Marine authigenic carbonates form shallow-water microbialites, mud mounds, and
hydrocarbon-seep deposits and contain appreciable amounts of trace elements that yield …

Petrographic analysis based on microfacies identification in thin sections is widely used in
sedimentary environment interpretation and paleoecological reconstruction. Fossil …

There is no doubt that organic matter plays an important role in shale gas accumulation and
storage. Thus, successful evaluation and production strategies of organic-rich shale …

The behaviour and sources of rare earth elements (REE) in river sediments were
investigated at ten stations and two dams of the Tafna basin (Northern Algeria) during …

Devonian reefs of north‐western Gondwana represent the southernmost record of shallow‐
water coral reefs in the Palaeozoic. However, few studies have attempted to date …

The 2.5 Ga stromatolitic dolostones from the Lower Transvaal Supergroup in the Kanye
Basin (Botswana) pre-date the first iron deposits, recording conditions before the great …

This study aims to establish the diagenetic evolution of carbonate rocks of the Barremian-
Aptian Tirgan Formation (Kopet-Dagh Basin, NE Iran), with special emphasis in their impact …

For the first time, a large number of macrofossils (rugose and tabulate corals, chaetetid
sponges and brachiopods) collected from the deposits surrounding a large Middle Devonian …

Abstract Middle Devonian (Eifelian/Givetian transition) brachiopod-hosted sclerobiont
assemblage from Gondwana (Morocco, eastern Anti-Atlas, Mader Basin) has been studied …

The source and pum** mechanism of magnesium play crucial roles in dolomitization. The
preferential dolomitization of burrows has been extensively documented in geological …