Current Research Projects

Dr. Qing’s research focuses on petrography, diagnesis and geochemistry of carbonate rocks and their implications on reservoir development and mineralization in the sedimentary basins. Together with his research team at the University of Regina, Dr. Qing is working on the following projects in southeast Saskatchewan and elsewhere in the world:

• Ordovician Red River carbonate with M. Urban (MSc student) and K. Heinemann (MSc student).
• Middle Devonian Winnippegosis carbonate with Dr. Bergman (U of R) and Q. Fu (PhD student).
• Mississippian Alida carbonate with C. Rott (PhD student);
• Mississippian carbonate reservoirs in the Steelman Field with A. Nimegeers (MSc student) and A. Marsh (MSc student).
• Regional geology and its implication for CO₂ injection in the Weyburn Field with Dr. Bergman (U of R), E. Nickel (MSc student) and G. Gerla (MSc student).

• An outcrop studying on stratigraphy and diagenesis of Middle Devonian carbonates in the Rocky Mountains in NE British Columbia with S. Rose (PhD student) and C. Wang (MSc. Student).
• Geochemistry of Ordovician carbonate reservoirs in the Ordos Basin in China with Dr. Zhang (Chengdu University of Technology) and Dr. Chi (U of R).
• Diagengesis and geochemistry of Jingding Pb-Zn deposits in China with Dr. Xie (Changan University) and Dr. Chi (U of R).

Dr. Qing’s another research interest is on reconstruction of paleoclimatic record based on isotopic signatures from carbonate minerals. Currently he is working on the following projects:

• “O and C isotopic records of speleothems in southeastern China: implications for tectonics and climatic changes” with J. Cosford (PhD student).
• “Secular variation of isotopic composition of seawater: implications for paleoclimatic changes with Dr. Chen (Chinese Academy of Science).