The influence of shale depositional fabric on the kinetics of hydrocarbon generation through control of mineral surface contact area on clay catalysis.
Add this paper to your reading list! It comes from a cooperation with CSIRO and Macquarie University in Australia, and examines the associations of clays with organic matter.
Habibur M. Rahman, Martin Kennedy, Stefan Löhr, David N. Dewhurst, Neil Sherwood, Shengyu Yang, Brian Horsfield, The influence of shale depositional fabric on the kinetics of hydrocarbon generation through control of mineral surface contact area on clay catalysis, In Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 220, 2018, Pages 429-448
