Multiscale pore system characterization utilizing electron and light microscopy: Middle/Upper Jurassic Najmah Formation, West Kuwait

Rasha Al-Morakhi, Naveen Verma, Kim Long Nguyen, Nick Nelson, Estefania Endara, Dawn Hayes, Harry Rowe, Ryan McLin

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... of the depositional features were only able to be accurately identified using high magnification petrographic analysis methods like thin section and SEM...

Applying Digital Rock Characterization to a New Anadarko Basin Shale Play

Tiffany Hintzman, Joel D Walls, Anyela Morcote

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... was measured using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Sub-samples were selected for SEM imaging using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis...

A New Approach To Quantify the Ordering State of Protodolomite Using XRD, TEM, and Z-Contrast Imaging

Yihang Fang, Huifang Xu

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., Saskatchewan, Canada, was examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Z-contrast...

Secondary Reservoirs of the Bazhenov and Abalak Formations and the Structure of the Pore Space, #50935 (2014)

N. S. Balushkina, G. A. Kalmykov, R. A. Khamidullin, D. V. Korost, V. Shyshkov, and N. P. Fadeeva

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... a total of 17 wells were analyzed; core recovery was more than 80%. A total of 1500 core plugs were analyzed: thin sections, carbonate metering, XRD...

Silica Diagenesis, Porosity Evolution, and Mechanical Behavior In Siliceous Mudstones, Mowry Shale (Cretaceous), Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.

Kitty L. Milliken, Terrilyn Olson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...) is white). Depth = 3101 m. B) Bulk quartz by XRD = 69 weight %. Detrital quartz has brighter CL in shades of red and blue. Larger overgrowths on detrital...

Abstract: Mineralogy, petrography and elemental contents of Orhaneli coals, Bursa-Turkey

U. O. Yerin, A. I. Karayigit

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... from Profiles 1-4. Proximate and petrographic analyses of all the coal samples, mineralogy with XRD and SEM-EDX, elemental contents with ICP-AES...

Abstract: Study on Thermal Properties Differences of Coal from Insight of Nano Carbon Structure Characteristics

Xin Guo, Yuegang Tang, Cortland Eble, Harold Schobert, Shaoqing Wang

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... changes when heated. An optical microscope with microphotometer, FTIR, 13C-NMR, Raman, XRD, SEM, HRTEM, and electron paramagnetic/spin resonance (EPR...

Micropetrographic Applications to the Study of Sedimentary Rocks: Some Gulf Coast Examples

Robert M. Reed, Robert G. Loucks, and Priyanka Periwal

GCAGS Transactions

... 2025 373 74 1 Micropetrography, an expansion of traditional petrography using the scanning electron microscope (SEM), can provide important observations...

Grain assemblages and diagenesis in organic-rich mudrocks, Upper Pennsylvanian Cline shale (Wolfcamp D), Midland Basin, Texas

Junwen Peng, Kitty L. Milliken, Qilong Fu, Xavier Janson, and H. Scott Hamlin

AAPG Bulletin

... in Shaly and Sandy facies of Opalinus Clay (Mont Terri, Switzerland) inferred form BIB-SEM and MIP methods: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 49, p...

Tight Reservoir Characteristics of Sedimentary Organic-Matter-Bearing Tuff and Influencing Factors of Petrophysical Propertyin the Santanghu Basin, Northwest China

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Origin and Diagenesis of Clay-Minerals in the Oligocene Sespe Formation, Ventura Basin

Lori A. Hathon, David W. Houseknecht

Special Publications of SEPM

... Barite was by XRD and SEM EDS analyses in a few samples and data from those samples were not included during inter pretation of clay mineralogy The 2 0...

Abstract: Chemical Pollution in Acid Sulfate Soils

J. Shamshuddin, S. Muhrizal

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... to the atmosphere. They were analyzed by various methods, including standard chemical methods, XRD and SEM-EDAX. Pyrite was found in the unoxidized state, while...

Experimental Simulation of Clay Precipitation Within Reservoir Sandstones 2: Mechanism of Illite Formation and Controls on Morphology

J.S. Small , D.L. Hamilton , S. Habesch

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the morphological and crystallographic nature of such illites has been made using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM...

ABSTRACT: Characterization of Cr, Ni, and Co in in Fly Ash From a Coal-Burning Power Plant in Kentucky

S. Crowley, R. Reynolds, R. Finkelman, M. Brownfield, C. Palmer, C. Eble, H. Belkin

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... were also analyzed using optical petrography and X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods. Combined XRD and petrographic analysis of the' magnetic separates...

