The marine black shale formations on the Upper Yangtze Platform (UYP), South China are
exploration targets for shale gas. Here, we report on the methane sorption capacity of …

Silurian organic-rich black shales are widespread and serve as basic source for most U
mineralization throughout the entire Variscan Orogen of Central and Western Europe. In …

A detailed bulk and molecular study on paleoweathering of a Lower Carboniferous
(Tournaisian) black shale from the Kowala quarry in the Holy Cross Mountains of Poland …

Although many fungi are known to be able to perform bioweathering of rocks and minerals,
little information is available concerning the role of basidiomycetes in this process. The …

In this article, we describe the geological features of the Ediacaran (upper Sinian), lower
Cambrian and lower Silurian shale intervals in the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China …

Abstract The~ 2.22–2.06 Ga Lomagundi Event was the longest positive carbon isotope
excursion in Earth's history and is commonly interpreted to reflect perturbations in …

Since the 21st century, the closure of domestic uranium mines in Europe has made it one of
the world's leading importers of uranium. In recent years, a series of policy adjustments have …

The formation of black shales along the Tethyan margins at the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal
Maximum (“PETM”;~ 55 Ma) may have been an important feedback mechanism to reduce …

Exposure of buried source rocks at or near the surface causes organic matter (OM) to be
subjected to loss through weathering impacts. A detailed organic and inorganic investigation …

Isotopic fractionation of Fe and Mo during weathering could contribute toward the isotopic
signatures of river and ocean waters. To investigate weathering processes, batch …