The Huncal Member of the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin of Argentina: Insight into biostratigraphy, structure, U-Pb detrital zircon ages and provenance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102567
Abstract: Abstract In the western sector of the Neuquen Basin, the organic-rich shales of the Vaca Muerta Formation are intercalated with turbidite sandstone intervals and slump structures integrated in the Huncal Member. The age of the… read more here.
Keywords: muerta formation; huncal member; member; vaca muerta ... See more keywords
Mineralogy and geochemistry of deeply-buried marine sediments of the Vaca Muerta-Quintuco system in the Neuquén Basin (Chacay Melehue section), Argentina: Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental implications for the global Tithonian-Valanginian reconstructions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2020.103103
Abstract: Abstract The Vaca Muerta-Quintuco (VM-Q) system of Tithonian-early Valanginian age was studied in the Chacay Melehue section of the Neuquen Basin (western Argentina) by means of sedimentological, mineralogical and geochemical analyses in order to determine… read more here.
Keywords: mineralogy; chacay melehue; quintuco system; geochemistry ... See more keywords
Diagenesis of the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin: Evidence from petrography, microthermometry and geochemistry
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104769
Abstract: Abstract The Tithonian Vaca Muerta Formation (500 m-thick marine carbonates) in the Pampa de Tril area is a potential unconventional hydrocarbon reservoir but earlier studies rarely focused on its diagenetic history. It constitutes the upper part… read more here.
Keywords: geochemistry; muerta formation; vaca muerta;
Characterization and range of kerogen properties in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina
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DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.01.016
Abstract: Abstract The Vaca Muerta Formation of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina, is a prolific oil- and gas-producing resource, characterized by high organic content and a large thermal maturity gradient running east to west. Kerogen properties are… read more here.
Keywords: kerogen; muerta formation; vaca muerta; kerogen properties ... See more keywords
A combined rock-magnetic and EPR study about the effects of hydrocarbon-related diagenesis on the magnetic signature of oil shales (Vaca Muerta formation, southwestern Argentina)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2018.10.082
Abstract: A combined study of rock-magnetism and electronic-paramagnetic resonance (EPR) was performed in core samples from an oil well in the Vaca Muerta Formation (SW Argentina). The aim of this work was to characterize the effects… read more here.
Keywords: epr; muerta formation; oil shales; vaca muerta ... See more keywords
A rock physics analysis based on inversion of poroelastic Brown and Korringa parameters in Vaca Muerta shale: Theoretical aspects and applications
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DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108615
Abstract: Abstract In their classical paper, Brown and Korringa (1975) developed a theory to describe the elastic behavior of porous saturated rocks with microheterogenous frames, valid for isotropic and anisotropic media. However, it has been almost… read more here.
Keywords: inversion; physics; vaca muerta; muerta shale ... See more keywords
Paleothermometry and distribution of calcite beef in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina
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DOI: 10.1306/10021817384
Abstract: The term “beef” describes bedding-parallel calcite veins found commonly in the organic-rich matrix of unconventional resource plays. Although some authors have interpreted beef to be an early diagenetic feature, these calcite veins are commonly attributed… read more here.
Keywords: beef vaca; beef; muerta formation; calcite ... See more keywords