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Earth Sciences
Hong-** Liang
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Open AccessRemote effects of Tibetan Plateau spring land temperature on global subseasonal to seasonal precipitation prediction and comparison with effects of sea surface temperature: the GEWEX/LS4P Phase I experiment
The prediction skill for precipitation anomalies in late spring and summer months—a significant component of extreme climate events—has remained stubbornly low for years. This paper presents a new idea that ut...
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Open AccessStudy of the Dynamic Failure Characteristics of Anisotropic Shales Under Impact Brazilian Splitting
The mechanical behaviors of shales with transversely isotropic characteristics under dynamic loading have great significance for structural instability in geotechnical engineering. To understand the effect of ...
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Open AccessPredicting discharge coefficient of weir–orifice in closed conduit using a neuro-fuzzy model improved by multi-phase PSOGSA
This study investigates the viability of a strong algorithm (PSOGSA) merging particle swarm optimization (PSO) and gravity search algorithm (GSA) in tuning adaptive neuro-fuzzy system (ANFIS) parameters for mo...
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Open AccessApplication of novel binary optimized machine learning models for monthly streamflow prediction
Accurate measurements of available water resources play a key role in achieving a sustainable environment of a society. Precise river flow estimation is an essential task for optimal use of hydropower generati...
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Open AccessManganese carbonate stromatolites of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in Chengkou, northern Yangtze Craton, China
The origin process of manganese ores remains unsolved worldwide. Exploring the origins of stromatolites that contain manganese may be a key to deciphering the sedimentary environments and metallogenic processe...
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Open AccessMicrofabric features of microbial carbonates: experimental and natural evidence of mold holes and crusts
Results of our study based on examination of induced precipitation of carbonate by a cyanobacterium, Lyngbya in the laboratory, and the analyses of microphotographs of both modern and ancient microbial carbonates...
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Open Access3D anatomy and flow dynamics of net-depositional cyclic steps on the world’s largest submarine fan: a joint 3D seismic and numerical approach
Supercritical flows are ubiquitous in natural environments; however, there is rare 3D anatomy of their deposits. This study uses high-quality 3D seismic datasets from the world’s largest submarine fan, Bengal ...
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Open AccessRapid aerobic granulation using biochar for the treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater
Aerobic granular sludge technology has great potential for the treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater. However, strategies to shorten the granulation time and improvement the stability still need to be dev...
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Open AccessHalysis Høeg, 1932 — an ancestral tabulate coral from the Ordos Basin, North China
The problematic calcareous microfossil Halysis is abundant in the Middle Ordovician Darriwilian Stage of the western edge of the Ordos Basin, North China. The rich and well-preserved specimens of Halysis in this ...
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Open AccessGeochemical characteristics and genetic mechanism of the high-N2 shale gas reservoir in the Longmaxi Formation, Dianqianbei Area, China
As an important pilot target for shale gas exploration and development in China, the Longmaxi Formation shale in the Dianqianbei Area is characterized by high content of nitrogen, which severely increases expl...
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Open AccessDeep-water depositional architecture and sedimentary evolution in the Rakhine Basin, northeast Bay of Bengal
Since the consecutive discovery of several gas fields from 2004 to present, the Rakhine Basin has been an active area for petroleum exploration in the Bay of Bengal. High-resolution 3D seismic data and well da...
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Open AccessLiquefaction structures induced by the M5.7 earthquake on May 28, 2018 in Songyuan, Jilin Province, NE China and research implication
An earthquake of magnitude M5.7 occurred in Yamutu village, Songyuan City, Jilin Province, NE China (45°16′12″N/124°42′35″E) on May 28, 2018, with a focal depth of 13 km. The epicenter is located at the inters...
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Groundwater Selenium Level and its Enrichment Dynamics in Seawater Intrusion Area along the Northern Coastal Zones of Shandong Province, China
The variation of groundwater properties caused by seawater intrusion, such as OH–, TDS, \({\text{SO}}_{4}^{{2 - }},\) ...
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Performance evaluation of MSK and OFDM modulations for future GNSS signals
The objective of this work is to investigate the performances of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and minimum frequency shift keying (MSK) modulations as potential future global navigation sat...
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Open AccessIncreased precipitation during the Little Ice Age in northern Taiwan inferred from diatoms and geochemistry in a sediment core from a subalpine lake
We studied diatoms in a 55.5-cm-long sediment core from a subalpine lake in northern Taiwan, Tsuifong Lake (TFL), to investigate environmental changes from AD 490 to present. Diatom assemblages of the last cen...
