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Diagenetic processes controlled by volcanic detritus of the Lower‐Middle Permian Shanxi and Shihezi sandstone formations, North Ordos Basin, China (2025)
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Tang, Y., Jiang, W., Tan, X., Luo, L., Garzanti, E., Gluyas, J., Yan, X., Liu, J., Lei, T., Qu, X., Wang, J., & Yu, X. (online). Diagenetic processes controlled by volcanic detritus of the Lower‐Middle Permian Shanxi and Shihezi sandstone formations, North Ordos Basin, China. Depositional Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.70030

Volcanogenic detritus in sandstones not only conveys important provenance information but also significantly impacts diagenetic processes. This study specifically focuses on such understudied effects by carrying out grain size, petrographic, fluid in... Read More about Diagenetic processes controlled by volcanic detritus of the Lower‐Middle Permian Shanxi and Shihezi sandstone formations, North Ordos Basin, China.

Heat flow as a catalyst for radiogenic helium release in the East Africa Rift System (2025)
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Mulaya, E., Gluyas, J., McCaffrey, K., Byrne, D., & Ballentine, C. (online). Heat flow as a catalyst for radiogenic helium release in the East Africa Rift System. Acta Geochimica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-025-00780-z

The Rukwa Rift section of the East Africa Rift System presents a type setting for radiogenic helium accumulation in a petroleum free basin. As a prerequisite for accumulation, a considerable high heat fow anomaly is required from tectonothermal event... Read More about Heat flow as a catalyst for radiogenic helium release in the East Africa Rift System.

The need to regulate thermal interference between mine water geothermal systems: a UK perspective (2025)
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Sweeney, A., van Hunen, J., Mouli-Castillo, J., & Gluyas, J. (2025). The need to regulate thermal interference between mine water geothermal systems: a UK perspective. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 58(2), Article qjegh2024-185. https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2024-185

Mine water geothermal (MWG) technology can provide substantial amounts of decarbonized heat and is gaining traction in the UK with several active projects. However, the lack of regulations concerning potential subsurface thermal interference is hinde... Read More about The need to regulate thermal interference between mine water geothermal systems: a UK perspective.

Seismic stratigraphic framework, dispersal of depocenters, and helium reservoirs in the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania (2025)
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Mulaya, E., Gluyas, J., McCaffrey, K., Phillips, T., & Ballentine, C. (2025). Seismic stratigraphic framework, dispersal of depocenters, and helium reservoirs in the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania. Tectonophysics, 909, Article 230786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2025.230786

The Rukwa Rift Basin (RRB) in the southwestern Tanzania presents favourable geological conditions for the occurrence and accumulation of helium gas. However, the evolution and dynamics of these favourable conditions in relation to helium remain compl... Read More about Seismic stratigraphic framework, dispersal of depocenters, and helium reservoirs in the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania.

Dolomitization Facilitated by Clay Minerals on Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Shoals of Carboniferous Age in the Tarim Basin, China: Constraints on Element Mobility and Isotope Geochemistry (2025)
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Liu, X., Fu, M., Gluyas, J., Song, R., Lan, H., Fan, Y., & Wu, D. (2025). Dolomitization Facilitated by Clay Minerals on Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Shoals of Carboniferous Age in the Tarim Basin, China: Constraints on Element Mobility and Isotope Geochemistry. Minerals, 15(4), Article 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/min15040419

In the western Tarim Basin, Carboniferous granular dolostones deposited on a carbonate platform contain a small amount of terrigenous materials of sand-size fraction, agglomerated clay minerals, or similar phases. However, the role of terrigenous mat... Read More about Dolomitization Facilitated by Clay Minerals on Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Shoals of Carboniferous Age in the Tarim Basin, China: Constraints on Element Mobility and Isotope Geochemistry.

Assessment of helium potential proximal to the geothermal settings (2025)
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Mulaya, E., Gluyas, J., McCaffrey, K., & Ballentine, C. (online). Assessment of helium potential proximal to the geothermal settings. International Geology Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2025.2488507

Global and society is faced with significant shortages of helium supply. Successful exploration for further helium resources requires a thorough understanding of a wide range of suitable geologic settings. Geothermally active regions are the critical... Read More about Assessment of helium potential proximal to the geothermal settings.

A review and discussion on the influences of grain-coating clay minerals on water-rock interactions in sandstones (2025)
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Li, H., Hu, Q., Jones, S., Gluyas, J., Ansah, E. O., Menacherry, S., Wang, Q., & Ye, T. (2025). A review and discussion on the influences of grain-coating clay minerals on water-rock interactions in sandstones. Earth-Science Reviews, 263, Article 105073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2025.105073

This work reviews the current understanding and challenges in evaluating the influences of grain-coating clay minerals on water-rock interactions in sandstones. Subsequently, mathematical formulations and reactive transport modelling were employed to... Read More about A review and discussion on the influences of grain-coating clay minerals on water-rock interactions in sandstones.

