Universal scaling of the formation factor in clays: Example from the Nankai Trough

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Electrical conductivity is a fundamental characteristic describing how strongly a network opposes flow of electrical current. In fully water-saturated porous media the conductivity, represented by the formation factor, is mainly controlled by porosity, connectivity of the conducting phases, and the tortuosity of electrical current paths. Previous work has shown that universal scaling derived from percolation and effective medium theories accurately describes the relationship between formation factor and porosity when the percolation threshold is taken account, as well as the porosity value at which the scaling switches from percolation theory to effective medium theory. We determined the formation factor in clay-rich sediments based on cation exchange capacity measurements on samples from five scientific ocean drilling sites in the Nankai Trough. We then compared the results to predictions from universal scaling after determining the volume of clay-bound water and the percolation threshold. We found that the previously reported universal scaling relations hold in these clay-rich sediments once the corrections are made for the clay-bound water and that percolation scaling appears to be valid over the entire range of observed porosities, probably due to relatively broad pore size distributions or low pore system connectivity. Our results show that universal scaling can be applied to describe the porosity dependence of the formation factor in clay-rich sediments when appropriate corrections are made for the presence of clay-bound water.

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Daigle, H., Ghanbarian, B., Henry, P., & Conin, M. (2015). Universal scaling of the formation factor in clays: Example from the Nankai Trough. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(11), 7361–7375. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012262

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