Muds and Mudstones: Physical and Fluid-Flow Properties
Product code: SP158
Print publication date: 30/08/1999
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth Materials Deposits and Petrology, Sedimentology, Petroleum Geoscience and Geoenergy
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781862390447
Author/Edited by: A. C. Aplin, A. J. Fleet and J. H. S. Macquaker
Weight: 0.75kg
Number of pages: 200
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/158/1
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Special Publication 158
Muds and mudstones are the prime control on fluid flow in sedimentary basins and near surface environments. As the world’s most common sediment type, they act as aquitards in sedimentary basins, restricting water flow and influencing the development of overpressure. In petroleum systems they act as source rocks for nearly all oil and much gas, determine migration directions between source and trap in most settings, and act as seals to many reservoirs. In near surface environments they not only control natural flow but have been commonly used to restrict leakage from waste disposal sites. This volume focuses on the poorly described physical properties of muds and mudstones in both near-surface and deep basinal settings. Amongst its contents are reviews of compaction, permeability, thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of mudstones, experimental studies of transport properties and case studies of the importance of fluid flow in both hydrogeological and petroleum systems. A unique collection of papers concerning the physical and fluid flow properties of muds and mudstones, covering shallow and deep burial environments.
APL N, A. C., FLEET, A. J. MACQUAKER, J. H. S. Muds and mudstones: physical and fluid- flow properties
Physical properties
PEARSON, F. J. What is the porosity of a mudrock?
DEWHURST, D. N., YANG, Y. & APLIN, A. C. Permeability and fluid flow in natural mudstones
MIDTTOMME, K. & ROALDSET, E. Thermal conductivity of sedimentary rocks: uncertainties in measurement and modelling
PETLEY, D. N. Failure envelopes of mudrocks at high confining pressures
BJORLYKKE, K. Principal aspects of compaction and fluid flow in mudstones
Experimental studies
CLENNELL, M. B., DEWHURST, D. N., BROWN, K. M. & WESTBROOK, G. K. Permeability anisotropy of consolidated clays
PETERS, M. G. d~c MALTMAN, A. J. Insights into the hydraulic performance of landfill-lining clays during deformation
HARRINGTON, J. F. & HORSEMAN, S. T. Gas transport properties of clays and mudrocks
Case Studies
INGRAM, G. M. & URAI, J. L. Top-seal leakage through faults and fractures: the role of mudrock properties
SKAR, T., VAN BALEN, R. T., ARNESON. L. & CLOETINGH, S. Origin of overpressures on the Halten Terrace, offshore mid-Norway: the potential role of mechanical compaction, pressure transfer and stress
DORSCH, J. & KATSUBE, T. J. Porosity characteristics of Cambrian mudrocks (Oak Ridge, East Tennessee, USA) and their implications for contaminant transport
WALRAEVENS, K. CARDENAL, J. Preferential pathways in an Eocene clay: hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical evidence
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