Effect of Thiouronium-Based Ionic Liquids on the Formation and Growth of CO₂ (sI) and THF (sII) Hydrates by Mário R. C. Soromenho, Anastasiia Keba, José M. S. S. Esperança, Mohammad Tariq

“…Two different methods were selected to perform a thermodynamic and kinetic screening of the CO₂ hydrates using a rocking cell apparatus: (i) an isochoric pressure search method to map the hydrate phase behavior and (ii) a constant ramping method to obtain the hydrate formation and dissociation onset temperatures. …”
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Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of stromatolitic carbonates from the greenstone belts of Dharwar Craton and Cuddapah basin of Peninsular India by Arubam C. Khelen, C. Manikyamba, Li Tang, M. Santosh, K.S.V. Subramanyam, Th Dhanakumar Singh

“…Oldest rocks are sparsely distributed within the Dharwar Craton and little is known about their involvement in the sedimentary sequences which are present in the Archean greenstone successions and the Proterozoic Cuddapah basin. …”
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Reassessment of historical sections from the Paleogene marine margin of the Congo Basin reveals an almost complete absence of Danian deposits by Floréal Solé, Corentin Noiret, Delphine Desmares, Sylvain Adnet, Louis Taverne, Thierry De Putter, Florias Mees, Johan Yans, Thomas Steeman, Stephen Louwye, Annelise Folie, Nancy J. Stevens, Gregg F. Gunnell, Daniel Baudet, Nicole Kitambala Yaya, Thierry Smith

“…We find an almost complete absence of Danian-aged rocks in the Landana section, contrary to prevailing interpretations over the last half a century (only the layer 1, at the base of the section, seems to be Danian). …”
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Fold-Related Fracture Distribution in Neogene, Triassic, and Jurassic Sandstone Outcrops, Northern Margin of the Tarim Basin, China: Guides to Deformation in Ultradeep Tight Sandst... by Junpeng Wang, Lianbo Zeng, Xianzhang Yang, Chun Liu, Ke Wang, Ronghu Zhang, Xiguang Chen, Yuanji Qu, Stephen E. Laubach, Qiqi Wang

“…Both opening and shear-mode fractures are extremely necessary reservoir elements for gas production in these rocks but are challenging to characterize with sparse core and well log observations. …”
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Genetic Consequences of Hybridization in Relict Isolated Trees <i>Pinus sylvestris</i> and the <i>Pinus mugo</i> Complex by Karolina Sobierajska, Witold Wachowiak, Julia Zaborowska, Bartosz Łabiszak, Błażej Wójkiewicz, Maciej Sękiewicz, Anna K. Jasińska, Katarzyna Sękiewicz, Krystyna Boratyńska, Katarzyna Marcysiak, Adam Boratyński

“…A unique example of an early Holocene relict population of <i>P. sylvestris</i> and <i>P. uliginosa</i> (a taxon from the <i>P. mugo</i> complex) growing on the tops of Jurassic sandstone rocks is located in Błędne Skały (Sudetes). Phenotypically, there are trees resembling <i>P. sylvestris</i>, <i>P. uliginosa</i> and intermediate forms between them. …”
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Late Guadalupian–early Lopingian marine geochemical records from the Upper Yangtze, South China: Implications for climate-biocrisis events by Ruixuan Li, Ruixuan Li, Shi Sun, Shi Sun, Wenpeng Xia, Wenpeng Xia, Anqing Chen, Anqing Chen, James G. Ogg, James G. Ogg, Shuai Yang, Shenglin Xu, Zhiwei Liao, Di Yang, Mingcai Hou, Mingcai Hou

“…Subsequently, the δ13Ccarb presents a rapid positive shift at approximately 259.4 Ma, and climate transformed from interglacial to P4 glacial, indicating that the climate rapidly cooled before the Emeishan LIP completely ended, which may be due to carbon sinks caused by weathering of mafic rocks, and may also be associated with a significant reduction in global volcanic activity. …”
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Different Cooling Histories of Ultrahigh-Temperature Granulites Revealed by Ti-in-Quartz: An Electron Microprobe Approach by Di Zhang, Yi Chen, Qian Mao, Shujuan Jiao, Bin Su, Si Chen, Kyaing Sein

