CONTENTS
Volume 1, Issue 1, March 2018, 1-172
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Editorial
Foreword
Zi-guo Hao ............................................................................................1
Thinking on improvement of natural resources management
Zeng-qian Hou .......................................................................................2
Original Articles
The first offshore natural gas hydrate production test in South China Sea
Jin-fa Li, Jian-liang Ye, Xu-wen Qin, Hai-jun Qiu, Neng-you Wu, Hai-long Lu, Wen-wei Xie, Jing-an Lu, Fei Peng, Zhen-qiang Xu, Cheng Lu, Zeng-gui Kuang, Jian-gong Wei, Qian-yong Liang, Hong-feng Lu, Bei-bei Kou................................................5
Global significance of the carbon cycle in the karst dynamic system: evidence from geological and ecological processes
Jian-hua Cao, Xia Wu, Fen Huang, Bill Hu, Chris Groves, Hui Yang, Chun-lai Zhang.................................................................................................17
A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China
Jun-chang Lü, Li Xu, Hua-li Chang, Song-hai Jia, Ji-ming Zhang, Dian-song Gao, Yi-yang Zhang, Cheng-jun Zhang, Fang Ding...................................................28
Zircon U-Pb age, trace element and Hf isotope composition of Sepon Au-Cu deposit, Laos: tectonic and metallogenic implications
Xin-yu Wang, Dian-hua Cao, Zong-qi Wang, An-jian Wang, Yu-dong Wu............36
Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating of the Neogene coral reefs, Xisha Islands, South China Sea: implications for tectonic evolution
Hong Xu, Zhao-peng Ji, Shan-ying Li, Yan-qiou Yang, Shou-jie Liu, Hai-yang Zhang, Shu-shen Lu, Tong-qiang Shi, Meng Tao, Na Qin, Wei-wei Zhang, Da-peng Su, Long-wei Qiu .............................................................................................49
Review Articles
Experimental simulations and methods for natural gas hydrate analysis in China
Neng-you Wu, Chang-ling Liu, Xi-luo Hao .................................................61
The tempo-spatial characteristics and forming mechanism of Lithium-rich brines in China
Rui-qin Li, Cheng-lin Liu, Peng-cheng Jiao, Jiu-yi Wang ...............................72
Some progress on understanding the Phanerozoic granitoids in China
Tao Wang, Ying Tong, Xiao-xia Wang, Jian-ren Mao, Hong-rui Zhang, He Huang, Shan Li, Lei Guo, Jian-jun Zhang ..................................................................84
Formation and evolution of the Archean continental crust of China: A review
Yu-sheng Wan, Shou-jie Liu, Hang-qiang Xie, Chun-yan Dong, Yuan Li, Wen-qian Bai, Dun-yi Liu .......................................................................................109
Metamorphic petrology and geology in China: A review
Yuan-sheng Geng, Qi-han Shen, Hui-xia Song ..........................................137
Research Advances
The oldest shale gas reservoirs in southern margin of Huangling uplift, Yichang, Hubei, China
Xiao-hong Chen, Sheng-yuan Luo, An Liu, Hai Li ......................................158
A discovery of Silurian tight shale gas in Jianshi, Hubei, China
Zhi Zhou, Shu-jing Bao, Xiang-lin Chen, Shu-fang Yu, Ke Chen, Tian-xu Guo, Qiu-feng Xu…………........................................................................................160
Three source rocks discovered in the Mid-Lower Jurassic, Dunhuang Basin in China
Cai-qin Bi, Zhong-kai Lin, Ya Tian, Zhi-li Du, Yi Chen ................................162
A super-large graphite deposit discovered in granite rocks at Huangyangshan, Xinjiang, China
Jiang Ai, Xin-biao Lü, Zuo-wu Li, Ya-lun Wu ...........................................164
New prospecting progress using information and big data of coal and oil exploration holes on sandstone-type uranium deposit in North China
Ruo-shi Jin, Pei-sen Miao, Xian-zhang Sima, Reng-An Yu, Yin-hang Cheng, Chao Tang, Tian-fu Zhang, Cong Ao, Xue-ming Teng ...............................................167
News and Highlights
2018 International Symposium on Deep Earth Exploration and Practices (DEEP-2018), Beijing, China, 24-26 October .....................................169
Introduction of the SinoProbe Center, China Geological Survey ...........171