Simple quantitative evaluation of porosity of argillaceous sediments at various depths of burial

Phyllosilicate orientation demonstrates early timing of compactional stabilization in calcite-cemented concretions in the Barnett Shale (Late Mississippian), Fort Worth Basin, Texas (U.S.A)

“…While this may adequately explain porosity reduction with increasing depth for fine-grained siliciclastic sediments (Athy, 1930;Hedberg, 1936;Dzevanshir et al, 1986;Dewhurst et al, 1998), it has been shown that mechanical compaction …”

Predicting porosity reduction due to silica diagenesis using seismic reflection data

“…Dzevanshir et al, 1986;Wilson and McBride, 1988). Determining the rate of porosity reduction with depth is an important aspect of sedimentary basin analysis that has profound implications for many aspects of sedimentary and structural geology.…”

Experimental mechanical compaction of clay mineral aggregates—Changes in physical properties of mudstones during burial

“…A number of studies describing mudstone and shale compaction have been published over the past 80 years (Rubey, 1927;Jones, 1944;Skempton, 1944;Ham, 1966;Magara, 1968;Skempton, 1970;Baldwin, 1971;Durmishyan, 1974;Magara, 1980;Larsen and Chilingar, 1983;Dzevanshir et al, 1986;Bayer and Wetzel, 1989;Issler, 1992;Karig and Hou, 1992;Aplin et al, 1995;Vasseur et al, 1995;Hansen, 1996;Velde, 1996;Pouya et al, 1998;Yang and Aplin, 1998;Nygard et al, 2004;Aplin and Larter, 2005;Aplin et al, 2006). A variety of empirical relationships has been proposed to express the compaction behavior of mudstones and shales as a function of increasing stress or depth of burial (Terzaghi, 1925;Athy, 1930;Hedberg, 1936;Dickinson, 1953;Rubey and Hubbert, 1959;Weller, 1959;Chilingar and Knight, 1960;Hamilton, 1976b;Baldwin and Butler, 1985;Burland, 1990;Goulty, 1998;Yang and Aplin, 2004).…”