Petrophysical initialization of core-scale reactive transport simulations on Indiana limestones: Pore-scale characterization, spatial autocorrelations, and representative elementary volume analysis

Initializations of the petrophysical parameters significantly affect results reactive transport simulations on unstable dissolution fronts. As phenomenon arises from inherent heterogeneity rocks, heterogenous initialization fields is needed to model such a phenomenon. While modeling fronts has been extensively studied in past, geostatistical information required initialize heterogeneous usually assumed and still missing. The objective this paper acquire for Indiana limestones core-scale. This done by combining high resolution tomography with pore scale calculations determine: i) rock minimum representative volume (REV), ii) frequency distributions parameters, namely; porosity, permeability, surface area, iii) relationships between iv) spatial correlation lengths. obtained should help reduce uncertainties associated core-scale carbonate rocks general, particular.