Crater formation and erosional truncation of Arkhangelskaya kimberlite pipe (Russia) by A. V. Bolonin, P. A. Ignatov, A. V. Petrov

“…The calculation is based on the equality of the volume of host rocks eroded within the annular bell and the volume of terrigenous material contained in the crater deposits. …”
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Mineral chemistry and alteration patterns of Cr-spinel in serpentinized peridotites from NW Iran by Mohssen Moazzen, Masoumeh Ahangari, Roland Oberhänsli, Uwe Altenberger

“…The mélange includes serpentinized harzburgite, serpentinites, mafic rocks, radiolarite, layered red pelagic limestones and grey and white marbles. …”
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Record of Crustal Thickening and Synconvergent Extension from the Dajiamang Tso Rift, Southern Tibet by William B. Burke, Andrew K. Laskowski, Devon A. Orme, Kurt E. Sundell, Michael H. Taylor, Xudong Guo, Lin Ding

“…Zircon-He cooling ages of forearc rocks in the hanging wall of the Great Counter thrust are ~28 Ma, while Gangdese arc samples in the footwalls of the Dajiamang Tso rift are 16–8 Ma. …”
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A new method of discriminating different types of post-Archean ophiolitic basalts and their tectonic significance using Th-Nb and Ce-Dy-Yb systematics by Emilio Saccani

“…This diagram was obtained using >2000 known ophiolitic basalts and was tested using ∼560 modern rocks from known tectonic settings. Ten different basaltic varieties from worldwide ophiolitic complexes have been examined. …”
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Late Oligocene to Early Pliocene Exhumation and Structural Development in the Western Himalaya, Northern Pakistan: Implications for the Cenozoic Metamorphic Overprint by Irum Irum, Humaad Ghani, Edward R. Sobel, Gerold Zeilinger, Uwe Altenberger

“…Neoproterozoic to Lower Paleozoic rocks from the southern parts of Hazara and Swat show Mesozoic to Oligocene partially reset Ar–Ar muscovite ages and preservation of Ordovician metamorphism. …”
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Experimental study on the quasi-static and dynamic tensile behaviour of thermally treated Barakar sandstone in Jharia coal mine fire region, India by Adarsh Tripathi, Mohammad Mohsin Khan, Anindya Pain, Nachiketa Rai, Mohd Ashraf Iqbal

“…This experimental study represents the first attempt to validate the Kimberley model specifically for thermally treated rocks. Interestingly, the presence of water did not have a significant impact on the failure modes up to 400 °C, as the samples exhibited a dominant tensile failure mode, breaking into two halves with fewer fragments. …”
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Research of hard-to-recovery and unconventional oil-bearing formations according to the principle «in-situ reservoir fabric» by A. D. Alekseev, V. V. Zhukov, K. V. Strizhnev, S. A. Cherevko

“…In 2015, the company LLS Gazprom Neft adopted a corporate standard regulating a set of studies in the ideology of the «in-situ reservoir fabric» for methodological support of the pilot projects related to development of low-permeability rocks of the Bazhenov formation by creating artificial permeable zones by multi-stage hydraulic fracturing in horizontal wells. …”
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Types and microbial genesis of carbonate microbodies in Zoophycos from the Pennsylvanian to Cisuralian Taiyuan Formation in North China by Hui-Bo Song, Xiang-Yu Zhang, Shun-Xi Liu, Bin Hu, Rui-Rui Guo, Yu-Jun Bi

“…Abstract Many kinds of ichnofossil Zoophycos occur commonly in the carbonate rocks of Pennsylvanian to Cisuralian Taiyuan Formation in North China. …”
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Molecular simulation and microtextural characterization of quartz dissolution in sodium hydroxide by Abdullah Musa Ali, Noorhana Yahya, Abubakar Mijinyawa, Mohammed Yerima Kwaya, Surajudeen Sikiru

“…The quartz surface textural study indicates that dissolution of crystalline (granite) and clastic rocks (sandstone) is critical to the development of voids, which will improve permeability by providing channels and routes for the passage of hydrothermal and reservoir fluids.…”
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STRUCTURAL AND LITHOLOGICAL MODEL OF THE SHABERIVSKE DEPOSIT OF ELUVIAL KAOLIN by L.A. Figura, M.S. Kovalchuk

“…It was found that the geological heterogeneity of the rocks of the crystalline foundation was reflected in the structure and material composition of the weathering crust and, accordingly, in the structure (character of the relief of the sole and surface, thickness) and quality parameters (whiteness, harmful impurities) of eluvial kaolins.…”
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Phenotypic plasticity of the basidiomata of Thelephora sp. (Thelephoraceae) in tropical forest habitats by Itzel Ramírez-López, Margarita Villegas Ríos, Zenón Cano-Santana

