Discovery of the Lower Cretaceous aeolian sandstones in the Wulong Formation in Yichang, Hubei Province, and its provenance by Qian Wang, Guoqiao Xiao, Hui Gao, Shiyu Qin, Xianyu Huang

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Vertical height growth mechanism of hydraulic fractures in laminated shale oil reservoirs based on 3D discrete lattice modeling by Xin Chang, Xingyi Wang, Chunhe Yang, Yintong Guo, Kai Wei, Qiang Li, Chengbai Jiang

“…To validate the numerical modeling results, five sets of laboratory hydraulic fracturing physical simulations were conducted in Jurassic terrestrial shale. …”
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Mesozoic magmatic evolution of the Laiyuan complex: Tracing the crust-mantle and lithosphere-asthenosphere interactions in the central North China Craton by Fei Xue, M. Santosh, M. Santosh, Toshiaki Tsunogae, Fan Yang, Hongbing Tan, Guohui Chen, Chao Li, Yunchou Xu

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A comparative study of geological conditions of tight oils in China and USA by Qun LUO, Yang GAO, Zeyuan ZHANG, Shichen WANG, Lan HONG, Wenyu MA, Qian XU

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Distribution and origin of natural gas leakage in the Colorado Basin, offshore Argentina 2 Margin, South America: seismic interpretation and 3D basin modelling by Z. ANKA, M.J. LOEGERING, R. DI PRIMIO, D. MARCHAL, J.F. RODRIGUEZ, E. VALLEJO

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Geodiversity of Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark: Hydrogeological Significance of Groundwater and Landscape Interaction and Conceptual Model of Functioning by África de la Hera-Portillo, Julio López-Gutiérrez, Luis Moreno-Merino, Miguel Llorente-Isidro, Rod Fensham, Mario Fernández, Marwan Ghanem, Karmah Salman, Jose Ángel Sánchez-Fabián, Nicolás Gallego-Rojas, Mª Mar Corral, Elena Galindo, Manuela Chamizo-Borreguero, Nour-Eddine Laftouhi

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Zircon U-Pb ages and provenance characteristics of the Zhiluo Formation sandstones and the formation background of the uranium deposit in Huangling area, Ordos Basin, China by Reng-an Yu, Shan-bo Wang, Qiang Zhu, Qing-hong Si, Xue-ming Teng, Xiao-xue Liu, Hou-ning Liu, Yong-xiang Tang

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Mine earthquake mechanism of extremely thick strata based on focalmemchanism analysis by Xianxi BAI, Anye CAO, Yaoqi LIU, Changbin WANG, Xu YANG, Yingchun ZHAO, yao YANG

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Mesozoic tectonic deformation and its rock/ore-control mechanism in the important metallogenic belts in South China by ZHANG Da, LI Fang, HE Xiaolong, HU Bojie, ZHANG Xinming, BI Minfeng, WANG Sen, HUO Hailong, XUE Wei, LIU Songyan

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Metamorphic Remnants of the Variscan Orogeny across the Alps and Their Tectonic Significance by Manuel Roda, Maria Iole Spalla, Marco Filippi, Jean-Marc Lardeaux, Gisella Rebay, Alessandro Regorda, Davide Zanoni, Michele Zucali, Guido Gosso

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Metallogenesis and ore-forming time of the Changtuxili Mn–Ag–Pb–Zn deposit in Inner Mongolia: Evidence from C–O–S isotopes and U–Pb geochronology by Kuo Zhang, Ruo-Shi Jin, Feng-Yue Sun, Bi-Le Li, Peng He, Yue-Long Zhang, Shuo Guo, Tian-Fu Zhang

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Depositional Controls on Detrital Zircon Provenance: An Example From Upper Cretaceous Strata, Southern Patagonia by Stephen C. Dobbs, Matthew A. Malkowski, Theresa M. Schwartz, Zachary T. Sickmann, Stephan A. Graham

“…Stratigraphic sections are paired with U-Pb detrital zircon sandstone samples (N = 20; n = 5,219), which provide both maximum depositional ages and provenance characteristics. …”
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Microstructural characterization of natural fractures and faults in the Opalinus Clay: insights from a deep drilling campaign across central northern Switzerland by Ismay Vénice Akker, Raphael Schneeberger, Marco Herwegh, Nathan Looser, Lukas Aschwanden, Martin Mazurek, Kurt Decker, Andreas Ebert, Marcel Guillong, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Christoph Schrank, Michael W. M. Jones, Andrew Langendam, Herfried Madritsch

