Micro-CT in Geology & Petrology

Cultural monuments and geological heritage sites composed of natural stone are severely affected by frost weathering in cold regions or during the winter season in mid-altitude regions.

The microstructure of building materials importantly influences engineering properties like permeability, strength and durability.

For many years X-ray computed tomography has been widely used as a medical diagnostical tool. This non-destructive technique was soon found to be very useful in rock material research.

Tight gas reservoirs exhibit storage and flow characteristics that are intimately tied to depositional and diagenetic processes.

We describe an imaging and pore-scale modelling study of capillary trapping in the Paaratte Sandstone formation in the Otway Basin, Australia.

Volcanic ash particles are important components of explosive eruptions, and their surface textures are the subject of intense research.

The objective of the present study is to apply the micro-CT technique to assess recent microbialite samples from a hypersaline coastal lagoon in the Rio de Janeiro State.

Geological carbon sequestration is being considered worldwide as a means of mitigating anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases.

Mineral carbonation in basaltic rock provides a permanent storage solution for the mitigation of anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the atmosphere.