Magnesium (Mg) has an atomic number of 12 and belongs to the alkaline earth element
(Group II) of the Periodic Table. The pure Mg is a silvery white metal and has a melting point …

The porosity and permeability of sandstone and carbonate reservoirs (known as reservoir
quality) are essential inputs for successful oil and gas resource exploration and exploitation …

Shallow-water carbonate sediments constitute the bulk of sedimentary carbonates in the
geologic record and are widely used archives of Earth's chemical and climatic history. One …

The nine editions of Stable Isotope Geochemistry have appeared over a time span of nearly
50 years. The first edition (1973) appeared as a slim book of 135 pages. Due to the rapid …

Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes (δ18O and δ13C values) and trace elements have been
applied to the study of diagenesis of carbonate rocks for over 50 years. As valuable as these …

Carbonate sediments and rocks are valuable archives of Earth's past whose geochemical
compositions inform our understanding of Earth's surface evolution. Yet carbonates are also …

The 18O/16O of calcite fossils increased by∼ 8‰ between the Cambrian and present. It has
long been controversial whether this change reflects evolution in the δ18O of seawater, or a …

Dolomite genesis is a century-old mystery in sedimentology. To reveal the mechanism of
dolomite genesis, two core problems need to be addressed. The first is the origin and …

Abstract Hydrothermal experiments at 220, 160, and 130° C were performed to calibrate the
Mg isotope fractionation factor between dolomite and aqueous Mg. Hydrothermal …

Over the past decades, the burial realm, the most prolonged and arguably the least well‐
understood diagenetic environment, has received significant research attention. Despite …