Examining Gravettian and Magdalenian mobility and technological organization with IR spectroscopy by Benjamin Schürch, Nicholas J. Conard, Patrick Schmidt

“…These analyses are based on differences and similarities in the mineralogy and crystallography of rocks. Using this method, we test for long-distance raw-material transport between the sites of the Swabian Jura and the Freiburg basin, 200 km to the south-west, and the region of the Altmühl Valley, 150 km to the north-east. …”
Get full text

Integrative analysis of the Aachen geothermal system (Germany) with an interdisciplinary conceptual model by Esteban Gómez-Díaz, Andrea Balza Morales, Peter A. Kukla, Maren Brehme

“…The model characterizes a non-magmatic, detachment fault-controlled convective thermal system, wherein the reservoir exhibits mixed properties of the mainly Devonian carbonate rocks. …”
Get full text

Hybrid Analytical and Numerical Approach for Modeling Fluid Flow in Simplified Three-Dimensional Fracture Networks by D. Roubinet, S. Demirel, E. B. Voytek, X. Wang, J. Irving

“…Here, we derive an alternative approach that does not rely on a full meshing of the fracture network yet maintains an accurate representation of the modeled physical processes. …”
Get full text

An Experimental Study of Seepage Properties in Crushed Sandstone and Mudstone by Qi-Le Ding, Shuai-Bing Song

“…To study the effects of compression rate and weight ratio of sandstone to mudstone on permeability, water flow tests were performed on crushed rocks using an in-house designed and built water flow apparatus. …”
Get full text

Introduced substrates trigger colonization by reef-associated fish in a degraded coastal system. by Maryann S Watson, Jon Dickson, Oscar Franken, Laura L Govers, Tjisse van der Heide, Sterre Witte, Britas Klemens Eriksson

Get full text

Measurements and Design Calculations for a Deep Coaxial Borehole Heat Exchanger in Aachen, Germany by Lydia Dijkshoorn, Simon Speer, Renate Pechnig

“…But after a 20-year period of operation, temperatures are too low to drive the adsorption unit for cooling. …”
Get full text

Rare Earth Elements in Mineral Deposits: Speciation in Hydrothermal Fluids and Partitioning in Calcite by Emily P. Perry, Alexander P. Gysi

“…Hydrothermal REE-bearing calcite is typically hosted in carbonatites and alkaline rocks, such as the giant Bayan Obo REE deposit in China and potential REE deposits such as Bear Lodge, WY. …”
Get full text

Improvement on the Key Element of Flexible U-Shaped Steel Support and Its Field Applications by Zhili Su, Shengguo Jing, Wenbing Xie, Qingteng Tang, Xingkai Wang

“…In China, there are a significant numbers of soft rocks roadways in underground coal mines. The roofs of these roadways are generally highly fractured, and traditional bolt installation does not provide sufficient supporting capacity. …”
Get full text

Finite Element Method Using a Characteristic-Based Split for Numerical Simulation of a Carbonate Fracture-Cave Reservoir by Liehui Zhang, Yuhui Zhou, Lei Zhao, Deliang Zhang

“…Fracture-cave carbonate reservoirs occur widely in source rocks and are prospects for exploitation worldwide. …”
Get full text

Sulfur Speciation in the Surface Sediments of Lakes from Different Regions, China: Characterization by S K-Edge XANES Spectroscopy by Wang Jingfu, Chen Jingan, Dai Zhihui, Yang Haiquan, Ma Chenyan

“…The results showed that sedimentary S in Qinghai Lake has a high proportion of sulfate averaged 88.9% due to physical weathering of watershed rocks, while deposited S in Taihu Lake has a high fraction of intermediate S (36.5%), which may be the response of the agricultural nonpoint source pollution in drainage basin. …”
Get full text

Sustainable application of waste gangue mortar in coal mine tunnel support by Yang Liu, Luming Zhu, Xijun Liang, Jintao He, Guiwen Suo, Haoran Wu, Bin Li, Zimu Wang

