Wenqing Wang

Northwest University · Department of Geology

Organic-rich shales are generally characterized by high uranium (U) contents. The effects of U irradiation on evolution and hydrocarbon generation of organic matter (OM) have attracted substantial attention. However, details on the generation mechanisms of products and the identification of dominant reactions occurring during OM radiolysis remain u...

The coexistence of hydrogen‐containing materials and radioactive substances in source rocks is universal. However, research about whether the latter can radiate the former to generate hydrogen gas (H2) as well as the factors controlling this process remains limited. A series of radiation experiments were conducted to address this issue. Samples wer...

The provenance areas of major basins in northern Northwest China, including the peripheral regions of the Yin'e, Beishan group, Santanghu, and Juggar basins, are situated primarily on the south margin of the mid-western Central Asian Tectonic Zone and neighboring areas. Dividing 1416 collected samples, including intermediate, acidic and alkaline ro...

Hydrocarbon generation is a process of adding H and removing S, N, and other heteroatoms. Traditional theories of hydrocarbon generation and the evaluation of oil and gas reservoirs both neglect consideration of the influence of exogenous H2. To probe the possibility that exogenous H2 from water radiolysis influences hydrocarbon generation by sourc...

The western Ordos Basin (WOB), situated in a tectonic transition zone in the North China Craton, acts as an excellent example for studying the Mesozoic intraplate sedimentation and deformation in Asia. In this study, U-Pb ages for 1203 detrital zircons of 14 sandstone samples collected from 11 sections are presented to unravel the sediment source l...

The stratigraphic age of Mesozoic coal measures in Liupanshan area has been an unsolved problem for a long time. The controversy is about whether it is of Upper Triassic or Lower-Middle Jurassic. The former is coeval with Yanchang Formation (the main oil-bearing series in Ordos Basin) while the latter is coeval with Yan'an Formation (the main coal-...

North-South Tectonic Belt is an important boundary of Chinese Mainland geological structure, of deep geologic processes and of surface system, which is also an earthquake-prone zone. Yet there is little or even less research about its existence before the Mesozoic and about its tectonic feature and connection between different regions in different...