OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Carbonates and Evaporites is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Silica diagenesis in Ypresian–Priabonian gypsiferous carbonates of Kef Eddour Formation, Gafsa, southern Tunisia	22
Analysis of fractures in the Dalan and Kangan carbonate reservoirs using FMI logs: Sefid-Zakhur gas field in the Fars Province, Iran	17
Geochemical evolution of structure-bedding controlled hydrothermal dolomites of the Kinta Valley, Western Malaysia	16
Impact of stylolite cementation on weathering rates of carbonate rocks	15
Mineralogic and geochemical characteristics of Duwi Formation black shale, Safaga District, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt	14
Oligocene palaeogeographic evolution of the DAKAC basin (Datça-Kale-Acıgöl): implications for the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of SW Anatolia	14
Application of shale TOC prediction model using the XGBoost machine learning algorithm: a case study of the Qiongzhusi Formation in central Sichuan Basin	14
Correction to: Evidence of microbiologic activity in modern travertines: Sicakcermik geothermal field, Central Turkey	13
Reservoir quality investigation by combination of core measured data and NMR technique analysis: a case study of Asmari carbonate reservoir in Gachsaran field	13
Detection of karstic conduits using deep ground-penetrating radar (DGPR) in cretaceous limestone (case study: Bakan plain, Fars province, South Iran)	13
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,	12
Centrifugal model test of deep covered karst collapse induced by static overloading of dense building groups	12
Re-evaluation of original carbonate mineralogy, an integration of petrographic and geochemical data, Southwestern margin of Neo-Tethys Ocean	11
Evaluation of fault and fracture controlled hydrothermal dolomitization in the Jurassic carbonate succession of the lesser Himalayas, NW Pakistan	11
Genesis of sulfate lithofacies between Erzincan-Divriği Basin with sedimentologic and geochemical evidences: an example from the Paleogene basins of Eastern Turkey	10
The development characteristics and exploration significance of the Changxing Formation reefs in the eastern Sichuan Basin under the sequence framework	10
Sedimentary facies and depositional-diagenetic model of storm-influenced carbonate ramp system, Paleocene–Oligocene of Pabdeh Formation, Zagros, Iran	9
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)	9
An assessment of groundwater from semi-arid environment of Morocco for drinking and agricultural uses with reference to water quality indices technique	9
The Mississippi valley type Zn-Pb-celestite deposits at Wadi Essel, the Eastern Desert of Egypt: fluid inclusions and microthermometry evidences	9
Micro-karstification in a stalactite from Küpeli Cave, southern Turkey	8
Zonation characteristics of karst development in Taiyuan formation limestone and its implications for water-conserving mining: a case study of Zhangshuanglou coal mine, North China	8
Facies analysis, depositional environment and diagenetic processes of the Lower Cretaceous Yamama Formation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	8
Sedimentary environment of Middle Jurassic anhydrite in the Qiangtang Basin, eastern Tethys: constraints from sulfur isotope	8
Geological setting, geochemical, textural, and genesis of palygorskite in Eocene carbonate deposits from Central Tunisia	8

Impact of petrographic and physico-mechanical properties on aggregate suitability of the early Devonian Nowshera formation: a case study from the Peshawar Basin, Pakistan	8
Dedolomitization from the meteoric environment to the burial environment of Ordovician dolostones (China): results from petrographic and geochemical analyses	7
The Cambrian sedimentology and reservoir properties of the hybrid Abbottabad Formation in the Kotli area, Sub-Himalaya, Pakistan: insights into the Proto-Tethys paleoenvironment	7
Major, trace and rare earth element geochemistry of Archaean carbonate sediments of Tanwan group rocks of the Bhilwara supergroup, India: implications for seawater geochemistry and depositional enviro	7
Experimental study on karst development characteristics of calcrete and analysis of its dissolution mechanism	7
Sedimentary evolution of middle Jurassic epeiric carbonate ramp Hazara Basin Lesser Himalaya Pakistan	7
Pre-Jurassic paleogeomorphology restoration and favorable conditions for oil accumulation of the Zhouchang area, Ordos Basin, China	7
Stable isotopes and rare-earth elements of carbonate rocks, Paleocene–Eocene Kolosh Formation, High Folded Zone, NE Iraq: implication for depositional environment and Diagenesis	7
EPMA analysis of a stalagmite from Küpeli Cave, southern Turkey: implications on detrital sediments	7
Discovery of submerged springs: a step forward to effectively remediate and manage contaminated groundwater in a karst aquifer	6
Hyperspectral analysis (VNIR-SWIR) applied to the characterization of a dolomitization context: a case study in Rio Bonito Quarry, Brazil	6
Comparison of two-region nonequilibrium model and transient storage model for simulating solute transport in karst conduits	6
Geochemistry of Palaeoproterozoic Kajrahat Limestone, Vindhyan Supergroup, central India: insights into depositional conditions and sources of rare earth elements	6
Study of the karst development rate of the Jinping porous carbonate rock formation based on porosity analysis of rock images	6
