Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering

CM Jeffries, J Ilavsky, A Martel, S Hinrichs… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Small-angle scattering (SAS) is a technique that is able to probe the structural organization
of matter and quantify its response to changes in external conditions. X-ray and neutron …

Characterization and analysis of porosity and pore structures

LM Anovitz, DR Cole - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Porosity plays a clearly important role in geology. It controls fluid storage in aquifers, oil and
gas fields and geothermal systems, and the extent and connectivity of the pore structure …

Fluid‐induced processes: metasomatism and metamorphism

A Putnis, H Austrheim - Geofluids, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Geofluids (2010) 10, 254–269 Abstract Metamorphism and metasomatism both involve the
reequilibration of mineral assemblages due to changes in pressure, temperature and/or …

Pores in Marcellus shale: A neutron scattering and FIB-SEM study

X Gu, DR Cole, G Rother, DFR Mildner… - Energy & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The production of natural gas has become increasingly important in the United States
because of the development of hydraulic fracturing techniques, which significantly increase …

Boehmite and gibbsite nanoplates for the synthesis of advanced alumina products

X Zhang, PL Huestis, CI Pearce, JZ Hu… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Boehmite (γ-AlOOH) and gibbsite (α-Al (OH) 3) are important archetype (oxy) hydroxides of
aluminum in nature that also play diverse roles across a plethora of industrial applications …

The controlling factors and prediction model of pore structure in global shale sediments based on random forest machine learning

F Jiang, L Huo, D Chen, L Cao, R Zhao, Y Li… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid development of shale oil and gas promotes the plentiful research and
characterization of micro-nano pore structure, and accumulates massive data, which is vital …

Diagenetic changes in macro-to nano-scale porosity in the St. Peter Sandstone: An (ultra) small angle neutron scattering and backscattered electron imaging analysis

LM Anovitz, DR Cole, G Rother, LF Allard… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
Small-and ultra-small angle neutron scattering (SANS and USANS) provide powerful tools
for quantitative analysis of porous rocks, yielding bulk statistical information over a wide …

Permeability, porosity, and mineral surface area changes in basalt cores induced by reactive transport of CO2‐rich brine

AJ Luhmann, BM Tutolo, BC Bagley… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Four reactive flow‐through laboratory experiments (two each at 0.1 mL/min and 0.01 mL/min
flow rates) at 150° C and 150 bar (15 MPa) are conducted on intact basalt cores to assess …

Evaluation of accessible mineral surface areas for improved prediction of mineral reaction rates in porous media

LE Beckingham, CI Steefel, AM Swift, M Voltolini… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
The rates of mineral dissolution reactions in porous media are difficult to predict, in part
because of a lack of understanding of mineral reactive surface area in natural porous media …

How porosity increases during incipient weathering of crystalline silicate rocks

A Navarre-Sitchler, SL Brantley… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Weathering of bedrock to produce porous regolith, the precursor to biologically active soil
and soluble mineral nutrients, creates the life-supporting matrix upon which Earth's Critical …