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[8] Caineng Zou, Guoqi Wei, Chunchun Xu, Jinhu Du, Zengye Xie, Zecheng Wang, Lianhua Hou, Chun Yang, Jian Li, Wei Yang. Geochemistry of the Sinian-Cambrian gas system in the Sichuan Basin, China. Organic Geochemistry, 74(SI) (2014): 13-21.
[9]Zou Caineng, Hou Lianhua, Hu Suyun, Zhu Rukai, Liu Shaobo, Yang Zhi, Gu Zhidong, Yang Fan, Yang Chun. Prospect of ultra-deep petroleum onshore China. Energy Exploration and Exploitation, 32(1)(2014): 19-40.
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[14] Zou Caineng, Gong Yanjie, Tao Shizhen, Liu Shaobo. Geological characteristics and accumulation mechanisms of the "continuous" tight gas reservoirs of the Xu2 Member in the middle-south transition region, Sichuan Basin, China. Petroleum Science, 10(2) (2013): 171-182.
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[17] Zou Caineng, Zhu Rukai, Liu Keyu, Su Ling, Bai Bin, Zhang Xiangxiang, Yuan Xuejian, Wang Jinhong. Tight gas sandstone reservoirs in China: characteristics and recognition criteria. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 88-89(SI)(2012): 82-91.
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[20] Zou CaiNeng, Hou LianHua, Tao ShiZhen, Yuan XuanJun, Zhu RuKai, Jia JinHua, Zhang XiangXiang, Li FuHeng, Pang ZhengLian. Hydrocarbon accumulation mechanism and structure of large-scale volcanic weathering crust of the Carboniferous in northern Xinjiang, China. Science China-Earth Sciences, 55(2)(2012):221-235.
[21] Zou Caineng, Jia Jinhua, Tao Shizhen, Tao Xiaowan. Analysis of Reservoir Forming Conditions and Prediction of Continuous Tight Gas Reservoirs for the Deep Jurassic in the Eastern Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 85(5)(2011): 1173-1186.
[25] Zou Caineng, Zhang Xingyang, Luo Ping, Wang Lan, Luo Zhong, Liu Liuhong. Shallow-lacustrine sand-rich deltaic depositional cycles and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China. Basin Research, 22 (1)(2010): 108-125.
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[51]Caineng Zou, Shizhen Tao, Wenxue Han, Zhenyu Zhao, Weijiao Ma, Changwei Li, Bin Bai, Xiaohui Gao. Geological and Geochemical Characteristics and Exploration Prospect of Coal-Derived Tight Sandstone Gas in China: Case Study of the Ordos, Sichuan, and Tarim Basins. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition. 2018(04): 1609-1626.
[52]Caineng Zou, Zhen Qiu, Simon W. Poulton, Dazhong Dong, Hongyan Wang, Daizhao Chen, Bin Lu, Zhensheng Shi, Huifei Tao. Ocean euxinia and climate change "double whammy" drove the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Geology. 2018, 46(6): 535-538.
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