PREFACE |
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CHAPTER 1: RATIONALE FOR SIMULATING OIL MIGRATION AND ENTRAPMENT IN CLASTIC SEQUENCES |
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THE CONTINUUM OF PROCESSES IN THE REAL WORLD |
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3 | (1) |
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REPRESENTING SPACE AND TIME |
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4 | (6) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW OF MIGRATION AND ACCUMULATION |
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10 | (17) |
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10 | (3) |
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EXPULSION FROM SOURCE ROCKS |
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13 | (3) |
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16 | (6) |
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Migration rates and efficiencies |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (1) |
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Migration under hydrodynamic conditions |
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21 | (1) |
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SEGREGATION AND CHANGE DURING MIGRATION AND ENTRAPMENT |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (3) |
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CHAPTER 3: GENERATING CLASTIC SEQUENCES |
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27 | (32) |
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TYPES OF NUMERICAL SEDIMENTARY SIMULATORS |
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28 | (3) |
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Geostatistical simulators |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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Sedimentary process simulators |
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30 | (1) |
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Comparison of numerical sedimentary simulators |
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30 | (1) |
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UTILIZING PROCESS SIMULATORS |
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31 | (4) |
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Spectrum of process simulators |
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33 | (1) |
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Calibrating and controlling process simulators |
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34 | (1) |
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BOUNDARY AND INITIAL CONDITIONS |
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35 | (5) |
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35 | (1) |
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Fluid and sediment discharge rates |
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36 | (2) |
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Eustatic sea level changes |
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38 | (1) |
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38 | (2) |
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DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS |
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40 | (6) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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Submarine slope failure and turbidity currents |
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45 | (1) |
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RECORDING SEQUENCES GENERATED BY PROCESS SIMULATORS |
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46 | (5) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (2) |
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Reduction in number of cells |
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50 | (1) |
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INTEGRATING DEPOSITIONAL AND BURIAL HISTORY |
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51 | (2) |
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LIMITATIONS IN SEDIMENTARY PROCESS SIMULATION |
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53 | (4) |
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Mathematical representation |
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53 | (1) |
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Resolution, scale, and grid dimensions |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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Limitations imposed by boundary conditions |
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55 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 4: ENDOWING SIMULATED SEQUENCES WITH PETROPHYSICAL FLOW PROPERTIES |
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59 | (23) |
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59 | (6) |
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Compaction involving multiple grain sizes |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (1) |
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Calculating porosity in simulated sequences |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (4) |
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Obtaining permeabilities empirically |
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66 | (1) |
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Permeability based on the Kozeny-Carman equation |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (6) |
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Capillary pressure as function of wetting-phase saturation |
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72 | (1) |
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Capillary pressure as function of pore-size frequency distributions |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (4) |
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79 | (3) |
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CHAPTER 5: SIMULATING FACIES RELATIONSHIPS, POROSITY, AND PERMEABILITY IN THE WOODBINE FORMATION OF EAST TEXAS |
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82 | (17) |
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GEOLOGY OF THE WOODBINE FORMATION |
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82 | (7) |
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SIMULATING DEPOSITION OF THE WOODBINE SANDSTONES |
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89 | (2) |
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89 | (1) |
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Defining a sediment source and grain sizes |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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TRANSFORMING PROPORTIONS OF GRAIN SIZES TO POROSITIES AND PERMEABILITIES |
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91 | (7) |
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91 | (3) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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Variations in porosity and permeability |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 6: METHODS FOR SIMULATING MIGRATION AND ENTRAPMENT |
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99 | (16) |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (2) |
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HYDROSTATIC MIGRATION PROCEDURES |
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104 | (5) |
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Discrete interface procedure |
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104 | (3) |
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Flow-line and particle-tracking procedures |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (3) |
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111 | (2) |
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Finite-element procedures |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 7: A SIMULATOR FOR OIL MIGRATION AND ENTRAPMENT IN CLASTIC SEQUENCES |
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115 | (30) |
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FLUID CONTINUITY AND MOMENTUM EQUATIONS |
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116 | (8) |
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Linking fluid flow with compaction |
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117 | (1) |
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Coupled movement of solids and porewater |
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118 | (4) |
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Equations for migration in a compacting sedimentary sequence |
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122 | (2) |
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SOLVING THE TWO-PHASE FLOW EQUATIONS |
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124 | (3) |
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Newton's method for solving nonlinear systems of equations |
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125 | (2) |
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DISCRETIZING THE TWO-PHASE FLOW EQUATIONS |
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127 | (7) |
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Flux and transmissibility |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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SOLVING THE SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS |
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135 | (2) |
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IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM MIGRAT |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (5) |
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139 | (1) |
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Capillary pressure experiment |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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Reservoir-simulator experiment |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (3) |
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CHAPTER 8: SIMULATING DEPOSITION AND MIGRATION AT SOUTH BELRIDGE FIELD, CALIFORNIA |
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145 | (16) |
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146 | (9) |
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147 | (2) |
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Porosity, permeability, and oil saturations |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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SIMULATING SOUTH BELRIDGE'S PROGRADING DELTA |
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151 | (4) |
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TRANSFORMING THE DEPOSITIONAL SIMULATION FOR MIGRATION AND ENTRAPMENT |
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155 | (2) |
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SIMULATING MIGRATION AND ENTRAPMENT |
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157 | (4) |
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157 | (1) |
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Charging the sequence in the simulation |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (3) |
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CHAPTER 9: SUMMING IT UP AND A LOOK AHEAD |
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161 | (8) |
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GENERATING CLASTIC SEQUENCES |
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161 | (2) |
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TRANSFORMING SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF GRAIN SIZES TO PETROPHYSICAL FLOW PROPERTIES |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (3) |
NOTATION |
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REFERENCES |
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