Paleoenvironment of Lower Silurian black shale and its significance to the potential of shale gas, southeast of Chongqing, China

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 597-616

  Guo, Ling ^a   Jiang, Zaixing ^a   Zhang, Jinchuan ^a   Li, Yuxi ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Black shale; Chongqing; Paleoenvironment; Shale gas; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; CHONGQING; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; SHALE GAS; SILURIAN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; GASES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MINERALS; ORGANIC CARBON; QUARTZ; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SHALE;

EID: 82955222885     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0144-5987.29.5.597     Document Type: Article

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