Micromechanical characterisation of overburden shales in the Horn River Basin through nanoindentation

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
• Main Authors: Charlton, T S, Rouainia, M, Aplin, A C, Fisher, Q J, Bowen, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2023
• Subjects: Canada; Fort Simpson; Horn River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1124/1/012087; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1124/1/012087; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1124/1/012087/pdf

Abstract The paper presents a micromechanical characterisation of Fort Simpson shale, which overlies unconventional gas-producing lithologies in the Horn River Basin, NW Canada. The Fort Simpson formation is clay-rich and microseismic data recorded during hydraulic fracturing events in the underlyin...