The Future of Geoenergy - A Perspective (2024)
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Gluyas, J. G., & Fowler, N. (2024). The Future of Geoenergy - A Perspective. Geoenergy, 2(1), Article geoenergy2023-058

Energy from Earth resources (geoenergy) in the form of coal, oil and gas has fueled global society since the Industrial Revolution began. Amongst the consequences of fueling society and associated population growth, is climate change, driven by the e... Read More about The Future of Geoenergy - A Perspective.

Rapid Moment Magnitude (Mwp) Calculation for UK Broadband Seismic Stations Using Teleseismic Waves (2024)
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Tezel, T., Foulger, G. R., & Gluyas, J. G. (2024). Rapid Moment Magnitude (Mwp) Calculation for UK Broadband Seismic Stations Using Teleseismic Waves. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 181, 2753–2763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-024-03557-2

Determining the magnitude of an earthquake rapidly and correctly is essential to starting simulations to evaluate the potential for tsunami generation and early warning for tsunami-prone countries and rapid response, considering countries that lie in... Read More about Rapid Moment Magnitude (Mwp) Calculation for UK Broadband Seismic Stations Using Teleseismic Waves.

Microdroplets initiate organic-inorganic interactions and mass transfer in thermal hydrous geosystems (2024)
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Yuan, G., Jin, Z., Cao, Y., Schulz, H.-M., Gluyas, J., Liu, K., …Wang, Y. (2024). Microdroplets initiate organic-inorganic interactions and mass transfer in thermal hydrous geosystems. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 4960. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49293-y

Organic-inorganic interactions regulate the dynamics of hydrocarbons, water, minerals, CO2, and H2 in thermal rocks, yet their initiation remains debated. To address this, we conducted isotope-tagged and in-situ visual thermal experiments. Isotope-ta... Read More about Microdroplets initiate organic-inorganic interactions and mass transfer in thermal hydrous geosystems.

Probabilistic Determination of the Role of Faults and Intrusions in Helium‐Rich Gas Fields Formation (2024)
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Halford, D. T., Karolytė, R., Andreason, M. W., Cathey, B., Cathey, M., Dellenbach, J. T., …Ballentine, C. J. (2024). Probabilistic Determination of the Role of Faults and Intrusions in Helium‐Rich Gas Fields Formation. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(6), Article e2024GC011522. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gc011522

Natural gas fields with economic helium (>0.3 He %) require the radioactive decay of crustal uranium (U) and thorium (Th) to generate He and tectonic/structural regimes favorable to releasing and concentrating He. An unknown is determining the role o... Read More about Probabilistic Determination of the Role of Faults and Intrusions in Helium‐Rich Gas Fields Formation.

Coevolutionary Diagenesis in Tight Sandstone and Shale Reservoirs within Lacustrine-Delta Systems: A Case Study from the Lianggaoshan Formation in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, Southwest China (2024)
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Jiang, N., Wang, X., Zhou, H., Luo, L., Tan, X., Zhu, Y., Gluyas, J., Liu, J., Gao, X., Li, Z., Wang, J., Yu, X., Tan, S., & Gu, Y. (2024). Coevolutionary Diagenesis in Tight Sandstone and Shale Reservoirs within Lacustrine-Delta Systems: A Case Study from the Lianggaoshan Formation in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, Southwest China. Minerals, 14(4), Article 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14040335

Tight sandstone and shale oil and gas are the key targets of unconventional oil and gas exploration in the lake-delta sedimentary systems of China. Understanding the coevolutionary diagenesis of sandstone and shale reservoirs is crucial for the predi... Read More about Coevolutionary Diagenesis in Tight Sandstone and Shale Reservoirs within Lacustrine-Delta Systems: A Case Study from the Lianggaoshan Formation in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, Southwest China.

The depositional settings of organic-rich shale in the faulted lacustrine basin: A case study of the Y1 Member of the Yingcheng Formation in the Songliao Basin (2024)
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Lan, H., Guo, M., Fu, M., Gluyas, J., Guo, H., Li, D., …Xing, F. (2024). The depositional settings of organic-rich shale in the faulted lacustrine basin: A case study of the Y1 Member of the Yingcheng Formation in the Songliao Basin. Oil Shale, 41(1), 49-70. https://doi.org/10.3176/oil.2024.1.03

Volcanic activity is often associated with the development of faulted lacustrine basins. Organic-rich shale in such basins usually contains abundant volcanic material. The influence of volcanic input on organic-rich shale deposition in the basin stud... Read More about The depositional settings of organic-rich shale in the faulted lacustrine basin: A case study of the Y1 Member of the Yingcheng Formation in the Songliao Basin.

