Perceptions of Cipó Mountain Range National Park (MG, Brazil) Visitors for Geotourism by Ricardo Eustáquio Fonseca Filho, Paulo de Tarso Amorim Castro, Angélica Fortes Drummond Chicarino Varajão, Múcio do Amaral Figueiredo

“…The results show that: visitors are tourists (70%); do not seek the geology (62%) of the park, being the main motivations “waterfalls” (24%) and “contemplation of nature” (12%); believe that knowledge of geology helps in understanding the landscape (32%); relate geological heritage to rocks and relief (28%) and that their importance is due to life on Earth (24%), that their degradation diminishes the attractiveness of the landscape (96%) and they are interested (98%) in knowing more, in particular geology and geomorphology (58%); do not know what is geotourism (46%) and of these believe that the park can be conserved through geotourism (96%); do not know what a geopark is (66%) but correlate it to the protection of geological heritage (35%) and consider that geopark benefits include preservation, scientific research and education (65%). …”
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Water on Mars—A Literature Review by Mohammad Nazari-Sharabian, Mohammad Aghababaei, Moses Karakouzian, Mehrdad Karami

“…Water on the planet is evaluated through various evidence such as rocks and minerals, Martian achondrites, low volume transient briny outflows (e.g., dune flows, reactivated gullies, slope streaks, etc.), diurnal shallow soil moisture (e.g., measurements by Curiosity and Phoenix Lander), geomorphic representation (possibly from lakes and river valleys), and groundwater, along with further evidence obtained by probe and rover discoveries. …”
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Cenozoic Dynamic Topography of Madagascar by S. N. Stephenson, N. J. White, A. Carter, D. Seward, P. W. Ball, M. Klöcking

“…Finally, inverse modeling of rare earth element concentrations in Neogene mafic rocks indicates that melting of the asthenospheric source occurred at depths of ≤65 km with potential temperatures of 1300–1370 °C. …”
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Petrogenesis of the Nashwaak Granite, West-Central New Brunswick, Canada: Evidence from Trace Elements, O and Hf Isotopes of Zircon, and O Isotopes of Quartz by Wei Zhang, David R. Lentz, Kathleen G. Thorne

“…The biotite granite is interpreted to be solely derived by partial melting of old basement rocks of Ganderia and fractionally crystallized at the <i>f</i>O₂ of 10⁻²¹ to 10⁻¹⁰ bars. …”
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STRUCTURAL, GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CRITERIA FOR EPITHERMAL HIGH-SULFIDATION GOLD MINERALIZATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF SVETLOE ORE FIELD (KHABAROVSKIY KRAY) by Dmitry V. Lesnyak, Yury S. Ananyev, Roman Yu. Gavrilov

“…The following main conclusions: the Svetloe ore field has characteristics typical of epithermal deposits of acid-sulfate gold mineralization: it is located in a volcanic belt, confined to central-type volcanic apparatuses controlled by faults; gold mineralization is accompanied by advanced argillic and quartz altered rocks: secondary quartzites of zonal structure, were drawn. …”
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PALEOGEOGRAPHIC, LITHOLOGICAL-GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES AND BITUMINITY OF ZHIVETIAN DEPOSITS OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN OF THE ALTAI-SAYAN FOLDED REGION by Marina I. Shaminova, Irina V. Rychkova, Kristina N. Saar

“…Purpose: paleogeographic reconstruction of sedimentation environments favorable for oil and gas accumulation, as well as identification and assessment of the prospects for oil and gas potential of Paleozoic sediments in the rocks of the Paleozoic basement. Methods: lithological-petrographic, paleontological, paleogeographic, lithogeochemical (X-ray spectral, scanning electron microscopy, luminescence microscopic, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)). …”
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Eruditing from indigenous adaptation strategies for resilient and sustainable coastal erosion management in southeastern Ghana by Shine Francis Gbedemah

“…However, in places where armour rocks are used to protect the land, people now see them as preventing them from enjoying the natural beach as they used to and as a hindrance to their livelihoods of fishing. …”
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A Rare Glimpse of Paleoarchean Life: Geobiology of an Exceptionally Preserved Microbial Mat Facies from the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation, Western Australia. by Jan-Peter Duda, Martin J Van Kranendonk, Volker Thiel, Danny Ionescu, Harald Strauss, Nadine Schäfer, Joachim Reitner

“…Paleoarchean rocks from the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia provide a variety of clues to the existence of early life on Earth, such as stromatolites, putative microfossils and geochemical signatures of microbial activity. …”
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Regional Analysis of Tracer Tests in the Karstic Basin of the Gacka River (Croatian Dinaric Karst) by Andrej Stroj, Maja Briški, Jasmina Lukač Reberski, Tihomir Frangen

