Oil shale is just one unconventional oil source that's being researched. Learn how oil shale could save the day when — and if — we hit peak oil in the U.S. Advertisement People who owe money have a way of turning the table on their credito...The term "black shale" is a common expression widely used to describe any dark~olored, fine-grained sedimentary rock relatively rich in organic matter. As defined by Weissert (1981), the range of organic carbon in black shales is between 1 and 30%, but values outside this range exist. The termThe calibration of the Tl isotope redox tracer in modern euxinic (anoxic and containing dissolved sulfide in the water column, such as the Black Sea and Cariaco Basin) and anoxic but non-euxinic (sulfidic conditions limited to sediment pore fluids, such as the Santa Barbara Basin) environments suggests that black shales deposited under these conditions have the potential to faithfully record ...A suite of black shales interbedded with thin-bedded cherts occurs at the basal Cambrian in the Northern Tarim Basin (Fig. 2), which is called black rock series in Chinese literature (Li and Gao, 1996a, Li and Gao, 1996b, Li and Gao, 2000).The two studied sections are located at Xiaoerbulake, approximately 60 km away from the Akesu City, and at Sugaitebulake, approximately 50 km away from ...Sedimentology studies on the Shipu section for the K11 black shales illuminated that the K12 black shales in coastal southeastern China were mainly deposited during transgressive period. The ...Highlights REE in organic matter in early Cambrian Niutitang Formation black shales from Zunyi, South China displays shale-normalized pattern unlike those of modern seawater, but with evident negative Ce anomalies, reflecting the oxic environment of surface productivity rather than the more reducing environment of bottom waters. Redox-sensitive trace element contents of U, V, and Mo in early ...A ∼20 m thick unit of dolomitic, pyritic, and finely laminated organic-rich shale (total organic carbon [TOC] up to 6%; Donnelly and Jackson, 1988) occurs within the upper part of the lower Wollogorang Formation.Disseminated pyrite within the black shale is typically fine-grained and euhedral (i.e., syn-depositional pyrite formation within a euxinic …Organic-rich black shales were widely accumulated on the early Cambrian Yangtze Platform (i.e., the Niutitang Formation and its equivalents), providing us a unique window to assess the influence ...Black shales are often laminated and characterized by impoverished benthonic faunas, or devoid of metazoan life (Arthur and Sageman, 1994). Following these authors, the most important constituent that differentiates black shales from other mudrocks is organic matter content, which is the major cause of the dark colour in black shales.The black graptolitic shales of the lower part of the Lungmachi Formation, which span the Ordovician and Silurian boundary and may extend into lower Telychian in some localities, lie conformably on the Kuanyinchiao Beds, or disconformably on the Wufeng Formation or overlying strata of earlier age (Fan et al., 2011).We present δ60Ni values for black shales, determined by double-spike MC-ICP-MS. The samples comprise Paleoproterozoic Talvivaara Ni–Zn–Co–Cu black shales from Finland, Neoproterozoic black shales from the Teplá-Barrandian Unit, Czech Republic, Early Cambrian Ni–Mo-rich black shales from the Yangtze Craton, and Devonian …The black shales formed in an anoxic environment caused by organisms, and the deposits were affected by hydrothermal fluids (Li, 2019). In summary, the ore-forming elements in mineral deposits from the lower Cambrian black shales of South China were mainly supplied by seawater and hydrothermal fluids, and biological activity was important in ...The Chang 7 black shale in the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation is the principal source rock of Mesozoic oil-bearing system in the southwest Ordos Basin, containing high abundances of organic matter and hydrocarbon potential. Our study discusses the role of lake-bottom hydrothermal activities in the enrichment of organic …Environmental impact of mineralised black shales. Earth-Science Reviews 192, 65−90. View in Article CrossRef Google Scholar [4] Wignall, P. B. (1994). Black Shales (Oxford University Press). View in Article Google Scholar [5] Zhang, X.