In recent years, China has made significant progress in exploring oil and gas in sandstone
and carbonate rocks with burial depths of more than 6000 m in the Tarim, Sichuan, and …

We review the numerous experimental studies dedicated to unravelling the physics and
dynamics of various parts of a volcanic plumbing system. Section 1 lists the model materials …

The main target for hydrocarbon exploration of terrestrial strata in Sichuan Basin is the tight
gas sandstone reservoir of the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation. Xujiahe Formation in YB …

Taking the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Changning area of the southern
Sichuan Basin as an example, the characteristics and formation stages of tectonic fractures …

The coupled displacement process of fluid injection into a dense granular medium is
investigated numerically using a discrete element method (DEM) code PFC2D® coupled …

Igneous sheet intrusions of various shapes, such as dikes and cone sheets, coexist as parts
of complex volcanic plumbing systems likely fed by common sources. How they form is …

Although monogenetic volcanic fields pose hazards to major cities worldwide, their shallow
magma feeders (< 500 m depth) are rarely exposed and, therefore, poorly understood. Here …

Structures that facilitate fluid migration are common in sedimentary basins. We document
several possible hydrothermal and/or volcanic vents located above a> 157 km2, late …

Fractures have significantly impacted the preservation, enrichment, and productivity of shale
gas in the Longmaxi Formation in the complex structural area of the southern Sichuan Basin …

Abstract Setting the number (or density) of pre-cracks as a variable, the effects of randomly-
distributed pre-cracks on the mechanical properties and the corresponding failure process of …