Natural sealed fractures in mudrocks: A case study tied to burial history from the Barnett Shale, Fort Worth Basin, Texas, USA

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-141

  Gasparrini, Marta ^a   Sassi, William ^a   Gale, Julia F W ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnett Shale; Burial history; Fluid inclusions; Fort Worth Basin; Fracture diagenesis

Indexed keywords

CORE SAMPLES; GAS INDUSTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE;

BARNETT SHALE; BURIAL HISTORY; DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; FLUID INCLUSION; FORT WORTH BASIN; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES;

FRACTURE;

BRINE; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; COMPACTION; DEPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; FRACTURE; LITHOLOGY; MISSISSIPPIAN; MUDSTONE; OUTCROP; OVERPRESSURE; PARAGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; SHALE;

FORT WORTH BASIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901672094     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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