CO₂-Water-Rock Interaction and Pore Structure Evolution of the Tight Sandstones of the Quantou Formation, Songliao Basin by Yue Zhao, Songtao Wu, Yongjin Chen, Cong Yu, Zhichao Yu, Ganlin Hua, Modi Guan, Minjie Lin, Xiaobo Yu

“…Representative samples were collected at 24 h, 72 h, 192 h and 432 h to study the CO₂ water-rock interaction and to analyze the mineral composition, pore structure and the evolutionary characteristics of physical reservoir properties over time. …”
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Petrological Characteristics and Rock Nomenclature of Sedimentary Bauxite Gas Reservoir: A Case Study of Bauxite in Taiyuan Formation of Ordos Basin by Na Liu, Junxiang Nan, Xingying Wang, Yanning Yang, Peng Yin, Renyan Zhang

“…In this paper, X-ray diffraction, polarizing microscope, scanning electron microscope, and other methods are used to analyze the mineral composition and structure of bauxite rocks in the study area and give appropriate names. …”
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S1PR2 antagonist ameliorate high glucose-induced fission and dysfunction of mitochondria in HRGECs via regulating ROCK1 by Wei Chen, Hong Xiang, Ruifang Chen, Jie Yang, Xiaoping Yang, Jianda Zhou, Hengdao Liu, Shaoli Zhao, Jie Xiao, Pan Chen, Alex F. Chen, Shuhua Chen, Hongwei Lu

“…The protein expression levels of RhoA, ROCK1, and Dynmin-related protein-1(Drp1) were evaluated by immunoblotting; mitochondrial morphology was observed by electron microscopy; intracellular levels of ATP, ROS, and Ca2+ were measured by ATPlite, DCF-DA, and Rhod-2 AM assays, respectively. …”
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Smart waste management perspective of COVID-19 healthy personal protective materials in concrete for decorative landscape pavements and artificial rocks by Ahmed Abd El Aal, Mabkhoot A. Alsaiari, Ahmed E. Radwan, Amr Fenais

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Feedbacks between the formation of secondary minerals and the infiltration of fluids into the regolith of granitic rocks in different climatic zones (Chilean Coastal Cordillera) by F. J. Hampl, F. Schiperski, C. Schwerdhelm, N. Stroncik, C. Bryce, F. von Blanckenburg, F. von Blanckenburg, T. Neumann

“…</p> <p>We explored the dependence of mineral transformations on climate during the weathering of granitic rocks in two 6 m deep weathering profiles in Mediterranean and humid climate zones along the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. …”
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Mineralogical and geochemical studies on apatites and phosphate host rocks of Esfordi deposit, Yazd province, to determine the origin and geological setting of the apatite by Mohammad Ali Rajabzadeh, Kiamars Hoseini, Zohreh Moosavinasab

“…<br><br> Results<br> Field observation shows that igneous host rocks in Esfordi were intensively altered by hydrothermal fluids. …”
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Examining key mobility resources through denial of service attacks on proposed global name resolution services by Rock, Colleen T

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Crossdressing to Backbeats: The Status of the Electroclash Producer and the Politics of Electronic Music by David Madden

“…Electroclash also emphasizes, rather than hides, the European, trashy elements of electronic dance music. The coming together of rock and electro is examined vis-à-vis the ongoing changing sociality of music production/distribution and the changing role of the producer. …”
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Tuning of Liver Sieve: The Interplay between Actin and Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Regulates Fenestration Size and Number in Murine Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells by Bartlomiej Zapotoczny, Karolina Szafranska, Malgorzata Lekka, Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Peter McCourt

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Microwave steam activation, an innovative pyrolysis approach to convert waste palm shell into highly microporous activated carbon by Yek, Peter Nai Yuh, Liew, Rock Keey, Osman, Mohammad Shahril, Lee, Chern Leing, Chuah, Joon Huang, Park, Young-Kwon, Lam, Su Shiung

Observations of the development of Xanthoparmelia farinosa under optical and electron microscopy by Renato Andrés García, Vilma Gabriela Rosato

