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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,165 Views
14 Pages

13 January 2025

The Late Permian was a critical interval in geological history, during which dramatic changes occurred in the Earth’s surface system, and a set of black rock series rich in organic matter and silicon, the Dalong Formation, was deposited in the...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,256 Views
20 Pages

20 July 2023

The karst landforms in northeastern Sichuan Basin are widely developed, but the understanding of the geological characteristics, controlling factors, and spatiotemporal evolution process of karst caves is still unclear. The research object of this st...

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  • Open Access
45 Citations
5,211 Views
17 Pages

18 August 2017

Lower Silurian Longmaxi formation (LSL) shale is widely and continuously distributed in the northeastern Sichuan Basin and, based on structural analogies with the gas producing LSL formation in the southeastern Sichuan Basin, has significant potentia...

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  • Open Access
660 Views
17 Pages

Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of the Permian Shales in Northeastern Sichuan Basin, China

  • Guanping Wang,
  • Qian Zhang,
  • Baojian Shen,
  • Pengwei Wang,
  • Wei Du,
  • Lu Wang,
  • Min Li and
  • Chengxiang Wan

27 June 2025

The complexity of the pore system hindered our understanding of the storage and transport properties of organic-rich shales, which in turn brought challenges to the efficient exploration and development of shale oil and gas. This study, based on elem...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,564 Views
21 Pages

20 February 2023

The Jurassic shale in the northeastern Sichuan Basin is one of the main target intervals for continental shale gas exploitation. Research on the pore structure and gas-bearing properties of shales is the key issue in target interval optimization. Thr...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
835 Views
26 Pages

The Upper Lianggaoshan (LGS) Formation in the northeastern Sichuan Basin, composed of shale with interbedded siltstone, is a promising target layer for shale oil. Accurate evaluation of pore structures is essential for effective exploration of shale...

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  • Open Access
777 Views
20 Pages

16 June 2025

The Sichuan Basin is a key area for shale gas energy exploration in China. However, the pore evolution mechanism and accumulation effect of the Lower Jurassic continental shale gas in the northeastern Sichuan Basin remain poorly understood. In this s...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
935 Views
14 Pages

Enrichment and Exploration Potential of Shale Gas in the Permian Wujiaping Formation, Northeastern Sichuan Basin

  • Long Wen,
  • Lurui Dang,
  • Jirong Xie,
  • Benjian Zhang,
  • Jungang Lu,
  • Haofei Sun,
  • Ying Ming,
  • Hualing Ma,
  • Xiao Chen and
  • Lexin Yuan
  • + 2 authors

25 August 2025

The high-yield industrial gas from Sichuan Basin’s Wujiaping (P3w) shale reveals a new unconventional exploration play. Due to the strong heterogeneity of shale gas, its enrichment and exploration potential remain unclear. Geochemical and other...

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  • Open Access
2,909 Views
25 Pages

Prediction of Lithium Oilfield Brines Based on Seismic Data: A Case Study from L Area, Northeastern Sichuan Basin, China

  • Yuxuan Zhou,
  • Yuyong Yang,
  • Zhengyang Wang,
  • Bing Zhang,
  • Huailai Zhou and
  • Yuanjun Wang

31 January 2024

Lithium is an important mineral resource and a critical element in the production of lithium batteries, which are currently in high demand. Oilfield brine has significant value as a raw material for lithium extraction. However, it is often considered...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,022 Views
20 Pages

16 August 2023

In recent years, new breakthroughs have been made in the field of shale oil and gas exploration in the Lower Jurassic Lianggaoshan Formation in Sichuan Basin. At present, there is a lack of systematic studies on reservoir properties and sedimentary f...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,567 Views
17 Pages

Sichuan Basin is an area with some of the most serious PM2.5 pollution, and it is also a key area for joint prevention and control of air pollution in China. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,405 Views
24 Pages

Marine–continental transitional shale is a focus of global energy exploration, offering significant but underexplored hydrocarbon potential. Unlike well-studied marine shales, these deposits pose challenges due to complex interactions between m...

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  • Open Access
482 Views
20 Pages

18 November 2025

The sedimentary provenance system of tight sandstone gas reservoirs in the Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation, in the Sichuan Basin’s western depression, has multifaceted complexity with multi-provenanced transport distances, which affect the...

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  • Open Access
1,635 Views
14 Pages

Genetic Characterization of Procambarus clarkii Cultured in Sichuan Province Based on Microsatellite Markers

  • Changwen Deng,
  • Qingqing Liao,
  • Yingying Ren,
  • Wuyuntana Shao,
  • Yunkun Li,
  • Shiyong Yang,
  • Xiaogang Du and
  • Jiayun Wu

21 October 2024

The Procambarus clarkii production sector in Sichuan Province, China, is experiencing rapid growth. However, the industry faces significant challenges, including on-farm breeding and the widespread “Catch Big, Keep Small” farming practice...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,451 Views
30 Pages

22 November 2023

This study harnesses ground observation data collected between 1980 and 2021 and ERA5 hourly data to thoroughly implement trend and correlation analysis techniques to explore the spatiotemporal dynamic characteristics of daily and hourly extreme prec...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,310 Views
17 Pages

22 January 2025

This study investigated the source, trajectory, and precipitation of the Southwest (SW) vortex, which was linked with the Plateau (P) vortex. Based on the statistical study of a number of cases, this study showed the following results. The SW vortex...

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  • Open Access
2,609 Views
22 Pages

19 December 2023

The Laoyingqing zinc deposit is located in the Pb-Zn deposit concentration district in northeastern Yunnan, with a geotectonic location on the southwestern edge of the Yangtze block. This deposit occurs in the interlayer fracture zone of the Huangcao...

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  • Open Access
55 Citations
6,408 Views
17 Pages

20 March 2023

The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is a fundamental ecological barrier in China and is one of the regions where the ecological environment is relatively fragile. Studying the spatio-temporal variations in vegetation coverage in the YRB and their driving fa...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,772 Views
34 Pages

25 March 2024

Lacustrine sedimentary formations potentially contain hydrocarbons. The lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Ziliujung and Xintiangou Formations have been investigated for their hydrocarbon potential using low-pressure nitrogen adsorption (LP-N2A), lo...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,089 Views
21 Pages

20 October 2023

The Dahai Pb-Zn mining area is located in the northwestern Pb-Zn district in northeastern Yunnan Province in the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Pb-Zn metallogenic triangle (SYGT), east of the Xiaojiang fault. Numerous Pb-Zn deposits (spots) occur in clastic...

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  • Open Access
41 Citations
4,920 Views
19 Pages

Trend Evolution of Vegetation Phenology in China during the Period of 1981–2016

  • Fusheng Jiao,
  • Huiyu Liu,
  • Xiaojuan Xu,
  • Haibo Gong and
  • Zhenshan Lin

8 February 2020

The trend of vegetation phenology dynamics is of crucial importance for understanding vegetation growth and its responses to climate change. However, it remains unclear how the trends of vegetation phenology changed over the past decades. By analyzin...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,210 Views
21 Pages

18 June 2023

The development of tight gas reservoirs presents a significant challenge for sustainable development, as it requires specialized techniques that can have adverse environmental and social impacts. To address these challenges, efficient development tec...