EP23C:
Shale: From Fracking to Forest II Posters

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Session ID#: 26088

Session Description:
Shale comprises 25% of earth's surface and yet its chemical, mechanical, physical, and transport properties are only poorly understood. A transformation in our understanding of this important lithology is ongoing, largely driven by the shale gas revolution and new critical zone science initiatives. This session will highlight presentations about all aspects of shale spanning from studies at depth related to fracking and horizontal drilling to studies at or near earth's surface related to shales as aquicludes, shales in the critical zone, and shales as hosts for microbiological ecosystems. Presentations about water quality impacts related to shale gas development are also included.
Primary Convener:  Susan L Brantley, Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Carl I Steefel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Xin Gu, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States and Qingyun Li, Stanford University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States
Chairs:  Carl I Steefel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States and Susan L Brantley, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Xin Gu, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • H - Hydrology
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1009 Geochemical modeling [GEOCHEMISTRY]
3675 Sedimentary petrology [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
5114 Permeability and porosity [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Modeling arsenic leaching in carbonate-rich shales during hydraulic fracturing (295775)
Wenjia Fan1, Kim F Hayes1 and Brian R Ellis2, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Contact Metamorphism of the Mancos Shale: Impacts on Weatherability and Solute Release in the East River Valley, Gothic, CO, USA (216959)
Bonnie Colleen Sams, Colorado School of Mines, Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States and Rania Eldam Pommer, Colorado School of Mines, Geology, Golden, CO, United States
Linking Hillslope- and Fracture-scale Shale Weathering Processes (255875)
Allison Sharrar1, Sirine C Fakra2, John Christensen3, Jillian F Banfield3,4 and Benjamin Gilbert5, (1)University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States, (5)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
Subsurface particle loss during shale weathering can alter soil and rock chemistry (274436)
Hyojin Kim, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, Xin Gu, Penn state university, Department of Geosciences, State College, United States and Susan Brantley, Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States
Critical Zone Evolution Across a Shale Climosequence (294343)
Ashlee Laura Denton Dere1, Talitha Santini2, Sara Parcher3, Salome Nyangari2 and Kimberley Warren-Rhodes4, (1)University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, United States, (2)University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, (3)University of Nebraska at Omaha, Geography/Geology, Omaha, NE, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, United States
Potential shale weathering controls on surface water iodine dynamics in headwater catchments (253708)
Kristina Gutchess, PhD, Yale University, the School of the Environment, New Haven, United States, Wanyi Lu, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States and Zunli Lu, Syracuse University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse, NY, United States
Development and Evaluation of Simple Sentinels for Unconventional Gas Drilling Contamination (252709)
Rebecca Tisherman, PSE Healthy Energy, Oakland, United States and Daniel Bain, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, United States
The effect of rock fabric for estimation of the mineralogy based brittleness index: An example using the Montney formation, Canada (264430)
Junhyun Son1, Ilho Yang2, Hyunsuk Lee2 and SangHoon Kwon3, (1)Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)KIGAM Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, South Korea, (3)Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Differential retention and release of CO2 and CH4 in kerogen nanopores from molecular simulations (241875)
Tuan A. Ho, Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, United States, Louise J Criscenti, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Yifeng Wang, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
The Effect of Extraction of Organic Compounds from Eagle Ford Shales on Porosity (224456)
Victoria Hart DiStefano1,2, Joanna McFarlane1, Andrew Gregory Stack3, Steve Chipera4, Michael Cheshire5, Grethe Jensen6, David F.R. Mildner6, Markus Bleuel7 and Lawrence M Anovitz8, (1)Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (2)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, (3)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States, (4)Chesapeake Energy, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, (5)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (6)NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, (7)National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, United States, (8)Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA, Oak Ridge, United States
Pore structure of shale-forming minerals studied with mercury intrusion porosimetry (232505)
MD G Kibria, Morehead State University, Department of Engineering Sciences, Morehead, United States, Qinhong Hu, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States and Yuxiang Zhang, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Arlington, TX, United States
Anisotropy of shale wettability as characterized by contact angles measured on multiple billet faces (265637)
Michael Neal Delaney1, Brian F. Platt1 and Brenda H. Prager2, (1)University of Mississippi Main Campus, University, MS, United States, (2)University of Mississippi Main Campus, Chemical Engineering, University, MS, United States
Quantification of organic carbon protected by clay minerals in a thermally mature black shale (291345)
Danielle Niu, University of Maryland, Office of Undergraduate Research, College Park, United States, Devon J. Renock, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States and Mukul Sharma, Green Golf Carbon, Miami, United States
Application of CEC-calibrated dielectric permittivity measurements to study clay minerals in shales (286762)
Martha Rebecca Stokes1, Timothy B. Fischer2 and Z. Elton Yang2, (1)Chevron Corporation Houston, Houston, TX, United States, (2)Chevron Corporation Houston, ETC, Houston, TX, United States

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