Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2001/00682
Mudstone microstructure evolution during burial and diagenesis and effect on caprock sealing capacity.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor RH Worden, University of Liverpool, Earth Surface Dynamics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AC Aplin, Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor Q Fisher, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Wheeler, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor DJ Prior, University of Otago, Geology Department
- Grant held at:
- University of Liverpool, Earth Surface Dynamics
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Science Topics:
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Hydrogeology
- Abstract:
- The work will involve the analysis of deeply buried mudstones from the North Sea (e.g., U Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay), previously characterised using core analysis and Hg-injection porosimetry, by TEM and AEM at the microscale and by X-ray diffraction goniometry at the mesoscale. Clay mineralogy will be quantified using XRD. Mudstone samples from a range of temperature, pressure and effective stress regimes will be selected for analysis in order to cover a range of stages of mudstone diagenesis. The work is as a pilot study and will ultimately allow for the development of an integrated understanding of the evolution of mudrock permeability during basin evolution. The work will help lead to a model for the prediction of mudstone permeability to be employed in the petroleum, water and waste industries.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2001/00682
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Micro to Macro Behaviour
This grant award has a total value of £60,645
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £6,075 | £23,503 | £20,255 | £10,811 |
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