Types of biogenic quartz and its coupling storage mechanism in organic-rich shales: A case study of the Upper Ordovician Wufeng Formation to Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Sichuan Basin, SW China
GUAN Quanzhong,DONG Dazhong,ZHANG Hualing,SUN Shasha,ZHANG Surong,GUO Wen
Fig. 5. Backscatter SEM images of biogenic quartz in Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation shale. (a) Well W202, 2570.97 m, siliceous shale, with type I (red arrow) and type II quartz (white grains in the body cavity) on organic matter in the radiolarian body cavity; (b) Well W202, 2 570.97 m, siliceous shale, type II quartz "floating" on rod-shaped bacteria-like fossils (the red ellipse marks the typical area).