Comparison of the mineralogical and chemical composition of 2 shales from the western Canada sedimentary basin and the United States Gulf coast

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-332

  De Caritat, Patrice ^a   Bloch, John ^b   Hutcheon, Ian ^c   Longstaffe, Fred J ^d   Abercrombie, Hugh J ^e,f  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Scealu Modus   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Institute of Sedimentary & Petroleum Geology   (Canada)

^f Birch Mountain Resources Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deposition; Diagenesis; Geochemistry; Mineralogy; Mixed Layer Illite Smectite; Oxygen Isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY MINERALS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN;

DIAGENESIS; MIXED LAYER ILLITE/SMECTITE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

SHALE;

CLAY MINERALOGY; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; SHALE;

CANADA, WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN; USA, GULF COAST;

EID: 0031171803     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1997.0450303     Document Type: Article

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