Editorial

1. Foreword
2. Thinking on improvement of natural resources management

Original Articles

1. The first offshore natural gas hydrate production test in South China Sea
2. Global significance of the carbon cycle in the karst dynamic system: evidence from geological and ecological processes
3. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China
4. Zircon U-Pb age, trace element and Hf isotope composition of Sepon Au-Cu deposit,Laos: tectonic and metallogenic implications
5. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating of the Neogene coral reefs, Xisha Islands, South China Sea: implications for tectonic evolution

Review Articles

1. Experimental simulations and methods for natural gas hydrate analysis in China
2. The tempo-spatial characteristics and forming mechanism of Lithium-rich brines in China
3. Some progress on understanding the Phanerozoic granitoids in China
4. Metamorphic petrology and geology in China: A review

Research Advances

1. The oldest shale gas reservoirs in southern margin of Huangling uplift, Yichang,Hubei, China
2. A discovery of Silurian tight shale gas in Jianshi, Hubei, China
3. Three source rocks discovered in the Mid-Lower Jurassic, Dunhuang Basin in China
4. A super-large graphite deposit discovered in granite rocks at Huangyangshan,Xinjiang, China
5. New prospecting progress using information and big data of coal and oil exploration holes on sandstone-type uranium deposit in North China

News and Highlights

1. 2018 International Symposium on Deep Earth Exploration and Practices (DEEP-2018),Beijing, China, 24-26 October
2. Introduction of the SinoProbe Center, China Geological Survey