I-S precipitation in pore space as the cause of geopressuring in Mesozoic mudstones, Egersund Basin, Norwegian continental shelf

American Mineralogist

Volumn 87, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 1580-1589

  Nadeau, Paul H ^a   Peacor, Donald R ^b   Yan, Jessie ^b   Hillier, Steve ^c  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAOLINITE; MICA; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; LATTICE FRINGES; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELVES; PARTICLE POPULATION; PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; MESOZOIC; MUDSTONE; OVERPRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EGERSUND BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0036874773     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2002-11-1208     Document Type: Article

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