COMMENTS ON THE ARTICLE AUTHORED BY M.V. MINTS AND K.A. DOKUKINA – THE BELOMORIAN ECLOGITE PROVINCE (EASTERN FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELD, RUSSIA): MESO-NEOARCHEAN OR LATE PALEOPROTEROZOIC... by S. G. Skublov, A. V. Berezin, L. I. Salimgaraeva

“…According to our data, the eclogites of the White Sea mobile belt are among the most ancient high-pressure rocks, their reliably established age of metamorphism is circa 1.9 Ga, and the age of the magmatic protolith is the range of 2.2–2.9 Ga.…”
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IMPACT OF TECHNOGENIC WATERS ON THE RUDNAYA RIVER OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST by Valentina P. Zvereva, Konstantin R. Frolov, Anastasiya I. Lysenko

“…Methods: environmental monitoring – sampling and analysis of hydrochemical samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and atomic emission spectrometry; computer physical and chemical (thermodynamic) simulation in «Selektor-Windows» software complex; simulation of processes flowing on geochemical barriers «technogenic – natural surface waters» – formation of computer multi reservoir models by type of flow reactor; consideration of aqueous solutions formation on geochemical barriers was carried out at dilution of technogenic waters with natural waters in the ratio 1:1, 1:10, 1:100, 1:1000 to establish quantitative (elements of sulfide ores and host rocks) and qualitative (their ions and molecules) composition of water solutions and crystallization of technogenic minerals from them. …”
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Record of the genus Lycopodites in the Lower Permian of Paraná Basin, Brazil by Juliana Salvi, André Jasper, Fresia Ricardi-Branco, Mary Elizabeth C. Bernardes-de-Oliveira, Margot Guerra-Sommer

“…Thus, the specimens reported in this study such as Lycopodites sp., coming from sedimentary rocks of the Itararé Subgroup, São Paulo State, and Lycopodites riograndensis sp. nov., collected in Rio Bonito Formation, Rio Grande do Sul, represent the oldest fertile forms recorded for Gondwana and the first ones to be described for the Paraná Basin. …”
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Baseline seabed habitat and biotope mapping for a proposed marine reserve by Sonny T.M. Lee, Michelle Kelly, Tim J. Langlois, Mark J. Costello

“…In biotopes Por.Bry, Amph.Edw and Hyd, there where boulders and rocks were present, and diverse sponge, bryozoan and coral communities. …”
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Identification of impact cratering-related similarities based on airborne geophysical data and satellite images: the Cabeça de Sapo Structure, Parnaíba Basin, Northeast Brazil by Adolfo Barbosa da Silva

“…The first is interpreted as plateau-shaped residual relief formed by differential erosion of basaltic rocks and sandstones and the second is interpreted as a flat-relief dominated by eolian sandstones. …”
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LA-ICP-MS Analysis of Minerals from the Shizhuyuan W-Polymetallic Deposit, South China: Implications for Mineralization of Pb, W, Mo and Bi by Jiaxin Yuan, Qingye Hou, Zhongfang Yang, Zhaochu Hu, Tao Yu

“…Large amounts of W are precipitated in scheelite when the fluids come in contact with carbonate rocks to form skarn, while a few contents of Pb, Mo and Bi are distributed in skarn minerals. …”
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Spatial distribution and tectonic significance of the landslides triggered by the 2021 Ms6.4 Yangbi earthquake, Yunnan, China by Xiangli He, Xiangli He, Xiangli He, Chong Xu, Chong Xu, Chong Xu

“…Statistically, the landslide number and mobility increase with the slope angle; the south- and southeast-facing slopes and weaker metamorphic rocks are more prone to landslides; the higher the seismic intensity, the larger the density and scale of landslides. …”
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Mineral chemistry and genesis of Zr, Th, U, Nb, Pb, P, Ce and F enriched peralkaline granites of El-Sibai shear zone, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt by Mohamed A. Ali

“…El-Sibai mineralized shear zone trending NNE-SSW is located at the northern segment of Gabal El-Sibai (500m in length and 0.5 to 1.5 m in width). Rocks along the shear zone show different types of alterations such ashematization, kaolinitization, fluoritization, and silicification. …”
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Lithospheric heterogeneities of northeast India and Indo-Burma region: Geodynamic implications by O.P. Mishra

“…The low-V at shallow crustal layers may correspond to surface geological features, sedimentary materials or the faults associated with trapped fluids or loose pelgic sediments due to episodic tectonic upheavals, dehydration of the subducting Indian slab and serpentinization of the forearc mantle beneath the region, while high-V anomalies in the same depth range possibly indicate the presence of dense crystalline rocks under compressional stress that cause seismicity in the region. …”
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Hydraulic characterization of Pwales aquifer in Malta Island preparatory for planning managed aquifer recharge (MAR) pilot plant by Maria Clementina Caputo, Lorenzo De Carlo, Antonietta Celeste Turturro, Manuel Sapiano, Julian Mamo, Oriana Balzan, Luke Galea, Michael Schembri