“…Our observations showed that this taxon has clavarioid basidiomata that can become resupinate during development and growth if they are in contact with rocks, litter or live plants, establishing in the latter only an epiphytic relationship. …”
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SUBSTANTIATION OF AN ANALYTICAL MODEL OF RESERVOIR PORE CHANNELS HYDRAULIC TORTUOSITY IN WESTERN SIBERIA BASED ON CAPILLARY RESEARCH DATA by Rasul T. Akhmetov, Lyubov S. Kuleshova, Elchin Fikret ogly Veliyev, Vyacheslav V. Mukhametshin, Albina R. Safiullina

“…In accordance with the electrohydrodynamic analogy, when substantiating the analytical model of hydraulic tortuosity, it is proposed to use electrical tortuosity, which is quite well obtained by geophysicists for the following models of the void space geometry of oil and gas reservoir rocks: 1) a set of different cross sections capillaries, 2) simple dumbbell model, in which the tortuosity is determined by the narrowing and expansion of the pore channels sections, 3) complex dumbbell model, in which not only the cross section, but also the actual length of the pore channels changes. …”
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Astronomical time scale of the Turonian constrained by multiple paleoclimate proxies by Chao Ma, Mingsong Li

“…These cycles influence the climate that can be ultimately stored in sedimentary rocks. By cracking these (quasi-) periodic sedimentation signals, high resolution astronomical time scale (ATS) can be obtained. …”
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Diversified roles of mineral transformation in controlling hydrocarbon generation process, mechanism, and pattern by Jiazong Du, Jingong Cai, Tianzhu Lei, Yingli Li

“…Organic matter (OM) is intimately associated with minerals in clay-rich mudstones, leading to widespread organic-mineral interaction during hydrocarbon generation in argillaceous source rocks. What we are concerned is the effects of the different mineral properties on hydrocarbon generation process and mechanism during mineral transformation. …”
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Geochronological and Geochemical Study of Zircon from Tourmaline-Muscovite Granites of the Archaean Kolmozero–Voronya Greenstone Belt: Insights into Sources of the Rare-Metal Pegma... by Nikolay M. Kudryashov, Oksana V. Udoratina, Matthew A. Coble, Ekaterina N. Steshenko

“…The belt is represented by the Archaean volcano-sedimentary rocks (2.9–2.8 Ga). Deposits of rare-metal pegmatites (Li and Cs with associated Nb, Ta, and Be) occur within the belt and on its margins. …”
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Towards a better comprehension of reactive transport coupling experimental and numerical approaches by Bauer Daniela, Briolet Théo, Adelinet Mathilde, Moreaud Maxime, Sissmann Olivier, Pelerin Maxime, Fortin Jérôme, Bemer Elisabeth

“…In this work we focus on further understanding reactive transport in carbonate rocks, in particular limestones characterized by a bimodal pore size distribution. …”
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Quantifying a critical marl thickness for vertical fracture extension using field data and numerical experiments by Filiz Afşar, Elco Luijendijk

“…In both model experiments and field data the critical marl thickness for fracture extension is ca. 15–20 cm.This quantification of critical marl thicknesses can be used to improve predictions of fracture networks and permeability in layered rocks. Up- or downsampling methods often ignore spatially continuous impermeable layers with thicknesses that are under the detection limit of seismic data. …”
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Characterizing Peridotite Xenoliths From Southern Vietnam: Insight Into the Underlying Lithospheric Mantle by Kirby P. Hobbs, Lynne J. Elkins, John C. Lassiter, Nguyen Hoang, Caroline M. Burberry

“…Based on geothermobarometry calculations, fertile xenoliths have equilibrium temperatures of 923–1,034°C and pressures of 11.7–15.8 kbar, while refractory xenoliths have comparable temperatures of 923–1,006°C, but lower pressures of 7.1–10.0 kbar, suggesting refractory rocks are dominantly present at shallower depths. …”
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Method of increasing the reliability of telemetric well information transmitted by the wireless communication channel by Kamil Talyatovich Tyncherov, Nikolay Ivanovich Chervyakov, Maria Vyacheslavovna Selivanova, Igor Anatolevich Kalmykov

“…As a rule, telemetric devices are lowered into wells on a special logging cable, which provides power, control and transmission to the surface of the information about the relevant parameters of the operating mode of the wells and the surrounding rocks where data are recorded and processed. In the wells equipped with sucker rod pumps the packer insulating equipment is used that prevents the cable telemetry systems, so the information has to be transferred over wireless communication channels. …”
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The Long-Lasting Exhumation History of the Ötztal-Stubai Complex (Eastern European Alps): New Constraints from Zircon (U–Th)/He Age-Elevation Profiles and Thermokinematic Modeling... by Kyra Hölzer, Reinhard Wolff, Ralf Hetzel, István Dunkl

“…In the Ötztal-Stubai Complex—a thrust sheet of Variscan basement and Permo-Mesozoic cover rocks—the record of the first (Eoalpine) orogeny is well preserved because during the second (Alpine) orogeny, the complex remained largely undeformed. …”
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