OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Carbonates and Evaporites is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
The Kohlou barite deposit, Markazi Province, Iran: studies on rare earth element geochemistry, O and S isotopes, and fluid inclusions	15
Radiological and chronological studies on black shales from Budaa area, southwestern Sinai, Egypt	14
Electrofacies clustering and classification from the Ariri Formation in Santos Basin (southeastern offshore Brazil) involving unsupervised learning algorithms	13
Analysis of fractures in the Dalan and Kangan carbonate reservoirs using FMI logs: Sefid-Zakhur gas field in the Fars Province, Iran	12
Silica diagenesis in Ypresian–Priabonian gypsiferous carbonates of Kef Eddour Formation, Gafsa, southern Tunisia	12
Detection of karstic conduits using deep ground-penetrating radar (DGPR) in cretaceous limestone (case study: Bakan plain, Fars province, South Iran)	12
Sedimentology and diagenesis impact on Sanduo formation (E2S) in Zhen 11 block of Gaoyou Sag, East China	10
Effect of pyrobitumen on the carbonate reservoir performance	10
Classification of the dolomites of Cretaceous Kawagarh Formation in Hazara Basin North-west Himalayas Pakistan: Evidence from field investigation, petrographic analysis and isotopic studies	9
Age and depositional environment of carbonate exotics associated with the Disang group of Assam–Arakan Basin, Northeast India: constraints from microfossils and geochemistry	9
Morphological abnormalities of orbitoidal foraminifera (Orbitoides and Omphalocyclus) from the Maastrichtian of the Zagros Mountains in northern Iraq	9
Combining hydrochemistry and environmental isotopes to study hydrogeochemical evolution of karst groundwater in the Jinci spring area, North China	9
What happened to the karst spring Ombla water temperature?	9
Mixed carbonate-siliciclastic reservoir characterization and hydrocarbon accumulation process of the Ganchaigou area in the western Qaidam Basin, Tibet Plateau	9
A study on reservoir architecture difference of extra-deep strike-slip fault zone in the Shunbei area, Tarim Basin	9
Biostratigraphic correlation of the transition of Maastrichtian–Thanetian based on calcareous nannofossils and planktonic foraminifera in Fars province, Zagros (Eastern Tethyan realm)	8
Protracted formation of nodular cherts in marine platform: new insights from the Middle Permian Chihsian carbonate successions, South China	8
Microfacies analysis and depositional environments of the Middle Eocene (Bartonian) Qurn Formation along Qattamiya—Ain Sokhna district, Egypt	8
Systematic, microbiostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Bajwan Formation (Late Oligocene) in the Kirkuk Well-160, northeastern Iraq	8
Diagenetic systems of Cambrian DEPS in Eastern Sichuan basin and geological significance	7
Sedimentology and reservoir characterization of Upper Cretaceous Kawagarh Formation, Upper Indus Basin, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan: inferences from petrography, SEM-EDS and petrophysics	7
High resolution calpionellid biozonation of Upper Tithonian reference sections in NE Algeria (Jebel Azreg, Aurès Range; Jebel Toumbaït, Aïn Yaghout Mounts): correlations and geodynamic implications	7
Tithonian limestone as a marker of early contraction of NeoTethyan Vardar Ocean: structural constraints on the latest Jurassic–earliest Cretaceous “docking” (Dobroljupci, Kuršumlija, Jastrebac Mt., Se	6
Geochemical evolution of structure-bedding controlled hydrothermal dolomites of the Kinta Valley, Western Malaysia	6
Evaluation of the influence of mineralogical attributes on the economic potentials of some carbonate rocks from Abakaliki Fold Belt, south-eastern Nigeria	6

Comprehensive evaluation of geology-engineering “sweet spot” of tight oil reservoir in Maling Area, Ordos Basin, China	6
Diagenetic impact on unconventional tight carbonate reservoir of AR-F Member from the Abu Gharadig Field, north Western Desert, Egypt: insights from integrated combined sedimentological, petrographic,	6
Characteristics and origin of dolomite reservoir in the fifth member of the Ordovician Majiagou Formation in the Ordos Basin, China	6
Lineaments analysis and mapping using automatic extraction in central part of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, NE Libya	6
