supported by a grant from the University Research Board (URB) of the American University of Beirut (AUB) (Nos. 103603, 24687)。
Carbonate rocks are common in many parts of the world, including the Eastern Mediterranean, where they host significant groundwater supplies and are widely used as building and ornamental stones. The porosity of carbo...
supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB26000000);the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program(No.2018-039);the CAS Open Fund(No.193110);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41830323,41930322);the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(No.QYZDY-SSWDQC023)。
Lime mud(i.e.,micrite)is a major component of carbonate deposits.Various mechanisms(biotic versus abiotic)have been proposed for the formation of lime mud in Earth’s history.However,the detailed role that microbes pl...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41774136 and 41374135);the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(No.2016ZX05004-003)
Apparent differences in sedimentation and diagenesis exist between carbonate reservoirs in different areas and affect their petrophysical and elastic properties.To elucidate the relevant mechanism,we study and analyze...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (41272017, 41322021, and 41172001);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2014M55006)
Carbonate precipitation and hydrothermal reaction are the two major processes that remove Mg from seawater.Mg isotopes are significantly(up to 5%)fractionated during carbonate precipitation by preferential incorporati...
financial support from the Major Basic Research Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant:2013CB835002);the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants:41272036);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant:2014M552481);the"Sanqin Scholarship"project of the Shaanxi Authority
Calcified biofiims are preserved as thin micritic coatings in the Cambrian oolitic limestone of two sections in North and South China. Standard petrographic examination revealed that the biofilms were developed during...
A part of the results of the Project cosponsored by the Natural Scienee Fundation of China(49070127);the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences(B8901)
On the basis of the records of strong seismic events taking place in soft carbonate sediments, a new seismic sequence system of vibrational liquefaction is established, which consists of a series of units, such as esc...