Interferences and Matrix Effects on Iron Isotopic Composition Measurements by 57Fe-58Fe Double-Spike Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry; the Importance of... by F. Lacan, L. Artigue, J. K. Klar, C. Pradoux, J. Chmeleff, R. Freydier

“…While working with samples with potentially high calcium or aluminum contents (such as calcite minerals or tests, bones and teeth, or marine samples and crustal rocks), we recommend to carefully take into account Ca and Al while tuning the instrument and checking the measurement accuracy with isotopic standards (i.e., doping the isotopic standard with Ca and Al levels comparable to those of the samples).…”
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ICP-MS Measurement of Trace and Rare Earth Elements in Beach Placer-Deposit Soils of Odisha, East Coast of India, to Estimate Natural Enhancement of Elements in the Environment by Nimelan Veerasamy, Sarata Kumar Sahoo, Rajamanickam Murugan, Sharayu Kasar, Kazumasa Inoue, Masahiro Fukushi, Thennaarassan Natarajan

“…The comparison of the chondrite normalized REE patterns of soil with hinterland rocks such as granite, charnockite, khondalite and migmatite suggested that enhancement of trace and REEs are of natural origin.…”
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Heavy metal pollution characteristics and potential ecological risk assessment of soils around three typical antimony mining areas and watersheds in China by Yanting Qi, Xiangdong Wei, MengJie Zhao, Weisong Pan, Chao Jiang, Jinbiao Wu, WaiChin Li

“…The results revealed that the overall soil heavy metal levels in the Lengshuijiang mining area and the Nandan mining area were in a high-risk state, most likely due to the mining and smelting of metal ores and the weathering of mineralised rocks. showing a high-potential ecological risk in these mining areas. …”
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Potential and favorable areas of petroleum exploration of ultra-deep marine strata more than 8000 m deep in the Tarim Basin, Northwest China by Guangyou Zhu, Yinghui Cao, Lei Yan, Haijun Yang, Chonghao Sun, Zhiyao Zhang, Tingting Li, Yongquan Chen

“…This research is based on source rocks in the Cambrian, Sinian, and Nanhua System, formation and preservation of ultra-deep carbonate reservoirs, phase of petroleum and accumulation assemblages in ultra-deep strata, the exploration fields deeper than 8000 m were also evaluated to sort out the most favorable areas and, future exploration focuses on the Ordovician, Cambrian, and Sinian strata are pointed out. …”
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The Use of Callovo-Oxfordian Argillite as a Raw Material for Portland Cement Clinker Production by Joelle Kleib, Mouhamadou Amar, Georges Aouad, Xavier Bourbon, Mahfoud Benzerzour, Nor-Edine Abriak

“…Excavated soils and rocks are materials obtained in construction works that could represent an ecological issue if a durable and efficient reuse process is not set. …”
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Using Rover-analogous Methodology to Discriminate between Volcanic and Sedimentary Origins in Successions Dominated by Igneous Composition by R. Aileen Yingst, Julie K. Bartley, Barbara A. Cohen, Brian M. Hynek, Linda C. Kah, Richard Archer, Michael Lotto, Jennifer Tuggle Mooney, Justin L. Wang, Brittan Wogsland, Robert F. Coker

“…Results suggest that, in a succession dominated by rocks having basaltic composition, current rover-driven decision-making protocols are sufficient to support a first-order interpretation of a sequence of sedimentary and volcanic layers. …”
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Bentonite–Concrete Interactions in Engineered Barrier Systems during the Isolation of Radioactive Waste Based on the Results of Short-Term Laboratory Experiments by Ivan Morozov, Sergey Zakusin, Pavel Kozlov, Olga Zakusina, Marat Roshchin, Michail Chernov, Kirill Boldyrev, Tatiana Zaitseva, Ekaterina Tyupina, Victoria Krupskaya

“…At present, the Russian Federation is elaborating the concept of deep geological disposal of radioactive waste in crystalline rocks of the Yeniseisky site, where bentonite clays play an important role in ensuring the safety of the repository for a long period of time. …”
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Inversion of time-frequency electromagnetic well seismic modeling to probe the inner structure of deep volcanic reservoir: A case study of LD area in Bohai Bay Basin by Xiaodong Suo, Weibin Dong, Dongyang Shi, Yuezheng Li

“…Except for the relatively large distribution range of volcanic reservoir facies in stage 3, the volcanic rocks in other stages are mainly confined to the crater, mainly in eruption facies, and their scale is significantly reduced. …”
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The Geodynamic Implications of Passive Margin Subduction in Northwest Turkey by C. F. Campbell, M. A. Mueller, M. H. Taylor, F. Ocakoğlu, A. Möller, G. Métais, P. M. C. Coster, K. C. Beard, A. Licht

“…Thus, widely outcropping late Cretaceous plutonic rocks within Eurasia must have belonged to an additional convergent margin.…”
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Hybrid Interval Type-2 Fuzzy PID+I Controller for a Multi-DOF Oilwell Drill-String System by Abdelbaset Laib, Billel Talbi, Abdelbasset Krama, Mohamed Gharib

