Lithofacies Paleogeography and Geological Survey of Shale Gas

Introduction.- Analysis of factors controlling shale gas enrichment.- Shale Gas Geological Survey.- Examples-Taking the Ordovician Wufeng Formation-Silurian Longmaxi Formation in Southern Sichuan and its periphery as an example.- Hirnantian Glaciation.

Dr. Chuanlong Mou is a senior researcher at Chengdu Center of China Geological Survey (CCGS). He is currently responsible for managing CCGS's research in Comprehensive Investigation of Geological structure and Deep Oil & Gas in Sichuan Basin and several oil-gas exploration projects from business corporations. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in sedimentology at Chengdu University of Technology, China, in 1993. He has engaged in the research of sedimentology, lithofacies paleogeography, and mineral geology for more than 30 years. His main research interests include comprehensive study of sedimentary facies, lithofacies palaeogeographic mapping, sequence stratigraphy, and geological survey for oil-gas exploration. Dr. Chuanlong Mou is also a pluralistic professor and a doctoral supervisor at Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shandong University of Science and Technology, and Chengdu University of Technology, China. He has published more than 100 papers in many peer-reviewed journals asthe main author or the co-author, covering elementary geology field, as well as mineral geology field. He has also authored a number of books and chapters. He has won four National or Provincial Science and Technology Award.

Dr. Xiuping Wang is a senior engineer at Chengdu Center of China Geological Survey (CCGS). She studied with Dr. Chuanlong Mou between 2010 and 2015 and obtained her Ph.D. degree in mineral resource prospecting and exploration major at Shandong University of Science and Technology. She is currently cooperating with Dr. Chuanlong Mou and responsible for the research of lithological characteristics, sedimentary environment, and diagenesis and reservoir assessment in the research team. She is fond of geological field work and identification work of rocks and minerals. Her main research interests include mineral composition analysis and diagenesis of sedimentary rocks, compiling lithofacies paleogeographic map and geological survey for oil-gas exploration.