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Geological controls on the geothermal system and hydrogeochemistry of the deep low-salinity Upper Cretaceous aquifers in the Zharkent (eastern Ily) Basin, south-eastern Kazakhstan

Ashirgul Kozhagulova, Vadim Yapiyev, Leila Karabayanova, Antoine Dillinger, Vyacheslav Zavaley, Aisulu Kalitova, Emil Bayramov, John Holbrook, Stephen E. Grasby, Milovan Fustic  


https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1212064 

High-quality source rocks in an underexplored basin: The upper Carboniferous–Permian succession in the Zaysan Basin (Kazakhstan) 

Riza Nurbekova, Natalia Smirnova, Ivan Goncharev, Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer, Randy Hazlett, Gleb Smirnov,  Talgat Yensepbayev, Shukhrat Mametov, Milovan Fustic 


https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2023.104254 

A critical review of CO2 mineral trapping in sedimentary reservoirs – from theory to application: Pertinent parameters, acceleration methods and evaluation workflow 

Sabber Khandoozi, Randy Hazlett, Milovan Fustic 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104515 

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Geothermal energy potential of the Mangyshlak Basin, western Kazakhstan: A preliminary assessment based on stratigraphy and temperature data

Ashirgul Kozhagulova, Antoine Dillinger, Emil Bayramov, Renat Iltukov, John Holbrook, Milovan Fustic 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102655 

A preliminary assessment of Geothermal Energy Potential of Mangyshlak sedimentary basin in Kazakhstan

https://www.earthdoc.org/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.202121029?crawler=true 

Low Salinity Upper Cretaceous Formation Potential for Geothermal Energy Harvesting in the Eastern Ily Basin, Kazakhstan

Authors A. Kozhagulova, V. Yapiyev, A. Kalitova, V. Zavaley, A. Dillinger, A. Karakozhayeva, T. Yensepbayev, J. Holbrook, M. Fustic

https://www.earthdoc.org/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.202221052  

Mountain Block and Front Recharge to the aquifers in sedimentary basins in Kazakhstan: evidence from geothermal studies and water isotopes

Vadim Yapiyev, Ashirgul Kozhagulova, Leila Karabayanova, Aisulu Kalitova, Vyacheslav Zavaley, Antoine Dillinger, Ayana Karakozhayeva, John Holbrook, Saken Kurbaniyazov, Nurlan Ongdas, Catalin Stefan, and Milovan Fustic

https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8380 

Organofacies and paleodepositional environments of the "black shale heav....pdf

Organofacies and paleodepositional environments of the “black shale heaven”, Mangyshlak Peninsula, Kazakhstan

High quality black shales in a low prospective Zaisan basin, Kazakhstan: A viable unconventional resource?

High quality black shales in a low prospective Zaisan basin, Kazakhstan_....pdf

Geochemical tools points to organic richness and possible unconventional hydrocarbon potential in previously underestimated organic rich Triassic and Jurassic strata, Precaspian Basin, Kazakhstan 

Gyuzel Yeltay, Riza Nurbekova, Madina Taubassova, Milovan Fustic 

21st Sedimentological Conference Beijing 2022