Shale gas potential of the major marine shale formations in the upper yangtze platform, South China, Part III: Mineralogical, lithofacial, petrophysical, and rock mechanical properties

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2322-2342

  Tan, Jingqiang ^a   Horsfield, Brian ^a   Fink, Reinhard ^b   Krooss, Bernhard ^b   Schulz, Hans Martin ^a   Rybacki, Erik ^a   Zhang, Jinchuan ^c   Boreham, Christopher J ^d   Van Graas, Ger ^e   Tocher, Bruce A ^e  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALS; POROSITY; QUARTZ; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CARBONATE CONTENT; COMPRESSIVE AND TENSILE STRENGTHS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXPLORATION TARGETS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; SILICEOUS MUDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; TOTAL PORE VOLUME;

SHALE;

EID: 84899006876     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef4022703     Document Type: Article

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