Organic matter-hosted pore system, Marcellus Formation (Devonian), Pennsylvania

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-200

  Milliken, Kitty L ^a   Rudnicki, Mark ^b   Awwiller, David N ^b   Zhang, Tongwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEVONIANS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MARCELLUS; MINERAL MATRIXES; PENNSYLVANIA; PORE SYSTEM; THERMAL MATURITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT; WET GAS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BUBBLE; COMPACTION; DEVONIAN; HELIUM; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PORE SPACE; REFLECTANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL MATURITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VITRINITE;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875740687     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07231212048     Document Type: Article

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