Modeling Climate‐Driven Vegetation Changes Under Contrasting Temperate and Arid Conditions in the Mediterranean Basin by Marco Bianchini, Mohamed Tarhouni, Matteo Francioni, Marco Fiorentini, Chiara Rivosecchi, Jamila Msadek, Abderrazak Tlili, Farah Chouikhi, Marina Allegrezza, Giulio Tesei, Paola Antonia Deligios, Roberto Orsini, Luigi Ledda, Maria Karatassiou, Athanasios Ragkos, Paride D'Ottavio

“…Two spectral indices, NDVI (temperate area) and SAVI (arid area), served as vegetation proxies, classified into three classes using K‐means (NDVI: high = mainly associated with woodlands, medium = shrublands, continuous grasslands and crops, low = discontinuous grasslands, bare soil, and rocks; SAVI: high = mainly associated with woods, olive trees, and crops, medium = shrublands and sparse olive trees, low = bare soil and saline areas). …”
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Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental constraints on organic matter enrichment in the Paleocene strata in the Lishui Sag, East China Sea Shelf Basin by Shiyan Yin, Chuang Lei, Jiaren Ye, Jingfu Wu, Yu Wang, Ying Zhang, Xiaoying Han

“…Constructing the developmental models of organic-rich mudstones based on the covariation in the paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental conditions represents a valid method for understanding the hydrocarbon-generating potential of these source rocks.…”
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Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Baseplate Stability Is Affected by Bone Density and the Type and Amount of Augmentation by Daniel Ritter, Patric Raiss, Patrick J. Denard, Brian C. Werner, Manuel Kistler, Celina Lesnicar, Micheal van der Merwe, Peter E. Müller, Matthias Woiczinski, Coen A. Wijdicks, Samuel Bachmaier

“…Biomechanical testing included cyclic loading in an articulating setup, with optical pre- and post-cyclic micromotion measurements in a rocking horse setup. Results: There were no differences in bone density between groups based on CT scans (<i>p</i> > 0.126). …”
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Nature and Origin of Mineralizing Fluids in Hyperextensional Systems: The Case of Cretaceous Mg Metasomatism in the Pyrenees by Benoît Quesnel, Marie-Christine Boiron, Michel Cathelineau, Laurent Truche, Thomas Rigaudier, Gérard Bardoux, Pierre Agrinier, Michel de Saint Blanquat, Emmanuel Masini, Eric C. Gaucher

“…Considered as being responsible for the formation of talc, these fluids may be interpreted in several ways: (i) primary brines expelled from Triassic evaporites, (ii) secondary brines produced through halite leaching by diagenetic/metamorphic fluids, and (iii) brines derived from seawater serpentinization of mantle rocks. Stable isotope analyses (δ13C, δ18O, δD, and δ37Cl) and Cl/Br ratio measurements in fluid inclusions and their host minerals were carried out in order to determine the origin of the fluid(s) involved in the formation of the ore deposit. …”
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Genesis of the Daping Gold Deposit in the Middle Xuefeng Mountain Area, Southern China: Constraints from Geochemistry, Fluid Inclusion, and H-O-S Isotope by Xu Kong, Wen-Tian Mi, Xue-Yuan Qi, Shu-Jun Lǚ, Yu-Jun Dong, Jie Xin

“…The auriferous quartz-carbonate-sulfide veins and adjacent alteration rocks are structurally controlled within the NE (northeast) shear zone with NE, NNE (north-east-east), and NW (northwest) trending at high inclination angles. …”
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Phase Behavior Identification and Formation Mechanisms of the BZ19-6 Condensate Gas Reservoir in the Deep Bozhong Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, Eastern China by Zhenliang Wang, Shengdong Xiao, Feilong Wang, Guomin Tang, Liwen Zhu, Zilong Zhao

“…The proven oil and gas geological reserves in the deeply buried hills of the Archean metamorphic rocks, amount to approximately 3×108 tons of oil equivalent. …”
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Trend analysis of precipitation and temperature in Lahaul-Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh, India by Pankaj Kumar, Dhanjit Deka, Md. Arif Husain, Manish Kumar, Pandurang Choudhari, Shipra Singh, Azka Kamil, Abhishek Banerjee

“…The increase in rainfall can lead to a higher incidence of mudflows, landslides, floods, and other related events, as the region is made up of sedimentary rocks. Thus, it is crucial to continuously monitor the trends in temperature and precipitation.…”
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Genesis of the Bieyesamas Monzogranite of the Altay Mountain, Xinjiang, Northwestern China, and Its Rare Metal Resource Potential by Gengbiao Qiao, Xiaoyan Chen, Wenming Li

