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Analysis of the factors causing degradation and changes in the colourful pool area of the Huanglong travertine in Sichuan Province, China Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 ZiJian Zhou, FuDong Wang, YuYin Zhu, WuYang He, FaQin Dong, Shu Tang, QingMing Zhang, LiPing Jiang, GuoQing Huang, XueQin Zhao, JunHao Li, Shi Chen, ShengWen Jing
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Core sample selection based on MRGC method utilizing geomechanical units Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Alireza Shahnazi, Mehdi Bahremandi, Amin Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Shahmoradi, Mohsen Saemi, Ali Mohammad Bagheri
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Evaluation on liquefaction effect of potassium dissolution extraction from low-grade solid potash ore in Qarhan Salt Lake, northern of Tibetan Plateau Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Yachao Song, Han Hu, Chuanyong Ye, Yuanyi Zhao, Lichun Ma, Juan Zhang, Qunxiong Yan, Yuhan Lin
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Detailed sedimentological investigation of the late cretaceous fort munro formation, western sulaiman range, Pakistan Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Badar U Zaman, Mohibullah Mohibullah, Razzaq Abdul Manan, Akhtar Muhammad Kassi, Muhammad Rizwan
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Rock characterization of rupelian-chatian Asmari carbonate formation using the simultaneous pre-stack inversion technique and lame parameters in the Kopal oilfield, Dezful embayment, Zagros basin Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Zargham Mehdipour, Navid Shad Manaman, Ali Kadkhodaie, Ahmad Ashtari
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Creation and fill of an Eocene incision on a leeward margin of an isolated carbonate platform, northeast Sirte Basin, Libya Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Muneer Abdalla, Wan Yang, Abdlsaid Ibrahem, Salah Hassan, Alzobeere Bogzil
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Integrated sedimentary and diagenetic constraints for delineating the reservoir potential of Jurassic carbonate sequences in the autochthonous Samana Suk Formation, Attock-Cherat Nizampur Area, Pakistan Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Muhammad Ibrar, Sajjad Khan, Mehboob Ur Rashid, George Kontakiotis, Ihtisham Islam, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Assimina Antonarakou
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Crinoidal limestones as Ordovician–Cretaceous geological heritage Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Dmitry A. Ruban
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Progressive assessment of water inrush disasters in pre-construction and construction phases based on Chinese tunnels research Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Zengguang Xu, Zeyuan Zhang, Cheng Cao, Zihao Wu, Tuanwei Dong
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Lithofacies, bio-sequence stratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the cretaceous-neogene at the BG-1 well, offshore Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria: implications for future exploration and development efforts Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Tope Shade Alege, Timothy Oluwatobi Tella, Godwin Okumagbe Aigbadon
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Exploring the potential of the lacustrine limestone reservoir in the Da’anzhai Member of the Sichuan Basin Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-07 Changbing Huang, Xiaoguo Xie, Gang Wang, Zhiming Lu, Jianxing Yong
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Rock type based-estimation of pore throat size distribution in carbonate reservoirs using integrated analysis of well logs and seismic attributes Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Sirous Hosseinzadeh, Amir Mollajan, Samira Akbarzadeh, Ali Kadkhodaie
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Oncoids formed by Girvanella in the Cambrian of eastern China Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Yidan Zhu
The oncoids possess dual properties, namely “spherical stromatolite” and coated particles resembling ooids but with a larger particle size, which has garnered significant attention from the academic community. In this study, we focused on investigating the oncoids in the Zhangxia Formation of the Cambrian Miaolingian at the Jiguanshan section of Shandong Province, North China Platform applying sedimentological
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Improved diagnosis of the carbonate reservoirs: a case study from the Potwar Basin, northwest Pakistan Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-03
Abstract The key obstacles to developing the four wells in the Pariwali Block of the Potwar Basin in Pakistan continue to be an accurate age diagnosis of the reservoir intervals, facies variation, and locating the hydrocarbon target for future development wells. The purpose of this work is to offer integrated biostratigraphic, facies, and sequence stratigraphic information from well cuttings to more
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Implications of Geochemical Variables and Magnetic Susceptibility on Carbonate Levels in El-Guettiate Sebkha, Tunisia—Insights into Climate Cycles Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Najia Bouabid, Feyda Srarfi, Mohamed Ali Tagorti
The research aims to determine climatic cycles and the evolution of the Sebkha El-Guettiate during the last two millenniums of the Holocene by examining the regularity of chemical elements (Na, Ca and K) variables, magnetic susceptibility, Spectral analysis and carbonate percentage on a 100 cm core (SG) from the Sebkha El-Guettiate in the Skhira region of south-eastern Tunisia. The variation in the
