Influence of burial history on microstructure and compaction behaviour of Kimmeridge clay

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-270

  Nygård, Runar ^a   Gutierrez, Marte ^b   Høeg, Kaare ^a   Bjørlykke, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay; Compaction; Diagenesis; Porosity; Sedimentary basins

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CLAY; COMPACTION; DIAGENESIS; KIMMERIDGIAN; PARENT MATERIAL; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 4644224899     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079303-591     Document Type: Article

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