“…In the Bieyesamas monzogranite, the average contents of rare metals are obviously higher (Li=550×10−6, Be=10.18×10−6, Nb=18.91×10−6, Ta=2.14×10−6, Rb=500×10−6, and Cs=149.9×10−6) than the other rocks and Clark values of crust, which indicates that the Bieyesamas pluton has the enrichment potential of rare metals. …”
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Fractionation of Rare Earth Elements in Greisen and Hydrothermal Veins Related to A-Type Magmatism by Mikael Tillberg, Olga M. Maskenskaya, Henrik Drake, Johan K. Hogmalm, Curt Broman, Anthony E. Fallick, Mats E. Åström

“…Low calculated ∑REE concentration for bulk vein (15 ppm) compared to greisen (75 ppm), country rocks (173–224 ppm), and the intruding granite (320 ppm) points to overall low REE levels in the hydrothermal fluids emanating from the granite. …”
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Multivariate Statistical Analysis Reveals the Heterogeneity of Lacustrine Tight Oil Accumulation in the Middle Permian Jimusar Sag, Junggar Basin, NW China by Yuce Wang, Jian Cao, Keyu Tao, Xiuwei Gao, Erting Li, Chunhua Shi

“…Multiple biomarkers show that the source rocks and reservoirs have similar characteristics in the lower part of the formation, reflecting a proximal hydrocarbon accumulation pattern in the lower sweet spot (near-source accumulation, abbreviated as NA). …”
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Complex Study of Settlements Dating from the Paleolithic to Medieval Period in the Ural Mountains on the Border of Europe and Asia by Valentina Prikhodko, Nikita Savelev, Vyacheslav Kotov, Sergey Nikolaev, Evgeny Ruslanov, Mikhail Rumyantsev, Elena Manakhova

“…The proximity of sites to deposits of copper, chromium, zinc, and manganese in the Ural Mountains creates natural high-content anomalies in the region, as indicated by their abundance in soils and parent rocks. In the past, these elements were also released into CLs from metal products, ceramic fragments, and raw materials used in their manufacture. …”
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A suitability modeling based on geographic information system for potential micro hydropower dam site by O. Setiawan, H.Y.S.H. Nugroho, N. Wahyuningrum, D. Auliyani, K.S. Hardjo

“…These classes were typified by high drainage density, topographic wetness index, stream power index, low vegetation cover, moderate slope, situated on second or higher stream orders, normal temporal distribution of rainfall, and sandy clay loam soil texture with igneous and sedimentary complex rocks. The developed suitability model was sufficiently effective in determining dam suitability index, as indicated by a value greater than 0.9 of the area under the curve. …”
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Changes of Narrative: Osvald Sirén’s Photographic Modeling of Modern Research on Chinese Garden by Jiuwen GU, Yuanfeng SHI, Shan JIA

“…The expressiveness of Osvald Sirén’s individual works attempts to take into account all such elements as the complexity of gardens, the wandering line of sight brought about by scatter perspectives, the flow of light and the emphasis on the artistic conception of rocks. The localized images taken from different perspectives construct a distinct narrative language of gardens, an alternative spatial narrative language to the traditional garden narrative, accompanied by the emergence of an emerging research branch of garden space reading logic — a school of garden research based on modern iconography.ConclusionPhotographic interventions in garden space research were constrained by many technical conditions which posed substantial challenges to early photography. …”
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The effectiveness of the use of filter on the tilapia growth performance, number of Nitrosomonas sp., and water quality in aquaponics systems by Yuli Andriani, , Zahidah, Yayat Dhahiyat, Ujang Subhan, Irfan Zidni, Rusky Intan Pratama, Nadia Purnamasari Gumay

“…The treatments were: A (without addition of filter media), B (addition of palm fibers, silica sand, and activated carbon), C (addition of palm fibers, silica sand, gravel, and activated carbon), D (addition of palm fibers, silica sand, rocks, and activated carbon), and E (addition of palm fibers, silica sand, bioball, and activated carbon). …”
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Rome à la campagne : les décors en pierre de la villa de la Grande Boussue à Nouvelles (Mons, Belgique) by Catherine Coquelet, Roland Dreesen, Éric Goemaere, Éric Leblois, Marie-Thérèse Raepsaet-Charlier

“…Belgian stones are predominantly present: Devonian and Carboniferous grey-blue limestones, various Belgian marbles including the Gris des Ardennes and the Rance red marble, as well as clayey limestones of the Tournai stone type. Two magmatic rocks originate from Germany: the Berkum trachyte and the Trier diabase. …”
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