Specific surface area and pore-size distribution in clays and shales

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 341-362

  Kuila, Utpalendu ^a   Prasad, Manika ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Pore size distribution; Shales; Specific surface area

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; HIGH PRESSURE; ILLITE-SMECTITE; LARGE PORES; MACROPORES; MERCURY INTRUSION; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; MESO-PORES; MICROPORES; MULTISCALES; PORE NETWORKS; PORE VOLUME; PORE-SIZE ANALYSIS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; STORAGE PROPERTIES; TOTAL PORE VOLUME;

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY; COMPACTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; KAOLINITE; MERCURY (METAL); MICROPOROSITY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

SHALE;

CLAY; ILLITE; MATRIX; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PORE SPACE; SHALE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMECTITE; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 84873990992     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2478.12028     Document Type: Article

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