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Yu et al. 2002
Yu, P., Mustata, M., Chen, D., Pyrak-Nolte, L.J. and Nolte, D.D. (2002). Holographic 3-D laser imaging into sandstone. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL015108. issn: 0094-8276.

With a novel imaging technique that uses holographic recording and reconstruction to perform laser-ranging into translucent media, we have imaged several grain layers into a sandstone sample. Three-dimensional microscale (10 micron lateral and 30 micron depth resolution) information on grain size and geometry was obtained as deep as 400 microns into the sample without thin-sectioning. Surficial grain features in the holographic reconstruction were associated with features observed using conventional optical and scanning electron microscopy. This imaging technique represents a new form of nondestructive evaluation of grain and pore structure in reservoir rock by acquiring full-field images at variable depths, unlike sequential scanning microscopy that requires tomographic reconstruction.

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Keywords
Physical Properties of Rocks, Permeability and porosity, Physical Properties of Rocks, Instruments and techniques, Physical Properties of Rocks, General or miscellaneous, Hydrology, Instruments and techniques, Hydrology, General or miscellaneous
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Geophysical Research Letters
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