Direct evidence for organic carbon preservation as clay-organic nanocomposites in a Devonian black shale; from deposition to diagenesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 388, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-70

  Kennedy, Martin John ^a   Löhr, Stefan Carlos ^a   Fraser, Samuel Alex ^a   Baruch, Elizabeth Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black shale; Carbon sequestration; Nanocomposite; Organic matter preservation; Unconventional reservoir; Woodford Shale

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ORGANIC MATTER PRESERVATIONS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; WOODFORD SHALES;

AGGLOMERATION; CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGENATION; SHALE;

MINERALS;

BIOTURBATION; BLACK SHALE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPOSITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; DIAGENESIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIXING; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGENATION; THERMAL MATURITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; TASMANITES;

EID: 84890726922     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.044     Document Type: Article

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