Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Classification and Distribution of Salified Lake Basins in China
1.1 Classification of lakes
1.2 Distribution of Cenozoic salified lakes in China
1.3 Examples of salified lake basins in China
Chapter 2 Environments and Deposition Features of Salified Lake Basins
2.1 Climatic conditions
2.2 Tectonic setting
2,3 Geomorphic features
2.4 Types and compositions of the deposits
Chapter 3 Reconsideration of the “Transgressive Fossils” in the Continental Lake Deposits
3.1 Foraminifers of salified lakes
3.2 Nonmarine dinoflagellates
3.3 Calcareous nannofossils.
3.4 Reconsideration of the ostracods as transgressive indicators
3.5 0ther fossils
3.6 The marine ancestral microorganisms in the Yuncheng Salt Lake and Sanggan-Fenwei fault belt and their living environments.
3.7 0rigin of the marine ancestry in salified lakes
Chapter 4 Mineralogical and inorganc geochemical features of salified lakes
4.1 Minerals in continental salified lakes
4.2 Inorganic geochemical features of continental salified-lake deposits
4.3 Isotopes
Chapter 5 Discussions on the Eogene “Transgression” in Eastern China
5.1 Discussion on the Eogene “transgression” and its significance in oil & gas exploration
5.2 The paleogeographic and paleotectonic outlines
5.3 Relations between eustatic changes and the Tertiary transgressions in China
5.4 The sources of salt-deposit in continentallake basins
5.5 Main characteristics of the Eogene deep (salified) lake deposits in eastern China
Chapter 6 Eogene “Transgressions” in Jiyang Depression-the Upper Part of the 4th Member of the Shahejie Formation as an Example
6.1 Hydrobios and sedimentary environments
6.2 Geochemical features and the sedimentary environments
6.3 Comprehensive analysis of sedimentary environments and sedimentological features
6.4 Conclusions
Chapter 7 Hydrocarbon Generation of Salified-Iake Source Rocks
7.1 Aggregation of organic matter in salified lake
7.2 Content and type of the organic matters in Cenozoic salified-lake facies sedimentary rocks
7.3 Geochemical characteristics of salified-lake source rocks and crude oils
7.4 Hydrocarbon generation characteristics of the salified-lake source rocks
7.5 The theory of hydrocarbon generation in sedimentary rocks formed in salified-lake environments and its sigruficance
Conclusion
References
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