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Pore characteristics related to porosity and tortuosity of the Sam Khaen Conglomerate Member, Huai Hin Lat Formation, Northeastern Thailand

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The measured section of Khlong Muang is composed mainly of polymictic conglomerate, which is a part of an unsystematic sequence of an aluvio-lacustrine environment within the Sam Khaen Conglomerate Member, Huai Hin Lat Formation, Sap Phlu Basin, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. All small-, moderate-, and large-grained conglomerates were recognized, collected, and prepared into grains and matrixes for the total organic carbon (TOC), grain area percentage, rock-forming minerals and elements, micropores, porosity, and tortuosity. The grain area percentages of the small-, moderate-, and large-grained conglomerates were 98.35%, 83.52%, and 72.53%, respectively, and the matrix area percentages were different from 100. The TOC of the grain and matrix ranged from 3.68 to 7.21% that was evaluated to be excellent. Microscopically, the rigid grain rim, attapulgite crystalline, honeycomb structureless, intragranular, microchannel, and microfracture pores were observed. Flocculation and interplatelet pores were only discovered from the matrixes, which were higher in quantitation and size. Almost all the micropores were dominantly generated by the solution and sedimentary alterations associated with burial diagenesis unless the microfractures and microchannels were related to the siliceous-riched beds. They were isolated and suitably formed to be able to store hydrocarbons. The microfractures and microchannels, including the rigid grain rim and honeycomb structureless pores, were interconnected in providing good potential for the migration pathways. Physically, the porosity and tortuosity of the grains were too low (0.39%) and high (0.9619), thus corresponding to the isolated micropores. Moreover, the higher porosity (2.22%) and lower tortuosity (0.6979) of the matrixes conformed to the microfractures, microchannels, rigid grain rim, and honeycomb structureless pores that their pathways and fluid transmission were straighter, especially the large-grained conglomerates. Therefore, the Sam Khaen Conglomerate Member, Huai Hin Lat Formation, provided very good potential for permeability or migration pathways.

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This research was supported by funding for undergraduate projects from Suranaree University of Technology and the BL1.2W X-Ray Tomographic Microscopy, Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization), Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

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Arsairai, B. Pore characteristics related to porosity and tortuosity of the Sam Khaen Conglomerate Member, Huai Hin Lat Formation, Northeastern Thailand. Arab J Geosci 15, 1718 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10970-1

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