Natural fractures in shale: A review and new observations

JFW Gale, SE Laubach, JE Olson… - AAPG …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Natural fractures have long been suspected as a factor in production from shale reservoirs
because gas and oil production commonly exceeds the rates expected from low-porosity …

Barren ground depressions, natural H2 and orogenic gold deposits: Spatial link and geochemical model

B Malvoisin, F Brunet - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
A review of the localities in continental rocks where H 2-rich gases have been reported,
showed that they are mainly located near orogenic gold deposits. Two types of …

Shallow gas and focused fluid flow systems in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea

Q Sun, S Wu, J Cartwright, D Dong - Marine Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Analysis of three-dimensional seismic data and multibeam data from the Pearl River Mouth
Basin in the northern South China Sea, reveals numerous focused fluid flow features and …

Fluid flow features in hydrocarbon plumbing systems: What do they tell us about the basin evolution?

KJ Andresen - Marine Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Fluid flow features such as sandstone intrusions, mud volcano systems and pockmarks
represent well-known geological structures generated due to flow of fluids in the subsurface …

Origins of non-tectonic fractures in shale

Q Meng, F Hao, J Tian - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural fractures are widespread in shales in sedimentary basins and can significantly
increase the bulk permeability and enhance fluid flow, which are thereby considered to be a …

A universal power-law scaling exponent for fracture apertures in sandstones

JN Hooker, SE Laubach, R Marrett - Bulletin, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A high-resolution data set of kinematic aperture (opening displacement) of opening-mode
fractures, from large (up to 2 m long) quartz-cemented sandstone samples, shows that …

Morphologies, classification and genesis of pockmarks, mud volcanoes and associated fluid escape features in the northern Zhongjiannan Basin, South China Sea

J Chen, H Song, Y Guan, S Yang, LM Pinheiro… - Deep Sea Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
Based on new high-resolution multi-beam bathymetry and multichannel seismic reflection
data, two new groups of numerous pockmarks and mud volcanoes were discovered in the …

Interaction between magmatism and polygonal faults revealed by three-dimensional seismic data in the Zhongjiannan Basin, South China Sea

W Wang, X Wang, Y Lu, S Li, J **, Y Suo, Y Guo… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
The features of magmatism and polygonal faults are unveiled through a comprehensive
analysis of high-resolution and reprocessed three-dimensional (3D) seismic data covering …

Subsurface fluid flow at an active cold seep area in the Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea

J Wang, S Wu, X Kong, B Ma, W Li, D Wang… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
The active Haima cold seep sites were discovered by the remotely operated vehicle on the
western part of the northern slope of South China Sea in 2015 and 2016. However, the …

Characterizing ancient and modern hydrothermal venting systems

B Manton, P Müller, A Mazzini, D Zastrozhnov… - Marine Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Ancient hydrothermal vent complexes have released large volumes of greenhouse gases in
the past causing global warming, and similar modern vent structures are potential …