OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Carbonates and Evaporites is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Evidence of microbiologic activity in modern travertines: Sicakcermik geothermal field, Central Turkey	30
Oligocene palaeogeographic evolution of the DAKAC basin (Datça-Kale-Acıgöl): implications for the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of SW Anatolia	27
Impact of stylolite cementation on weathering rates of carbonate rocks	22
Mineralogic and geochemical characteristics of Duwi Formation black shale, Safaga District, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt	17
Diagenetic impact on unconventional tight carbonate reservoir of AR-F Member from the Abu Gharadig Field, north Western Desert, Egypt: insights from integrated combined sedimentological, petrographic,	17
A novel approach to investigate the impact of isolated vuggy porosity on petrophysical properties and volumetric calculations of carbonate reservoirs: the Dehram Group, Zagros Basin, southern Iran	14
Evaluation of fault and fracture controlled hydrothermal dolomitization in the Jurassic carbonate succession of the lesser Himalayas, NW Pakistan	14
Re-evaluation of original carbonate mineralogy, an integration of petrographic and geochemical data, Southwestern margin of Neo-Tethys Ocean	14
Centrifugal model test of deep covered karst collapse induced by static overloading of dense building groups	13
Geochemical evolution of structure-bedding controlled hydrothermal dolomites of the Kinta Valley, Western Malaysia	13
Reservoir quality investigation by combination of core measured data and NMR technique analysis: a case study of Asmari carbonate reservoir in Gachsaran field	12
Detection of karstic conduits using deep ground-penetrating radar (DGPR) in cretaceous limestone (case study: Bakan plain, Fars province, South Iran)	12
Silica diagenesis in Ypresian–Priabonian gypsiferous carbonates of Kef Eddour Formation, Gafsa, southern Tunisia	11
Application of shale TOC prediction model using the XGBoost machine learning algorithm: a case study of the Qiongzhusi Formation in central Sichuan Basin	11
Analysis of karst and pseudokarst landforms in Denizli (SW Türkiye) using UAV-SfM photogrammetry: a comparative study with traditional methods at Gümüşdere Doline and Kartal Lake	10
The development characteristics and exploration significance of the Changxing Formation reefs in the eastern Sichuan Basin under the sequence framework	10
Zonation characteristics of karst development in Taiyuan formation limestone and its implications for water-conserving mining: a case study of Zhangshuanglou coal mine, North China	10
Impact of the Hendijan-Bahregansar paleo-high on the Ramshir Oilfield, Dezful Embayment, SW Iran	10
The Mississippi valley type Zn-Pb-celestite deposits at Wadi Essel, the Eastern Desert of Egypt: fluid inclusions and microthermometry evidences	9
Genesis of sulfate lithofacies between Erzincan-Divriği Basin with sedimentologic and geochemical evidences: an example from the Paleogene basins of Eastern Turkey	9
Microborings and their genetic mechanism in ooids of the Cambrian Miaolingian Series, Mantou Formation in the southern North China Block	9
Biostratigraphy of calcareous nannofossils and ostracods from the upper Paleocene-lower Eocene Kolosh Formation at Qaradagh Mountain, Sulaymaniyah Area, Kurdistan Region in Iraq	8
Formation mechanism analysis of karst collapses in Geleshan Town-Zhongliang Town, Chongqing, China	8
Karstification in carbonate reservoir (Asmari and Sarvak) in the basins of Baram Jamal and Poto springs	8
Sedimentary environment of Middle Jurassic anhydrite in the Qiangtang Basin, eastern Tethys: constraints from sulfur isotope	8

Sedimentary facies and depositional-diagenetic model of storm-influenced carbonate ramp system, Paleocene–Oligocene of Pabdeh Formation, Zagros, Iran	8
Microfacies analysis, depositional environment and foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Upper Miocene Benghazi formation, P53 locality, as Sahabi area, NE Libya	8
Facies analysis, depositional environment and diagenetic processes of the Lower Cretaceous Yamama Formation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	7
The Cambrian sedimentology and reservoir properties of the hybrid Abbottabad Formation in the Kotli area, Sub-Himalaya, Pakistan: insights into the Proto-Tethys paleoenvironment	7
Impact of petrographic and physico-mechanical properties on aggregate suitability of the early Devonian Nowshera formation: a case study from the Peshawar Basin, Pakistan	7
