Thermal maturation of gas shale systems

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 635-651

  Bernard, Sylvain ^a   Horsfield, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Late g.a.s.; Microstructure; Porosity; Pyrobitumen; Shale diagenesis; Unconventional g.a.s.

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SHALE;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; GEOCHEMICAL HETEROGENEITY; LATE G.A.S; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; PYROBITUMEN; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; UNCONVENTIONAL G.A.S; UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS;

SHALE GAS;

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE ECONOMY; SHALE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84899977856     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060313-054850     Document Type: Review

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