Geochemical and mineralogical analysis of the Upper Cretaceous dolomitic phosphates at Queih Mine, Quseir, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: depositional environment implications and pollution indices	6
Assessment of linking diagenesis history to sequence stratigraphy evidences (systems tract), (a case study: Sarvak Formation in one of the super oil fields, SW, IRAN)	6
Initiation mechanism of split grouting cracks at the top of the Ordovician limestone in a coal seam floor	6
Developmental characteristics and genetic model of Ordovician karst porosity in the southern margin of Northern China	6
Dissolution behavior of carbonate rocks under various physicochemical conditions: a case study; the Taleh Zang Formation, West of Iran	6
Sedimentological and diagenetic analysis of Early Eocene Margalla Hill Limestone, Shahdara area, Islamabad, Pakistan: implications for reservoir potential	6
Diagenetic implications for the oolitic limestone in the Miaolingian Zhangxia Formation, Beijing (North China Platform)	5
Lithostratigraphy, petrography, and geochemistry of the Eocene–Oligocene rock succession, Wadi Arhab area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt	5
Physico-mechanical and petrographic analysis of the Margalla Hill Limestone, Islamabad, Lesser Himalaya, Pakistan	5
Integration of sinkhole interaction analysis and dye tracing into risk evaluation for coal combustion residue disposal sites on karst terranes	5
Facies-dependent early diagenesis and hydrothermal reworking in dolostones: a case study on upper Permian and lower Triassic in northeast Sichuan Basin	5
Integrated reservoir characterization of the Shurijeh gas formation in a sequence stratigraphic, depositional and petrophysical framework, Kopet-Dagh Basin, northeastern Iran	5
Correction to: Impact of stylolite cementation on weathering rates of carbonate rocks	5
Impact of data size on ML-based prediction of shear and compressional slowness	5
Characterization of the Govanda Formation limestones: chemostratigraphy and tectonic setting of the last marine carbonate rocks in the Arabia–Eurasia suture zone, NW Zagros fold-thrust belt	5
Marine transgressive–regressive cycles and evolution on ancient salt lake in the northwestern Tarim Basin in the Paleocene, Xinjiang Province, China	5
Dolomite distribution’s study of the Lower Miocene deposits (Qom Formation), southeastern Tehran, Central Iran	5
Creation and fill of an Eocene incision on a leeward margin of an isolated carbonate platform, northeast Sirte Basin, Libya	5
Stratigraphic framework and diagenetic features related to reservoir quality of the triassic carbonates in central to northern Persian Gulf	5
Rock type based-estimation of pore throat size distribution in carbonate reservoirs using integrated analysis of well logs and seismic attributes	5
Neural network-based ground stress field inversion and fault influence study in south Sichuan shale gas reservoirs	5
Age and depositional environment of carbonate exotics associated with the Disang group of Assam–Arakan Basin, Northeast India: constraints from microfossils and geochemistry	4
Study of the optimization of the stereo-crystallization process with enhanced salinity-gradient solar pond for lithium extraction from Zabuye salt lake in Tibet	4
Correction: 3D inversion of gravity data using mixed Lp–Lq norm regularization, a case study for potash targeting at the Ghare-Aghaj deposit in Iran	4
Late Paleocene–Early Eocene larger foraminifera from the Galala Plateaus, North Eastern Desert, Egypt: biostratigraphic, paleoenvironmental and paleoecological implications	4
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	4
Lineaments analysis and mapping using automatic extraction in central part of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, NE Libya	4
Crinoidal limestones as Ordovician–Cretaceous geological heritage	4
Comprehensive evaluation of geology-engineering “sweet spot” of tight oil reservoir in Maling Area, Ordos Basin, China	4
Dominant wavelength: a tool for morphological simplification of stylolites	4
Gypsum depositional model for the upper miocene stratiform-copper boleo formation on the Baja California Peninsula, México	4
Foraminiferal biostratigraphy across the Eocene–Oligocene transition, in the Zagros Basin, Southern Iran	4
Geophysical characterization of gypsum deposits in the Bala region (Ankara, Turkey) utilizing 2D electrical resistivity imaging technique	4
Systematic, microbiostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Bajwan Formation (Late Oligocene) in the Kirkuk Well-160, northeastern Iraq	4
Sediment thickness of the Tuz Gölü Basin using gravity data	4
Prediction and significance of intra-platform shoals distribution of Changxing formation in Gaoshiti area of Sichuan Basin	4

Evaluation of carbonate rock acidizing under different reservoir conditions and damage scenarios: a systematic review	4
Uranium-bearing celestine and barite in the Upper-Paleocene deposits of the Siouf-Cherahil sector: stratigraphic distribution, geochemical, and mineralogical characterization	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
The causes and evolution mechanism of sinkhole in Yaoshan Huamu farm, Guilin city, China	4
Groundwater recharge mechanisms in a vegetated epikarst spring catchment using water isotopes methods	4
Radiological and chronological studies on black shales from Budaa area, southwestern Sinai, Egypt	4
