Upper Paleozoic coal measures and unconventional natural gas systems of the Ordos Basin, China

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 863-873

  Tang, Xuan ^a,b   Zhang, Jinchuan ^a   Shan, Yansheng ^a   Xiong, Jinyu ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Coal bed methane; Coal measures; Ordos Basin; Tight gas; Upper Paleozoic

Indexed keywords

COAL MEASURES; COALBED METHANE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MUDSTONE; NATURAL GAS; PALEOZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 84867860942     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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