Progress in seismic methodology and ambitious large‐scale seismic projects are enabling
high‐resolution imaging of the continental crust. The ability to constrain interpretations of …

Shale diagenesis controls the generation, migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons
through time and has become a frontier area of study in the fields of sedimentology and …

Quartz is one of the most volumetric abundant minerals and can occur in a wide variety of
forms, such as detrital grains and authigenic cements, in organic-rich mudstones. Despite …

The hydrocarbon storage and transport capacity of shale reservoirs are dependent on its
complex pore systems. This study focuses on Ordovician Goldwyer Formation (Goldwyer …

Compared to other marine-shale gas reservoirs in South China, the shale that developed in
faulted basins in East China possesses peculiar characteristics regarding the mineral types …

Despite recent advances, diagenetic processes in fine‐grained sediments are still relatively
poorly understood. Key questions still to be resolved include the types of diagenetic …

Organic shales can split into laminae or thin layers due to their fissility and are usually
characterized as transverse isotropic media. Understanding their elastic and anisotropic …

The shale oil wells drilled in the early stage of the Jiyang Depression have achieved
industrial-scale flow, but the oil production in special exploration wells has been less than …

Rock anisotropies are an important indicator for design and construction of various
engineering projects across the world. To investigate the anisotropic characteristics of P …

Slate frequently encountered in numerous engineering applications basically exhibits
significant anisotropies in terms of physico-mechanical properties due to the presence of …