Mudstone ("shale") depositional and diagenetic processes: Implications for seismic analyses of source-rock reservoirs

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Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages B7-B26

  Hart, Bruce S ^a   Macquaker, Joe H S ^b   Taylor, Kevin G ^c  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Resolution; Shale gas; Stratigraphy; Unconventional

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926462308     PISSN: 23248858     EISSN: 23248866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/INT-2013-0003.1     Document Type: Article

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