Impact of High Thermal Setting and Fluid Activities on Sandstone Compaction: A Case Study of the Baiyun Sag in the Pearl River Mouth Basin (Northern South China Sea) by Chi Li, Jinglan Luo, Caiwei Fan, Shanshan Li, Shijiu Wu, Chuan Lei, Kunpeng Song

“…The thermal compaction process controlled by a basin’s heat flow and the static compaction caused by overload on rocks are both important factors controlling the compaction strength. …”
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Fracture Modeling of Deep Tight Sandstone Fault-Fracture Reservoir Based on Geological Model and Seismic Attributes: A Case Study on Xu 2 Member in Western Sichuan Depression, Sich... by Jitong Li, Junlong Liu, Hongde Chen, Jianhua He, Ruyue Wang, Xupeng Shao, Xin Fang

“…With significant geological reserves and high resource abundance, the Xujiahe Formation in the Western Sichuan Depression is considered a key target for natural gas exploration and development in continental clastic rocks within the Sichuan Basin. However, this formation remains underdeveloped. …”
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Factors Influencing the Pore Structure and Gas-Bearing Characteristics of Shales: Insights from the Longmaxi Formation, Southern Sichuan Basin and Northern Yunnan-Guizhou Depressio... by Li Dong, Changcheng Han, M. Santosh, Yongkai Qiu, Geng Liu, Jinghui Ma, Hao He, Chenlin Hu

“…Higher SSA and total pore volume indicate higher volume of adsorbed gas. The bound water in rocks tends to reduce the content of desorbed gas. …”
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Caledonian reactivation and reworking of Timanian thrust systems and implications for latest Mesoproterozoic to mid-Paleozoic tectonics and magmatism in northern Baltica [version 2... by Eirik Stokmo, Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl

“…This has the following implications: (1) the Seiland Igneous Province likely formed in a backarc setting, (2) metasedimentary rocks of the Kalak Nappe Complex deposited along the Baltican margin of the Iapetus Ocean, possibly in a late–post-Grenvillian collapse basin, (3) the Iapetus Ocean was much narrower than the several thousands of kilometers width commonly proposed, and (4) early Neoproterozoic magmatism in northern Norway is possibly related to the initial breakup of Rodinia.…”
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Temporal and spatial heterogeneity of the Ailaoshan–Song Ma–Song Chay ophiolitic mélange, and its significance on the evolution of Paleo-Tethys by Lin, Wei, Liu, Fei, Wang, Yin, Meng, Lingtong, Faure, Michel, Chu, Yang, Nguyen, Vuong Van, Wu, Qinying, Wei, Wei, Thu, Hoai Luong Thi, Vu, Tich Van

“…The Silurian and Devonian sedimentary rocks of the Indochina block are the major provenance of the M1 unit. …”
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Enrichment features, ecological risks assessment and quantitative sources appointment of sediment heavy metals: An example of the urbanized Xizhi River catchment, South China by Chao Yan, Qirui Wu, Rui Li, Zuobing Liang, Zaizhi Yang, Aiping Zhu, Lei Gao

“…Across the entire watershed, the main sources of HM contamination were identified as industrial effluents (54 %), agrochemicals (16 %), domestic sewage (14 %), and weathering of parent rocks (16 %).…”
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Comprehensive Effect of the Time and Water-Cement Ratio on the Rheological Properties of Power-Law Cement Grouts by Yang Zhi-quan, Ding Yi, Mi Ya-peng, Zhu Ying-yan, Yang Yi, Guo Yan-hui, Zhang Bi-hua, Li Shi-hou, Su Jian-kun, Chen Jun-zhi, Xu Wan-zhong, Liu Wan-lin, Liu Hao, Wang Yu-dong

“…The rheological properties of cement grouts are significantly affected by the changes of the time and the water-cement ratio, which determine the diffusion state of grouts in rocks and soils and influence the outcome of projects. …”
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Multiscale modeling of reservoir systems using geostatistical methods by Chihi, Hayet, Hammami, Mohamed Amin, Mezni, Imen, Belayouni, Habib, Ben Mammou, Abdallah

“…Identifying factors and quantifying the processes, influencing the extent of reservoir rocks and the distribution of their heterogeneities are fundamental prerequisites to improve the characterization of reservoir connectivity and its dynamic functioning. …”
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The Influences of Key Strata Compound Breakage on the Overlying Strata Movement and Strata Pressure Behavior in Fully Mechanized Caving Mining of Shallow and Extremely Thick Seams:... by Junmeng Li, Yanli Huang, Jixiong Zhang, Meng Li, Ming Qiao, Fengwan Wang

“…In addition, the main key strata behaved in the mode of rotary instability, and the caving rocks behind the goaf were gradually compacted because of the periodic instability of the main key strata. …”
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Rapid landslide detection from free optical satellite imagery using a robust change detection technique by Rosa Coluzzi, Angela Perrone, Caterina Samela, Vito Imbrenda, Salvatore Manfreda, Letizia Pace, Maria Lanfredi

