2026 March - 114 articles
Grain-scale heterogeneity strongly influences hydraulic fracture initiation and trajectory in crystalline rocks, yet its contributions to non-planar growth and the interaction of multiple nearby cracks remain insufficiently quantified. To address thi...
The Jiaodong gold concentration area, one of the most important gold metallogenic belts in China, has long been the focus of contentious debates regarding the genetic mechanisms and timing of gold mineralization. This study presents the new monazite...
Granitic rocks dominate Earth’s continental crust, yet the Hadean record is severely limited. Extraterrestrial evolved lithologies, crystallized under predominantly anhydrous, plate tectonics-free conditions analogous to those of early Earth, p...
Diopside–hedenbergite solid solution is the most common clinopyroxene end-member combination in mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks. The crystal structure variety caused by Mg-Fe isomorphous substitution can indicate geological processes such as Mg-Fe...
This study investigated sulphide textures and trace element chemistry from the Tomingley Gold Project (TGP) region of Central-West NSW, eastern Australia, using in situ techniques. In particular, the study focused on pyrite and arsenopyrite to gain i...
The Middle Tonian tectonic setting of the Jiangnan Orogen, South China, remains intensely debated, and is centered on two competing models: subduction–collision versus mantle plume. This study addresses this critical knowledge gap through an in...
Elemental migration and enrichment are important processes influencing tea plant growth and the assembly of rhizosphere bacterial communities within the rock–soil–plant continuum. This study explores how soil parent materials (granite, qu...
Metallogeny of low-K tholeiitic magmas in volcanic arcs is poorly documented and understood. The Mutnovsky volcano in Kamchatka erupted low-K tholeiitic basalt, basaltic andesite, andesite and dacite formed through partial melting of a depleted mantl...
As mineral exploration increasingly targets deeper and more geologically complex terrains, the need for reliable predictive models becomes critical to mitigating exploration risk and improving cost efficiency. Correspondingly, the effectiveness of de...
Geochemical anomaly detection is a critical stage in mineral exploration, playing a key role in predicting potential mineral targets. Traditional methodologies often struggle to integrate the spatial structure of geochemical data with underlying geol...
Coal gangue, the primary solid by-product of coal mining, presents severe environmental challenges due to massive accumulation. At the same time, it represents potential as a secondary resource if properly utilized. This review systematically summari...
This study investigates the long-term durability performance of Portland cement mortars incorporating 5% and 10% Ca-rich fly ash under 24 months of natural marine atmospheric exposure. An integrated experimental methodology was applied, combining gra...
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The transitional shale of the Upper Permian Longtan Formation in the Sichuan Basin is characterized by high organic matter abundance, wide distribution, and significant resource potential. This study systematically analyzes the sedimentary environmen...
Synergistic diagenetic evolution of sandstones and shales significantly impacts the quality of associated tight oil and shale oil reservoirs. Using integrated petrographic (thin sections, fluorescence thin sections, scanning electron microscopy with...
In recent decades, ion-adsorption-type rare earth element (iREE) deposits have been widely documented in the weathering crusts of granitic and volcanic rocks and their geological characteristics and genetic mechanisms extensively studied. Ion-adsorpt...
To promote the high-value utilization of fly ash (FA) and address the prolonged setting time and limited strength associated with conventional single-alkali activation, this study proposes a synergistic dual-alkali activation strategy using Ca(OH)2 a...
Research on shale reservoir characteristics and the controlling factors of gas content is critical for predicting shale gas “sweet spots”. Based on integrated geochemical, mineralogical, and petrophysical analyses, this study investigates...
Ion-adsorption rare earth element (REE) deposits represent strategic critical resources in China, which were traditionally considered to be predominantly hosted in granite weathering crusts. However, the recent discovery of new deposit types within t...
Soils play a fundamental role in plant nutrition as primary sources of potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg), whose availability depends on soil properties and environmental conditions. The composition of major cations in the soil solution is governed by...
Arsenic (As) contamination of soils is a critical environmental and geochemical concern, with its mobility and bioavailability largely controlled by molecular-scale interactions with soil minerals. This study investigates the adsorption behavior of a...
The deep integration of machine learning technology with geological prospecting has brought to the forefront a key challenge: how to construct geological-mineralization models by fusing multi-source data, select model features with guidance from meta...
Platinum group elements (PGE) are six rare highly siderophile metals which have similar chemical characteristics and occur together in mineral deposits: platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir) and osmium (Os). In nat...
Efficient recovery of critical metals from complex polymetallic ores relies on clarifying their mineralogical occurrence. A Cd-Ag-rich Pb-Zn ore from southwestern China was investigated via a multi-scale process mineralogy approach integrating reflec...
The demand for lead–zinc–antimony ore resources in China has increased steadily, while shallow deposits are approaching depletion, leading to intensified exploration for deep, concealed orebodies. Electro-geochemical surveys, as a penetra...
Permeability is affected by nanopores and pore structure, and anisotropic permeability is the result of shale lamination, orientation, and stratification of minerals. To understand the reasons for permeability anisotropy, the pore networks of over-ma...