-L. (2022). Marine refractory dissolved organic carbon and transgressive black shales.The late Neoproterozoic Lečice black shales and an overlying siliciclastic succession, Bohemian Massif, were deposited in a marine environment on a volcanic arc and provide insights into palaeoenvironmental conditions at the former active margin of northern Gondwana.Field relationships integrated with major/trace element and Mo-Cr-S isotope systematics in two different sections ...Black shales are the shales that contain organic matter and can break down to form natural gas or oil. They are all grey or black in colour. Shale forms ...Black shales are in broad terms composed of mineral and organic—kerogenous—matrix, whereas black primarily refers to any kind of organic matter (OM—humic, sapropelic, bituminous, graphitic) that provides the rock its color, and shale refers to fissile fine-grained sedimentary rock. Grain size is very fine and sedimentologically they could ...TOC (total organic carbon) concentrations of black shales are in the range of 0.5 to 5.3% (average 2.23%), which is clearly higher than those of claystones and cherts (Table 1).TOC concentrations of the P/T black shales are less than those of non-marine oil shales, but are nearly the same as those of organic-rich Cretaceous marine black shales (e.g. Stein et al., 1986).Definition Most modern and ancient aquatic (marine, brackish, and lacustrine) environments were sufficiently oxygenated to permit colonization by numerous benthic, planktic, and …The Alum Shale Formation is a metal-rich black shale, deposited on the Baltoscandian platform between Middle Cambrian and Early Ordovician. These black shales may be of particular economic interest for their relatively high uranium content (100-300 ppm) and their wide distribution from Norway to Estonia.Scandinavian Alum Shale may thus constitute a great potential resource of uranium, as a ...The Ankang black shales in P. R. of China provides an important example of natural geological materials containing toxic elements. This paper presents the results of environmental geochemical research on black shales, soils, waters and edible plants in the Ankang area, Shaanxi Province, P. R. of China. The study area lies in the northern margin of the Yangtze Platform; there are black shales ...At Dotternhausen (Fig. 5), oil shales near the base of Member II (e.g., the Koblenzer, Hainzen, and Fleins) have greater values of ε 205 Tl than the black shales (i.e., the Tafelfleins and Seegrasschiefer) of Member I, which suggests the global expansion of oxygen-minimum zones and anoxic water masses in the marine realm (Them et al., 2018).a) A black shale formed during OAE 1a (120 million years ago) cropping out at Permanente quarry, California, U.S.A. b) Livello Bonarelli black shale formed during OAE 2 (94 million years ago ...Black shales occur in a pivotal part of the classic Kansas cyclothem originally described by Moore (1936) and designated the core shale by Heckel (1977).The terminology differentiates this shale from other shales in the cyclothem, particularly the thicker nonmarine shales that separate the marine bundles of units that compose the majority of the cyclothems.Deposition of the black shales (total organic carbon [TOC] contents up to ∼9%; Crick et al., 1988, Jackson and Raiswell, 1991, Warren et al., 1998, Mukherjee and Large, 2016) likely occurred in a quiet-water distal shelf environment (Abbott and Sweet, 2000).The formation has similar organic geochemistry as the pre-Ediacaran biomarker …The lower black shales exhibit much higher metal enrichments compared to Black Sea sulphidic (euxinic) sediment. This is taken to indicate the presence of sulphidic bottom waters during the deposition of the lower black shales, including the Ni-Mo ore layer. In contrast, anoxic, non-sulphidic conditions occurred during the deposition of the ...The microscopic pore throat structure of shale reservoir rocks directly affects the reservoir seepage capacity. The occurrence and flow channels of shale gas are …Shale is a sedimentary rock while slate is a metamorphic rock formed from shale. Slate is much more durable than shale due to the metamorphic process it undergoes. Slate and shale are similar in appearance. Visually, it can be hard to tell ...The Global Geochemical Database for Critical Metals in Black Shales (CMIBS) contains new geochemical data compilations for fine-grained sedimentary rocks in which each geologic material sample has one 'best value' determination for each analyzed species, greatly improving speed and efficiency of use (Granitto and others, 2013).To test whether there is a positive relation between MSA and TOC in black shales, we sampled an organic-poor to organic-rich (0.5 to 13% TOC) interval through the Cretaceous (Campanian) upper Niobrara Formation and lower Pierre Shale and analyzed the stratigraphic trends in TOC, MSA, elemental composition, and