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Quanyou Liu

Quanyou Liu

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
4944
World Ranking
5660
National Ranking
358

Overview

Quanyou Liu is affiliated with Peking University in China. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Within these broad areas, Liu has contributed extensively to subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, Paleontology, and Geophysics.

The primary focus of Liu's research involves topics related to hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, as well as geological studies and exploration. Additional topics covered include geological and geochemical analysis, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and geological and geophysical studies.

Liu has published in numerous academic venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Science China Earth Sciences
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Collaborations with other researchers are an important part of Liu's academic activity. Frequent co-authors include Zhijun Jin, Dongya Zhu, Qingqiang Meng, Xiaoqi Wu, and Huiyuan Xu.

Selected recent papers by Quanyou Liu highlight a variety of topics and publication outlets:

  • "Preservation of organic matter in shale linked to bacterial sulfate reduction (BSR) and volcanic activity under marine and lacustrine depositional environments," 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Organic-rich formation and hydrocarbon enrichment of lacustrine shale strata: A case study of Chang 7 Member," 2021, Science China Earth Sciences
  • "Carbon capture and storage for long-term and safe sealing with constrained natural CO2 analogs," 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Oil and gas pathway to net-zero: Review and outlook," 2022, Energy Strategy Reviews (authored by Zhoujie Wang but appearing in Liu's recent data)
  • "Deep shale gas in the Ordovician-Silurian Wufeng-Longmaxi formations of the Sichuan Basin, SW China: Insights from reservoir characteristics, preservation conditions and development strategies," 2022, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (authored by Haikuan Nie, also appearing in the data)

Liu's work intersects geological, chemical, and environmental aspects of energy resources, focusing on shale gas, organic matter preservation, and carbon capture technologies. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in the diversity of publication venues and topic areas.

Best Publications

  • Oil and gas pathway to net-zero: Review and outlook

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  • TSR versus non-TSR processes and their impact on gas geochemistry and carbon stable isotopes in Carboniferous, Permian and Lower Triassic marine carbonate gas reservoirs in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, China

    Q.Y. Liu;R.H. Worden;Z.J. Jin;W.H. Liu

  • Carbon and hydrogen isotopes of methane, ethane, and propane: A review of genetic identification of natural gas

    Quanyou Liu;Xiaoqi Wu;Xiaofeng Wang;Zhijun Jin

  • Source and seal coupling mechanism for shale gas enrichment in upper Ordovician Wufeng Formation - Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in Sichuan Basin and its periphery

    Zhijun Jin;Haikuan Nie;Quanyou Liu;Jianhua Zhao

  • Formation mechanism of deep Cambrian dolomite reservoirs in the Tarim basin, northwestern China

    Dongya Zhu;Qingqiang Meng;Zhijun Jin;Quanyou Liu

  • Origin of natural gas from the Ordovician paleo-weathering crust and gas-filling model in Jingbian gas field, Ordos basin, China

    Quanyou Liu;Quanyou Liu;Mengjin Chen;Wenhui Liu;Jian Li

  • Genetic types of natural gas and filling patterns in Daniudi gas field, Ordos Basin, China

    Quanyou Liu;Zhijun Jin;Qingqiang Meng;Xiaoqi Wu

  • Preservation of organic matter in shale linked to bacterial sulfate reduction (BSR) and volcanic activity under marine and lacustrine depositional environments

    Quanyou Liu;Peng Li;Zhijun Jin;Zhijun Jin;Xinping Liang;Xinping Liang

  • Influence of sedimentary environment on organic matter enrichment in shale: A case study of the Wufeng and Longmaxi Formations of the Sichuan Basin, China

    Caina Yan;Caina Yan;Zhijun Jin;Jianhua Zhao;Wei Du

  • Coupled alteration of hydrothermal fluids and thermal sulfate reduction (TSR) in ancient dolomite reservoirs – An example from Sinian Dengying Formation in Sichuan Basin, southern China

    Quanyou Liu;Dongya Zhu;Zhijun Jin;Chunyan Liu

  • Cyclostratigraphy and astronomical tuning of the middle eocene terrestrial successions in the Bohai Bay Basin, Eastern China

    Juye Shi;Juye Shi;Zhijun Jin;Quanyou Liu;Rui Zhang

  • Carbon isotopes of Middle-Lower Jurassic coal-derived alkane gases from the major basins of northwestern China

    Jinxing Dai;Jinxing Dai;Jinxing Dai;Caineng Zou;Jian Li;Yunyan Ni

  • Deep shale gas in the Ordovician-Silurian Wufeng–Longmaxi formations of the Sichuan Basin, SW China: insights from reservoir characteristics, preservation conditions and development strategies

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  • Thermochemical sulphate reduction (TSR) versus maturation and their effects on hydrogen stable isotopes of very dry alkane gases

    Q.Y. Liu;R.H. Worden;Z.J. Jin;W.H. Liu

  • Geology of giant gas fields in China

    Jinxing Dai;Jinxing Dai;Jinxing Dai;Caineng Zou;Shengfei Qin;Shizhen Tao

  • Geochemical characteristics of tight gas and gas-source correlation in the Daniudi gas field, the Ordos Basin, China

    Xiaoqi Wu;Quanyou Liu;Jianhui Zhu;Kuang Li

  • Abnormal carbon and hydrogen isotopes of alkane gases from the Qingshen gas field, Songliao Basin, China, suggesting abiogenic alkanes?

    Quanyou Liu;Jinxing Dai;Zhijun Jin;Jian Li

  • Organic-rich formation and hydrocarbon enrichment of lacustrine shale strata: A case study of Chang 7 Member

    Quanyou Liu;Peng Li;Zhijun Jin;Zhijun Jin;Yuewu Sun

  • Carbon capture and storage for long-term and safe sealing with constrained natural CO2 analogs

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  • The scientific connotation of oil and gas formations under deep fluids and organic-inorganic interaction

    Quanyou Liu;Dongya Zhu;Qingqiang Meng;Jiayi Liu

  • Influence of volcanic activities on redox chemistry changes linked to the enhancement of the ancient Sinian source rocks in the Yangtze craton

    Quanyou Liu;Dongya Zhu;Zhijun Jin;Qingqiang Meng

  • Hydrogen isotope composition of natural gases from the Tarim Basin and its indication of depositional environments of the source rocks

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  • Distinguishing kerogen and oil cracked shale gas using H, C-isotopic fractionation of alkane gases

    Quanyou Liu;Zhijun Jin;Xiaofeng Wang;Jizheng Yi

  • Geochemistry characteristics and genetic types of natural gas in central part of the Tarim Basin, NW China

    Quanyou Liu;Zhijun Jin;Huili Li;Xiaoqi Wu

  • Origin of nitrogen molecules in natural gas and implications for the high risk of N2 exploration in Tarim Basin, NW China

    Quanyou Liu;Jin Zhijun;Chen Jianfa;Bernhard M. Krooss

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhijun Jin
Zhijun Jin Sinopec (China)
Jinxing Dai
Jinxing Dai China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Caineng Zou
Caineng Zou China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Bernhard M. Krooss
Bernhard M. Krooss RWTH Aachen University
Shuichang Zhang
Shuichang Zhang China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Simon C. George
Simon C. George Macquarie University
Richard H. Worden
Richard H. Worden University of Liverpool
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore
Guangyou Zhu
Guangyou Zhu China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Ralf Littke
Ralf Littke RWTH Aachen University

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