Quantitative calibration of hyperspectral core imaging data: A new method for producing continuous, high-resolution mineralogical characterization of cores from both conventional and unconventional reservoirs

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Quantification of Illite Content in Sedimentary Rocks Using Magnetic Susceptibility--a Rapid Complement or Alternative to X-Ray Diffraction: RESEARCH METHODS PAPERS

David K. Potter, Patrick W.M. Corbett, Stuart A. Barclay, R. Stuart Haszeldine

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... February 2004. End_of_Record - Last_Page 735------- Traditional methods for quantifying illite content have generally involved whole-rock XRD...

Water Chemistry Evolution of the Green River Formation, Piceance Basin: A Signal Extracted by Mineral Assemblage in Different Lake Stages; #51496 (2018)

Tengfei Wu, Jeremy Boak

Search and Discovery.com

... of JS; e. SEM image of dawsonite, kspar, illite, quartz; f. euhedral albite and dawsonite image 3. For the basin center, the lower transition zone...

Wellsite Mineralogical Data Acquisition; Understanding Results From Multiple Analytical Sources; #80478 (2015)

Brian J. Davis, Amber Koch, Gerald Braun, Cassie O'Connor, Elton Frost, Terry Quinn, Chi Vinh Ly, Guy Oliver, Graham Spence, Bill Whatley, Michael Wilson, Neil Cardy

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... consistent mineralogical results. Instrumentation typically used to generate these datasets include x-ray diffraction (XRD), x-ray fluorescence (XRF...

The Role of Microbial Activity In the Generation of Lower Cretaceous Mixed FE-Oxide–phosphate Ooids from the Provençal Domain, French Maritime Alps

Luca Barale, Anna D'atri, Luca Martire

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., epifluorescence, XRD, and micro Raman spectroscopy reveal that ooid cortices consist of variable proportions of Fe-oxide-rich and Ca-phosphate-rich layers. SEM...

Simple X-Ray Diffraction Techniques to Identify Mg Calcite, Dolomite, and Magnesite in Tropical Coralline Algae and Assess Peak Asymmetry

Merinda C. Nash, Bradley N. Opdyke, Zhongwei Wu, Huifang Xu, Janice M. Trafford

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... to accurately interpret geochemical results derived by bulk measurement methods. XRD cannot replace other methods such as SEM or ICP-AES to confirm...

Novel Geochemistry Determined from High Pressure, High Temperature Simulation Experiments of Hydraulic Fracture Test Site 2

Djuna Gulliver, Preom Sarkar, Kara Tinker, Nicholas Means, James Fazio, Wei Xiong, Alexandra Hakala, Christina Lopano, Scott Leleika, Amanda Harmon, Jordan Ciezobka

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... (SEM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). For the SEM imaging, post-reaction samples were air-dried and imaged via a back-scatter detector (BSE...

Depositional and Diagenetic Controls on Source-Rock Characteristics of the Lower Jurassic "Nordegg Member", Western Canada

Cynthia L. Riediger , John D. Bloch

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... in the rock matrix. Both calcite and dolomite were detected by XRD analysis, but dolomite was rarely observed during SEM-EDX analysis. Most calcite...

Influence of Mineralogy and Rock Fabric on Geochemical Alteration of Pores in North American Unconventional Reservoir Materials

Alexandra Hakala, Sean Sanguinito, Brandon McAdams, Lauren Burrows, Mengling Stuckman, Wei Xiong, Gita Bhandari, Johnathan Moore, Gary L. Hunter

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of reservoir solids was consistent with the XRD and SEM results described above. Samples HA:LC-1, HA:LC-2, and HA:LC-3 contain (in wt.%) 5.67, 4.38...

Porosity Characterization of the Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation, #11249 (2019).

Ilaria Gaiani, Andrew Aplin, Ruarri Day-Stirrat, H. C. Greenwell, P. Cubillas,

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... of 46 samples from outcrops and six different wells with maturities of 0.4%, 0.8% and 1.2% Ro. XRD, transmitted and reflected light optical microscopy...

Charge Contrast Imaging (CCI): Revealing Enhanced Diagenetic Features of A Coquina Limestone

James O. Buckman, Patrick W.M. Corbett, Lauren Mitchell

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... electron detector (GSED). The technique commonly produces results similar in style to that of SEM-cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL), providing information...