Micro- to nano-scale areal heterogeneity in pore structure and mineral compositions of a sub-decimeter-sized Eagle Ford Shale
Qiming Wanga, Qinhong Hua, *, Chen Zhaoa, Xiaoguang Yanga,b , Tao Zhanga, Jan Ilavskyc, Ivan Kuzmenkoc, Binyu Mad, and Yukio Tachie
a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Texas at Arlington, TX 76019, USA
b School of Energy Resources, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China
c X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439
d Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
e Department of Geological Disposal Research, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki-ken, 319-1194, Japan.
Prepared for:
Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth
April 17, 2022
* Corresponding author: maxhu@uta.edu
Key Words: Eagle Ford Shale, X-ray scattering, pore structure, μ-XRF, heterogeneity

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