clay mineralogy in Wyoming and South Dakota, USA ().The black shales from the Maldeota and Durmala mines, collected a few meters above the Krol-Tal (Pc-C) boundary and occurring in the same stratigraphic horizon, yield 187Re-187Os isochron ages ...The black shale in the lower Cambrian Niutitang formation, NW Hunan region, mainly includes siliceous and clay-rich siliceous components with high brittle mineral. TOC content of the shales is generally high, with an average of 3.84%. The permeability is extremely low ranging from 0.46 × 10 −3 mD to 7.13 × 10 −3 mD. The pores can be ...May 25, 2012 · Black shales are high organic matter-rich dark coloured mudstones those are often deposited during ‘oceanic anoxia events’. Most of the black shale horizons are rich in arsenic far above their average crustal abundance and are susceptible to weathering eventually leaching high As contents to the surrounding environment causing As enrichment in soil and water which adversely affect the ... Black shale oxidation not only is geological significant in altering the Earth’s surface, but also is a critical stage in geochemical elemental recycling 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.The …Black shales are enriched in As, Sb, Te and Bi by 1 to 3 orders of magnitude relative to Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts, picrites and primitive mantle (Table 1). These elements are all chalcophile, and therefore contamination of a mafic magma with black shale could produce sulfide melts enriched in these elements compared to sulfide melts formed from ...The Mamfe basin hosting the studied shales lies on basement rocks of the Precambrian age constituting of granite, syenites, gneisses, and mica-schists [12], [59].The sedimentary cover is mainly composed of variable black shales [6], [23].The shales are dark grey to black in colour deposited in a shallow lacustrine, oxygenated depositional …[1] Profiles of Mo/total organic carbon (TOC) through the Lower Toarcian black shales of the Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, and the Posidonia shale of Germany and Switzerland reveal water mass restriction during the interval from late tenuicostatum Zone times to early bifrons Zone times, times which include that of the putative Early Toarcian oceanic anoxic event.In Guizhou and Hunan provinces, the lowermost few meters of the Niutitang Formation usually consist of stratiform cherts, nodular and bedded phosphorites and phosphate nodule-bearing black shales, an Ni-Mo sulfide horizon, and organic carbon-rich black shales (Fig. 2 A, B, C).The black shale in the lower part of the Niutitang Formation displays a higher TOC content (up to 15 wt.%) than the ...Con il termine inglese black shale o semplicemente shale si identifica una roccia sedimentaria a composizione argillosa e con tessitura scistosa.The black shales of the Upper Ordovician Yingan Formation (Fm.) in the northwestern margin of the Tarim Basin was previously considered to be an important source rock. However, the total organic carbon (TOC) values of Yingan black shales was low, averaging 0.51%. Therefore, it remains debated whether they can be served as high-quality source rock.A dark, thinly laminated carbonaceous shale, exceptionally rich in organic matter (5% or more carbon content) and sulfide (esp. iron sulfide, usually pyrite ), and often containing …Apr 28, 2019 ... Summary The origin of organic carbon-rich (black) shales is commonly attributed to changes in oceanographic conditions such as anoxia or ...Aug 2, 2020 ... Black and gray shale are common, but the rock can occur in any color. Shale is commercially important. It is used to make brick, pottery, tile, ...Shale, a brownish black to black hard fissile bituminous shale about 350 feet thick. In certain zones, numerous anthraconite concretions occur ranging in size up to three or more feet in diameter. Smaller marcasite concretions from the size of walnuts to a foot across are also present but in less abundance.Marine black shales of the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation in southern China host Mo-Ni-platinum group elements (PGE) mineralization confined to a phosphate- and pyrite-rich stratiform body (max. 20-cm thick). The H/C atomic ratio, carbon isotopic composition, FTIR spectra of bulk organic matter, and spectra of extractable part of ...Stanford University. High-pressure methane sorption isotherms were measured on one Paleozoic and five Mesozoic shales, considered as targets for shale gas exploration in The Netherlands. The ...Black shale and carbonate rocks are the two most targeted geological archives for