Evolution of porosity and geochemistry in Marcellus Formation black shale during weathering

Chemical Geology

Volumn 356, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-63

  Jin, Lixin ^a,b   Mathur, Ryan ^c   Rother, Gernot ^d   Cole, David ^e   Bazilevskaya, Ekaterina ^b   Williams, Jennifer ^b   Carone, Alex ^b   Brantley, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Neutron scattering; Organic matter; Pyrite dissolution; Shale gas; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DISSOLUTION REACTIONS; LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; PYRITE DISSOLUTION; SHALE GAS; TRACE METAL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; INFILTRATION; KAOLINITE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROSITY; PYRITES; QUARTZ; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WEATHERING;

SHALE;

BLACK SHALE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHLORITE; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ILLITE; INFILTRATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; ORGANIC MATTER; POROSITY; QUARTZ; TOMOGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT;

HUNTINGDON COUNTY; PENNSYLVANIA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883024919     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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