Top seal development in the shale-dominated Upper Devonian Catskill Delta Complex, western New York State

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-335

  Lash, Gary G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian basin; Gas capillary seal; Porosimetry; Top seal; Upper Devonian

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC METHANE; BIOTURBATION; CLAY-RICH LAMINAE; COMPACTION-INDUCED SQUEEZING; DUCTILE ORGANIC MATTER; GRAIN REORIENTATION; HIGH-STAND SYSTEM TRACT; HOMOGENIZATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; POROSITY REDUCTION;

CLAY; COMPACTION; DUCTILITY; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANE; POROSIMETERS; POROSITY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SHALE;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BLACK SHALE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DEVONIAN; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; POROSITY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LAMIINAE; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 33646788771     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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