C1 Carbonate: Micro-CT Image and Extracted Networks

A micro-CT image of C1 carbonate rock and its extracted pore networks, published by Dong and Blunt in 2009. The dataset is provided by the Imperial College Consortium On Pore-Scale Modelling and includes a header file for visualization in software like Paraview or ImageJ.

Use Cases

• Visualize and analyze pore structure geometry based on the provided micro-CT image.
• Simulate fluid transport in porous media based on the extracted network data.
• Validate pore-network modeling algorithms against a known physical rock sample.
• Study the relationship between rock microstructure and macroscopic properties.

Strengths

• Includes both the raw 3D micro-CT image and derived pore-network data.
• Associated with a peer-reviewed publication (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.036307).
• Provides a header file specifying image and voxel sizes for accurate scaling.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Imperial College Consortium On Pore-Scale Modelling

Collection Method

Micro-CT scanning and subsequent pore-network extraction.

Time Range

2009