Geochemical constraints on the origin and volume of gas in the New Albany Shale (Devonian-Mississippian), eastern Illinois Basin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1713-1740

  Stra̧poć, Dariusz ^a,b   Mastalerz, Maria ^c   Schimmelmann, Arndt ^a   Drobniak, Agnieszka ^c   Hasenmueller, Nancy R ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 600N Dairy Ashford ^*  (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; LOCATION; METHANE; MICROPOROSITY; ORGANIC CARBON; REFLECTION; SHALE;

FORMATION-WATER SALINITY; MICROBIAL INOCULATION; MICROPORE VOLUMES; MISSISSIPPIANS; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMOGENIC GAS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

GASES;

CORE ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; DEVONIAN; GAS PRODUCTION; KEROGEN; METHANE; MISSISSIPPIAN; PETROGRAPHY; PORE SPACE; SHALE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ILLINOIS BASIN; INDIANA; OWEN COUNTY [INDIANA]; PIKE COUNTY [INDIANA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649790770     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06301009197     Document Type: Article

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