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Development of stress-induced fracture patterns and accessing reservoir potential of the exposed formations of Panoba Anticline Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Tariq Khan, Sohail Wahid, Zahid Rahman, Syed Ali Turab
Kohat Plateau has huge hydrocarbon potential and most of the reservoirs are structurally controlled. Panoba Anticline is among the largest anticlines in Kohat Plateau consists of Paleocene to Eocene sequence. In this research petrophysical properties (density, porosity and permeability of the fractures) of reservoir formations esposed in the Panoba Anticline are analyzed. The main and regional compressional
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Fracture identification and characterization of Ordovician carbonate rock reservoir in block B of the Tahe oilfield Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-26
Abstract The distribution of fractures in fractured-vuggy reservoirs of Ordovician carbonate rock in the Tahe oilfield is one of the main controlling factors for oil and gas enrichment in this area. Determining the spatial distribution of fractures is the key to stable production in this area. First, this article uses cores and thin sections to analyse the characteristics of fractures. The area is
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Evaluate the spatial distribution of trace elements in soil of a karst terrain Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 George D. Bathrellos, Hariklia D. Skilodimou, Dimitra E. Gamvroula, Dimitrios E. Alexakis
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Evaluation of the influence of mineralogical attributes on the economic potentials of some carbonate rocks from Abakaliki Fold Belt, south-eastern Nigeria Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 G. E. Ene, M. J. Dumbo, F. O. Ugwu
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Tectonic fracture prediction for lacustrine carbonate oil reservoirs in Paleogene formations of the western Yingxiongling area, Qaidam Basin, NW China based on numerical simulation Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Qingong Zhuo, Fengqi Zhang, Bo Zhang, Ahmed E. Radwan, Shuai Yin, Hai Wu, Chenglin Wei, Yujie Gou, Yue Sun
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Maastrichtian-early Eocene Planktic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the successions in the southeastern Izeh Zone (Zagros Basin, SW Iran) Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Masoumeh Sabokro, Mohammad Vahidinia, Mohammad Hossein Adabi, Nasrin Hadavandkhani
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Characteristics and genesis of dolomites in the Upper Devonian Shawozi formation of the northwestern Sichuan basin, southwestern China Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Xiaoqin Liu, Fengjie Li, Weiwei Tang
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The impact of geological and petrophysical heterogeneities on Archie’s exponents: a case study for Sarvak carbonate reservoir, Dezful Embayment, southwest Iran Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Milad Moradi, Ali Kadkhodaie
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Underground karst development characteristics and their influence on exploitation of karst groundwater in Guilin City, southwestern China Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Zhenggong Pu, Qibo Huang, Hongwei Liao, Huaying Wu, Youjun Jiao, Fei Luo, Tengfang Li, Guangshuai Zhao, Changpei Zou
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Soft-sediment deformation structures or microbially induced sedimentary structures: the description and possible origin of the Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Kai Lu, Zhidong Bao, Jin Li
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Tracking of uranium and thorium natural distribution in the chemical fractions of the Nile Valley and the Red Sea phosphorites, Egypt Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Sami K. Aita, Marwa M. Abdel-Azeem, Hanaa A. Abu Khoziem, Gehan A. Aly, Nasser M. Mahdy, Ahmed M. Ismail, Hani H. Ali
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Geological setting, geochemical, textural, and genesis of palygorskite in Eocene carbonate deposits from Central Tunisia Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Fathi Allouche, Amina Ammous, Ali Tlili, Nejib Kallel
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Geochemistry of Palaeoproterozoic Kajrahat Limestone, Vindhyan Supergroup, central India: insights into depositional conditions and sources of rare earth elements Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Akanksha Singh, B. P. Singh, S. Kanhaiya, M. A. Quasim, A. Patra, S. Singh, V. K. Srivastava
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Geochemistry of the Guadalupian—Lopingian carbonate rocks from the NE Sichuan Basin, China: implications for paleo-oceanic environment and provenance Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Shengyang Yao, Chuanlong Mou, Gang Zhou, Qiyu Wang, Xiuping Wang, Peng Ren, Bowen Zan
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Identifying sub-surface Triassic salt diapirs under domal structures in the Tunisian Atlas: exploration targets for potential mineralization Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-06
Abstract The aim of this study is to propose a conceptual model explaining the geometry, origin, distribution of three selected domal structures, namely Jerissa, Bou El Haneche and Bir Es Solâa and associated mineralization. These structures, located on the border of the NW–SE Kalaa Khasba graben (Tunisian Atlas), had not been extensively investigated and only inferred—but not positively identified—as
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Lithostratigraphy, petrography, and geochemistry of the Eocene–Oligocene rock succession, Wadi Arhab area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-05