Research on the tectonic stress control mechanisms of graphitization in carbonate rocks	7
Petrography and geochemistry of the Girujan Clay Formation in the Upper Assam Shelf, NE India: insights into provenance, tectonic settings, source area weathering, and redox conditions	7
Geological setting, geochemical, textural, and genesis of palygorskite in Eocene carbonate deposits from Central Tunisia	7
Pre-Jurassic paleogeomorphology restoration and favorable conditions for oil accumulation of the Zhouchang area, Ordos Basin, China	7
Dedolomitization from the meteoric environment to the burial environment of Ordovician dolostones (China): results from petrographic and geochemical analyses	7
Impact of rocky desertification and other driving factors on ecosystem quality in Guizhou Province	7
Stable isotopes and rare-earth elements of carbonate rocks, Paleocene–Eocene Kolosh Formation, High Folded Zone, NE Iraq: implication for depositional environment and Diagenesis	6
Discovery of submerged springs: a step forward to effectively remediate and manage contaminated groundwater in a karst aquifer	6
Comparison of two-region nonequilibrium model and transient storage model for simulating solute transport in karst conduits	6
Depositional and diagenetic drivers of heterogeneous reservoir quality in the Neogene strata of the Red Sea (Egypt)	6
Developmental characteristics and genetic model of Ordovician karst porosity in the southern margin of Northern China	6
Experimental study on karst development characteristics of calcrete and analysis of its dissolution mechanism	6
Study of the karst development rate of the Jinping porous carbonate rock formation based on porosity analysis of rock images	6
Sedimentological and diagenetic analysis of Early Eocene Margalla Hill Limestone, Shahdara area, Islamabad, Pakistan: implications for reservoir potential	6
Hyperspectral analysis (VNIR-SWIR) applied to the characterization of a dolomitization context: a case study in Rio Bonito Quarry, Brazil	6
Major, trace and rare earth element geochemistry of Archaean carbonate sediments of Tanwan group rocks of the Bhilwara supergroup, India: implications for seawater geochemistry and depositional enviro	6
EPMA analysis of a stalagmite from Küpeli Cave, southern Turkey: implications on detrital sediments	6
Micro-karstification in a stalactite from Küpeli Cave, southern Turkey	6
Geochemical and mineralogical analysis of the Upper Cretaceous dolomitic phosphates at Queih Mine, Quseir, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: depositional environment implications and pollution indices	6
Initiation mechanism of split grouting cracks at the top of the Ordovician limestone in a coal seam floor	6
Assessment of linking diagenesis history to sequence stratigraphy evidences (systems tract), (a case study: Sarvak Formation in one of the super oil fields, SW, IRAN)	6
Prediction of total organic carbon at the oil field using conventional well logs and machine learning algorithms	6
Marine transgressive–regressive cycles and evolution on ancient salt lake in the northwestern Tarim Basin in the Paleocene, Xinjiang Province, China	5
Correction: 3D inversion of gravity data using mixed Lp–Lq norm regularization, a case study for potash targeting at the Ghare-Aghaj deposit in Iran	5
Gypsum depositional model for the Upper Miocene stratiform-copper Boleo Formation on the Baja California Peninsula, México	5
Structural characteristics and evolution model of strike-slip fault in the Shunnan Area, Tarim Basin	5
Creation and fill of an Eocene incision on a leeward margin of an isolated carbonate platform, northeast Sirte Basin, Libya	5
Biostratigraphy, Microfacies, and Palaeoenvironmental Dynamics of the Early Eocene Dungan Formation, Pakistan: implications for the Carbonate Ramp Evolution and Larger Foraminiferal Extinction and Ori	5
Neural network-based ground stress field inversion and fault influence study in south Sichuan shale gas reservoirs	5
Dolomite distribution’s study of the Lower Miocene deposits (Qom Formation), southeastern Tehran, Central Iran	5
Stratigraphic framework and diagenetic features related to reservoir quality of the triassic carbonates in central to northern Persian Gulf	5
Integration of sinkhole interaction analysis and dye tracing into risk evaluation for coal combustion residue disposal sites on karst terranes	5
Groundwater recharge mechanisms in a vegetated epikarst spring catchment using water isotopes methods	5
Study of the optimization of the stereo-crystallization process with enhanced salinity-gradient solar pond for lithium extraction from Zabuye salt lake in Tibet	5
