High microbial gas potential of Pleistocene lacustrine deposits in the central Qaidam Basin, China: An organic geochemical and petrographic assessment

Qiao, JQ; Grohmann, S; Baniasad, A; Zhang, C; Jiang, ZX; Littke, R

Grohmann, S (corresponding author), Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Geol & Geochem Petr & Coal, Energy & Mineral Resources Grp EMR, Lochnerstr 4-20, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY, 2021; 245 ():

Abstract

Thick Pleistocene fine-grained rocks in the central Qaidam Basin, China, are regarded as the principal source rocks for microbial gas there. Here, for......

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