Influence of mechanical compaction and clay mineral diagenesis on the microfabric and pore-scale properties of deep-water Gulf of Mexico mudstones

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-514

  Aplin, Andrew C ^a   Matenaar, Ingo F ^a,b   McCarty, Douglas K ^c   van der Pluijm, Ben A ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction; Gulf of Mexico; High resolution; Microfabric; Mudstone; Shale; Smectite; X ray texture goniometry

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SHALE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIAGENESIS; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; MUDSTONES; PHYLLOSILICATES; X-RAY TEXTURE GONIOMETRY;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; COMPACTION; DIAGENESIS; ILLITIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MUDSTONE; POROSITY; SHALE; SMECTITE; TEXTURE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 33748647045     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2006.0540411     Document Type: Article

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