“…Specifically, hydraulic properties of the rocks that constitute strata atop of the Pwales aquifer were determined by means of both laboratory measurements on samples and field test carried out in the studied area. …”
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Experimental Study on Performance Optimization of Grouting Backfill Material Based on Mechanically Ground Coal Gangue Utilizing Urea and Quicklime by Xiao Wang, Jixiong Zhang, Meng Li, Binbin Huo, Ling Jin

“…Previously conducted studies have established that grouting backfill in mining-induced overburden bed separation and mined-out areas with broken rocks provides an efficient strategy to control strata movement and surface subsidence caused by underground mining. …”
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Evasion of Gaseous Elemental Mercury from Forest and Urban Soils Contaminated by Historical and Modern Ore Roasting Processes (Idrija, Slovenia) by Federico Floreani, Elena Pavoni, Mateja Gosar, Stefano Covelli

“…Sites were selected in order to compare Hg⁰ fluxes from both forest soils heavily impacted by historical ore roasting and urban soils characterised by a different degree of Hg enrichment due to the natural occurrence of Hg in rocks or recent mining and roasting processes. Replicate measurements at each site were conducted using a non-steady state flux chamber coupled with a real-time Hg⁰ analyser (Lumex RA-915M). …”
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Fluid Inclusions and REE Geochemistry of White and Purple Fluorite: Implications for Physico-Chemical Conditions of Mineralization; an Example from the Pinavand F Deposit, Central... by Fatemeh Ghaedi, Batoul Taghipour, Alireza K. Somarin, Samaneh Fazli

“…The Pinavand fluorite deposit is hosted by lower Cretaceous carbonate rocks in the structural-geological transitional zone of Central Iran. …”
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Living in a cold tropical mountain: do the microhabitat use and activity pattern change with elevation in the high-Andean lizard Stenocercus trachycephalus (Squamata: Tropiduridae)... by Carol Tatiana Chamorro-Vargas, Sebastian Perez-Rojas, Uber Schalke Rozo Garcia, Juan Diego Rodríguez Rodríguez, Jherandyne Castillo-Rivera, Miguel Ángel Méndez-Galeano

“…The results support that this lizard is a microhabitat-generalist using principally herb across the gradient, rarely shifting to specific plants or microhabitats such as rocks depending on availability. Regarding the activity pattern, this species was active throughout the day from 8:00 to 16:00 with a similar pattern along the gradient. …”
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الطيف الغذائي عند سمك السرغوس Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus , 1758) من فصيلةالـ Sparidae في المياه البحرية الساحلية السورية... by أديب سعد, محمد مجاهد بطل

“…Feeding habits of Diplodus sargus, one of the most important marine fish in Syria, which inhabits littoral waters on rocky bottoms and sand close to rocks , at(50) m in Mediterranean, were investigated, this study was conducted on different indices of digestive contents of (437)commercial samples, which were caught from fishing zones along the Syria coast, during (1999-2000). …”
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Temporal and spatial radiogenic heat production rate of granitic plutons from the Eastern Pontides Orogenic Belt, NE Turkey: Constraints for the geothermal resources by Mehmet Arslan, İrfan Temizel, Esra Hatipoğlu Temizel

“…The evaluation of the geothermal potential of the granitic rocks is important in long-term sustainable renewable energy projects due to increasing energy demand. …”
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Palygorskite in caves and karsts: a review by Pavel Bosák, Nadja Zupan Hajna

“…Palygorskite occurs in cave fills in two forms: (1) allogenic palygorskite which in arid and semiarid conditions can represents substantial constituent of cave fills, often associated with smectite, gypsum, calcite and halite; it is airborne or transported by surface run-off to caves from desert soils and paleosoils, calcretes, dolocretes and related deposits in cave surroundings. (2) Authigenic palygorskite occurs as in situ precipitate in cave fills from percolating water solutions and/or transformation of smectite and kaolinite in dry evaporative conditions and suitable geochemical composition of solutions. In carbonate host-rocks palygorskite fills fissures and faults and often it is found in cave walls. …”
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Assessment of the content of metals and metalloids in the snow cover at the oil production sites (Middle River Ob region) by D. V. Moskovchenko, R. Yu. Pozhitkov, A. A. Tigeev

“…Calculations of enrichment coefficients (CO) using Li as a reference element demonstrated that Cu, Mn and Ni come from natural sources (rocks and soils), while the others have a mixed natural-anthropogenic origin. …”
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A possible paleorift zone in the Central Dharwar Craton of South Indian Shield: Evidence from regional gravity anomalies by J.V. Rama Rao, B. Ravi Kumar, B. Veeraiah

“…Bouguer gravity anomalies of this region possibly indicate that this may be a failed rift zone that has stopped before continental break up and filled with linear igneous granite body and volcanic rocks. Linear airborne magnetic anomalies also characterize this part of Dharwar Craton coinciding with gravity high zone. …”
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Trace fossils of an amalgamated storm-bed succession from the Jurassic of the Kachchh Basin, India: The significance of time-averaging in ichnology by Franz T. Fürsich, Alfred Uchman, Matthias Alberti, Dhirendra K. Pandey

“…The dominance of traces of deposit-feeders in rocks indicative of high-energy events is counterintuitive and points to their non-contemporaneity. …”
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