After salting out, the fine pores are filled with salt crystals and the proportion reduces significantly, which cause the flow channels downsized and some are even completely blocked.

盐析后，结晶盐填充了岩心中的小孔隙，小孔喉在岩心中的比例明显减少，渗流通道减小，有的甚至完全被堵塞。

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