Convener: Dr. Ernst
Huenges, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam,
Telegrafenberg A6,
14473 Potsdam, Germany; Tel: +49-331-288-1440,
Fax: +49-331-288-1450,
E-mail:
HUENGES@GFZ-POTSDAM.DE
Co-Convener: Dr. Jan
Safanda, Geophysical
Institute, Academy of Sciences of
the Czech
Republic, Bocni II., cp 1401, 14131
Praha 4 -
Sporilov, Czech Republic; Tel:
+420-2-67103-384, Fax: +420-2-761549,
E-mail:
JSA@IG.CAS.CZ
Physical properties of rocks control natural and artificial transport processes in the upper and lower Earth's crust. Temperature and pressure data, hydraulic, elastic, electrical, and thermal parameters of rocks and their variation within the lithosphere are commonly used in modelling of Earth's processes. Applications are predictions of the long term behavior of exploited reservoirs, hydrocarbon exploration and production, downhole storage of fluids, as well as in geophysical studies of physical properties at the conditions of the lower crust and mantle. The influence of pore space and pore fill on the rock properties is of special interest. This session aims at discussing the state of the art in the application of petrophysical properties from laboratory measurements, borehole data, and from field observations. Contributions are invited on petrophysical investigations of mudrocks and shales as well as on metamorphic, plutonic, and volcanic rocks, and on methods of predicting these properties over different length scales.