Dominant wavelength: a tool for morphological simplification of stylolites	6
Application of shale TOC prediction model using the XGBoost machine learning algorithm: a case study of the Qiongzhusi Formation in central Sichuan Basin	6
Water–rock interactions in a karst aquifer located in southwestern Tamaulipas, Mexico	6
Formation, development and exploitation of modern “dry” salt Lake Baskunchak, the Russian Federation	6
Investigation of the hydrocarbon generative potential of Eocene, Cretaceous, and Late Triassic age sequences in the Punjab Platform Basin, Pakistan, using geochemical and petrophysical techniques	6
Eocene lacustrine microbialites in the western Qaidam Basin, China: implication for the sedimentary record and hydrocarbon potential	6
Assessment of new spectral indices and multi-seasonal ASTER data for gypsum mapping	6
Identification and division of favorable intervals of the Chang 7 gas shale in the Yan’an area, Ordos Basin, China	5
Examining the role of throughfall and stemflow on epikarst water recharges using deuterium excess data	5
An efficient and comprehensive poroelastic analysis of hydrocarbon systems using multiple data sets through laboratory tests and geophysical logs: a case study in an iranian hydrocarbon reservoir	5
A syngenetic classification of anhydrite textures in carbonate reservoirs and its relationship with reservoir quality: a case study from the Permo-Triassic Dalan and Kangan formations	5
The impact of geological and petrophysical heterogeneities on Archie’s exponents: a case study for Sarvak carbonate reservoir, Dezful Embayment, southwest Iran	5
Image log analysis of Asmari reservoir fractures in a Southwest Iranian oil field	5
Sedimentology and diagenesis control on reservoir quality of Sheikhan Limestone (Eocene) at the Panoba and Sheikhan Nala Section, Kohat Basin, Pakistan	5
Re-evaluation of original carbonate mineralogy, an integration of petrographic and geochemical data, Southwestern margin of Neo-Tethys Ocean	5
Sedimentological and geochemical approaches for determination of the palaeoceanographic and palaeoclimatic conditions of Lower Cretaceous marine deposits in the eastern part of Sakarya Zone, NE Turkey	5
Mineralogy, geochemistry and origin of the phosphorites at Um El-Huwtat mine, Quseir, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt	5
An investigation on karst development in gypsum and limestone (case study; Zagros folded zone, southwest of Iran)	5
Acoustic image log facies and well log petrophysical evaluation of the Barra Velha Formation carbonate reservoir from the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil	5
Extraction of halite from El-Bardawil Lake, North Sinai, Egypt: sedimentological attributes and environmental impacts	4
Impact of stylolite cementation on weathering rates of carbonate rocks	4
Microfacies analysis, depositional settings and reservoir investigation of Early Eocene Chorgali Formation exposed at Eastern Salt Range, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan	4
Deposition and diagenesis of the Triassic-Jurassic limestone successions of the northwestern passive margin of the Indian plate, Sulaiman Fold-Thrust Belt, Pakistan	4
Deformation characteristics and genesis of the No. 12 strike-slip fault in the Shunbei area, Tarim Basin: insights from 3D seismic data and physical simulation	4
Correction to: Evidence of microbiologic activity in modern travertines: Sicakcermik geothermal field, Central Turkey	4
Mineralogic and geochemical characteristics of Duwi Formation black shale, Safaga District, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt	4
Evaluation of carbonate rock acidizing under different reservoir conditions and damage scenarios: a systematic review	4
Early to middle Miocene foraminifera from the Mishan formation in southern Iran	4
Reservoir quality investigation by combination of core measured data and NMR technique analysis: a case study of Asmari carbonate reservoir in Gachsaran field	4
Centrifugal model test of deep covered karst collapse induced by static overloading of dense building groups	4
Dedolomitization arises the knife-like structure of dolostone: insights from the oolitic dolostone of Cambrian Zhangxia formation, North China Craton	4
Planktonic and benthic foraminifera from the upper cretaceous succession (north Kerman, Central Iran): a tool for paleobathymetry reconstruction	4
