Characteristics of bleaching of sandstone in northeast of Ordos Basin and its relationship with natural gas leakage

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 153-164

  Ma, YanPing ^a   Liu, ChiYang ^a   Zhao, JunFeng ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Yu, Lin ^a   Wang, JianQiang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bleaching of sandstone; Gas leakage; Mesozoic; Northeast; Ordos Basin

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; GEOCHEMISTRY; KAOLINITE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NATURAL GAS; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GAS LEAKAGE; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

SANDSTONE;

BLEACHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NATURAL GAS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SANDSTONE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 38149066042     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-6020-3     Document Type: Article

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