Physico-mechanical and petrographic analysis of the Margalla Hill Limestone, Islamabad, Lesser Himalaya, Pakistan	5
Geochemistry of Palaeoproterozoic Kajrahat Limestone, Vindhyan Supergroup, central India: insights into depositional conditions and sources of rare earth elements	5
Diagenetic implications for the oolitic limestone in the Miaolingian Zhangxia Formation, Beijing (North China Platform)	5
Impact of data size on ML-based prediction of shear and compressional slowness	5
Rock type based-estimation of pore throat size distribution in carbonate reservoirs using integrated analysis of well logs and seismic attributes	5
The causes and evolution mechanism of sinkhole in Yaoshan Huamu farm, Guilin city, China	5
Geophysical characterization of gypsum deposits in the Bala region (Ankara, Turkey) utilizing 2D electrical resistivity imaging technique	5
Lithostratigraphy, petrography, and geochemistry of the Eocene–Oligocene rock succession, Wadi Arhab area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt	5
Correction to: Impact of stylolite cementation on weathering rates of carbonate rocks	5
Integrated reservoir characterization of the Shurijeh gas formation in a sequence stratigraphic, depositional and petrophysical framework, Kopet-Dagh Basin, northeastern Iran	5
Radiological and chronological studies on black shales from Budaa area, southwestern Sinai, Egypt	4

Sediment thickness of the Tuz Gölü Basin using gravity data	4
Correction: Biofacies analysis and depositional environments of mid-Eocene larger benthic foraminifera-rich deposits in northern Tunisia	4
Diagenetic heterogeneities in the Jurassic Samana Suk Formation, Foreland Sedimentary Fold and Thrust Belt, Pakistan: an integrated approach for reservoir behavior	4
Tithonian limestone as a marker of early contraction of NeoTethyan Vardar Ocean: structural constraints on the latest Jurassic–earliest Cretaceous “docking” (Dobroljupci, Kuršumlija, Jastrebac Mt., Se	4
Foraminiferal biostratigraphy across the Eocene–Oligocene transition, in the Zagros Basin, Southern Iran	4
Characterization of gypsum-bearing dolomite corrosion under the action of different karst solutions	4
Sedimentology and reservoir characterization of Upper Cretaceous Kawagarh Formation, Upper Indus Basin, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan: inferences from petrography, SEM-EDS and petrophysics	4
Deposition and diagenesis of the Triassic-Jurassic limestone successions of the northwestern passive margin of the Indian plate, Sulaiman Fold-Thrust Belt, Pakistan	4
Gypsum exploration using ASTER data in the Hormozgan province, south of Iran	4
Uranium-bearing celestine and barite in the Upper-Paleocene deposits of the Siouf-Cherahil sector: stratigraphic distribution, geochemical, and mineralogical characterization	4
Lineaments analysis and mapping using automatic extraction in central part of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, NE Libya	4
Geoelectrical and hydrochemical assessment of groundwater contamination risks: a case study of aquifer vulnerability in Mansehra, Pakistan	4
The impact of geological and petrophysical heterogeneities on Archie’s exponents: a case study for Sarvak carbonate reservoir, Dezful Embayment, southwest Iran	4
Characterization of the Govanda Formation limestones: chemostratigraphy and tectonic setting of the last marine carbonate rocks in the Arabia–Eurasia suture zone, NW Zagros fold-thrust belt	4
Late Paleocene–Early Eocene larger foraminifera from the Galala Plateaus, North Eastern Desert, Egypt: biostratigraphic, paleoenvironmental and paleoecological implications	4
Comprehensive evaluation of geology-engineering “sweet spot” of tight oil reservoir in Maling Area, Ordos Basin, China	4
Crinoidal limestones as Ordovician–Cretaceous geological heritage	4
Geophysical exploration of tectonic signatures in proterozoic quartzite of the Kovilpatti region, Southern India: a study in the Kurumalai and Oodumalai hills	4
Systematic, microbiostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Bajwan Formation (Late Oligocene) in the Kirkuk Well-160, northeastern Iraq	4
Evaluation of carbonate rock acidizing under different reservoir conditions and damage scenarios: a systematic review	4
Dominant wavelength: a tool for morphological simplification of stylolites	4
Sea bed crevassing in late Mississippian carbonates and cherts, Halkyn Mountain area, North Wales	4
Analysis of water–rock interaction in Middle-Lower Ordovician strike-slip fault in T-SH Oilfield, Tarim Basin, NW China	3