Abstract The present study recorded for the first time, an occurrence of Oligocene basaltic plugs in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt. In addition, Egyptian alabaster was discovered in the study area, further the well-known ancient area around the Cavern of Wadi Sannur. In this work, the lithostratigraphy, structure, petrography, and geochemistry including TGA and DSC were studied. In addition, the thermal
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Mineralogy, geochemistry, and stable isotope characteristics of Paleozoic carbonate-hosted vein-type barite deposits from Silifke–Mersin, Southern Türkiye Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Volkan Karasu, Fevzi Oner, Cihan Yalcin, Yusuf Uras, Mustafa Gurhan Yalcin
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A detailed investigation of Jutana Formation for depositional setting in Indus Basin, Pakistan Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Muhammad Ibrar, Hameed Ur Rehman, Suleman Khan, Syed Saddam Hussain, Maqsood Ur Rahman, Abdullah Khan
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Discovery and primary study of the lithium content in the karst-type bauxite deposit, Jajarm, Iran Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Masoumeh Nikdel, Majid Ghoraee Tafti, Morteza Nikdel
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Assessment of geohazards of karstified limestone in Al-Coeffiah area, Benghazi plain, NE Libya Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Entisar El-Rayani, Fathi Salloum, Abdelsalam Elshaafi, Awad Bilal, Khalifa Eldursi
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Pollen and grain size characteristics recorded from evaporite in the Kumishi Basin in arid Central Asia: implications for climate and environmental change since the late glacial Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Tiantao Yin, Mingzhang Peng, Yujing Yin, Chao Zhang, Fengan Yin, Congcong Zhao
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Diagenetic impact on unconventional tight carbonate reservoir of AR-F Member from the Abu Gharadig Field, north Western Desert, Egypt: insights from integrated combined sedimentological, petrographic, and petrophysical dataset Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-01
Abstract Upper Cretaceous organic-rich carbonate rocks of the Abu Roash F (AR-F) Member represent both source rock and reservoir units and are considered as an unconventional reservoir rock at the Abu Gharadig Field (AGF), Western Desert, Egypt. This study aims to investigate the diagenetic history and its impact on the porosity and permeability of the AR-F unconventional reservoir rock using the sedimentological
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Evaluation of natural fractures and geological sweet spot in the Shunbei ultra-deep carbonate fault-controlled reservoir, Tarim Basin Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-01
Abstract The Shunbei ultra-deep carbonate strike-slip fault-controlled reservoir in Tarim Basin is rich in reserves. The strike-slip faults and the natural structural fractures are the main storage space and flow channels of hydrocarbon resources. Therefore, studying the natural fracture development characteristics in this kind of reservoir is of great significance. The lithology of the Middle and
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Depositional and diagenetic studies of the middle Jurassic Samana Suk Formation in the Trans Indus Ranges and western extension of Hill Ranges, Pakistan: an integrated sedimentological and geochemical approach Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Muhammad Shahzeb, Mumtaz Muhammad Shah, Hamad ur Rahim, Jawad Ahmed Jan, Imran Ahmad, Rayan Khalil, Kamran Shehzad
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Comprehensive pore structure characterization and permeability prediction of carbonate reservoirs using high-pressure mercury intrusion and X-ray CT Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28
Abstract The heterogeneity of carbonate reservoirs, influenced by sedimentary environments and diagenetic processes, leads to the development of microfractures and vugs, posing significant challenges for reservoir evaluation. This study investigates the complex pore structures of Y-type carbonate reservoirs in the Middle East. We assess the performance of classical permeability prediction models and
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Characteristics and formation mechanism of carbonate-related silica in late Ediacaran, South China Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Zhengqiang Che
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Hydrologic response in a typical karst desertification catchment Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Yuan Li, Qiuwen Zhou, Yuluan Zhao
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Sedimentary facies, diagenetic analysis, and sequence stratigraphic control on reservoir evaluation of eocene sakesar limestone, upper indus basin, NW himalayas Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Hamad ur Rahim, Waqar Ahmad, Muhammad Jamil, Rayan Khalil
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Major, trace and rare earth element geochemistry of Archaean carbonate sediments of Tanwan group rocks of the Bhilwara supergroup, India: implications for seawater geochemistry and depositional environment Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Rohit Kumar, Abdul Hameed, Pooja Tiwari, Nandan Kumar, Pankaj Srivastava
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Indication capability for karst development elevation by knickpoints in Daba Mountain (Southwest China) Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jiasen Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Ke Li, Zixuan Qin, Yanna Yang, Mo Xu
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The Late Cretaceous polygenic breccias succession of Rouana formation in central Tunisia: implication for the comparison of stratigraphy and depositional environment Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Chokri Chaabane, Manel Zidi, Hajer Haj Ali, Jamel Touir