“…Ti-in-quartz, a useful indicator of temperature, can decipher the thermal evolution of crustal rocks. Here we apply the Ti-in-quartz (TitaniQ) thermometer to ancient ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) granulites from the Khondalite Belt (KB) in the North China Craton (NCC) and young UHT granulites from the Mogok Metamorphic Belt (MMB), Myanmar. …”
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Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 Bare Soil Temporal Mosaics of 6-Year Periods for Soil Organic Carbon Content Mapping in Central France by Diego Urbina-Salazar, Emmanuelle Vaudour, Anne C. Richer-de-Forges, Songchao Chen, Guillaume Martelet, Nicolas Baghdadi, Dominique Arrouays

“…Airborne gamma-ray thorium, slope and S2 bands (e.g., bands 6, 7, 8, 8a) and indices (e.g., calcareous sedimentary rocks, “calcl”) from the “late winter–spring” time series were the most important covariates in this model. …”
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Characteristics of Ions Composition and Chemical Weathering of Tributary in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region: The Perspective of Stratified Water Sample from Xiaojiang River by Di Wang, Guilin Han, Bogen Li, Mingming Hu, Yuchun Wang, Jinke Liu, Jie Zeng, Xiaoqiang Li

“…PC1 was the weathering end-member of rocks, including the main ions except K⁺ and NO₃–N, and PC2 may be the mixed end-member of atmospheric input and anthropogenic input. …”
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The Na_2−nH_n[Zr(Si₂O₇)]∙mH₂O Minerals and Related Compounds (<i>n</i> = 0–0.5; m = 0.1): Structure Refinement, Framework Topol... by Natalya A. Kabanova, Taras L. Panikorovskii, Vladimir V. Shilovskikh, Natalya S. Vlasenko, Victor N. Yakovenchuk, Sergey M. Aksenov, Vladimir N. Bocharov, Sergey V. Krivovichev

“…The crystal structure of keldyshite can be derived from that of parakeldyshite by the Na⁺ + O²⁻ ↔ OH⁻ + □ substitution mechanism, widespread in the postcrystallization processes in hyperagpaitic rocks.…”
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Typical misinterpretations and scientific concepts in well-logging geologic studies by Jin Lai, Xiaojiao Pang, Xin Zhao, Yidi Zhao, Guiwen Wang, Yuyue Huang, Hongbin Li, Yuhang Li

“…The method and theoretical system of well logging geology have been widely used in the fields of basic geology, petroleum geology and engineering geology, but the different response sensitivity of different well logging series to geological information and the mismatching between geophysical properties of multiple well logs and geological genesis of rocks frequently result in misunderstandings in the research process of well logging geology. …”
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Remediation of grassland subsidence and reduction of land occupation with tailings backfill technology: a case study of lead-zinc mine in Inner Mongolia, China by Xinzheng Chen, Xinzheng Chen, Lijie Guo, Lijie Guo, Yabo Zhou, Wenyuan Xu, Wenyuan Xu, Yue Zhao, Yue Zhao

“…The existence of mined voids will cause surface subsidence, and the surface stockpiling of tailings and waste rocks occupy a large amount of land and the risk of Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) failure. …”
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Discovery of eclogites in Jinsha River suture zone, Gonjo County, eastern Tibet and its restriction on Paleo-Tethyan evolution by Yuan Tang, Ya-dong Qin, Xiao-dong Gong, Yao-yao Duan, Gang Chen, Hong-you Yao, Jun-xiong Liao, Shi-yong Liao, Dong-bing Wang, Bao-di Wang

“…However, the P-T-t path and chronological framework of the metamorphic evolution in the collisional orogenetic process of this zone are still poorly understood owing to the lack of metamorphism research of symbolic high-pressure rocks. During a regional geological survey on a scale of 1 : 50000 in Gonjo County, Tibet Autonomous Region involved in this paper, (retrograde) eclogites lenses of different scales were found in Jinsha River suture zone, eastern Tibet for the first time. …”
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Mineralization Age and Hydrothermal Evolution of the Fukeshan Cu (Mo) Deposit in the Northern Great Xing’an Range, Northeast China: Evidence from Fluid Inclusions, H–O–S–Pb Isotope... by Yong-gang Sun, Bi-le Li, Qing-feng Ding, Yuan Qu, Cheng-ku Wang, Lin-lin Wang, Qing-lin Xu

