Nuclear magnetic resonance in sedimentary rocks: Effect of proton desorption rate

Abstract

In a discussion of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons in the pore fluid of sedimentary rocks, Cohen and Mendelson assumed that the desorption rate of protons from the rock surface is much faster than the relaxation rate of the magnetization for protons on the surface. In the present paper it is shown that this assumption is not necessary and conditions are established under which the analysis of Cohen and Mendelson is valid.