A preliminary study on the pore characterization of Lower Silurian black shales in the Chuandong Thrust Fold Belt, southwestern China using low pressure N2 adsorption and FE-SEM methods

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-19

  Tian, Hui ^a   Pan, Lei ^a   Xiao, Xianming ^a   Wilkins, Ronald W T ^b   Meng, Zhaoping ^c   Huang, Baojia ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Lower Silurian shale; Pore structure; Shale gas; Sichuan Basin

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PORE CHARACTERIZATIONS; SHALE GAS; SICHUAN BASIN; SILURIAN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; INERT GASES; MICROPOROSITY; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORE STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SHALE;

ADSORPTION; BLACK SHALE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILURIAN; SURFACE AREA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84881520776     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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