Clay mineralogy of Carboniferous sandstone reservoirs, onshore and offshore UK

Clay Minerals

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 417-432

  Shaw, H F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Clay mineralogy; Sandstone reservoirs

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERALOGY; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE;

CARBONIFEROUS SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; DIAGENETIC CLAY ASSEMBLAGES; DIAGENETIC KAOLIN FORMATION;

CLAY MINERALS;

CARBONIFEROUS; CEMENTATION; CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE;

EID: 33748608589     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855064110202     Document Type: Article

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