该研究成果近期发表在国际知名地学期刊Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology上(Wei et al. Organic accumulation in the lower Chihsia Formation (Middle Permian) of South China: Constraints from pyrite morphology and multiple geochemical proxies.
In South China, the Permian Chihsia Formation contains several organic-rich dark rock series, which are the potential source rocks of hydrocarbon. Their formations is mainly related with the redox conditions and the ocean current system of paleo-Tethys Ocean.