Restoration of sedimentary environment and geochemical features of deep marine Longmaxi shale and its significance for shale gas: A case study of the Dingshan …

Y Feng, X Xiao, P Gao, E Wang, D Hu, R Liu… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the urgent need to increase shale gas production and reserves, deep shale gas has
gradually become an important target for further exploration in China. However, there is still …

Analysis of Lower Cambrian shale gas composition, source and accumulation pattern in different tectonic backgrounds: a case study of Weiyuan Block in the Upper …

K Zhang, C Jia, Y Song, S Jiang, Z Jiang, M Wen… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Marine shale gas exploration in southern China has successes and failures. Under the
condition of great hydrocarbon generation material basis, shale gas wells drilled from some …

Influence of volcanic and hydrothermal activity on organic matter enrichment in the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, southern Ordos Basin, Central China

K Zhang, R Liu, Z Liu, B Li, J Han, K Zhao - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Based on the field investigation of oil shales in the southern Ordos Basin, detailed
observations, and systematic sample analyses of core samples from a well that penetrated …

Effect of sedimentary environment on the formation of organic-rich marine shale: Insights from major/trace elements and shale composition

L Zhang, D Xiao, S Lu, S Jiang, S Lu - International Journal of Coal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sedimentary environment and redox conditions play a significant role in the formation of
organic-rich shale. The vertical variations of major/trace elements, TOC (total organic …

Characteristics, origins, and significance of pyrites in deep-water shales

C Liang, S Ji, Y Cao, K Liu, J Wu, F Hao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2024 - Springer
As important metal sulfides in the geochemical cycle of sulfur, the characteristics and
formation processes of pyrites can provide useful clues regarding their environment. Based …

Influence of palaeoclimate and hydrothermal activity on organic matter accumulation in lacustrine black shales from the Lower Cretaceous Bayingebi Formation of the …

K Zhang, R Liu, Z Liu, L Li, X Wu, K Zhao - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
The lacustrine black shales of the Lower Cretaceous Bayingebi Formation are an important
hydrocarbon source rock in the Yin'e Basin. It is important to understand the mechanism of …

Sedimentary sequence evolution and organic matter accumulation characteristics of the Chang 8–Chang 7 members in the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation …

K Zhang, R Liu, Z Liu - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Lacustrine organic–rich shales are widely developed in the Chang 7 member of the
Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin. These shales have been proven to be the source …

Differential characteristics of the Upper Ordovician‐Lower Silurian Wufeng‐Longmaxi shale reservoir and its implications for exploration and development of shale …

R Wang, Z Hu, S Long, G Liu, J ZHAO… - Acta Geologica …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Upper Ordovician Wufeng‐Lower Silurian Longmaxi shale is widely distributed in the
Sichuan Basin and its periphery, which is the key stratum for marine shale gas exploration …

Organic matter accumulation mechanisms in the Wufeng-Longmaxi shales in western Hubei Province, China and paleogeographic implications for the uplift of the …

S Li, Z Zhou, H Nie, M Liu, F Meng, B Shen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic matter accumulation exhibits different distribution patterns in time and space and
tends to be controlled by many factors. This study investigated the mechanisms that control …

Depositional environment and organic matter enrichment of the lower Cambrian Niutitang shale in western Hubei Province, South China

Y Ma, Y Lu, X Liu, G Zhai, Y Wang, C Zhang - Marine and Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
It is important to consider the influences of depositional environment on lithofacies
characteristics, lithofacies distribution patterns, and organic matter enrichment when …