Shale lithofacies and reservoir space of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation, Sichuan Basin, China

Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 736-743

  Liang, Chao ^a   Jiang, Zaixing ^a   Yang, Yiting ^a   Wei, Xiajie ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Reservoir space; Shale gas; Shale lithofacies; Sichuan Basin; Wufeng Longmaxi Formation

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; LITHOFACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MICROCRACK; ORDOVICIAN; OUTCROP; QUARTZ; SHALE; SILURIAN;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84871405463     PISSN: 18763804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(12)60098-6     Document Type: Article

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