World’s first microscale infrared thermal image of 25-mm-diameter, ~3500-m-deep subsurface tight rocks: Overestimated brittleness jeopardizes China’s deep energy revolution
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Du S. and Zong Z. (2026). World’s first microscale infrared thermal image of 25-mm-diameter, ~3500-m-deep subsurface tight rocks: Overestimated brittleness jeopardizes China’s deep energy revolution. The Innovation Geoscience 4:100220. https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2026.100220
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Du S. and Zong Z. (2026). World’s first microscale infrared thermal image of 25-mm-diameter, ~3500-m-deep subsurface tight rocks: Overestimated brittleness jeopardizes China’s deep energy revolution. The Innovation Geoscience 4:100220. https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2026.100220
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Figure 1.
Comprehensive interpretation of the microscale thermal image of the 25 mm-diameter deep subsurface rock
