Exploration, Development, and Protection of Earth’s Resources and Environment: Methods, Techniques, Applications, Prospects, Insights, and Problems

Hongjian Zhu, Guochang Wang, Hongye Feng

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Science Earth Science Economic Geology

Keywords: Exploration and development of mineral resources,­Conventional and unconventional oil and gas,­Environment evolution and protection,­Mineral resource demand,­Sustainable utilization of resource

Advances in Accumulation Conditions of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources in Complicated Structure Areas

Li Ang, Ruyue Wang, Jianhua He, Andrew La Croix, Guido Ventura, Albert Griera

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In recent years, we have witnessed significant advancements in the exploration and development of...

Science Earth Science Economic Geology

Keywords: Unconventional oil and gas,­Lithology and lithofacies,­hydrocarbon generation,­reservoir,­Hydrocarbon accumulation,­preservation conditions

Advances in Petrophysics of Unconventional Oil and Gas

Xin Sun, Jianmeng Sun, Shouxiang Ma

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In recent years, with the continuous development and depletion of conventional oil and gas...

Science Earth Science Solid Earth Geophysics

Keywords: Geological engineering,­petroleum engineering,­Unconventional oil and gas,­Formation Evaluation,­Reservoir De

Geophysical Electromagnetic Exploration Theory, Technology and Application

Bo Zhang, Albert Casas, Xiuyan Ren, Vikas Baranwal

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Geophysical electromagnetic exploration has become a cornerstone in various fields such as mineral...

Science Earth Science Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism

Keywords: application,­Electromagnetic method,­Forward modelling,­inversion,­Technology

Advances and New Methods in Reservoirs Quantitative Characterization Using Seismic Data

Xingye Liu, Qingchun Li, Aldo Zollo

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The field of "Advances and New Methods in Reservoirs Quantitative Characterization Using Seismic...

Science Earth Science Georeservoirs

Keywords: deep learning,­machine learning,­Reservoir fluid properties,­Advanced technologies,­Reservoir characterization,­Seismic data,­quantitative analysis

Advances in Structure, Characterization, and Failure Mechanisms of Geomaterials: Theoretical, Experimental, and Numerical Approaches

Binbin Yang, Jingjing Meng, Bingxiang Yuan

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Geomaterials are one of the most common materials in the world. According to the functions, the...

Science Earth Science Earth and Planetary Materials

Keywords: Geomaterials,­Geological disasters,­Multi-field coupling,­Mechanical behavior,­Failure mechanism,­numerical simulation

Evolution Mechanism and Prevention Technology of Karst Geological Engineering Disasters

Pengfei Liu, Zhang Cong, Guotao Ma, Jae-Joon Song, Tongming Qu, Weibing Gong

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Soluble rocks, such as limestone and dolomite, can create karst formations, including caves,...

Science Earth Science Geohazards and Georisks

Keywords: Karst strata,­engineering disasters,­Disaster evolution mechanism,­Karst exploration,­Karst treatment

Faults and Earthquakes Viewed by Networks, Monitoring Systems and by Numerical Modelling Techniques

Giovanni Martinelli, Fuqiong Huang, Caibo Hu, Yongsheng Zhou, Fabrizio Gherardi

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Rock rheology governs the deformation of rocks in reaction to forces within the Earth's interior. ...

Science Earth Science Solid Earth Geophysics

Keywords: Brittle-ductile transition,­deformation mechanisms,­Shear zone,­Crustal permeability,­earthquake related phenomena,­Earthquake precursors,­seismic hazard,­heat flux,­S-waves dispersion,­Viscosity,­gas geochemistry,­Water geochemistry,­poroelasticity,­Volcanoes

Efficient Exploration and Development of Unconventional Natural Gas

Shu Tao, Zhengguang Zhang, Shida Chen, Yu Jing, Junjian Wang

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With the rapid development of the world economy, the development and utilization of low-carbon...

Science Earth Science Economic Geology

Keywords: Reservoir characteristics,­Enrichment patterns,­Development techniques,­Production characteristics,­Influencing factors