“…Sulfur and lead isotope results indicate that the ore-forming materials of the Fukeshan Cu (Mo) deposit were likely to have originated from Late Jurassic intrusive rocks. The available data suggest that fluid cooling and incursions of meteoric water into the magmatic fluids were two important factors for Cu precipitation in the Fukeshan Cu (Mo) deposit. …”
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Correlations among large igneous provinces related to the West Gondwana breakup: A geochemical database reappraisal of Early Cretaceous plumbing systems by Antomat A. Macêdo Filho, Maria Helena B.M. Hollanda, Stephen Fraser, Alisson L. Oliveira, Alanny C.C. Melo, Alana R. Dantas

“…High Ti tholeiites are relevant in the northern PMP and EMP, and dominant in EQUAMP. Evolved rocks (SiO2 = 57–65 wt.%) interpreted as byproducts of assimilation and/or fractional crystallization (AFC) processes from high Ti tholeiitic magmas, are scarce (but present) in all three provinces. …”
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Scavenging and release of REE and HFSE by Na-metasomatism in magmatic-hydrothermal systems by Wu-Bin Yang, He-Cai Niu, Ning-Bo Li, Pete Hollings, Shannon Zurevinski, Roger H. Mitchell

“…Exploitable or potentially exploitable deposits of critical metals, such as rare-earth (REE) and high-field-strength elements (HFSE), are commonly associated with alkaline or peralkaline igneous rocks. However, the origin, transport and concentration of these metals in peralkaline systems remains poorly understood. …”
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Quaternary volcanism in the Yura Monogenetic Field near Arequipa city, southern Peru by Rigoberto Aguilar, David Arteaga, David Arteaga, Nélida Manrique, Benjamin van Wyk de Vries, Kevin Cueva, Edu Taipe, Hervé Guillou, Vincent Scao

“…The eruptive products show ubiquitous olivine phenocryst-rich (&lt;10 vol%) set in a fine pilotaxitic groundmass, suggesting rapid ascent of basaltic magmas to the surface controlled by the tectonic setting. The analyzed rocks lie in a narrow range of basaltic-andesite composition (50.9–55.6 wt% SiO2) being the most mafic Pleistocene - Recent volcanic products identified in the Arequipa basin, along with the least differentiated magmas from the nearby Chachani volcanic cluster. …”
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The Study of Uranium Accumulation in Marine Bottom Sediments: Effect of Redox Conditions at the Time of Sedimentation by Nadezhda Khaustova, Yulia Tikhomirova, Svetlana Korost, Elena Poludetkina, Andrey Voropaev, Mikhail Mironenko, Mikhail Spasennykh

“…To evaluate the effect of redox conditions at the sedimentation stage on uranium content and U/TOC ratio in marine source rocks, we analyzed the accumulation of uranium in modern marine bottom sediments formed in different redox conditions. …”
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An Old Pathogen in a New Environment–Implications of Coxiella burnetii in Australian Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) by Brett R. Gardner, John Stenos, Jasmin Hufschmid, John P. Y. Arnould, Rebecca R. McIntosh, Mythili Tadepalli, Anita Tolpinrud, Marc Marenda, Michael Lynch, Andrew Stent

“…Third trimester aborted fetuses (n = 46) and full-term placentas (n = 66) from Australian fur seals, were collected on Kanowna Island and Seal Rocks in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. Utilizing routine hematoxylin and eosin histopathology, Cb immunohistochemistry and two different qPCR targets–htpAB and com1, Cb was identified. …”
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Enhancement in Structural and Electroluminescence Properties of Green Light Emission for Semipolar (11–22) InGaN/GaN Based Grown on m-Plane Sapphire via Low Temperature Ammonia Tre... by Gary Tan, Ahmad Shuhaimi, Rizuan Norhaniza, Norhilmi Zahir, Yan Jie Low, Yew Hoong Wong, Wan Haliza Abd Majid

“…Both samples have been characterized using optical microscope (OM), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), X-ray rocking curve (XRC) and Electroluminescence (EL). …”
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