Reverse engineering mother nature - Shale sedimentology from an experimental perspective

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Schieber, Juergen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depositional processes; Experimental; Flume studies; Mudstone; Shale

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; ENGINEERS; FLOCCULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SHALE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

COMPACTION BEHAVIOR; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL; FLUID-FLOW PROPERTIES; FLUME STUDIES; MUDSTONE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOCCULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUME EXPERIMENT; MUDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; SHEAR STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79957746508     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.04.002     Document Type: Review

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