measuring U isotopes as they are the two major oceanic sinks for U (Andersen et al., 2016). In most modern oxygenated environments, the U isotopic composition in carbonate approximates seawater because the structural incorporation of UO 2 (CO 3 ) 3 …Black shales, which are rich in organic matter, are important for the natural fuel-resource economy of the world. Most shales contain 1 % or more organic carbon; 2-10 % is a common range. A few shales contain more than 20 % organic carbon [1]. Source rock potential of the oil-producing rocks of marineThe black shales below and above show relatively lower Fe T /Al ratios, reflecting the same range as sediments from the Black Sea, which is the largest modern anoxic ocean basin (Severmann et al., 2008). Table 1.black shale: [noun] a dark form of shale characterized by a relatively high degree of carboniferous compounds.The lacustrine black shales in the Chang7 Member from the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation of the Ordos Basin in Central China are considered one of the most important hydrocarbon source rocks. However, the mechanism of organic accumulation in the black shales remains controversial. To resolve the controversy, with the former paleontological data of Yanchang Formation and sedimentation rate ...Under anoxic conditions, they are reduced, presenting an insoluble state or reacting with sulfides and organic matter (Chaillou et al., 2002, Tribovillard et al., 2006). As a result, RSEs always show authigenic enrichment in sediments (e.g., black shale) under reducing conditions, which become their major effective sink in the ocean (Algeo, 2004).The Olentangy Shale consists of gray shales, with minor lenses or thin layers of limestones in the lower part of the unit, and interbedded thin black shales in the upper part of the unit (Stauffer, 1938).Thin black shales at the upper contact have sharp basal contacts and diffuse upper contacts due to bioturbation originating in the overlying …The black shales parent rocks have elevated Cd concentration and act as a source of Cd. The liberated Cd from black shales outcrop temporarily accumulated in the acidized surrounding soil and could arise potential adverse impacts on environment due to rainfall. Although high concentration of Cd was not detected in stream water, Cd concentrated ...uraniferous black shales; in some black shales, phosphatic nodules and layers with 0.02 to 0.1 percent uranium contain much of the uranium in the shale, but in other uraniferous black shales the nodules contain only 0.001 to 0.003 percent uranium. The biogenic phosphate that settles into a relaEach of the processes summarized above is capable of depositing organic-rich sediments or otherwise influencing black shale sedimentation. They may operate singly or together (Fig. 1).Process interaction can occur sequentially by means of flow transformation, as in a slide becoming a slump, then a debris flow, a high- to low-concentration turbidity current and finally, a hemiturbiditic plume.Provisionally defined as shales containing metals exceeding those of average black shale by more than an order of magnitude, HBS underlie >200,000 sq. km. of the American Midwest (Fig. 1).Ettensohn and coworkers have proposed more or less persistent and widespread anoxia during accumulation of much of the black shale succession (Ettensohn et al., 1979, Ettensohn and Barron, 1981, Ettensohn, 1985a, Ettensohn, 1985b, Ettensohn, 1998).According to Ettensohn's (1998) model, the extensive black-shale basins formed in response to foreland basin subsidence associated with the Acadian ...This work, for the first time, tries to constrain the paleoredox conditions of the Middle-Upper Jurassic black shales in the Blue Nile (Abay) Basin, Ethiopia (Fig. 1, Fig. 2), using redox-sensitive elements and other proxies. This work will help to understand the paleoredox conditions of these shales that controls the preservation of organic ...The black shales in this part of the Appalachian Basin are relatively immature (R o ∼0.5%) Rimmer et al., 1993, Curtis and Faure, 1997. There is little reason for concern about interpretation problems associated with the loss of carbon that accompanies thermal maturity (as discussed by Raiswell and Berner, 1987), thus S/C ratios may be …This discovery is critical for the environmental assessment of black shale lithologies during shale gas exploration and production, where the demonstrated mobility of in situ elemental enrichments may indicate a significant source of produced- and groundwater contamination during and after hydraulic fracturing processes. The proportions of the ...Shale gas