该书是英国矿物学会近年来最新出版的系列丛书之一.主要内容介绍与石油地质有关的粘土一孔隙流体相互反应地球化学的最新研究方法和研究成果.全书共十七章,各章都是由该研究领域内世界上第一流的专家撰写.全书按内容分以下4个部份:①泥岩和粘土矿物的实验和理论特点;②风化作用和成岩作用的自然过程;③风化作用和成岩作用的实验研究;④在民用和石油工业中的应用. The book is one of a series of books recently published by the British Institute of Mineralogy in recent years.The main contents of this book are the latest research methods and research results of the geochemistry of clay-pore fluid interactions with petroleum geology.The book contains 17 chapters, Written by world-class experts in the field of research, the book is divided into four parts by the content: ① Experimental and theoretical characteristics of mudstone and clay minerals; ② Natural processes of weathering and diagenesis; ③ Weathering and diagenesis Experimental study; ④ in civil and petroleum industry applications.