Considerations and applications of the illite/smectite geothermometer in hydrocarbon-bearing rocks of miocene to Mississippian age

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 119-133

  Pollastro, Richard M ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geothermometer; Hydrocarbons; Illite smectite; Illitization; Smectite diagenesis; Thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; ORES; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; ROCKS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

GEOTHERMOMETERS; ILLITE/SMECTITE; ILLITIZATION; SMECTITES; THERMAL MATURITY;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; GEOTHERMOMETRY; MATURATION INDEX; RESERVOIR ROCK;

EID: 0027840509     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: 15528367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1993.0410202     Document Type: Article

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