Geosciences, Volume 10, Issue 3

A pile foundation in a permafrost region is in a negative-temperature environment, so concrete is affected by the negative temperature of the surrounding soil. It not only affects the formation of concrete strength but also leads to engineering quali...

To analyze the response to hydrological conditions of an instable slope in a structurally complex clay formation, the hydraulic conductivity of the subsoil was estimated and pore water pressures were monitored. Two types of field tests were carried o...

In this Editorial, different aspects of palaeocoleopterological studies and contributions of the issue “The Evolutionary History of the Coleoptera” are discussed.

The article reviews the state of knowledge about distribution, sizes, dynamics, and ages of all sand seas (N = 6) and dune fields (N = 10) in Egypt (1,001,450 km2). However, chronological data (Optically Stimulated Luminescence, Thermoluminescence),...

Subtidal hard substrate habitats are unique habitats in the marine environment. They provide crucial ecosystem services that are socially relevant, such as water clearance or as nursery space for fishes. With increasing marine usage and changing envi...

While surface deformations and their impact on buildings have been observed in the city of Lanzhou, it is difficult to find studies of surface deformation and the influential factors in the recent decades. This study was designed to detect the spatia...

This paper presents an assessment of the potential usefulness of the Ground Conductivity Meter (GCM) method to locate seepage pathways in the Maniow levee zone near Kraków, Poland. We have realized this aim through geological recognition of th...

Rockfalls evolve rapidly and unpredictably in mountain environments and can cause considerable losses to human societies, structures, economical activities, and also natural and historical heritage. Rockfall risk analyses are complex and multi-scale...

This note first summarizes the history of the manuscript “On a Continuum Model for Avalanche Flow and Its Simplified Variants” by Grigorian and Ostroumov—published in this Special Issue—since the early 1990s and explains the g...

Whether magma accumulating in the crust develops into a persistent, eruptible magma body or an incrementally emplaced pluton depends on the energy balance between heat delivered to the bottom in the form of magma and heat lost out the top. The rate o...