Transpressional uplift of Wensu Uplift in northern Tarim Basin, NW China: evidence from seismic profiles by Guangyu HE, Yongqiang ZHAO, Zewei YAO, Xiaoli ZHENG, Sidong XIAO, Jiwen HUANG, Cunshan JIA, Yushuang ZHOU

“…The strike-slip activities happened during the middle Caledonian (the latest Ordovician), the late Caledonian (the latest Silurian), the early Hercynian (the latest Early-Middle Devonian), the late Hercynian (Late Permian), Indosinian-Yanshan (the latest Triassic and Late Cretaceous) and Himalayan period (Paleogene, Neogene and Quaternary). …”
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Stable isotope (δ13Cker, δ13Ccarb, δ18Ocarb) distribution along a Cambrian outcrop section in the eastern Tarim Basin, NW China and its geochemical significance by Hu Liu, Zewen Liao, Haizu Zhang, Yankuan Tian, Bin Cheng, Shan Yang

“…The results from this study showed the possibility of multiple source kitchens in the Cambrian–lower Ordovician portion of Tarim Basin.…”
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Sources and Risk Characteristics of Heavy Metals in Plateau Soils Predicted by Geo-Detectors by Qiqian Wen, Linsheng Yang, Jiangping Yu, Binggan Wei, Shuhui Yin

“…For example, precipitation (100–200 mm), pH (7–7.5), DEM (>5500 m), RT (ophiolite), and GA (Ordovician) had the highest average concentration of As in each type (ranges) of the predominant factors. …”
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The Late Paleozoic relative gas fields of coal measure in China and their significances on the natural gas industry by Chenchen Fang, Jinxing Dai, Wei Wu, Dan Liu, Ziqi Feng

“…The coal-derived gas accumulates in Ordovician, Carboniferous, Permian, and Paleocene reservoirs and are distributed in Ordos Basin, Bohai Bay Basin, Junggar Basin, and Sichuan Basin. …”
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Carbon dioxide adsorption on shale: A comparative study of isotherm models across diverse samples and temperatures by Hussain Zaheer, Farhah Dzeti

“…Among these samples are LMX1 and LMX2 from the Silurian Longmaxi Formation, WF1 from the Ordovician Wufeng Formation in the Sichuan Basin, and YC from the Ordos Basin's Yanchang Formation. …”
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Seismic Wave Field Anomaly Identification of Ultra-Deep Heterogeneous Fractured-Vuggy Reservoirs: A Case Study in Tarim Basin, China by Xiangwen Li, Jingye Li, Lei Li, Zhonghong Wan, Yonglei Liu, Peiling Ma, Ming Zhang

“…Ultra-deep (7500–9000 m) Ordovician tight limestone heterogeneous fractured-vuggy reservoir is an important target of FuMan Oilfield in Tarim Basin. …”
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Paleozoic Tectonothermal Evolution in the West Qinling Orogen, Central China: Petrological and Chronological Evidence from Garnet Amphibolites by Qi Guo, Xiaohong Mao, Jianxin Zhang, Yawei Wu

“…The metamorphism at peak temperature condition occurred at <i>c</i>.411 Ma and was followed by decompression cooling to <i>c</i>.377 Ma. The Ordovician high–medium pressure metamorphism is related to the continental collision, which is slightly later than the HP–UHP eclogite-facies metamorphism in the East Qinling Orogen. …”
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Analysis of the orderly distribution of oil and gas fields in China based on the theory of co-control of source and heat by Gongcheng Zhang, Li Jin, Lei Lan, Zhao Zhao

“…Oil targets should be focused on the near shore areas in the southeastern China sea, the upper strata in the eastern and middle hydrocarbon zones, and the Ordovician, Permian and Paleogene strata in the western hydrocarbon zone, while gas targets should be focused on the off-shore areas in the southeastern China sea, the Cambrian, Carboniferous, Jurassic, and Quaternary strata in the western hydrocarbon zone. …”
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Quartz Crystallinity Index of Arabian Sands and Sandstones by Omar A. Radwan, John D. Humphrey, Khalid A. Al‐Ramadan

“…Arabian sandstones of Late Ordovician, Late Devonian, Late Permian, Late Triassic, and Cretaceous age possess the highest QCI values (>9.5). …”
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Geochemical Characteristics of Graptolite Shale in the Pingliang Formation of the Ordos Basin, China: Implications for Organic Matter, Thermal Evolution, and Hydrocarbon Reservoir by Fengjiao Li, Zhengliang Huang, Xiaofeng Wang, Xiaofeng Liu, Wenhui Liu, Zhenghong Cai, Houyong Luo, Qingtao Wang, Dongdong Zhang

“…Recently, shale gas resources were discovered in the Ordovician marine graptolite-rich strata in the Ordos Basin. …”
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Main deposit styles and associated tectonics of the West Junggar region, NW China by Ping Shen, Hongdi Pan, Yuanchao Shen, Yuhong Yan, Shihua Zhong