The Guposhan ore field, located in the Nanling metallogenic belt, is well known for large-scale Sn-W mineralization genetically linked to the Late Jurassic Guposhan pluton. The Lisong pluton, a product of regional magmatism, occurs in the central par...
The newly identified greisen-hosted Nb-Ta mineralization in the Qidashan iron deposit, Liaoning Province, China, offers a unique opportunity to explore how hydrothermal processes contribute to the enrichment of critical metals. In this study, an inte...
To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first industrial machine learning (ML) study focused on wet vertical stirred media milling. The study develops and validates machine learning (ML) models to predict the key operating parameters, namely mil...
The Guanfang tungsten deposit in the Bozhushan ore district, southeastern Yunnan, is genetically linked to Late Yanshanian granitic intrusions. To elucidate the petrogenesis and mineralization potential of the causative granite, this study presents a...
The TaiLing Mausoleum in Western Qing Tombs has great aesthetic value and a rich history. In this study, we conducted an analysis of the materials used in the architectural polychrome paintings of the TaiLing Mausoleum. Optical microscopy (OM), porta...
Iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) deposits are widespread throughout the Carajás Province, Brazil, reflecting multiple Precambrian hydrothermal events. The Aquiri region is a relatively unexplored geological frontier in the northwester...
Naturally occurring halloysite nanotubes (HNTs), a clay mineral characterized by a unique dual-charge architecture, offer a promising strategy for enhancing the performance of composite polymer electrolyte (CPE). In this work, HNTs are introduced as...
Brazil hosts the second-largest rare earth element (REE) resources worldwide, with important LREE (monazite) deposits, associated with heavy minerals as placer deposits or with alkaline-carbonatitic deposits. The latter represent a considerable techn...
Late Early Jurassic continental arc magmatism in the northern Greater Khingan Range enables the investigation of complicated tectonic processes associated with the subduction and closure of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean. To further clarify the timin...
With the deepening of deep mineral exploration, traditional methods face bottlenecks in identifying concealed orebodies, making the establishment of a mineralogical exploration indicator system for collision-type porphyry deposits imperative. This st...
This review comprehensively examines the influence of clay plasticity on thermally induced volume changes in saturated clays, which is a critical factor in the design and performance of energy geostructures, nuclear waste repositories, and thermal gr...
Ultramafic minerals from the Goat Hill serpentine barrens, Chester County, Pennsylvania, were examined using scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy in conjunction with energy dispersive spectroscopy, selected area electron diffraction...
Coal gasification fine slag (CGFS), a major solid by-product of coal gasification, contains substantial unburned carbon. However, efficient carbon–ash separation during CGFS flotation is often restricted by its complex surface properties. This...
Spent carbon cathode (SCC), a hazardous solid waste discharged from aluminum electrolysis, exhibits significant fluoride and cyanide leaching toxicities. Existing high-temperature disposal strategies are constrained by high investment costs for speci...
Hydrothermal cobalt (Co) deposits are a significant source of Co; however, the sources of Co and hydrothermal fluids for such deposits remain poorly understood. This study addresses this issue through an investigation of the geology, mineralogy, and...
Eclogites exhumed from subduction channels are pivotal for deciphering the thermal structure of continental subduction zones. However, heterogeneities in bulk-rock composition and evolutionary history within the subduction channel can lead to variati...
In this study, representative soil profiles developed on clastic rock parent materials in Yunnan Province were investigated to elucidate the formation mechanisms of soil magnetic properties under weakly magnetic parent material conditions and to eval...
Reservoir quality in shallow lacustrine-mixed siliciclastic–carbonate systems is commonly governed by mineral assemblages and diagenetic modification. Here we investigate the Neogene Youshashan Formation (Oil Groups III–V) in the Nanyisha...
Phosphatic bioclastic laminae distributed along bedding planes have been recently discovered within the Jurassic Lianggaoshan Formation shale in the eastern Sichuan Basin. However, their characteristics and potential as shale oil and gas reservoirs r...
This study examines the marble resources of the Mani peninsula, southern Greece, a region that has long been known for its white, gray-black (bigio antico), green (cipollino verde Tenario), and particularly red (rosso antico or lapis Taenarium) and d...
This study investigates four rock–soil profiles developed from Proterozoic intermediate–acid rocks in the Maoniushan area of Xichang, Sichuan Province. Through systematic geochemical analysis of major and trace elements and X-ray diffract...
Phosphorus is crucial for reconstructing long-term feedback mechanisms between climate, the environment and ecology, as well as for assessing global biogeochemical changes. This study documents two thin yet laterally continuous phosphorite beds from...
In order to accurately evaluate the brittleness and plasticity during hydraulic fracturing of deep shale reservoirs, this study constructs a brittleness evaluation index for deep shales based on the energy evolution features from the complete stress&...
Shale lithofacies is a key geological factor controlling the hydrocarbon generation capacity and fracturing effectiveness of shale reservoirs. Current research on lithofacies remains insufficient for the exploration and evaluation of shallow shale ga...
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