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A New Exploration Tool: Quantitative Core Characterization

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Experimental Techniques in Mineral and Rock Physics

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We will describe a new laboratory system which was designed to be highly automated and portable while maintaining quality. Driving this design was the recognition of the temporal dependence of physical properties. It becomes apparent that some sedimentary rocks, particularly shales, degrade and disaggregate so completely that mechanical or elastic properties cannot be measured. This temporal dependence displays a time scale much shorter than normal weathering but greater than the time for stress relief. A system was designed to permit field characterization of freshly recovered core material. A benefit of automation and portability is a marked increase in measurement efficiency. The attributes of this system permit rapid characterization of a large number of fresh cores in remote, frontier exploration areas. This feature can significantly reduce prospect evaluation time. Statistically significant rock property databases can be created in a short period of time.

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  1. Amoco Production Research, 4502 E. 41st Street, Tulsa, OK, 74135, USA

    Carl H. Sondergeld & Chandra S. Rai

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  1. Center for High Pressure Research, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 1194, USA

    Robert C. Liebermann

  2. Rock Properties, Theoretical Geophysical Research, Amoco Production Company Research Center, Tulsa, OK, 74102, USA

    Carl H. Sondergeld

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Sondergeld, C.H., Rai, C.S. (1993). A New Exploration Tool: Quantitative Core Characterization. In: Liebermann, R.C., Sondergeld, C.H. (eds) Experimental Techniques in Mineral and Rock Physics. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5108-4_4

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