The exploration of tight oil reservoirs has achieved a big success, especially in the Huahai Depression, Jiuquan Basin, China, but the characteristics and formation mechanisms of the tight oil ...

They are older than the dinosaurs and buried deep underground, but scientists are pinning their hopes on ancient salt caverns ...

Artist impression of two types of lithospheric drip. One type produces thickening and uplift of Earth’s crust, while the other results in the formation of a basin at the surface without horizontal ...

Artist impression of multi-stage lithospheric dripping process in Central Anatolia. Initial lithospheric removal via a primary drip beneath Central Anatolia causing plateau uplift since between 10 and ...