“…The drill-string system considered here has four degrees of freedom in the down-hole parts and the model takes the nonlinear interactions of the drill bit and the rocks into account, including friction torque and the mud drilling effect. …”
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The structural framework of the north-central Guiana Shield: a fossil fold-and-thrust belt in northeastern Roraima state, Brazil by Túlio Amós de Araújo Mendes, Antonio Charles da Silva Oliveira, Marcelo Esteves Almeida, Fabrício de Andrade Caxito, Tiago Amâncio Novo

“…ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT - UNCORRECTED PROOF The northeastern Roraima state (Brazil), located in the north-central portion of the Guiana Shield, shows shallow-granitoids and associated volcanic rocks of the Orocaima Igneous Belt (2.00-1.96 Ga) overlaid by the Arai Formation sedimentary succession (1.96-1.87 Ga). …”
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In Situ U–Th–Pb Dating of Parisite: Implication for the Age of Mineralization of Colombian Emeralds by Uwe Altenberger, Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte, Yueheng Yang, Jimmy Fernández-Lamus, Tobias Häger, Christina Guenter, Alejandra Gonzalez-Pinzón, Felipe Charris-Leal, Julia Artel

“…Our study shows that the REE abundance of parisite is controlled by the leaching of the wall rocks (black schist). Furthermore, we show that the parisite-Ce crystals formed in textural equilibrium with the emeralds, suggesting a similar time of crystallization. …”
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Influence of Hydrate-Forming Gas Pressure on Equilibrium Pore Water Content in Soils by Daria Sergeeva, Vladimir Istomin, Evgeny Chuvilin, Boris Bukhanov, Natalia Sokolova

“…Most natural gas hydrate accumulations exist in pore space and are associated with reservoir rocks. Therefore, gas hydrate studies in porous media are of particular interest, as well as, the phase equilibria of pore hydrates, including the determination of equilibrium pore water content (nonclathrated water). …”
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Carboniferous to Early Permian tectono-sedimentary evolution in the western Junggar Basin, NW China: implication for the evolution of Junggar Ocean by Fan Yang, Jianzhong Li, Shan Lu, Baoli Bian, Hailei Liu, Yanzhao Wei, Xuefeng Qi, Hao Yang

“…The discovery of Carboniferous hydrocarbon source rocks in the Mahu-Shawan Sag has implied considerable exploration potential in the Carboniferous strata in the western Junggar Basin. …”
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The Long-Term Tectonism of the Longshou Shan in the Southwest Alxa Block—Constrained by (U-Th)/He Thermochronometric Data by Changhuan Feng, Wenjun Zheng, Jiabao Jia, Shiqi Wei, Weitao Wang

“…The ZHe dates of these granite rocks range from 7.2 to 517.7 Ma, showing a negative correlation with eU values. …”
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Prediction of flash flood susceptibility using integrating analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and frequency ratio (FR) algorithms by Muhammad Majeed, Linlin Lu, Muhammad Mushahid Anwar, Aqil Tariq, Aqil Tariq, Shujing Qin, Mohamed E. El-Hefnawy, Mohamed El-Sharnouby, Qingting Li, Abdulrahman Alasmari

“…Also, the study considered eight most influential flood-causing parameters are Digital Elevation Model, slop, distance from the river, drainage density, Land use/Land cover, geology, soil resistivity (soil consisting of different rocks and soil formation) and rainfall deviation. …”
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An Unusually Warm Upper‐Crust in the Late Paleozoic North China Continental Arc: Implications for the Thermal Modification of the Giant Bayan Obo REE Deposit by Shuan‐Hong Zhang, Mei‐Fu Zhou, Yue Zhao, Qi‐Qi Zhang, Guo‐Hui Hu, Ling‐Hao Kong, Sen Wang, Jun‐Ling Pei, Daniel P. Miggins

“…We conducted new zircon U‐Pb and 40Ar/39Ar dating of metamorphic and igneous Neoarchean to Permian mid‐to upper‐crustal rocks exhumed along a north−south corridor across the western NCA and its retroarc foreland. …”
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Long Wavelength Progressive Plateau Uplift in Eastern Anatolia Since 20 Ma: Implications for the Role of Slab Peel‐Back and Break‐Off by Caner Memiş, Oğuz H. Göğüş, Ebru Şengül Uluocak, Russell Pysklywec, Mehmet Keskin, A.M. Celal Şengör, Gültekin Topuz

“…The presence of voluminous volcanic rocks/melt production across the plateau—younging to the south—corroborates geophysical interpretations (e.g., high heat flow and lower seismic velocities) that suggest progressive removal of the slab subducting under the Pontides. …”
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Accumulation characteristics of continuous sand conglomerate reservoirs of Upper Permian Upper Wuerhe Formation in Manan slope area, Junggar Basin by Liliang HUANG, Ran WANG, Yang ZOU, Min WAN, Qiusheng CHANG, Yongxin QIAN

“…The results showed that the source rocks of Fengcheng Formation on the southern slope were widely distributed, with a large thickness, good type and high maturity. …”
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Pyrite Textures, Trace Elements and Sulfur Isotope Chemistry of Bijaigarh Shales, Vindhyan Basin, India and Their Implications by Indrani Mukherjee, Mihir Deb, Ross R. Large, Jacqueline Halpin, Sebastien Meffre, Janaína Ávila, Ivan Belousov

“…The Vindhyan Basin in central India preserves a thick (~5 km) sequence of sedimentary and lesser volcanic rocks that provide a valuable archive of a part of the Proterozoic (~1800–900 Ma) in India. …”
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