Sedimentology and reservoir characterization of Upper Cretaceous Kawagarh Formation, Upper Indus Basin, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan: inferences from petrography, SEM-EDS and petrophysics	4
Geophysical and borehole investigations of subsurface hazardous karsts in Ar-Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	4
Characteristics of Ordovician faults and their controlling effects on multilayer underground river reservoirs in Tahe oilfield, Tarim basin	4
The impact of geological and petrophysical heterogeneities on Archie’s exponents: a case study for Sarvak carbonate reservoir, Dezful Embayment, southwest Iran	4
Hydro-geochemical evolution characteristics of shallow groundwater in northeast of Jianghan Plain, China	3
Implications of Geochemical Variables and Magnetic Susceptibility on Carbonate Levels in El-Guettiate Sebkha, Tunisia—Insights into Climate Cycles	3
Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous strata (Fahliyan Formation) in Izeh Zone, Zagros Basin, SW Iran	3
Paleo-karst zone and its control on reservoirs in the fourth member of the Sinian Dengying formation in the Moxi area, central Sichuan Basin	3
Petrophysical and seismic evaluation of pre rift sediments of the southern Gulf of Suez basin, Egypt	3
The behavior of REEs indicates the dolomite petrogenesis and a unique dolomitization model of the Middle Permian Qixia formation in Northwest Sichuan Basin, China	3
Evaluation of karst aquifer development and karst water resource potential using fuzzy logic model (FAHP) and analysis hierarchy process (AHP): a case study, North of Iran	3
Comparison of groundwater hydrogeochemistry of karst areas in northern and southern China with emphasis on their performance in karst development	3
Gypsum exploration using ASTER data in the Hormozgan province, south of Iran	3
Characterization of sedimentary microfacies and depositional dynamics of the upper cretaceous hartha formation in the X oil field, Middle East	3
Biostratigraphy of early cretaceous sediments (Fahliyan Formation, Berriasian–Barremian) in Aghar19 (Zagros Basin, SW Iran)	3
Geophysical exploration of tectonic signatures in proterozoic quartzite of the Kovilpatti region, Southern India: a study in the Kurumalai and Oodumalai hills	3
Rare-earth elements geochemistry of the Palaeocene Ewekoro Formation, southwestern Nigeria: implications for terrigenous inputs, diagenetic alteration, palaeoredox and depositional conditions	3
Sedimentology, paleogeography and climatology of the Hauterivian-Barremian in Tunisia and neighboring Tethyan realms	3
Depositional environment and tectonic backdrop of meta-carbonates in the Eastern Himalayan ophiolites, India: insights from calcite microstructures, whole-rock elements and stable isotopes	3
Study on origin, classification, and identification of complex porous carbonate reservoir: a case study of the middle cretaceous Mishrif Formation in W Oil field	3
Understanding karst landscape evolution through ecosystems: cave connectivity and isolation	3
Facies analysis, cyclicity and biostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Sudr Formation, Wadi El Dakhl, West Gulf of Suez, Egypt: implications for sea-level changes and tectonics	3
Classification and hydro-geochemistry of karst springs along the southern coast of Albania	3
Lithofacies, bio-sequence stratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the cretaceous-neogene at the BG-1 well, offshore Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria: implications for future exploration and development eff	3
Morphological characteristics and growth influencing factors of Paleocene glauberite minerals in Jiangling Depression, China	3
Analysis of water–rock interaction in Middle-Lower Ordovician strike-slip fault in T-SH Oilfield, Tarim Basin, NW China	3
Lithofacies, palynofacies, and depositional system of a mixed travertine-sinter-alluvial succession in a fault-controlled continental extensional basin (Laopanga, Adamawa Region, Cameroon)	3
Correction: Biofacies analysis and depositional environments of mid-Eocene larger benthic foraminifera-rich deposits in northern Tunisia	3
Subaqueous plopstone deposits: a unique product of sinkhole development in eogenetic carbonates	3
Unraveling factors controlling petrophysical properties and reservoir quality in a multi-facies carbonate system: case of the Cenomanian–Turonian reservoir in Southern Tunisia (Dahar Cliff) carbonates	3
Impact of structural fabric on development of karst aquifer in Ayn Zayanah-Al Coeffiah area in Benghazi plain, NE Libya	3
Characterisation of gas hydrate-hosted media using fractal analysis of geophysical logs: a case study from Krishna-Godavari basin	3
Oncoids formed by Girvanella in the Cambrian of eastern China	3
Sequence stratigraphy, diagenesis and geological zonation of the lower Triassic carbonate reservoir of the Kangan formation from the central to Northern Persian Gulf	3
Characteristics of the cave environment and seasonal variation in the modern calcite deposition rate in Liangfeng Cave, SW China	3
Evaluation of the bacterial diversity and current travertine strength of Kaklik cave in Honaz, Deni̇zli̇, Türki̇ye	3
Geoelectrical and hydrochemical assessment of groundwater contamination risks: a case study of aquifer vulnerability in Mansehra, Pakistan	3
Mineralized structure prospection with depth estimation using magnetic data	3