Latest Ordovician to Early Silurian Shale Gas Strata of the Yangtze Region, China

Chen Xu is Research Professor since 1989, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2003, Vice Chairman of the Ordovician Subcommission (1991-2004), and Chairman of the Ordovician Subcommission (2004-2007). 240 papers (including 8 monographs) have been published. A publication list can be found from the network of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology.Hongyan Wang is the Assistant to the Dean & Director of Scientific Management department, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, CNPC, and also the executive Director of National Energy Shale Gas Reseach Center authorized by National Energy Adminstration.Daniel Goldman is Professor, Head of Department Geology, Dayton University, and Titular Member of Ordovician Subcommission.

• Introduction.- Geological Setting of the Ordovician and Silurian Strata of the Yangtze Platform.- Ordovician to Silurian Shale Gas-Bearing Strata from the Yangtze Region.- Distribution Pattern of the Ordovician–Silurian Shale Gas-Bearing Strata in the Yangtze Region.- Regional and Global Correlation of the Latest Ordovician to Early Silurian Shale Gas-Bearing Strata.- Paleogeography and Paleoenvironment Across the Ordovician–Silurian Transition in the Yangtze Region.- Gamma Log Responses Through the Ordovician–Silurian Black Shale Graptolite Zonal Succession in the Middle and Upper Yangtze Regions.- Volcanic Ash Deposition and Organic Matter Enrichment in the Black Shales of the Wufeng–Lungmachi Formations in the Yangtze Region.- Appendix Plates and Explanation.