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Evaluation of karst aquifer development and karst water resource potential using fuzzy logic model (FAHP) and analysis hierarchy process (AHP): a case study, North of Iran Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21
Abstract This research addresses the severe water shortage in Iran, focusing on the Hashtgerd watershed, through the innovative use of remote sensing and sophisticated modeling techniques. Given the alarming depletion of surface and groundwater in the region, the study explores unconventional water sources for consumption and agricultural purposes. It employs a methodical fusion of the Fuzzy Analytical
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Study of the optimization of the stereo-crystallization process with enhanced salinity-gradient solar pond for lithium extraction from Zabuye salt lake in Tibet Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Qian Wu, Lingzhong Bu, Jintao Zhang, Ke Zhang, Jiangjiang Yu, Juntao Li, Deji Solange, Zhikui He, Zhen Nie
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Facies associations and stratigraphic sequence of the Dhruma Formation (Middle Jurassic) at its type locality, Khashm adh Dhibi, Saudi Arabia Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16
Abstract The lithofacies, microfacies, and depositional environments of the Dhruma Formation were studied at the type locality at Khashm adh Dhibi to better understand the sedimentology and depositional history on the Arabian Platform. Twelve lithofacies were identified that can be grouped into four lithofacies associations corresponding to depositional paleoenvironments ranging from peritidal to open
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Quantifying fracture density within the Asmari reservoir: an integrated analysis of borehole images, cores, and mud loss data to assess fracture-induced effects on oil production in the Southwestern Iranian Region Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Kioumars Taheri, Hossein Alizadeh, Roohollah Askari, Ali Kadkhodaie, Seyedsajad Hosseini
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Lithostratigraphy and limestone microfacies of the Oligocene lagoonal, coral patch reef-bearing Maʼahm Beds (South Mawaleh, Oman) Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Frank Mattern, Andreas Scharf, Abdul Razak Al-Sayigh, Laura Galluccio, Gianluca Frijia, Khadija Al-Maimani, Fatima Al-Marouqi
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The potential toxic element contents of Berriasian–Aptian carbonate rocks: distribution of elements in dolomite and limestone and possible sources (Gümüşhane/NE Türkiye) Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Çiğdem Saydam Eker, Uğur Volkan Arı
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Eocene lacustrine microbialites in the western Qaidam Basin, China: implication for the sedimentary record and hydrocarbon potential Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-30
Abstract Studying the lacustrine microbialites in the Western Qaidam Basin in the northeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau may provide clues to the sedimentary record, the depositional model, and the hydrocarbon potential. Based on geological, geochemical, and seismic data, the sedimentary characteristics and hydrocarbon potential of Eocene lacustrine microbialites in Western Qaidam Basin
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Dominant wavelength: a tool for morphological simplification of stylolites Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 André Davi Ferreira, Cristina Valle Pinto-Coelho, Saulo Pomponet Oliveira, Jeasy Parreira de Assis, Murilo Henrique Taques Camargo, Marcella Luiza Cavallari
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EPMA analysis of a stalagmite from Küpeli Cave, southern Turkey: implications on detrital sediments Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-20
Abstract In this study, the chemical composition of calcite crystals and pore-filling sediments in a stalagmite from Küpeli Cave was investigated for the first time using the electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). It was supplemented by petrographic, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analyses to improve understanding of EPMA findings
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Origin mechanism of overpressure in saline lacustrine formation of the Paleogene and Neogene in the Western Qaidam Basin, NW China Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Chenglin Liu, Taozheng Yang, Pei Li, Dehao Feng, Hongliang Huo
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Fluid inclusion and stable isotope (O and S) constraints on the genesis of the Guydash iron skarn deposit, East Azarbaijan province, Iran Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Mohammad Saleh Abyarifard, Mohammad Lotfi, Mehraj Aghazadeh, Nima Nezafati
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Fracture modeling of carbonate rocks via radial basis interpolation and discrete fracture network Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Yuhan Li, Jinkai Wang, Chun Li, Jun Xie, Rui Wu
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Late Paleocene–Early Eocene larger foraminifera from the Galala Plateaus, North Eastern Desert, Egypt: biostratigraphic, paleoenvironmental and paleoecological implications Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Shahin Abd-Elhameed, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Yasser Salama
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Reservoir rock typing and storage capacity of Mishrif Carbonate Formation in West Qurna/1 Oil Field, Iraq Carbonates Evaporites (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Ahmed N. Al-Dujaili