Shale gas is an important unconventional natural gas resource. Studying the microstructure
of shale and the gas transport law is of great significance for the development of shale gas …

Veins recovered from deep sedimentary formations offer insights into mineral precipitates
and processes that lead to sealing of underground fractures. These processes are of interest …

Recent significant breakthroughs have been made of the Lower Silurian shale gas in the
Changning-Zhaotong blocks recently, the key exploration area of China. Through …

Lacustrine organic-rich shales have recently become important petroleum exploration 8
targets. Adequate reservoir characterization is vital for determining the potential for shale oil …

Use of the subsurface for energy resources (enhanced geothermal systems, conventional
and unconventional hydrocarbons), or for storage of waste (CO2, radioactive), requires the …

The results from novel in situ high-pressure nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
spectroscopy, infrared (IR) spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) investigation of the …

Lacustrine organic-rich Eocene shales are well developed within the faulted lake basin in
the Bohai Bay Basin in eastern China. It is crucial to comprehend the sedimentation of these …

Mudstones are amongst the most compositionally diverse sedimentary materials in nature;
constraining their elastic properties is crucial in many subsurface engineering scenarios …

Adsorption reactions at solid-water interfaces define elemental fate and transport and
enable contaminant clean-up, water purification, and chemical separations. For …

Organic matter (OM) pores are well developed in the deep marine shales of the Sichuan
Basin, China. Understanding the morphology and connectivity of this pore system is crucial …