is a type of natural gas generated from organic-rich black shale [10, 11]. When permeability and porosity were both low, shale may have been an effective natural gas reservoir [ 12 ]. Shale gas can be stored in several ways, including free gas in natural fissures and intergranular porosity, gas dissolved onto kerogen and clay surfaces ...The Black-Shale Sea and its organic-rich muds were essentially the result of subsidence and sediment-starved conditions created by the collisional event which formed the Acadian Mountains. The interaction of these mountains with the atmospheric circulation patterns of the time is an important aspect of black-shale deposition.Black shales are dark-colored, th inly laminated mudstones rich in organic matter " kerogen " ( >0 . 5w t %T O C )a n di r o ns u l f i d e s accumulated under anoxic marine conditions ...The black shales parent rocks have elevated Cd concentration and Cd would be released to the environment once black shales were exposed. The surrounding soil of black shales outcrop was highly acidized and enriched in Cd. Moreover, the surrounding soil could leach Cd and acid easily due to rainfall.Duwi black shales contain considerable concentrations of redox sensitive metals (e.g. V, U, Mo, Ni) and other economic elements (Cu, Pb, Zn). The enrichment of black shale with Zn, V, Cu and Cr ...Black shales are organic-rich sediments that commonly formed coevally in space and time through Earth history and have been associated with perturbations in the carbon cycle, climate change and ...Black shales are sedimentary rocks containing > 0.5% of organic carbon. They host polymetallic deposits which have been mined for Cu, Ni, Zn, Mn, P, Mo, V, U, Au and PGE (platinum group elements).Of the two black-shale sequences in the basin, the upper is the Devonian and Mississippian shales, which have attracted interest as a source of uranium, oil and gas, and pyrolytic oil. These studies have provided the necessary framework for resource evaluations and for geochemical characterizations, including analysis of the chemical structure ...Black shales in the Semanggol Formation occur as thin-to medium-bedded, finely-laminated dark grey to grey shales up to 15 m thick (Fig. 4A-D). On the other hand, black shales of the Semantan Formation always occur in contact with volcaniclastic sediments. Shale intervals are relatively thick in all outcrops reaching 20 m and arePhanerozoic black shales. Black shales may be deposited during most stages of the Wilson Cycle, but the depositional environment and partly also the type of black shale (Fig. 2) depend, for each basin, on the Wilson Cycle stage. Simi-larly, black shales were deposited throughout the Phanero-zoic, but periods of relatively widespread …Virtually, no black shales were deposited during the Cenozoic (Figure 1), with the important exception of the Plio-Pleistocene sapropels of the Mediterranean Sea, which are considered to be near-modern analogs of the ancient black shales [e.g., Erbacher et al., 2001; Meyers, 2006; Negri et al., 2006; Emeis and Weissert, 2009]. The widespread ...The Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation black shale unit at the southwestern margin of the Yangtze Platform has a great potential to contain shale gas. Based on the geochemical and microscopic characteristics of the Longmaxi Formation black shale unit, the depositional environment and the characteristics of the silica in the black …Black shales have been of increasing interest in recent years due to their oil and gas potential, but also because many are enriched in nonfuel "unconventional" critical elements such as cobalt, chromium, molybdenum, nickel, platinum group elements, rhenium, and vanadium. Critical metals residing in shales presented a challenge to economic ...... black shales of the US Midcontinent'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. black shale Earth & Environmental Sciences 97%. mineral Earth & Environmental ...Among these are black shales: fine-grained laminated sedimentary rocks rich in organic carbon (∼3% by weight or more) that also usually contain chemically distinct distributions of redox sensitive metals and sulfide minerals. When ancient sedimentary rocks rich in organic carbon are exposed on Earth's continents through uplift and erosion ...The Ohio Shale is subdivided into seven recognizable units: Cleveland Shale, Three Lick Bed, Upper, Middle, and Lower Huron, Olentangy, and Rhinestreet. The Olentangy and Rhinestreet black shales correspond to the Java Formation of West Virginia, and thin and pinch out westward. A summary of reservoir data for the Big Sandy