“…Due to the complexity of the phenomenon which might involve the displacement of massive rocks, soil, and both wet and dry vegetation from hillslopes, and the significant impact on the safety of the population and road infrastructure, the development of specific procedures for the rapid detection of landslides is extremely challenging. …”
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Constant Dizziness Versus Episodic Vertigo in Ménière’s Disease: Health-Related Quality of Life, Cognitive Dissonance, and Postural Problems by Ilmari Pyykkö, Jing Zou, Vinaya Manchaiah

“…The most common balance problem was tripping-off (34%), followed by swaying (25%) or rocking (8%) sensations. In the self-administered rehabilitative training, there were no differences between any of the vertigo or dizziness groups although disease profile of MD differed significantly. …”
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Insights on the Permian tuff beds from the Saint-Affrique Basin (Massif Central, France): an integrated geochemical and geochronological study by Poujol, Marc, Mercuzot, Mathilde, Lopez, Michel, Bourquin, Sylvie, Bruguier, Olivier, Hallot, Erwan, Beccaletto, Laurent

“…It highlights the existence of two different groups of felsic volcaniclastic rocks. The first group, located at the base of the basin and attributed to the Stephanian continental stage, is related to a late-orogenic volcanic setting and corresponds to calc-alkaline trachy-andesitic tuffites that could not be dated due to the lack of volcanic zircon. …”
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Mineralogy and geochemistry of shale from Shanxi Formation, Southern North China Basin: Implication for organic matter accumulation by Qian Chen, Pei Li, Xiaoliang Wei, Changsheng Chen, Wei Dang, Haikuan Nie, Jinchuan Zhang

“…The Permian Taiyuan and Shanxi coal-bearing formations are recognized as the primary source rocks and promising shale gas reservoirs in North China. …”
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Feasibility of Cognitive Training in Combination With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in a Home-Based Context (TrainStim-Home): study protocol for a randomised controlled t... by Ulrike Grittner, Agnes Flöel, Rafal Nowak, Friederike Thams, Daria Antonenko, Merle Rocke, Robert Malinowski

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Mapping of Agate-like Soil Cover Structures Based on a Multitemporal Soil Line Using Neural Network Filtering of Remote Sensing Data by Dmitry I. Rukhovich, Polina V. Koroleva, Alexey D. Rukhovich, Mikhail A. Komissarov

“…Perhaps ASCSs are unique objects for the area of chernozem distribution, where in one soil profile there are rocks with an age from the first thousand years (Quaternary) to 250 million years (Permian). …”
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Occurrence Mechanism of Roof-Fall Accidents in Large-Section Coal Seam Roadways and Related Support Design for Bayangaole Coal Mine, China by Shitan Gu, Bangyou Jiang, Gensheng Wang, Huabin Dai, Mingpeng Zhang

“…Firstly, the fracture characteristics of the surrounding rocks on the roadway roof were measured using a stratum detector. …”
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Reflections on the role of chemical osmosis mechanisms on the long-term behavior of a collapsed salt cavity by Ledoux, Emmanuel, Hertz, Emmanuel, Robinet, Jean-Charles, Combes, Pierre

“…Recent work on chemical osmosis in clay media, motivated by research on the geological storage of nuclear waste in a clay layer, raises questions about the role of this mechanism on the long-term behavior of the system.Based on a bibliographical approach, the article presents a brisk synthesis of the theory of chemical osmosis and discusses its application to the case of clayey rocks which can constitute imperfect membranes capable of generating osmotic pressures.First, the article presents the equations representing the flow of the fluid and the solute transport according to a simplified formulation adapted to the geometry of the system. …”
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Exploration on Formation Mechanism of Core Discing Based on Energy Analysis by Siqi Ye, Jianan Li, Jing Xie, Bengao Yang, Haichun Hao, Fei Li

“…The basic premise of deep in situ fluidized mining is to study the in situ stress state of deep rocks, and coring is one of the basic physical means. …”
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Shale Heterogeneity in Western Hunan and Hubei: A Case Study from the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in Well Laidi 1 in the Laifeng-Xianfeng Block, Hubei Province by Peng Zhang, Junwei Yang, Yuqi Huang, Jinchuan Zhang, Xuan Tang, Chengwei Liu

“…The shale’s heterogeneity is analyzed based on shale mineral rocks, microslices, geochemistry, and low-temperature N2 adsorption-desorption. …”
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Fracture, Dissolution, and Cementation Events in Ordovician Carbonate Reservoirs, Tarim Basin, NW China by Vinyet Baqués, Estibalitz Ukar, Stephen E. Laubach, Stephanie R. Forstner, András Fall

“…Ordovician carbonate rocks of the Yijianfang Formation in the Tabei Uplift, Tarim Basin, contain deeply buried (>6000 m), highly productive oil and gas reservoirs associated with large cavities (>10 m). …”
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