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Check Dam Failures
Check dams are used in harsh environments to withstand enormous forces and to operate for long periods of time. Failure of check dams is a rare but...
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Self-potential data inversion utilizing the Bat optimizing algorithm (BOA) with various application cases
The Bat optimizing algorithm (BOA) is one of the metaheuristic algorithms and applied here to interpret self-potential (SP) data. The BOA is...
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Automatic DEXP method derived from Euler’s Homogeneity equation
The depth from extreme points (DEXP) method can be used for estimating source depths and providing a rough image as a starting model for inversion....
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1860-Ma I-Shaped Mafic Sills in the Murmansk Craton, Eastern Fennoscandia: Petrology and Tectonic Setting of Within-plate Mafic Events during Nuna Assembly
1860-Ma within-plate mafic rocks of the Eastern Murman Sill Province were studied in the northern part of the Murmansk Craton, where they compose...
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A synthesis of paleomonsoon and associated processes from the unique depocenter, Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea is a unique deep basin with limited connectivity with the global ocean. The riverine influx from the major rivers draining from the...
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Terminology for Volcanic Deposits and Rocks
In many modern active settings where eruptions and transportation processes have been witnessed, the naming of volcanic deposits and rocks can be...
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Multiple Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa
The Merensky Reef (MR) of the Bushveld Complex is known for containing the lion’s share of the world’s reserves of platinum group elements (PGE). It...
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Magma Emplacement and Accumulation: From Sills to Magma Chambers
The previous chapter has discussed the rise of magma throughout the crust. This fourth chapter focuses on the arrest, emplacement and accumulation of...
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The Basement and Dalradian Rocks of the North Mayo Inlier
Basement rocks of the North Mayo inlier are unique in Ireland in displaying a series of Palaeoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic orthogneisses (Annagh...
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The Raduzhnoe Au–Sulfide Deposit (Northern Caucasus): Geological Settings, Mineralogy, and Sources of Metals
AbstractThe Raduzhnoe Au–sulfide deposit (reserves 4.89 metric tons Au with an average grade of 2.9 ppm), attributed to the intermediate sulfidation...
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Structures Associated with the Dynamics of Granitic Rock Emplacement (NW Portugal)
This chapter proposes a fieldtrip on NW of Portugal (Oporto metropolitan area), which is a sequence of thematic stops. The stops began on deep...
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Iceberg and ice-keel ploughmarks on the Gdansk-Gotland Sill (south-eastern Baltic Sea)
New interpretation of the undulating moraine relief of the Gdansk-Gotland Sill, Baltic Sea is proposed. Relict iceberg and ice-keel ploughmarks were...
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Understanding Building Code Non-compliance for Setting Future Strategies
Despite lining up of technicians across 32 earthquake affected districts and having provided with housing grant, the National Reconstruction...
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Magma Transport Pathways in Large Igneous Provinces: Lessons from Combining Field Observations and Seismic Reflection Data
Large Igneous Province (LIP) formation involves the generation, intrusion, and extrusion of significant volumes (typically > 1 Mkm3) of mainly mafic...
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Modern and Relict Evidence of Iceberg Scouring at the Bottom of the Barents and Kara Seas
AbstractThe article systematizes and summarizes published data on the parameters and distribution areas of modern and relict iceberg scours (or...
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Past abrupt changes, tip** points and cascading impacts in the Earth system
The geological record shows that abrupt changes in the Earth system can occur on timescales short enough to challenge the capacity of human societies...
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Mineral chemistry of giant plagioclase basalt: Petrogenetic inferences
AbstractEarlier, whole-rock data assisted in constraining magmatic processes accountable for the evolution of Giant Plagioclase Basalt (GPB),...
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