Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-975-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-975-2022
Research article
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21 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 21 Jun 2022

Structural diagenesis in ultra-deep tight sandstones in the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin, China

Jin Lai, Dong Li, Yong Ai, Hongkun Liu, Deyang Cai, Kangjun Chen, Yuqiang Xie, and Guiwen Wang

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Subject area: Tectonic plate interactions, magma genesis, and lithosphere deformation at all scales | Editorial team: Structural geology and tectonics, paleoseismology, rock physics, experimental deformation | Discipline: Structural geology
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(1) Structural diagenesis analysis is performed on the ultra-deep tight sandstone. (2) Fracture and intergranular pores are related to the low in situ stress magnitudes. (3) Dissolution is associated with the presence of fracture.