“…Abstract The Middle-Jurassic Opalinus Clay is the foreseen host rock for radioactive waste disposal in central northern Switzerland. …”
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Identification of the first Caledonian A-type granitoids in the southern Qin-Hang belt of south China: Tectonic link to early Paleozoic extension by Liuyun Ouyang, Wenting Huang, Jing Wu, Juan Liao, Jian Zhang, Xilian Chen, Huaying Liang

“…The Dishui syenogranite and granodiorite porphyry dike have zircon εHf(t) value and two-stage model age (TDM2) of −3.9 to +1.5 and 1.32–1.66 Ga, and −1.7 to +11.8 and 0.94–1.53 Ga, respectively, both much more depleted than many Caledonian gneissic/massive granites and the Devonian A-type granites (εHf(t) = −14.9 to −3.5) in South China. …”
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Meso–Cenozoic Exhumation in the South Qinling Shan (Central China) Recorded by Detrital Apatite Fission-Track Dating of Modern River Sediments by Xu Lin, Jing Liu-Zeng, Lin Wu, Soares Jose Cleber, Dongliang Liu, Jingen Dai, Chengwei Hu, Xiaokang Chen, Lingling Li, Liyu Zhang

“…A total of 214 valid track ages were obtained, with an age distribution ranging from 9.5 to 334.0 Ma. The Density Plotter software was employed to decompose the data and generate four prominent age peaks: 185, 103, 69, 35, and 12 Ma. …”
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Antiinsky ore occurrence as an example of ore-forming systems related to reduced intrusions (Eastern Transbaikalia) by Yuri Olegovich Redin, Anna Andreevna Redina, Viktor Pavlovich Mokrushnikov, Vladislav Fedorovich Dultsev

“…Relevance: to reveal the genetic relationship of ore mineralization with late Jurassic magmatic rocks of the Shakhtama complex for Antiinsky ore occurrence as example. …”
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A unified framework of temporal information expression in geosciences knowledge system by Shu Wang, Yunqiang Zhu, Yanmin Qi, Zhiwei Hou, Kai Sun, Weirong Li, Lei Hu, Jie Yang, Hairong Lv

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Fluid Evolution and Ore Genesis of the Songjianghe Au Deposit in Eastern Jilin Province, NE China: Constraints from Fluid Inclusions and H-O-S-Pb Isotope Systematics by Qi Yu, Keyong Wang, Xuebing Zhang, Qingfei Sun, Wenqiang Bai, Chao Ma, Yongchun Xiao

“…Only VL-type FIs are observed in Stage IV, with a Th-total of 189.5 to 240.4 °C and salinities of 3.7 to 5.7 wt% NaCl eqv. …”
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Practice of high-intensity volume fracturing in the Shaximiao Formation tight sandstone gas reservoirs of the Qiulin Block, central Sichuan Basin by Youcheng Zheng, Xu Han, Ji Zeng, Changlin Zhou, Lang Zhou, Weihua Chen

“…Third, there are 10 fracturing sections in Well Qiulin 207-5-H2, with 7–12 clusters in each section, and the displacement is in the range of 16–18 m3/min. …”
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Petrogenesis of high heat producing granites and their contribution to geothermal resource in the Huangshadong geothermal field, South China by Yuzhong Liao, Yuzhong Liao, Guiling Wang, Guiling Wang, Yufei Xi, Yufei Xi, Haonan Gan, Haonan Gan, Xiaoxue Yan, Xiaoxue Yan, Mingxiao Yu, Mingxiao Yu, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Zirui Zhao, Zirui Zhao

“…The zircon U-Pb ages indicate that the magmatism evolution of HGF contains three eras, namely, Cretaceous (135 ± 4 to 143.6 ± 2.8 Ma), Jurassic (152.7 ± 2.7 to 176.7 ± 1.8 Ma), and Permian granites (251 ± 9.1 to 251 ± 5 Ma) from the youngest to oldest. …”
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