What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Organic chemistry
- Sedimentary rock
- Paleontology
Chunfang Cai mainly focuses on Mineralogy, Sulfate, Geochemistry, Source rock and Carbonate.
Chunfang Cai works mostly in the field of Mineralogy, limiting it down to concerns involving δ34S and, occasionally, Sulfur.
His study connects Isotopes of carbon and Sulfate.
His study looks at the intersection of Source rock and topics like Ordovician with Paleozoic and Kerogen.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Permian and Methane.
His Pyrite research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Sterane, Hopanoids and Calcite.
His most cited work include:
- Thermochemical sulphate reduction and the generation of hydrogen sulphide and thiols (mercaptans) in Triassic carbonate reservoirs from the Sichuan Basin, China (220 citations)
- Methane-dominated thermochemical sulphate reduction in the Triassic Feixianguan Formation East Sichuan Basin, China: towards prediction of fatal H2S concentrations (157 citations)
- Thermochemical sulphate reduction in Cambro-Ordovician carbonates in Central Tarim (141 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Chunfang Cai spends much of his time researching Geochemistry, Sulfate, Carbonate, Mineralogy and Diagenesis.
Chunfang Cai has researched Geochemistry in several fields, including Fluid inclusions and Dolomitization.
His Sulfate study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Organic matter, Sulfur, Isotopes of carbon, Environmental chemistry and Petroleum.
In the subject of general Carbonate, his work in Carbonate rock is often linked to Anhydrite, thereby combining diverse domains of study.
In his research, Maturity and Natural gas field is intimately related to Source rock, which falls under the overarching field of Mineralogy.
His studies deal with areas such as Ordovician and δ34S as well as Pyrite.
He most often published in these fields:
- Geochemistry (76.92%)
- Sulfate (51.92%)
- Carbonate (48.08%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Geochemistry (76.92%)
- Diagenesis (34.62%)
- Carbonate (48.08%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Chunfang Cai mainly investigates Geochemistry, Diagenesis, Carbonate, Sulfate and Dolomite.
His research in Geochemistry intersects with topics in Sterane, Hydrothermal circulation, Fluid inclusions and Anoxic waters.
His Diagenesis study incorporates themes from Dolomitization and Calcite.
His Sulfate research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Isotopes of carbon, Late Devonian extinction, Methane, Environmental chemistry and Redox.
Chunfang Cai undertakes multidisciplinary investigations into Isotopes of carbon and Anhydrite in his work.
His Dolomite study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Pyrite.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Absence of biomarker evidence for early eukaryotic life from the Mesoproterozoic Roper Group: Searching across a marine redox gradient in mid-Proterozoic habitability. (18 citations)
- Fluid inclusion and stable isotopic studies of thermochemical sulfate reduction: Upper permian and lower triassic gasfields, northeast Sichuan Basin, China (13 citations)
- Fluid inclusion and stable isotopic studies of thermochemical sulfate reduction: Upper permian and lower triassic gasfields, northeast Sichuan Basin, China (13 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Organic chemistry
- Sedimentary rock
- Paleontology
Chunfang Cai mostly deals with Geochemistry, Sulfate, Fluid inclusions, Photic zone and Inclusion.
Chunfang Cai has included themes like Organic matter, Total organic carbon, Organic geochemistry and Sterane, Hopanoids in his Geochemistry study.
His studies in Sterane integrate themes in fields like Redox gradient, Anoxic waters, Pelagic zone and Facies.
His work carried out in the field of Sulfate brings together such families of science as δ34S, Hydrothermal circulation, Dolomite, Pyrite and Quartz.
His Fluid inclusions study frequently links to related topics such as Petrography.
His Inclusion research incorporates elements of Carbonate, Calcite, Diagenesis and Isotopes of carbon.
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