Microstructural investigation of gas shales in two and three dimensions using nanometer-scale resolution imaging

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 665-677

  Curtis, Mark E ^a   Sondergeld, Carl H ^a   Ambrose, Raymond J ^a,b   Rai, Chandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Reliance Holding USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; KEROGEN; MICROSTRUCTURE; MILLING (MACHINING); OIL SHALE; PORE SIZE; PYRITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE GAS;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS; COMPLEX MICROSTRUCTURES; FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; NANOMETER-SCALE RESOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

DATA SET; KEROGEN; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE; RESOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE; SPECTROSCOPY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRESHOLD; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME;

EID: 84860733041     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08151110188     Document Type: Article

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