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Surface Chemical Controls on Pore-Fluid Connectivity in Texturally Equilibrated Materials

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Fluid Flow and Transport in Rocks

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The extent of connectivity of a fluid phase, in geological materials has a fundamental control on rock physical properties such as permeability (Beere, 1975; Park and Yoon, 1985; von Bargen and Waff, 1986), electrical conductivity (Watanabe and Kurita, 1993), rheology (Cooper and Kohlstedt, 1984, 1986; Kohlstedt, 1992), and mass transport (Hunter and McKenzie, 1989; Watson, Brenan and Baker, 1990; Farver and Yund, 1992; Brenan, 1993).

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Holness, M.B. (1997). Surface Chemical Controls on Pore-Fluid Connectivity in Texturally Equilibrated Materials. In: Jamtveit, B., Yardley, B.W.D. (eds) Fluid Flow and Transport in Rocks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1533-6_9

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