“…Xanthoparmelia farinosa is a foliose lichen widely distributed in South America, growing not only on rocks but also on man-made structures. This species has abundant soralia, but it is unknown how development occurs from the soredium to the formation of a complete thallus. …”
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Electron Probe Microanalysis of Hf and Ti in Zircon: Significance and Advantage by LI Xiaoli

“…BACKGROUND Zircon is an important refractory mineral that is ubiquitous in most magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. It can provide robust U-Pb age(s) for most geologic processes. …”
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Ballen Quartz in Jänisjärvi Impact Melt Rock with High Concentrations of Fe, Mg, and Al: EPMA, EDS, EBSD, CL, and Raman Spectroscopy by Daria A. Zamiatina, Dmitry A. Zamyatin, Georgii B. Mikhalevskii

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Convolutional Neural Network Chemometrics for Rock Identification Based on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Data in Tianwen-1 Pre-Flight Experiments by Fan Yang, Weiming Xu, Zhicheng Cui, Xiangfeng Liu, Xuesen Xu, Liangchen Jia, Yuwei Chen, Rong Shu, Luning Li

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Co2+ removal from wastewater using apatite prepared through phosphate waste rocks valorization : Equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics studies by Zineb Labaali, Sanaê Kholtei, Jamal Naja

“…The phosphate waste rocks were valorized to apatite (HA) using a simple dissolution/precipitation method. the achievement of the HA phase was confirmed by the use of a set of characterization methods, namely: X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence Spectrometer, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). …”
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Draft genome sequence of Bosea sp. WAO an arsenite and sulfide oxidizer isolated from a pyrite rock outcrop in New Jersey by Alexandra B. Walczak, Nathan Yee, Lily Y. Young

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Multi-method characterization of rare blue quartz-bearing metavolcanic rocks of the Rio dos Remédios Group, Paramirim Aulacogen, NE Brazil by Danielle Cruz da Silva, Lauro Montefalco, Gláucia Queiroga, Glenda Lira Santos, Mahyra Tedeschi

“…Its basal formation, Novo Horizonte, crops out in the Paramirim region mainly as metavolcanic rocks that represent one of the fewer occurrences of blue quartz phenocrysts in South America. …”
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Inhibitory mechanism of fly ash on alkali-silica reactivity of siliceous rock fine aggregate: A case study of Yangxi concrete dam by Jianguo Chen, ZhuoJie Huang, Weilian Du, Yuling Zhu, Mingsheng Shi, Binghan Xue

“…The inhibition mechanism of fly ash on the siliceous rock fine aggregate was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) techniques. …”
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Source rock and reservoir qualities of middle Jurassic Lianggaoshan lacustrine shale at fuxing area, Sichuan Basin: Implication for shale-oil enrichment by Pengwei Wang, Zhongbao Liu, Dianwei Zhang, Xiong Li, Haotian Liu, Lin Zhou, Peng Li

“…The lithological, organic geochemical, and reservoir characteristics of the Lianggaoshan Formation shale were analyzed using a suite of tests, including common thin section observation, organic carbon determination, pyrolysis experiment, combined N2-high pressure mercury test and argon ion polishing-scanning electron microscope, to elucidate source rock and reservoir qualities and their variation in vertical. …”
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Formation of Diagenetic Minerals in the Carboniferous Rock Complex from the Fore-Sudetic Monocline (SW Poland): Fluid Inclusion, Isotopic and Raman Constraints by Aleksandra Kozłowska, Katarzyna Jarmołowicz-Szulc, Marta Kuberska, Krystyna Wołkowicz

“…After microscopic analysis of rocks and minerals in thin sections, the following techniques were used: luminescence analysis (UV, blue light), microthermometric analysis of fluid inclusions in double-sided polished wafers, cathodoluminescence analysis, electron scanning microscope studies, XRD analyses, stable isotopic analyses (carbon, oxygen) on calcite and dolomite-ankerite and Raman spectra of fluid inclusions. …”
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