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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Porosity in Oolitic Limestones

Abstract

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In oolitic limestones the individual grains are microporous, and the microporosity consists of irregular equant pores 1-3 (mu)m in size which are located between the rhombic to anhedral carbonate crystals which make up the ooid cortex. These equant micropores are locally constricted to plates or tubes only 0.1 (mu)m in their short dimension (s), which are "throats" between the larger equant micropores. If the interparticle space is tightly cemented, any fluids passing through the rock must pass from grain to grain through the microporosity.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Geology
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Rich, David William

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8018207
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68058

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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Rich, David William. Porosity in Oolitic Limestones. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/68058