Variations of sedimentary environment under cyclical aridification and impacts on eodiagenesis of tight sandstones from the late Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Central Sichuan Basin (2024)
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Tan, X., Jiang, W., Luo, L., Gluyas, J., Song, L., Liu, J., Qu, X., Wang, J., Gao, X., Zhang, W., Wang, Q., & Chen, L. (2024). Variations of sedimentary environment under cyclical aridification and impacts on eodiagenesis of tight sandstones from the late Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Central Sichuan Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 161, Article 106699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106699

Understanding eodiagenesis is essential to decoding the diagenetic pathways of tight sandstones that act as excellent unconventional oil & gas reservoirs. Great paleoclimate change is capable of influencing eodiagenetic processes of tight sandstones... Read More about Variations of sedimentary environment under cyclical aridification and impacts on eodiagenesis of tight sandstones from the late Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Central Sichuan Basin.

Artificial Intelligence and Human-Induced Seismicity: Initial Observations of ChatGPT (2023)
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Wilson, M. P., Foulger, G. R., Wilkinson, M. W., Gluyas, J. G., Mhana, N., & Tezel, T. (2023). Artificial Intelligence and Human-Induced Seismicity: Initial Observations of ChatGPT. Seismological Research Letters, 94(5), 2111-2118. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220230112

Freely available artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as the Chat Generative Pre‐trained Transformer (ChatGPT), offer an alternative method to online search engines for scientific results and opinions to be automatically collated into concise sum... Read More about Artificial Intelligence and Human-Induced Seismicity: Initial Observations of ChatGPT.

First navigation with wireless muometric navigation system (MuWNS) in indoor and underground environments (2023)
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Tanaka, H. K., Gallo, G., Gluyas, J., Kamoshida, O., Lo Presti, D., Shimizu, T., …Yokota, Y. (2023). First navigation with wireless muometric navigation system (MuWNS) in indoor and underground environments. iScience, 26(7), 107000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107000

Navigation in indoor and underground environments has been extensively studied to realize automation of home, hospital, office, factory and mining services, and various techniques have been proposed for its implementation. By utilizing the relativist... Read More about First navigation with wireless muometric navigation system (MuWNS) in indoor and underground environments.

The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK (2023)
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Aro, O. E., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N. S., Gluyas, J., & Charlaftis, D. (2023). The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK. Petroleum Geoscience, 29(2), Article petgeo2022-043. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2022-043

Clay-coated grains play an important role in preserving reservoir quality in high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) sandstone reservoirs. Previous studies have shown that the completeness of coverage of clay coats effectively inhibits quartz cementat... Read More about The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK.

The effect of meteoric water on the very fine crystalline dolomite reservoir in the shallow burial zone: A case study of the Ma55 submember of Majiagou Formation in Ordos Basin (2023)
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Lan, H., Guo, M., Fu, M., Deng, H., Gluyas, J., Xu, W., Tang, M., Wu, D., Li, Y., & Guo, H. (2023). The effect of meteoric water on the very fine crystalline dolomite reservoir in the shallow burial zone: A case study of the Ma55 submember of Majiagou Formation in Ordos Basin. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10, Article 1089171. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2022.1089171

The meteoric water has obviously changed the physical properties of dolostone reservoirs in the vertical vadose zone and the horizontal phreatic zone, but its influence on the dolostone reservoirs in the shallow burial zone beneath the phreatic surfa... Read More about The effect of meteoric water on the very fine crystalline dolomite reservoir in the shallow burial zone: A case study of the Ma55 submember of Majiagou Formation in Ordos Basin.

CO2-plume geothermal: Power net generation from 3D fluvial aquifers (2022)
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Norouzi, A. M., Pouranian, F., Rabbani, A., Fowler, N., Gluyas, J., Niasar, V., Ezekiel, J., & Babaei, M. (2023). CO2-plume geothermal: Power net generation from 3D fluvial aquifers. Applied Energy, 332, Article 120546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120546

Previously CO2, as a heat-extraction fluid, has been proposed as a superior substitute for brine in geothermal energy extraction. Hence, the new concept of CO2-plume geothermal (CPG) is suggested to generate heat from geothermal aquifers using CO2 as... Read More about CO2-plume geothermal: Power net generation from 3D fluvial aquifers.