Frontiers in Earth Science | Structural Geology and Tectonics

Original Research

Accepted on 15 May 2025

Shale lithofacies mechanical differences from tectonic-diagenetic coupling and their response to hydraulic fracture network propagation

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Liyan Yang
Xiangdong Peng
Ying Hu
Anan Liu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1594244

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2025

Limited distribution of cratonic strike-slip faults in Sichuan basin and their genesis mechanisms

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Zijing Liu
Nan Su
Shaobo Liu
Zhuxin Chen
Pengcheng Tang
Saijun Wu
Lining Wang
Rong Ren
Cuiguo Hao
Zhengshuo Miao

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1556272

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Original Research

Published on 14 May 2025

Dating the Orosirian orogen-parallel shear zones in the western Khondalite Belt, North China Craton: new constraints from monazite, titanite and apatite U-Pb ages

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Hengzhong Qiao
Miao Liu
Chencheng Dai
Shangjing Wu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1603597

277 views

Methods

Published on 12 May 2025

Experimental study on the mechanical properties of loess containing tectonic joints

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Huijuan Wang
Jinghua Zhang
Ping Wang
Yali Wang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1512722

526 views

Original Research

Published on 09 May 2025

Strike-slip fault system and its control on ediacaran hydrocarbon system in central Sichuan Basin: insights from petrology, U-Pb dating and seismic interpretation

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Yongjing Cen
Jianhai Li
Feng Liang
Lien Wang
Xin Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1586132

423 views

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Apr 2025

Structure and mineralization potentials of the southwestern part of Sokoto basin Nigeria

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

U. Z Magawata
Nurudeen Kolawole Olasunkanmi
Godwin Babatunde Egbeyale
A. Saleh

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1500162

235 views

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Apr 2025

Chicxulub Central Zone Structure and Stratigraphy -PEMEX Exploration Drilling Program

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi
Ligia Perez-Cruz
Axel Wittmann
José A Arz
Ignacio Arenillas
Long Xiao
Jiawei Zhao
Vicente Gilabert
Eduardo Salguero-Hernandez

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1550746

225 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Apr 2025

Comparison of geological conditions and prospects of exploration potential of shale gas in upper permian Wujiaping formation and Longtan Formation, Sichuan Basin

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Manfei Chen
Jiajing Yang
Zhiyuan Lu
Ying Ming
Hua Wang
Siyu Chen
Wenjing Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1557328

657 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Feb 2025

Deep crustal composition and Late Paleozoic geotectonic evolution in West Junggar, China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Shenglin Xu
Weicui Ding
Feizhou Ma
Xuanhua Chen
Zhaogang Shao
Lele Han
Penghui Huang
Jianjie Shi
Xinru Yang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1465894

1,067 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jan 2025

A complete structural analysis of the FⅠ17 strike-slip fault and its hydrocarbon enrichment factors, Tarim basin, NW China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Shi Chen
Xinxin Liang
Xingguo Song
Yintao Zhang
Zhou Xie
Yuan Neng
Pengfei Kang
Jianxun Zhou

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1515685

756 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Dec 2024

Petrogenesis of the paleoproterozoic ultramafites in Wuchuan area, Inner Mongolia: implications for tectonic evolution

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Hao Hu
Dongyan Zhong
Zhiguang Zhou
Guosheng Wang
Shen Gao
Jianfeng Chen
Chenfei Feng

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1508394

786 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Dec 2024

Quantitative characterization of damage and the cross-scale evolution mechanism of soft rock under dry-wet cycles

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Ning Liang
Tao Jin
Dingli Su

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1466304

1,665 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Dec 2024

The geometry and evolution of the deeply buried structural wedge in the kuqa fold-and-thrust belt: insights from numerical simulation

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Weili Chen
Wei Wang
Jiaqi Zhao
Hongwei Yin
Fangjie Hu
Yong Zhang
Zhihao Li
Dong Jia
Chunbo Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1494093

3,173 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Nov 2024

Thermal and burial history of the axial Arcabuco-Floresta segment, Eastern Cordillera basin, Colombia: evidence from low-temperature thermochronology and numerical modelling

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

John Jairo Sandoval-Espinel
Leidy Carolina Sandoval-Espinel
Mauricio A. Bermúdez
Matthias Bernet
Barry Kohn
Sergio Amaya
Nicolas Villamizar-Escalante
Carlos Zuluaga

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1471172

1,763 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Nov 2024

Physical modelling of salt structural deformation in the Tajik Basin: insights into the formation of complex fold-and-thrust structures

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Yin Wei
Ji Zhifeng
Zhang Yiqiong
He Jinyou
Wang Xueke
Zhang Mingjun
Jiang Ren
Zheng Yue
Pan Ying

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1478591

1,598 views

Original Research

Published on 21 Nov 2024

Early paleozoic evolution of the South Bainaimiao Ocean: constraints from the Chegendalai ophiolite mélange

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Chenfei Feng
Guosheng Wang
Zhiguang Zhou
Shen Gao
Jianfeng Chen
Hao Hu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1487090

855 views