China Geology 2026 Vol. 9 No. 3

Natural gas hydrate resource development: Prospects, technical bottlenecks, and research pathways

Neng-you Wu, Yan-long Li, Zi-guo Hao (Editor-in-Chief)

2026, 9(3): 443-444. DOI: 10.31035/cg2026026

Upper boundary variation of the gas hydrate stability zone in the Sea of Okhotsk: Error assessment and climate change scenarios based on 131286 oceanographic stations (1929–2020)

Renat Shakirov, Vladimir Luchin, Evgeniya Petrova, Neng-you Wu, Tian-tian Sun, Yi-zhao Wan

2026, 9(3): 445-455. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025305

Dynamic accumulation of gas hydrates in the Shenhu area, northern South China Sea: A two-stage evolution model constrained by temporally varying fluid flow

Zheng Su, Yi-fan Wu, Neng-you Wu

2026, 9(3): 456-467. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025196

Gas sources of marine gas hydrate systems and the critical role of fluid migration pathways in gas hydrate formation

Jin-xiu Yang, Chen Wang, Ang Li, Yong Zhang, Li Zhao, Kun-yi Liu

2026, 9(3): 468-488. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025061

Cenozoic fault system and its control on gas hydrate accumulation in the eastern Dongsha Island area, northern South China Sea: Insights from high-resolution 3D seismic data

Gang Dong, Yun-bao Sun, Zhi-lei Sun, Ang Li, Di Luo, Qing Li, Dong Zhang, Feng Cai, Bin Zhai, Gui-jing Yan, Jian-ming Gong

2026, 9(3): 489-501. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025120

Deep learning framework with hybrid loss function for seismic velocity inversion of natural gas hydrate reservoirs

Zhen-wei Guo, Jun Lei, Bo-chen Wang, Yan-yi Wang, Yan-jun Chen, Jian-xin Liu

2026, 9(3): 502-518. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025273

Machine learning supervised algorithms for gas hydrate identification and saturation estimation in marine reservoirs using well log data: A case study of NGHP-01-19B

Yi-fan Wu, Zheng Su, Takeshi Tsuji, Dai-dai Wu, Guang-rong Jin, Chao Yang, Chuang-ji Feng, Neng-you Wu

2026, 9(3): 519-534. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025078

Temperature-driven hydrate dissociation in pressure-preserved coring: A fully coupled modeling study with burst-decay kinetics

Meng Xu, Ya-chen Xie, Le Zhao, Ling Chen, Chao Yuan, Jia-liang Chen, Cheng-hang Fu, Han Wu, Gui-kang Liu, Ming-zhu Qi, Ming Zhang, He-ping Xie

2026, 9(3): 535-552. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025257

A thermoresponsive temporary plugging agent for drilling fluids in marine gas hydrate reservoirs: Synthesis, performance, and reversible plugging mechanism

Jin-tang Wang, Ke Zhao, Bo Liao, Lei Liu, Kai-he Lü, Jin-sheng Sun, Shu-qiang Shi

2026, 9(3): 553-566. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025145

Multi-gas co-production from deep-water shallow hydrates and underlying free gas: A numerical study of coupled production dynamics and secondary hydrate formation

Cong Li, Na Wei, Hai-tao Li, Shou-wei Zhou, Lie-hui Zhang, Jin-zhou Zhao, Bjørn Kvamme, Zhong-xia Wang, Di Nie, Qing He, Jun Wang, Zhi-hao Xia, Yu Qin

2026, 9(3): 567-583. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025157

Permeability evolution and model of methane hydrate-bearing sediments under coupled shear strain, effective confining pressure, and hydrate saturation

Tian-xiang Ao, Le Zhao, Ming-zhong Gao, Meng Xu, Yi-kun Yang, Ming-zhu Qi

2026, 9(3): 584-595. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025111

Influence of salinity and electrostatic fields on CO₂ hydrate formation and the interfacial quasi-liquid layer in clay nanoconfinement: A molecular dynamics study

Jie Chen, Jia-fang Xu, Zheng-cai Zhang, Ling-feng Kong, Cheng-dong Yuan, Anastasia Ivanova, Abdolreza Farhadian, Ya-hua Wang, Yuan-hang Zhang, Li-yuan Zhang, Gao-wei Hu

2026, 9(3): 596-610. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025183

Impact of environmental variables on hydrate formation kinetics in porous media systems and their contribution to CO₂ capture and storage

Jiang Bian, Hu-cheng Bai, Xue-wen Cao, Hong-chao Wang, Bo Yu

2026, 9(3): 611-623. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025142

Effect of reservoir goaf on methane recovery and carbon dioxide sequestration in sandy and clayey hydrate reservoirs: An experimental study

Yun-shuang Zeng, Dong-bin Pan, Chen Chen, Yu Xie, Yang Zhou

2026, 9(3): 624-634. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025070

Geological structure controls CO₂hydrate sequestration in seafloor sediments: A numerical simulation study of anticline, syncline, and inclined reservoirs

Shu-xia Li, Zhong-xue Song, Yang Guo, Gao-wei Hu, Lu Liu, Hao Sun, Ben-kui Lou, Jun-hao Liu, Zhen-hao Ren

2026, 9(3): 635-651. DOI: 10.31035/cg2025193

Fluid invasion-induced geological risks during drilling in marine natural gas hydrate reservoirs: A mini review

Lin Dong, Yan-long Li, Neng-you Wu

2026, 9(3): 652-658. DOI: 10.31035/cg2024021

Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb age of the newly identified Majiawan mafic-ultramafic intrusion in the Hannan complex: Implications for the Cu-Ni mineralization in the northwest Yangtze craton

Guo-chao Zhou, Hong-jing Xie, Yu-wang Wang, Yu Shi

2026, 9(3): 659-660. DOI: 10.31035/cg2024107

Advancing regional cooperation—The IOC WESTPAC project on methane fluxes in the Indo-Pacific region

Renat Shakirov, Neng-you Wu, Nadezhda Syrbu, Vyacheslav Lobanov, Yi-zhao Wan, Wen-xi Zhu

2026, 9(3): 661-662. DOI: 10.31035/cg2026030

Editorial Committee of China Geology

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