Ground motion, liquefaction and hazard analysis at the Palu site during the 2018 Indonesian great earthquake (Mw 7.5)
January 2026
The research findings on the ground motion and liquefaction potential analyses during the 2018 Great Indonesia Earthquake (Mw 7.5) are significant and crucial. The earthquake triggered soil-structure...
Groundwater hydrodynamics and supply sustainability in Punjab, Pakistan: A geological statistical approach using the GAMEAS algorithm based on data from 1105 boreholes
January 2026
Effective groundwater management is crucial for economic sustainable development, particularly as climate change and population growth increase the uncertainty of aquifer dynamics. Due to limited geological...
Physical characteristics, thermal structure, geothermal and carbon emission reduction potential of typical basins in Eastern China
January 2026
The geothermal resources in China are primarily found in its sedimentary basins, particularly in the large basins located in eastern China, which hold significant potential for geothermal energy development....
Phase field model of fracture propagation and pressure evolution induced by fluid injection considering the effect of initial stress field in power generation test project of Gonghe Basin, China
January 2026
Hydraulic stimulation technology is widely employed to enhance the permeability of geothermal reservoirs. Nevertheless, accurately predicting hydraulic fracture propagation in complex geological conditions...
A comparative study on the apatite and zircon from the ore-related and -barren magmatic rocks of the Shatanjiao region, Lower Yangtze River Belt: Controlling effects for petrogenesis and Cu-Au mineralization
January 2026
The links between the adakitic rocks and Cu-Au mineralization have long been argued. This study investigates petrogenesis and its link to mineralization potential by a series of in-situ geochronological...
Lishiite, (Ca2□)Sr3(CO3)5, a new burbankite mineral from carbonatite-syenite complex in Shaxiongdong, Hubei, China
25 November 2025
Lishiite, (Ca2□)Sr3(CO3)5, is a new mineral species from Shaxiongdong, Hubei Province, China. It mainly occours as conchoidal crystals and with combination of hexagonal prism and pyramid and is associated...
Shale gas prospect of the Lower Permian in the South Yellow Sea Basin of the Lower Yangtze area: Insights from the whole-cored CSDP-2 borehole
25 November 2025
Shale gas is abundant in the Paleozoic of the Yangtze Platform, and several high-yield shale gas fields have been built in the Upper Yangtze Platform, China. The Permian of the South Yellow Sea Basin...
Impacts of random negative training datasets on machine learning-based geologic hazard susceptibility assessment
25 November 2025
This study investigated the impacts of random negative training datasets (NTDs) on the uncertainty of machine learning models for geologic hazard susceptibility assessment of the Loess Plateau, northern...
Spatial and temporal variations in parameters at the upper boundary of gas hydrate stability zone of the Sea of Okhotsk
25 November 2025
This study was used oceanographic database in the Sea of Okhotsk between the period from 1929 to 2020 (131286 stations). The paper used gas hydrate dissociation parameters for the “pure methane-seawater”...
Investigation on the fracture propagation for horizontal wells in hydrate reservoirs using a fluid-solid coupling discrete element method
25 November 2025
Hydraulic fracturing technology has played an important role in the exploitation of unconventional oil and gas resources, however, its application to gas hydrate reservoirs has been rarely studied....
Improved SE-UNet network-based semantic segmentation and extraction of hidden geological significance in geological maps
25 November 2025
Automatic segmentation and recognition of content and element information in color geological map are of great significance for researchers to analyze the distribution of mineral resources and predict...
Global exploration trends and prospects for lithium, cobalt, and nickel battery metals in 2024
25 November 2025
World's largest coal-fired carbon capture demonstration project begins operation in Gansu Province, China
25 November 2025
Cassiterite U-Pb geochronology of the Sareshenke Tin deposit in the East Junggar: Implications for the two stages of tin mineralization
25 November 2025
Characteristics of strike-slip fault-related fractures and their controls on reservoir in Halahatang area, northern Tarim Basin
25 November 2025
The strike-slip fault system in the central Tarim Craton controls a complex petroleum system with estimated reserves exceeding 1×109 t, the fault-related fractures are important for hydrocarbon accumulation....
Enhancing rock slope stability prediction using random forest machine learning: A case study
25 November 2025
The prediction of slope stability is a complex nonlinear problem. This paper proposes a new method based on the random forest (RF) algorithm to study the rocky slopes stability. Taking the Bukit Merah,...
Organic geochemistry and basin modeling of the Eocene Mangahewa source rock system in the Pohokura oilfield, Taranaki Basin (New Zealand) and their indication of oil and gas potential
25 November 2025
The importance of organic geochemistry and basin modeling is widely recognized and used to understand the source rock potential and hydrocarbon generation history of the Mangahewa Formation, and thereby...
Improved new methods of seismic risk assessment and seismic zoning in Kazakhstan according to Eurocode 8
25 November 2025
This article aims to enhance seismic hazard assessment methods for Kazakhstan's seismotectonic conditions. It combines probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA), ground motion simulation, sitespecific...
Late Jurassic tectono-volcanic evolution and sauropod radiation of eastern Jiangnan orogen: Evidence from Tunxi Formation, China
25 November 2025
A prevailing theory suggests that volcanic eruptions triggered environmental changes, which compelled dinosaurs to migrate in search of new habitats. Compelling evidence for this hypothesis has now...
Metallogenic characteristics and mineralization of supergiant gold deposits (223 t) in the northeastern margin of the Jiaolai Basin, Shandong Province: A review
25 November 2025
Since the first discovery of gold deposits on the northeastern margin of the Jiaolai Basin in Shandong Province at the end of the 20th century, seven medium-sized to large/super-large gold deposits...