Petrophysical characterization of the Sherwood Sandstone from East Yorkshire, UK
-
Published:January 01, 2006
-
CiteCitation
Magdeline Pokar, L. J. West, N. E. Odling, 2006. "Petrophysical characterization of the Sherwood Sandstone from East Yorkshire, UK", Fluid Flow and Solute Movement in Sandstones: The Onshore UK Permo-Triassic Red Bed Sequence, R. D. Barker, J. H. Tellam
Download citation file:
- Share
-
Tools
Abstract
Petrophysical tests were conducted on core samples from the unsaturated zone of the Sherwood Sandstone Group in East Yorkshire. Tests were conducted to determine which physical parameters most influenced its hydraulic conductivity values. The main parameters analysed were grain-size distribution, pore-throat size distribution, clay content, mineralogy and porosity. A constant flow rate permeameter was used to measure saturated hydraulic conductivity values in the vertical direction (perpendicular to lamination), Kv, and horizontal direction (parallel to lamination), Kh. Hydraulic conductivity values in the vertical direction, Kv ranged from 0.004 to 0.12 m day−1 while values...
Figures & Tables
Contents
Fluid Flow and Solute Movement in Sandstones: The Onshore UK Permo-Triassic Red Bed Sequence

Sandstone aquifers are common worldwide: they contain a significant proportion of the Earth’s fresh water supplies. However, because of their textural complexity and the frequent occurrence of both matrix and fracture flow, prediction of flow and pollutant migration is still a considerable challenge. This volume contains a collection of papers summarizing current research on an example sandstone aquifer: the UK Permo-Triassic Sandstone sequence. These red bed, organic-poor sandstones are of fluvial and aeolian origin, are often strongly textured, and are cut by discontinuities of a wide range of permeabilities. Matrix flow often dominates, but fracture flow also occurs. The papers in the volume deal with research on saturated and unsaturated flow, and solute and non-aqueous-phase liquid movement. They cover investigations from laboratory to regional scale, and involve a wide range of approaches, from petrophysical through geophysical and hydrochemical to modelling.
The book is intended to be of interest to researchers and practitioners involved in water resources and groundwater pollution, and to hydrogeology, water engineering, and environmental science students.