Assessment of Tanzania magnesite’s suitability for the struvite recovery and other industrial applications	3
Evaluating the impact of released water from Sidi Saad Dam on the Zeroud Plio-quaternary aquifer using geochemical and isotopic tracers	3
Impact of diagenetic processes on the petrophysical properties and quality of the Miocene “Reefal limestone” reservoir in Al-Hamd field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt	3
Prediction and significance of intra-platform shoals distribution of Changxing formation in Gaoshiti area of Sichuan Basin	3
Sedimentary environment of Middle Jurassic anhydrite in the Qiangtang Basin, eastern Tethys: constraints from sulfur isotope	3
Review: groundwater recharge estimation in northern China karst regions	3
Non-hydrothermal saddle dolomite in Upper Cambrian dolostones of Tarim Basin: evidence from C–O–Sr isotopic and in-situ trace elemental studies	3
A new approach to the paleoecological relationship between rudists and benthic foraminifers in Maastrichtian of Tethys basin in the Central Zagros, Iran	3
Major, trace, rare earth element, and stable isotope analyses of the Triassic carbonates along the northeastern Arabian Plate margin: a key to understanding paleotectonics and paleoenvironment of the	3
Sedimentology, geochemistry, and geomorphology of a dry-lake playa, NE Iran: implications for paleoenvironment	3
The Mississippi valley type Zn-Pb-celestite deposits at Wadi Essel, the Eastern Desert of Egypt: fluid inclusions and microthermometry evidences	3
Origin mechanism of overpressure in saline lacustrine formation of the Paleogene and Neogene in the Western Qaidam Basin, NW China	3
Microfacies and sedimentary environment of the Jahrum formation, south-central Zagros basin	3
New rock mass classifications for limestone of the Woyla group and its empirical relationship in Aceh Province, Indonesia	3

New findings on Stratigraphy of the Paleocene–early Eocene successions in Lorestan Zone, Iran	3
Geology and geochemistry of carbonate-hosted Pb–Zn–F mineralizations from Jebel Lassel and Bou-Izem in the Kherrata area (Nappe zone of the Tellian Atlas Mountains, northern Algeria)	3
Mineralized structure prospection with depth estimation using magnetic data	3
An assessment of groundwater from semi-arid environment of Morocco for drinking and agricultural uses with reference to water quality indices technique	3
Geophysical exploration of tectonic signatures in proterozoic quartzite of the Kovilpatti region, Southern India: a study in the Kurumalai and Oodumalai hills	3
Experimental investigation of the pore structure characteristics for the high-salt formation in Qianjiang depression, China	3
Sediment thickness of the Tuz Gölü Basin using gravity data	3
Uranium-bearing celestine and barite in the Upper-Paleocene deposits of the Siouf-Cherahil sector: stratigraphic distribution, geochemical, and mineralogical characterization	3
Arthur Marble Aquifer and Te Waikoropupu Springs, New Zealand: flow contributions and nitrate sources	3
The development characteristics and exploration significance of the Changxing Formation reefs in the eastern Sichuan Basin under the sequence framework	2
Comprehensive exploration, safety evaluation and grouting of karst collapse columns in the Yangjian coalmine of the Shanxi province, China	2
Petrophysical and petrographical delineation for carbonate reservoir rocks in north Western Desert, Egypt	2
Correction: Biofacies analysis and depositional environments of mid-Eocene larger benthic foraminifera-rich deposits in northern Tunisia	2
Microbial origin of micrites in ooids: evidence from the Cambrian in North China	2
Gypsum exploration using ASTER data in the Hormozgan province, south of Iran	2
Environmental characteristics and unified failure mode classification system for mining landslides in the karst mountainous areas of southwestern China	2
A biostratigraphic study of the Govanda Formation from two representative localities of Iraqi Kurdistan Region	2
A study of reservoir potential of Cretaceous–Paleocene successions of Nizampur basin, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: constraints from fracture analysis, petrography and geochemistry	2
Core sample selection based on MRGC method utilizing geomechanical units	2
