Novel Advances in Marine and Petroleum Geology

Dear Colleagues,

The ocean covers three-quarters of the Earth's surface and contains abundant hydrocarbon resources, playing a key role in the sustainable development of human society and natural environment. In recent years, in response to the demand for marine geological research and oil and gas exploration and development, a series of important research progress has been made in the basin structural evolution and their controls on oil and gas accumulation, the construction of isochronous sequence stratigraphic framework and sedimentary evolution process, the controlling factors and reservoir-forming dynamics of oil and gas systems, the diagenetic evolution and sweet spot development mechanism of reservoirs, and trap evaluation and exploration risk analysis. In terms of fundamental theory, relevant research has delved into the controlling of deep crust–mantle processes in basin formation, as well as the dynamic coupling mechanism of hydrocarbon generation and reservoir formation under the superposition of tectonic, volcanic, climatic and marine/lake environmental events. Technological progress is also remarkable, and the application of high-precision seismic imaging, digital rock physics, artificial intelligence and other methods is significantly improving our ability to characterize and predict deep reservoir and complex oil and gas systems.

Potential topics including but not limited to the following:

1. Structural and geological evolution of marginal seas and sedimentary basins;
2. Sedimentary records of tectonic and climatic changes;
3. Sedimentary evolution and its resource and environmental effects;
4. Reconstruction of paleoclimate, paleoenvironment and paleoceanography;
5. Source-to-sink analysis;
6. Formation and distribution mechanism of marine hydrocarbon resources;
7. Processing, interpretation, and resource evaluation methods and technologies for hydrocarbon exploration and development data;
8. The application of big data and AI technology in marine and petroleum geology.

Prof. Dr. Deyong Li
Prof. Dr. Jie Liang
Prof. Dr. Jinkai Wang
Dr. Mingming Tang
Guest Editors

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