Original Articles

1. Deep Continental Scientific Drilling Engineering Project in Songliao Basin: progress in Earth Science research
2. Main technical innovations of Songke Well No.2 Drilling Project
3. Episodic crustal growth in the Tanzania Craton: evidence from Nd isotope compositions
4. Origin of natural sulfur-metal chimney in the Tangyin hydrothermal field, Okinawa Trough: constraints from rare earth element and sulfur isotopic compositions
5. Preliminary results of environmental monitoring of the natural gas hydrate production test in the South China Sea

Review Articles

1. Exploration and research progress of shale gas in China
2. Overview on hydrothermal and hot dry rock researches in China
3. Nanogeology in China: A review

Research Advances

1. New delineation of two favorable zones for gas hydrate in southern Qinghai and northern Tibet, China
2. New discovery of the permafrost gas hydrate accumulation in Qilian Mountain, China
3. New indications of gas hydrate in the northeastern China permafrost zone
4. Discovery of the pegmatite lithium veins with predicted super-large size resources in the Sizemuzu district of the Keeryin, China
5. Discovery of the largest Carboniferous manganese deposit in Longtou-Limiao, central Guangxi, China

News and Highlights

1. Progress in China’s geological exploration in the first half year of 2018
2. Introduction of the International Research Centre on Global-Scale Geochemistry under the auspice of UNESCO