“…The Croatian part of the Dinaric karst region extends for several hundred kilometers along the Adriatic coast and consists almost entirely of highly karstified carbonate rocks. The groundwater basins in these areas almost never match the surface morphology of the terrain. …”
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Determination Systems of Nb and Ta in Geochemical Samples and Rare Earth ores by ICP-MS and ICP-AES by GAO Hui-yan

“…Through the analysis of a series of national certified reference samples of soil, stream sediments, rocks and rare earth ores, the results show that mixed acid pre-treatment coupled with ICP-MS had a linear range of 0-200 ng/mL and detection limits of Nb and Ta were 0.01 μg/g and 0.05 μg/g, respectively. …”
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Morphology, mineralogical composition and genesis of vertisols in liman Bolshoi (Volgograd region) by A. E. Kaganova, E. B. Varlamov, N. A. Churilin, R. E. Musaelyan

“…Mineralogical analysis of chocolate clays (parent rocks) showed their high heterogeneity depending on the depth of the studied layer. …”
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Interventions and policies aimed at improving nutrition in Small Island Developing States: a rapid review by Catherine R. Brown, Kern Rocke, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, Ian R. Hambleton

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Middle–Late Triassic sedimentation in the Helanshan tectonic belt: Constrain on the tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Ordos Basin, North China by Jiaopeng Sun, Yunpeng Dong

“…Detailed geological mapping and investigation on the lithological package, sedimentary facies and paleocurrent orientation have been conducted on the Middle to Upper Triassic clastic rocks in the Helanshan tectonic belt. The succession is characterized by upward-fining sequence and comprises coarse grained alluvial-fluvial facies in the lower part as well as deltaic-lacustrine facies in the upper part. …”
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The Rio Piranhas-Seridó Domain, Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil: Review of geological-geochronological data and implications for stratigraphy and crustal evolution by Vladimir Medeiros, Rogério Cavalcante, Frank Gurgel Santos, Joseneusa Brilhante Rodrigues, Jocilene dos Santos Santana, Alan Pereira Costa, Izaac Cabral Neto

“…With respect to the supracrustal rocks of the Seridó Group, the deposition in the Ediacaran is based on field relations and on the ages of detrital zircons, which showed a greater contribution from Mesoarchean to Neoproterozoic sources, the vast majority of which may come from the PSD itself. …”
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Semi-real time systems for subsidence monitoring in areas affected by underground mining: the example of the Nuraxi-Figus coal district (Sardinia, Italy) by L. Ammirati, D. Di Martire, F. Bordicchia, D. Calcaterra, G. Russo, N. Mondillo

“…Abstract Underground mining can produce subsidence, which can be coincident with mining activities or delayed in response to the time-dependent deformation of the rocks. Therefore, in these cases, it is essential to effectively monitor the soil deformations at different times during and after mining activity. …”
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Geological diversity fostering actions in geoconservation: An overview of Brazil by Maria da Glória Garcia, Debora Silva Queiroz, Vanessa Costa Mucivuna

“…It reflects a geological history that can be identified in the rocks, sediments, landforms, soils and active processes. …”
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Spatio-temporal evolution of ground motion intensity caused by reservoir-induced seismicity at the Pertusillo artificial lake (southern Italy) by Matteo Picozzi, Vincenzo Serlenga, Tony Alfredo Stabile

“…Our results show that the microseismicity is clearly associated with the Pertusillo artificial lake in the first period, whereas in the second period is a result of a combination of local effects due to water table oscillations of the lake itself, regional tectonics, and the poroelastic and elastic phenomena associated with carbonate rocks hosting aquifers.…”
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Occurrence and Distribution of Moganite and Opal-CT in Agates from Paleocene/Eocene Tuffs, El Picado (Cuba) by Jens Götze, Klaus Stanek, Gerardo Orozco, Moritz Liesegang, Tanja Mohr-Westheide

“…Agates in Paleocene/Eocene tuffs from El Picado/Los Indios, Cuba were investigated to characterize the mineral composition of the agates and to provide data for the reconstruction of agate forming processes. The volcanic host rocks are strongly altered and fractured and contain numerous fissures and veins mineralized by quartz and chalcedony. …”
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Hydrodynamics and hydrogeochemistry of Werenskiold Glacier forefield, SW Spitsbergen by Magdalena Modelska, Sebastian Buczyński

“…The water temperature, especially in the lakes, exceeding the mean daily air temperature during the ablation period, is due to the heating of the ground moraine rocks. A clear difference between groundwater chemical composition and surface water as well as subglacial runoff in terms of major ions, together with the homogeneity of chemical composition of the proglacial river from spring to mouth confirmed the marginal role of groundwater runoff in the drainage of the catchment area. …”
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GEOCHEMICAL AND MAGNETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS FROM CENTRAL KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA by Gusfrimanuel Nahan, Satria Bijaksana, Putu Billy Suryanata, Khalil Ibrahim

“…It is believed that both the source rocks and the sedimentary settings of these deposits determine whether certain elements (Sc, Fe, and Zr) are present or absent in Central Kalimantan placer deposits. …”
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