Geologic characteristics of hydrocarbon-bearing marine, transitional and lacustrine shales in China

• Published in: Journal of Asian earth sciences Vol. 115; pp. 404 - 418
• Main Authors: Jiang, Shu, Xu, Zhengyu, Feng, Youliang, Zhang, Jinchuan, Cai, Dongsheng, Chen, Lei, Wu, Yue, Zhou, Dongsheng, Bao, Shujing, Long, Shengxiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Geochemistry; Lacustrine shale; Marine shale; Mineralogy; Tectonic disruption; Transitional shale; Lacustrine shale; Geochemistry; Transitional shale; Marine shale; Tectonic disruption; Mineralogy
• ISSN: 1367-9120; 1878-5786
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.10.016

•Unique geology of Pre-Cambrian to Cenozoic hydrocarbon-bearing marine, transitional and lacustrine shales in China is summarized.•Robust comparisons between marine, lacustrine and transitional shales are revealed based on the geochemical, mineralogical, petrophysics, petrology tests and heterogenei...