“…Abstract With the increase in coal mining depths, soft and fractured roadway surrounding rocks require grouting and a sprayed protective layer for maintenance. …”
Get full text

Study on Seismic Dynamic Response of Deep-Buried Tunnel Based on Tectonic Stress by Junjie He, Song Hu, Yonggang Guo

“…Dynamic mechanical parameters of the rocks were acquired through in-situ testing. Moreover, indoor tests were conducted to obtain the physical and mechanical properties of the rocks. …”
Get full text

Organic-Inorganic Geochemical Characteristics of the Upper Permian Pusige Formation in a High-Saline Lake Basin, Tarim Basin: Implications for Provenance, Paleoenvironments, and Or... by Jingbin Wang, Zhiliang He, Dongya Zhu, Zhiqian Gao, Xiaowei Huang, Quanyou Liu

“…Many paleoclimate and weathering proxies suggest a dominant semiarid condition and low weathering degree in the Yecheng-Hetian Sag, which led to that weathered felsic rocks from the West Kunlun Orogen to the southwest of basin were quickly transported into the lake basin. …”
Get full text

Chromosome-scale telomere to telomere genome assembly of common crystalwort (Riccia sorocarpa Bisch.) by Katarzyna Krawczyk, Joanna Szablińska-Piernik, Łukasz Paukszto, Mateusz Maździarz, Paweł Sulima, Jerzy Andrzej Przyborowski, Monika Szczecińska, Jakub Sawicki

“…., commonly known as common crystalwort, is a plant belonging to the Marchantiales order with a cosmopolitan distribution among a wide range of habitats: fields, gardens, waste ground, on paths, cliff tops, and thin soil over rocks or by water bodies. …”
Get full text

The fault systems that control the occurrences of iron ore deposits in northeastern Aswan, Egypt by Mohamed Abd El-Wahed, Ibrahim A. Salem, Mohamed Attia, Dina Younis

Get full text

Quantification of Tremolite in Friable Material Coming from Calabrian Ophiolitic Deposits by Infrared Spectroscopy by Antonella Campopiano, Angelo Olori, Annapaola Cannizzaro, Antonino Iannò, Pietro Paolo Capone

“…The quantitative analysis of tremolite using the band due to OH stretchings (3700–3650 cm−1) and the bands attributed to the Si-O-Si stretchings (1200–900 cm−1) showed high values for all test samples. …”
Get full text

Natural Background Level and Contamination of Shallow Groundwater Salinity in Various Aquifers in a Coastal Urbanized Area, South China by Pan Bi, Dongya Han, Chunyan Liu, Liquan Xiao, Heqiu Wu, Meng Zhang

Get full text

Kansei Analysis of the Japanese Residential Garden and Development of a Low-Cost Virtual Reality Kansei Engineering System for Gardens by Tatsuro Matsubara, Shigekazu Ishihara, Mitsuo Nagamachi, Yukihiro Matsubara

“…The garden is shown in public-view style with stereo 3D graphic projection. The rendering is scalable from low to high resolution and enables drop object shadowing, which is indispensable for considering the effect of daytime changes in insolation. …”
Get full text

Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

“…MCED technologies that were at an unclear stage of development and did not appear to be available for use were also included: Aristotle® (StageZero Life Sciences, Richmond, Ontario), CancerenD24 (unknown), OncoSeek® (SeekIn Inc., San Diego, CA, USA), SeekInCare® (SeekIn Inc., San Diego, CA, USA), OverC™ (Burning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, China), Carcimun test (Carcimun Biotech, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany) and SpecGastro (unknown). …”
Get full text

The Size Effect and Microstructure Changes of Granite after Heat Treatment by Zhongping Guo, Jian Li, Yongqi Song, Chengqian He, Fuyu Zhang

“…The fracture toughness of two kinds of rocks was tested by fracture tests, and the results were analyzed by a nonlinear fracture mechanics model (SEL). …”
Get full text