Deposition of marine black shales has commonly been interpreted as having involved a
high level of marine phytoplankton production that promoted high settling rates of organic …

Describing, characterizing and interpreting the nearly infinite variety of carbonate rocks are
conundrums–intricate and difficult problems having only conjectural answers–that have …

An integrated nomenclature scheme is proposed to capture the inherent heterogeneity of
fine-grained sedimentary rocks at the 102 to 10− 3 mm scale and to assist the evaluation of …

Authoritative, accessible, and updated introduction to sedimentary rocks for undergraduate
students Sedimentary Petrology provides readers with a concise account of sedimentary …

Mudstone is the most abundant sedimentary rock and variously acts as sources, seals, and
shale gas reservoirs in petroleum systems. Many important physicochemical properties of …

Analyses of organic-rich mudstones from wells that penetrated the Upper Jurassic
Kimmeridge Clay Formation, offshore United Kingdom, were performed to evaluate the …

Porosity, permeability, and total organic carbon (TOC) in a heterogeneous suite of 21 high-
maturity samples (vitrinite reflectance 1.52–2.15%) from the Barnett Shale in the eastern Fort …

Recent studies have shown that the loss of primary pores and the development of secondary
pores in mudrocks are primarily controlled by burial diagenesis of the mineral matrix and …

This study characterizes the vertical heterogeneity of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi marine
shale in the southeast Sichuan Basin based on core description, thin sections observation …

A simple nomenclature for fine-grained sedimentary rocks is proposed based on
sedimentary structures present and abundance of all materials forming more than 10% of …