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Minerals, Volume 11, Issue 2

February 2021 - 135 articles

Cover Story: Digital rock physics allows determining macroscopic rock behavior based on a microscale representation. The accuracy of property prediction depends on the quality of the microtomographic images. This study presents a process-based method to reconstruct the full 3D microstructure of three reservoir sandstones, including grain deposition and diagenetic cementation. It enables efficiently generating synthetic sandstone samples comprising the microstructural complexity of natural rocks and considering any desired size, sorting, and shape of grains. In view of a virtual laboratory, these samples can be further altered to examine the impact of geochemical alterations or fracturing on various petrophysical correlations, which is of particular relevance for a sustainable exploration and utilization of the geological subsurface. View this paper
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Articles (135)

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,682 Views
18 Pages

Experimental Study of Pt Solubility in the CO-CO2 Fluid at Low fO2 and Subsolidus Conditions of the Ultramafic-Mafic Intrusions

  • Alexander Simakin,
  • Tamara Salova,
  • Anastassia Y. Borisova,
  • Gleb S. Pokrovski,
  • Olga Shaposhnikova,
  • Oksana Tyutyunnik,
  • Galina Bondarenko,
  • Alexey Nekrasov and
  • Sergey I. Isaenko

23 February 2021

The solubility of Pt in CO-CO2 fluid was studied experimentally at P = 50–200 MPa and T = 950 °C. A mixture of MgC2O4 and MgCO3 was used as a source of the fluid. Upon the reaction of the Pt capsule walls and the fluid, a carbonyl of platinum is form...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,702 Views
23 Pages

Re-Os Age and Stable Isotope (O-H-S-Cu) Geochemistry of North Eastern Turkey’s Kuroko-Type Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits: An Example from Cerattepe-Artvin

  • Ali Ucurum,
  • Cigdem Sahin Demir,
  • Nazmi Otlu,
  • Mustafa Erturk,
  • Taner Ekici,
  • Jason Kirk,
  • Joaquin Ruiz,
  • Ryan Mathur and
  • Greg B. Arehart

23 February 2021

The eastern Pontide tectonic belt (EPTB) contains greater than 350 identified Kuroko type volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits/mineralization/occurrences (VMSD). The deposits are associated with Late Cretaceous felsic volcanics consisting mainly of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,270 Views
19 Pages

23 February 2021

Manganese (polymetallic) nodules on the deep seafloor in the open ocean have attracted great interest because of their economic potential. Visual data on nodules found on the deep seafloor such as photographs and videos have increased exponentially w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,634 Views
15 Pages

23 February 2021

The subject of this work is the assemblage of anhydrous sulfate minerals formed on burning coal-heaps. Three burning heaps located in the Upper Silesian coal basin in Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Radlin and Rydułtowy near Rybnik were selected for the resear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
11,438 Views
18 Pages

23 February 2021

Decanter centrifuges are frequently used for thickening, dewatering, classification, or degritting in the mining industry and various other sectors. Their use in an industrial process chain requires a sufficiently accurate prediction of the product a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,488 Views
22 Pages

A Combined Soda Sintering and Microwave Reductive Roasting Process of Bauxite Residue for Iron Recovery

  • Chiara Cardenia,
  • Efthymios Balomenos,
  • Pritii Wai Yin Tam and
  • Dimitrios Panias

22 February 2021

In this study an integrated process is presented as a suitable method to transform Fe3+ oxides present in bauxite residue into magnetic oxides and metallic iron through a microwave roasting reduction, avoiding the formation of hercynite (FeAl2O4). In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,867 Views
20 Pages

22 February 2021

This paper presents a new detailed study including zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic, whole-rock geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic analyses of conglomerate and granitic pebbles from the molasse deposits in central Jilin Province, NE China. These data are used to...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,095 Views
8 Pages

22 February 2021

The aim of this study was to compare leaching characteristics of metals from printed circuit boards (PCBs), taken from waste electrical and electronic equipment in the presence and in the absence of the iron-oxidizing bacteria, Acidithiobacillus ferr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,724 Views
22 Pages

21 February 2021

The international seabed area (i.e., the “Area”) is rich in mineral resources. According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the relevant implemented agreements, in 2012, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) began...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,152 Views
17 Pages

Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Inversions for Time-Domain Airborne Electromagnetic Data

  • Yang Su,
  • Changchun Yin,
  • Yunhe Liu,
  • Xiuyan Ren,
  • Bo Zhang and
  • Bin Xiong

20 February 2021

Rocks and ores in nature usually appear macro-anisotropic, especially in sedimentary areas with strong layering. This anisotropy will lead to false interpretation of electromagnetic (EM) data when inverted under the assumption of an isotropic earth....

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Minerals - ISSN 2075-163X