Evolution of Barnett Shale organic carbon structure and nanostructure with increasing maturation

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-16

  Romero Sarmiento, Maria Fernanda ^a   Rouzaud, Jean Noël ^b   Bernard, Sylvain ^c   Deldicque, Damien ^b   Thomas, Michel ^a   Littke, Ralf ^d  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barnett shale; High resolution transmission electron microscopy; Hydrocarbon retention; Nano scale porosity; Organic porosity; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBONIZATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROCARBONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POROSITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BARNETT SHALE; CARBON NANO-PARTICLES; HYDROCARBON RETENTION; NANO-SCALE POROSITY; ORGANIC PETROGRAPHY; ORGANIC POROSITIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY;

SHALE;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; MISSISSIPPIAN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 84898953053     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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