“…Five tectonic-mineralized epochs can be recognized: (1) Ordovician subduction-related VMS Cu-Zn deposit; (2) Devonian ophiolite-related podiform chromite deposit; (3) early Carboniferous subduction-related epithermal Au and porphyry Cu deposits; (4) late Carboniferous subduction-related granite-related Be-U, porphyry Cu, and hydrothermal quartz vein Au deposits; and (5) late Carboniferous to early Permian subduction-related porphyry-greisen Mo(-W) and orogenic Au deposits.…”
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Characteristics and Seismic Identification Mode of Ultra-Deep Carbonate Fault-Controlled Reservoir in Northwest China by Wei Gong, Xiaotao Wen, Dongyong Zhou

“…Ordovician carbonate reservoirs in the Shunbei area of the Tarim Basin are characterized by large burial depth, small vertical fault displacement of the strike-slip fault zone, small karst development scale, strong reservoir heterogeneity, complex and diverse seismic reflection types, which lead to unclear seismic response characteristics of fault zone and reservoir, and further restrict the fine description of ultra-deep (>7300 m) fault controlled reservoirs. …”
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The Advancement and Challenges of Seismic Techniques for Ultra-Deep Carbonate Reservoir Exploitation in the Tarim Basin of Northwestern China by Qinghua Wang, Yintao Zhang, Zhou Xie, Yawen Zhao, Can Zhang, Chong Sun, Guanghui Wu

“…Different from its use in the primary porous-type reservoirs, however, the conventional technology is not favorable for use in oil/gas development in Ordovician carbonate reservoirs. For this reason, high-density seismic acquisition and high-resolution seismic processing were carried out to provide high-precision data for fault and fractured reservoir identification. …”
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Dynamics of Silurian Plants as Response to Climate Changes by Josef Pšenička, Jiří Bek, Jiří Frýda, Viktor Žárský, Monika Uhlířová, Petr Štorch

“…However, available palynological, phylogenetic and geological evidence indicates that the history of plant terrestrialization is much longer and it is recently accepted that land floras, producing different types of spores, already were established in the Ordovician Period. Here we attempt to correlate Silurian floral development with environmental dynamics based on our data from the Prague Basin, but also to compile known data on a global scale. …”
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Kordonka Terrane — a fragment of the Early Paleozoic active margin by Golozubov V.V., Malinovsky A.I., Chashchin A.A., Kandaurov A.T., Khubanov V.B., Kasatkin S.A., Zheldak M.V., Orudzhev T.V.

“…The Devonian granitods first identified in this area may be evidence of the Kordonka block accession to the Bureya-Jiamusi-Khanka orogenic belt consolidated during the Ordovician. The Kordonka terrane thus marks an independent Early-Middle Paleozoic episode in the formation and closure of the Central Asian paleo-ocean.…”
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Pyrite type and its effect on shale gas accumulation: a case study of Wufeng-Longmaxi shale in Sichuan Basin and its periphery by Guangrong ZHANG, Haikuan NIE, Xuan TANG, Wei DU, Chuanxiang SUN, Song CHEN

“…The shale in the Upper Ordovician Wufeng Formation and the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Sichuan Basin and its periphery was studied. …”
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Revision of the mollisoniid chelicerate(?) Thelxiope, with a new species from the middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation of Utah by Rudy Lerosey-Aubril, Jacob Skabelund, Javier Ortega-Hernández

“…A, extends the stratigraphical range of Thelxiope to the Lower Ordovician (Tremadocian), and its palaeographic range to West Gondwana. …”
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Geochemical Characterization of Trace MVT Mineralization in Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks of Northeastern Wisconsin, USA by John A. Luczaj, Michael J. McIntire, Megan J. Olson Hunt

“…Locally abundant stratigraphic zones of sulfide minerals occur across the region, especially in the highly enriched Sulfide Cement Horizon at the top of the Ordovician St. Peter Sandstone. Abundant quantities of sulfides also appear near the contact between the Silurian Mayville Formation and the underlying Maquoketa and Neda formations in certain areas along and east of the Niagara escarpment. …”
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Earth’s Orbital Control on Organic Matter Enrichment in the Black Shales of the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation in the Upper Yangtze Region, South China by Shaoze Zhao, Shaoze Zhao, Yong Li, Yingjiao Xu, Leli Cheng, Zhou Nie, Liang Zhao

“…China’s most successful horizon for shale-gas exploration and development is the Upper Ordovician Wufeng Formation through the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in its Upper Yangtze Region. …”
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Vendian – Early Cambrian granites of the Krutorechensky complex (Northern Urals, Russia): protolith age, geodynamic conditions of generation and transformation by A. V. Korovko, G. Yu. Shardakova, V. N. Puchkov, V. B. Khubanov

“…The Middle Riphean ages of zircons from the protolith suggest that the KG block (belonging to the Prisalatim zone and located west of the MUF zone) is a fragment of the EEP, because the complexes of the Ordovician‐Devonian Tagil paleo‐island arc (located further eastward) are mostly dated to the Ven‐ dian. …”
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