Relation of shale porosities, gas generation, and compaction to deep overpressures in the U.S. Gulf Coast

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 70, 1998, Pages 87-104

  Hunt, John M ^a   Whelan, Jean K ^a   Eglinton, Lorraine Buxton ^a   Cathles III, Lawrence M ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; HYDROCARBON; NATURAL GAS; OVERPRESSURE; POROSITY; SHALE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032452003     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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