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An R package for statistical provenance analysis by Vermeesch, Pieter, Resentini, Alberto, Garzanti, Eduardo

“…This paper introduces provenance, a software package within the statistical programming environment R, which aims to facilitate the visualisation and…”
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From static to dynamic provenance analysis—Sedimentary petrology upgraded by Garzanti, Eduardo

“…The classical approach to sandstone petrology, established in the golden years of plate tectonics and based on the axiom that “detrital modes of sandstone…”
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Deposition, diagenetic and hydrothermal processes in the Aptian Pre-Salt lacustrine carbonate reservoirs of the northern Campos Basin, offshore Brazil by Lima, Bruno Eustáquio Moreira, De Ros, Luiz Fernando

“…The discovery of large oil accumulations in the rift and sag Pre-Salt sections of the Campos and Santos Basins has revived interest in the exploration of the…”
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Relationships between depositional environments, burial history and rock properties. Some principal aspects of diagenetic process in sedimentary basins by Bjoerlykke, Knut

“…Sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and facies analysis have for many years been disciplines rather separate from diagenesis which is concerned with processes…”
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Neoproterozoic glaciations in a revised global palaeogeography from the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Gondwanaland by Li, Zheng-Xiang, Evans, David A.D., Halverson, Galen P.

“…This review paper presents a set of revised global palaeogeographic maps for the 825–540Ma interval using the latest palaeomagnetic data, along with…”
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Geochemistry of the Miocene oil shale (Hançili Formation) in the Çankırı-Çorum Basin, Central Turkey: Implications for Paleoclimate conditions, source–area weathering, provenance and tectonic setting by Vosoughi Moradi, A., Sarı, A., Akkaya, P.

“…The geochemistry of oil shale units of Hançili Formation in the Çankırı-Çorum Basin (Central Turkey) was studied using various chemical analyses. The…”
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The role of discharge variability in the formation and preservation of alluvial sediment bodies by Fielding, Christopher R., Alexander, Jan, Allen, Jonathan P.

“…Extant, planform-based facies models for alluvial deposits are not fully fit for purpose, because they over-emphasise plan form whereas there is little in the…”
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Geochemical discrimination of siliciclastic sediments from active and passive margin settings by Verma, Surendra P., Armstrong-Altrin, John S.

“…Discrimination of active and passive margins is important from both academic and economic aspects. This can only be successfully achieved, however, if there…”
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Provenance control on chemical indices of weathering (Taiwan river sands) by Garzanti, Eduardo, Resentini, Alberto

“…Geochemical parameters obtained from the analysis of sediments and sedimentary rocks are widely used to infer weathering and paleo-weathering conditions in…”
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On the origin of silt laminae in laminated shales by Yawar, Zalmai, Schieber, Juergen

“…Experiments with mixtures of quartz silt and clays, under conditions where pure silt and clay suspensions form bedload ripples (non-cohesive silt, flocculated…”
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Intrabasinal and extrabasinal turbidites: Origin and distinctive characteristics by Zavala, Carlos, Arcuri, Mariano

“…The discovery of turbidites represents perhaps the major genuine advance of sedimentology during the twentieth century. Turbidites are the deposits of…”
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New constraints for the western Paleotethys paleogeography-paleotectonics derived from detrital signatures: Malaguide Carboniferous Culm Cycle (Betic Cordillera, S Spain) by Criniti, Sara, Martín-Martín, Manuel, Martín-Algarra, Agustín

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Micro and nano-size pores of clay minerals in shale reservoirs: Implication for the accumulation of shale gas by Chen, Shangbin, Han, Yufu, Fu, Changqin, Zhang, han, Zhu, Yanming, Zuo, Zhaoxi

“…A pore is an essential component of shale gas reservoirs. Clay minerals are the adsorption carrier second only to organic matter. This paper uses the organic…”
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Characteristics of hydrothermal sedimentation process in the Yanchang Formation, south Ordos Basin, China: Evidence from element geochemistry by He, Cong, Ji, Liming, Wu, Yuandong, Su, Ao, Zhang, Mingzhen

“…Hydrothermal sedimentation occurred in the Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China. However, their macroscopic features at the scale of the stratum and…”
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Anatomy and dimensions of fluvial crevasse-splay deposits: Examples from the Cretaceous Castlegate Sandstone and Neslen Formation, Utah, U.S.A by Burns, C.E., Mountney, N.P., Hodgson, D.M., Colombera, L.

“…Crevasse-splay deposits form a volumetrically significant component of many fluvial overbank successions (up to 90% in some successions).Yet the relationships…”
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Diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation tight sandstones in the southern Songliao Basin, China by Xi, Kelai, Cao, Yingchang, Jahren, Jens, Zhu, Rukai, Bjørlykke, Knut, Haile, Beyene Girma, Zheng, Lijing, Hellevang, Helge

“…The Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation in the southern Songliao Basin is the typical tight oil sandstone in China. For effective exploration, appraisal and…”
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Classification and sedimentary characteristics of lacustrine hyperpycnal channels: Triassic outcrops in the south Ordos Basin, central China by Xian, Benzhong, Wang, Junhui, Gong, Chenglin, Yin, Yu, Chao, Chuzhi, Liu, Jianping, Zhang, Guodong, Yan, Qi

“…Subaquatic channels are known as active conduits for the delivery of terrigenous sediments into related marine and lacustrine basins, as well as important…”
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Revised interpretations of stable C and O patterns in carbonate rocks resulting from meteoric diagenesis by Swart, Peter K., Oehlert, Amanda M.

“…A positive correlation between the δ13C and δ18O values of carbonate rocks is a screening tool widely used to identify the overprint of meteoric diagenesis on…”
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Quartz types, authigenic and detrital, in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation, South Texas, USA by Milliken, Kitty L., Ergene, Suzan M., Ozkan, Aysen

“…Lithologic heterogeneity of the Eagle Ford Formation in South Texas arises from mixing of extrabasinal grains of siliciclastic composition with intrabasinal…”
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Organic matter content and type variation in the sequence stratigraphic context of the Upper Devonian New Albany Shale, Illinois Basin by Liu, Bei, Schieber, Juergen, Mastalerz, Maria, Teng, Juan

“…Organic matter quantity and type are important parameters in conventional source rock evaluation and unconventional shale oil/gas reservoir characterization…”
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