Gasblack shales suggest that they were derived from rocks of intermediate to felsic composition and. from recycled sediments. The likely provenance region was the Paleoproterozoic igneous and.High thermal maturities raise questions about gas storage potential in lower Paleozoic shales. Given these uncertainties, a new look at Sichuan Basin shale gas ...Black shale is dark-colored, organic-rich sediment, and there have been many episodes of black shale deposition over the history of the Earth. Black shales are source rocks for petroleum and natural gas, and thus are both geologically and economically important. Here, we review our recent progress i …May 25, 2012 · Black shales are high organic matter-rich dark coloured mudstones those are often deposited during ‘oceanic anoxia events’. Most of the black shale horizons are rich in arsenic far above their average crustal abundance and are susceptible to weathering eventually leaching high As contents to the surrounding environment causing As enrichment in soil and water which adversely affect the ... The results show that in addition to the ca. 1,380 Ma LIP activity that is coeval with black shales, other major LIPs during this period can preliminarily be divided into several stages and are ...'Black shales' is an old term for argillaceous rocks rich in organic matter. The characteristics of the depositional environment of such deposits have long intrigued geologists, particularly the extent to which actualistic models can be applied. The revived interest in the last few years stems principally from the wide-spread recognition ...January 1, 1983 Black shales of Devonian age in the Appalachian basin are a unique rock sequence. The high content of organic matter, which imparts the characteristic lithology, has for years attracted considerable interest in the shales as a possible source of energy.Besides black shales, this paper also provides the first in-depth study of the geochemistry of phosphatic nodules (hosted by the black shales) that will allow primary and secondary processes to be understood. Geochemical investigations, particularly redox-sensitive trace element ratios (for e.g. V/(V + Ni) > 0.5; Ni/Co = 4.3–7.2; V/Cr > 2 and ...China’s most successful horizon for shale-gas exploration and development is the Upper Ordovician Wufeng Formation through the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in its Upper Yangtze Region. In this study, the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation black shales in the Upper Yangtze Region are analysed to determine their microstructural …Black shales are high organic matter-rich dark coloured mudstones those are often deposited during ‘oceanic anoxia events’. Most of the black shale horizons are rich in arsenic far above their average crustal abundance and are susceptible to weathering eventually leaching high As contents to the surrounding environment causing As enrichment in soil and water which adversely affect the ...The Mamfe basin hosting the studied shales lies on basement rocks of the Precambrian age constituting of granite, syenites, gneisses, and mica-schists [12], [59].The sedimentary cover is mainly composed of variable black shales [6], [23].The shales are dark grey to black in colour deposited in a shallow lacustrine, oxygenated depositional …Mudstone, sandstone, and carbonates are found in the Silurian–lower Devonian Dadas II and Dadas III members. Black to dark-gray, laminated pyrite-rich shales indicates the hot shale. Anoxic conditions existed in the depositional habitat, which was an open marine but temporally restricted [29]. 2.2. Tectonic features2.2.1.When looked at more closely, the black shales have a laminated character (Fig. 3b) of the kind that one may see in many other laminated black shales in the rock record (O’Brien and Slatt 1990). These black shales showed discontinuous streaks of silt, and led to the term “silt-streaked black shales” when describing these rocks in drill core.Among these are black shales: fine-grained laminated sedimentary rocks rich in organic carbon (∼3% by weight or more) that also usually contain chemically distinct distributions of redox sensitive metals and sulfide minerals. When ancient sedimentary rocks rich in organic carbon are exposed on Earth's continents through uplift and erosion ...Oil from Shale: The KGS-IMMR Mississippian-Devonian Black Shales Cores. This month we highlight an important collection of research cores gathered in response to global political crises resulting in oil price spikes, the 1973-74 Arab oil embargo, and the 1979 oil crisis. 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