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NO-UONTMORILLONITE   ABOUT  LEVEL  (USUALLY   FEET1   10,000   TU   9,000   .)









                                               HYDROCARBONS   MADE   OR   N  THIS   BUT  NO   I]   LAYER



                                               MOST   FORMED   AVAILABLE   ZONE   MlXEO





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                                                                         ILLlTE   ILLITE  Fig. 10-28. Compaction history of  various clays when deposited in marine environments and its probable relation  to the release of hydrocarbons from mudrocks.

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                                   OF   POSITION   CANNOT   BY   AS   TO   ALTERS   IS  BONED  BETWEEN   DESORBEO   FREE   FLUSH   THEN   SEDIMENT
                      REMARKS      MONOLAYERS   BONDED  WATER   INTERLAYER  MONTMORILLONITE   OUT   PRESSURES.   THAT   WATER   LAYERS  IS  AWTRANSFERRED  AS   INTERPARTICLE   OVERBURDEN   CAN   THE   FROM   AVAILABLE   WITH


                                   SEVERAL   HYDROGEN   IN   HELD   IN   SQUEEZED   BE   COMPACTION   MONTMORILLONITE   ILLITE.   HYDROGEN   UNIT   TO   WATER   POSITIONS.   PRESSURES   WATER   ALONG   HYDROCARBONS
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