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Estimation of hydraulic permeability considering the micro morphology of rocks of the borehole YAXCOPOIL-1 (Impact crater Chicxulub, Mexico)

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Internal surface, formation factor, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)-T2 relaxation times and pore radius distributions were measured on representative core samples for the estimation of hydraulic permeability. Permeability is estimated using various versions of the classic Kozeny–Carman-equation (K–C) and a further development of K–C, the fractal PaRiS-model, taking into account the internal surface. In addition to grain and pore size distribution, directly connected to permeability, internal surface reflects the internal structure (“micro morphology”). Lithologies could be grouped with respect to differences in internal surface. Most melt rich impact breccia lithologies exhibit large internal surfaces, while Tertiary post-impact sediments and Cretaceous lithologies in displaced megablocks display smaller internal surfaces. Investigations with scanning electron microscopy confirm the correlation between internal surface and micro morphology. In addition to different versions of K–C, estimations by means of NMR, pore radius distributions and some gas permeability measurements serve for cross-checking and calibration. In general, the different estimations from the independent methods and the measurements are in satisfactory accordance.

For Tertiary limestones and Suevites bulk with very high porosities (up to 35%) permeabilites between 10−14 and 10−16 m2 are found, whereas in lower Suevite, Cretaceous anhydrites and dolomites, bulk permeabilites are between 10−15 and 10−23 m2.

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Acknowledgments

The research was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG-grant BU 298/16) within the ICDP-Chicxulub project. The authors also wish to acknowledge support in the form of a grant from Schlumberger Oilfield Services and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No 05-05-64879). The authors thank Dr. J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi and Dr. A.-M. Soler-Arechalde (UNAM, Mexico) for their help in core collection preparation and delivery. We thank D. Korobkov (MSGPU, Moscow) and A. Scholz (Technical University Berlin) for active help in petrophysical measurements, U. Trautwein (GFZ Potsdam) for permeability measurements, S. Schuldt (Technical University Berlin) for Dunham classification and J. Nissen (ZELMI, Technical University Berlin) for helpful hints whilst operating the SEM. We thank an anonymous reviewer and Patrick Fulton for their detailed comments and suggestions that helped to improve the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Applied Geosciences, Technical University Berlin, Sekr. ACK 2, Ackerstraße 71-76, 13355, Berlin, Germany

    S. I. Mayr & H. Burkhardt

  2. Technical physics and rock physics, Russian State Geological Prospecting University, Miklukho-Maklaya street 23, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. Popov

  3. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum für Naturkunde, Mineralogie, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany

    A. Wittmann

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Mayr, S.I., Burkhardt, H., Popov, Y. et al. Estimation of hydraulic permeability considering the micro morphology of rocks of the borehole YAXCOPOIL-1 (Impact crater Chicxulub, Mexico). Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 97, 385–399 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-007-0227-6

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