On the relationship between microstructure and electrical and hydraulic properties of sand-clay mixtures

Details On the relationship between microstructure and electrical and hydraulic properties of sand-clay mixtures On the relationship between microstructure and electrical and hydraulic properties of sand-clay mixtures

Oct 2000

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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 27, Issue 19, p. 3085-3088

Physics

Geophysics

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Exploration Geophysics: Magnetic And Electrical Methods, Hydrology: General Or Miscellaneous, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Magnetic And Electrical Properties, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Permeability And Porosity

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A series of laboratory experiments, including measurements of electrical properties, permeability, and porosity, were performed on saturated sand-clay mixtures. Different mixtures and packing geometries of quartz sand and 0 to 10% Na-montmorillonite clay were investigate using solutions of CaCl2 and deionized water. Two main regions of electrical conduction exist: a region dominated by surface conduction and a region where the ionic strength of the saturating fluid controlled conduction. For low fluid conductivities, the sample geometry was found to greatly affect the magnitude of the surface conductance. The influence of the microstructural properties on the electrical properties was quantified by estimating formation factors, Λ parameters, and surface conductances. The surface conductances estimated using the theory of Johnson et al. [1986] agreed well with measured values. We suggest that high and low bounds on the expected surface and bulk conductances in a natural system can be derived from the measurements on these artificial geometries.

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