Mineralogy and geochemistry of Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian Black Shales at the Northern Margin of the Variscan Mountain Belt (Germany and Belgium)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-108

  Uffmann, Anna K ^a   Littke, Ralf ^a   Rippen, Daniel ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basin modeling; Black shale; Burial history; Carboniferous; Gas shale; Mississippian; Namurian; Organic carbon content; Pennsylvanian; Porosity; Quartz content; Sulfur content; Thermal maturity; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

BASIN MODELING; BLACK SHALES; BURIAL HISTORY; CARBONIFEROUS; GAS SHALES; MISSISSIPPIAN; NAMURIAN; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; PENNSYLVANIAN; SULFUR CONTENTS; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY RESOURCES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; QUARTZ; REFLECTION; SULFUR;

SHALE;

BLACK SHALE; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CARBONATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; MINERALOGY; MISSISSIPPIAN; MOUNTAIN REGION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ORGANIC CARBON; PENNSYLVANIAN; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

BELGIUM; GERMANY;

EID: 84868125039     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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