Fracture identification and characterization of ultra-deep strike-slip fault controlled carbonate reservoirs in Shunnan area, Tarim basin	3
Specifics of hydrological functioning in two neighbouring karst springs: a case study from the Dinaric karst	3
Retraction Note: Planktonic and benthic foraminifera from the upper cretaceous succession (north Kerman, Central Iran): a tool for paleobathymetry reconstruction	3
Classification and hydro-geochemistry of karst springs along the southern coast of Albania	3
Petrophysical and seismic evaluation of pre rift sediments of the southern Gulf of Suez basin, Egypt	3
Morphological characteristics and growth influencing factors of Paleocene glauberite minerals in Jiangling Depression, China	3
Unraveling factors controlling petrophysical properties and reservoir quality in a multi-facies carbonate system: case of the Cenomanian–Turonian reservoir in Southern Tunisia (Dahar Cliff) carbonates	3
Evaluation of the bacterial diversity and current travertine strength of Kaklik cave in Honaz, Deni̇zli̇, Türki̇ye	3
Characteristics of Ordovician faults and their controlling effects on multilayer underground river reservoirs in Tahe oilfield, Tarim basin	3
Comparison of groundwater hydrogeochemistry of karst areas in northern and southern China with emphasis on their performance in karst development	3
Sequence stratigraphy, diagenesis and geological zonation of the lower Triassic carbonate reservoir of the Kangan formation from the central to Northern Persian Gulf	3
New insights into the stratigraphy, basin configuration and development of the Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic evaporites and carbonates of southern Tunisia, Saharan platform: integrated surface and sub	3
A remote sensing approach for monitoring snow cover at the local scale and its melting effect on the spring hydrograph in Pirghar Karst aquifer	3
Implications of Geochemical Variables and Magnetic Susceptibility on Carbonate Levels in El-Guettiate Sebkha, Tunisia—Insights into Climate Cycles	3
Evaluation of karst aquifer development and karst water resource potential using fuzzy logic model (FAHP) and analysis hierarchy process (AHP): a case study, North of Iran	3
Characterization of sedimentary microfacies and depositional dynamics of the upper cretaceous hartha formation in the X oil field, Middle East	3
Microfacies, depositional setting and sequence stratigraphy of the Sarvak Formation (Upper Albian–Cenomanian) in Hendijan oil field, northwestern Persian Gulf, Zagros Basin, southwestern Iran	3
Lithofacies, bio-sequence stratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the cretaceous-neogene at the BG-1 well, offshore Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria: implications for future exploration and development eff	3
Lithofacies, palynofacies, and depositional system of a mixed travertine-sinter-alluvial succession in a fault-controlled continental extensional basin (Laopanga, Adamawa Region, Cameroon)	3
Prediction and significance of intra-platform shoals distribution of Changxing formation in Gaoshiti area of Sichuan Basin	3
Subaqueous plopstone deposits: a unique product of sinkhole development in eogenetic carbonates	3
Paleo-karst zone and its control on reservoirs in the fourth member of the Sinian Dengying formation in the Moxi area, central Sichuan Basin	3
Correction: Microfacies analysis, depositional environment and foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the upper miocene Benghazi formation, P53 locality, as Sahabi area, NE Libya	3
The behavior of REEs indicates the dolomite petrogenesis and a unique dolomitization model of the Middle Permian Qixia formation in Northwest Sichuan Basin, China	3
Understanding karst landscape evolution through ecosystems: cave connectivity and isolation	3
Rare-earth elements geochemistry of the Palaeocene Ewekoro Formation, southwestern Nigeria: implications for terrigenous inputs, diagenetic alteration, palaeoredox and depositional conditions	3
Characteristics of the cave environment and seasonal variation in the modern calcite deposition rate in Liangfeng Cave, SW China	3
Sequence stratigraphy and reservoir characteristics of the Asmari Formation in the Pazanan supergiant oil field, Zagros Fold Belt	3
Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous strata (Fahliyan Formation) in Izeh Zone, Zagros Basin, SW Iran	3
Origin of the bedded chert in the Balambo Formation from geochemical analyses, at Said Sadiq area, Sulaimani governate, Northeastern Iraq	3
Impact of structural fabric on development of karst aquifer in Ayn Zayanah-Al Coeffiah area in Benghazi plain, NE Libya	3