Phyllosilicate orientation demonstrates early timing of compactional stabilization in calcite-cemented concretions in the Barnett Shale (Late Mississippian), Fort Worth Basin, Texas (U.S.A)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 27-35

  Day Stirrat, Ruarri J ^a   Loucks, Robert G ^a   Milliken, Kitty L ^a,b   Hillier, Stephen ^c   van der Pluijm, Ben A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnett Shale; Concretions; Fabric; Goniometry

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CALCITE; COMPACTED SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; HOST ROCK; IMAGING METHOD; MISSISSIPPIAN; PHYLLOSILICATE; SHALE; STABILIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

FORT WORTH BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46249089508     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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