Mechanisms of water adsorption into partially saturated fractured shales: An experimental study

The physico-chemical processes of water adsorption into water saturated shale rocks have been extensively studied in the past. However, the physico-chemical processes of water uptake into partially saturated shales, such as water loss to fractured organic-rich shales during hydraulic fracturing, are poorly understood which in turn has raised serious technical and environmental concerns. Therefore, we ran a series of experiments on partially...