Environmental flows and demands for sustainable water use in protected karst areas of the Western Balkans	2
A report from the Oligocene Qom Formation benthic foraminifera; northwest of the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone; Western Iran	2
Evidence of sulfur isotope about the sedimentary environment of new type of polyhalite potassium ore in the northeast Sichuan Basin	2
Hydrologic response in a typical karst desertification catchment	2
Hydro-geochemical evolution characteristics of shallow groundwater in northeast of Jianghan Plain, China	2
Architecture of tectonic and crustal structure of the middle marmara sub-basin and its surroundings using gravity data	2
Hydrothermal dolomitization in the Devonian Khyber Limestone Peshawar Basin, Pakistan: evidence from outcrop analogue, petrography, and geochemistry	2
First record of sulfate-driven anaerobic methane oxidation and associated dolomite precipitation in Kachchh Basin, western India	2
Microfacies and depositional environments from the new proposed Upper Cretaceous of Bourzal Formation (Ziban Mounts, Biskra, Eastern Saharan Atlas, Algeria)	2
Hydrogeological and speleological characterization of a karstic spring: the Cokragan cave system	2
Detailed diagenetic investigation and their impact on the reservoir potential of Upper Cretaceous mixed carbonate-siliciclastic succession, Rakhi Nala Section, Eastern Sulaiman Range, Pakistan	2
Correction to: Impact of diagenetic processes on the petrophysical properties and quality of the Miocene “Reefal limestone” reservoir in Al-Hamd field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt	2
Impact of groundwater overexploitation on karst aquifer and delineation of the critical zones: case study of Jinci spring in Shanxi, China	2
Comprehensive pore structure characterization and permeability prediction of carbonate reservoirs using high-pressure mercury intrusion and X-ray CT	2
Crinoidal limestones as Ordovician–Cretaceous geological heritage	2
Water temperature and electrical conductivity as an indicator of karst aquifer: the case of Jadro Spring (Croatia)	2
Carbonate lithofacies identification using an improved light gradient boosting machine and conventional logs: a demonstration using pre-salt lacustrine reservoirs, Santos Basin	2
Comparison with carbonate rocks hosted iron skarn in the eastern Sakarya Zone (Gümüşhane, NE Turkey): a geomorphologic, geochemical and stable isotopic approach	2
Stable isotopes and rare-earth elements of carbonate rocks, Paleocene–Eocene Kolosh Formation, High Folded Zone, NE Iraq: implication for depositional environment and Diagenesis	2
Expansion and sea-level change of paleocanyon Seymareh Member (Lopha limestone), Zagros, and Iran	2
Biostratigraphy of early cretaceous sediments (Fahliyan Formation, Berriasian–Barremian) in Aghar19 (Zagros Basin, SW Iran)	2
Genesis of sulfate lithofacies between Erzincan-Divriği Basin with sedimentologic and geochemical evidences: an example from the Paleogene basins of Eastern Turkey	2
In-situ stress regime analysis and mechanical earth modeling of the southwestern sector of the Zagros folded belt, SW Iran: applications for acid fracturing in Ilam and Sarvak carbonate formations	2
Sedimentary characteristics and development model of the bedded evaporites in the Paleogene Kumugeliemu formation, Kuqa depression, Northwestern China	2
Integrated petrological and geochemical studies of the Eocene carbonates from Wadi Sannur and Wadi Arhab regions, North Eastern Desert, Egypt	2
Integrated sedimentary and diagenetic constraints for delineating the reservoir potential of Jurassic carbonate sequences in the autochthonous Samana Suk Formation, Attock-Cherat Nizampur Area, Pakist	2
Armenian karst project	2
Discovery and primary study of the lithium content in the karst-type bauxite deposit, Jajarm, Iran	2
Characteristics of Ordovician faults and their controlling effects on multilayer underground river reservoirs in Tahe oilfield, Tarim basin	2
Geophysical and borehole investigations of subsurface hazardous karsts in Ar-Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	2
Sedimentology, diagenesis and sequence stratigraphy of the Early–Middle Eocene Chorgali Formation in the Hazara sub-Basin, Northwest Himalayas, Pakistan	2
Diagenesis and geochemistry of the lower Permian Ingleside Formation, Owl Canyon area, Larimer County, Colorado, USA	2