining and environmental geophysics requires knowledge of the physical properties of rocks and their correlations. Physical properties are a "key" for combined interpretation techniques. The study of rock physics provides an interdisciplinary treatment of physical properties, whether related to geophysical, geotechnical, hydrological or geological methodology.

Physical Properties of Rocks, 2nd Edition, describes the physical fundamentals of rock properties, based on typical experimental results and relevant theories and models. It provides readers with all relevant rock properties and their interrelationships in one concise volume. Furthermore, it guides the reader through experimental and theoretical knowledge in order to handle models and theories in practice.

Throughout the book the author focuses on the problems of applied geophysics with respect to exploration and the expanding field of applications in engineering and mining geophysics, geotechnics, hydrology and environmental problems, and the properties under the conditions of the upper Earth crust.

Physical Properties of Rocks, Second Edition, guides readers through a systematic presentation of all relevant physical properties and their interrelationships in parallel with experimental and theoretical basic knowledge and a guide for handling core models and theories.

The interpretation of geophysical data in exploration geophysics, well logging, engineering, mining and environmental geophysics requires knowledge of the physical properties of rocks and their correlations. Physical properties are a "key" for combined interpretation techniques. The study of rock physics provides an interdisciplinary treatment of physical properties, whether related to geophysical, geotechnical, hydrological or geological methodology. Physical Properties of Rocks, 2nd Edition , describes the physical fundamentals of rock properties, based on typical experimental results and relevant theories and models. It provides readers with all relevant rock properties and their interrelationships in one concise volume. Furthermore, it guides the reader through experimental and theoretical knowledge in order to handle models and theories in practice. Throughout the book the author focuses on the problems of applied geophysics with respect to exploration and the expanding field of applications in engineering and mining geophysics, geotechnics, hydrology and environmental problems, and the properties under the conditions of the upper Earth crust. Physical Properties of Rocks, Second Edition, guides readers through a systematic presentation of all relevant physical properties and their interrelationships in parallel with experimental and theoretical basic knowledge and a guide for handling core models and theories. The interpretation of geophysical data in exploration geophysics, well logging, engineering, mining and environmental geophysics requires knowledge of the physical properties of the rocks and their correlation. Physical properties are a "key" for combined interpretation techniques. The study of rock physics provides an interdisciplinary treatment of physical properties, whether related to geophysical, geotechnical, hydrological or geological methodology. The book is a comprehensive and concise systematic presentation of the physical properties of rocks. It is focussed on the problems of applied geophysics with respect to exploration and the expanding field of applications in engineering and mining geophysics, geotechnics, hydrology and environmental problems, and the properties under the conditions of the upper earth crust. This volume contains theoretical and experimental results relating to the main geophysical properties - density, magnetic properties, natural radioactivity, elastic and anelastic properties, electrical and thermal. It also presents the correlation between the individual properties as a basis of modern interpretation methods, including relationships between geophysical and geotechnical properties. Annotation This second edition describes the physical fundamentals of rock properties, based on typical experimental results and relevant theories and models. It provides all relevant rock properties and their interrelationships, and guides the reader through experimental and theoretical knowledge in order to handle models and theories in practice Rock physics is the investigation and study of the physical behaviour and properties of the rocks concerning - experimental / theoretical aspects and methods, and - fundamental and practical questions connected with applications in geophysics, geology, reservoir and geotechnical engineering and related disciplines. Offers a comprehensive presentation of the physical properties of rocks. This book contains theoretical and experimental results relating to the main geophysical properties - density, magnetic properties, natural radioactivity, elastic and anelastic properties, electrical and thermal. Presents the physical properties of rocks based on the results of their theoretical and experimental investigation. The text includes coverage of problems of applied geophysics with respect to exploration, and the properties under the conditions of the upper earth crust.