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Geosciences, Volume 11, Issue 6

June 2021 - 39 articles

Cover Story: In this issue, Hall et al. provide the first evidence for erosion by glacial ripping in sedimentary rock. Early Cambrian quartz sandstones at Loch Eriboll, NW Scotland, show extensive dilation along joints and bedding planes at shallow depth. Dilation was in response to very high subglacial water pressures and led to widespread brecciation. Traction from the moving glacier detached sheets and blocks of rock and reworked breccias into immature rubble tills. Ripping operated close to the margin of the ice sheet as it melted rapidly between 17.6 and 16.5 ka. View this paper.
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Articles (39)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,768 Views
12 Pages

Mountain headwater streams are still somewhat on the boundary of interest regarding possible human impact on their morphology or geomorphic processes, which may be caused by our perception of mountains as islands of relatively preserved natural condi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,779 Views
21 Pages

Alginite-Rich Layers in the Bazhenov Deposits of Western Siberia

  • Timur Bulatov,
  • Elena Kozlova,
  • Evgeniya Leushina,
  • Ivan Panchenko,
  • Natalia Pronina,
  • Andrey Voropaev,
  • Nikita Morozov and
  • Mikhail Spasennykh

In this study, we identified the luminescent layers containing a significant amount of alginite in the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Bazhenov Formation named “the alginite-rich layers”. Lithological and geochemical methods were used to determine di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,416 Views
21 Pages

Unique Path Method of the Pinch-Out Profile Based on Unified Stratigraphic Sequence

  • Zhen Liu,
  • Jin Luo,
  • Xiangdong Wang,
  • Weihua Ming and
  • Cuiying Zhou

Pinch-outs refers to the gradual thinning of the thickness of the sedimentary layer laterally until there is no deposition and are a major topic of modern research on the automated drawing of geological profiles. The rapid development of smart geolog...

  • Review
  • Open Access
56 Citations
10,530 Views
27 Pages

Groundwater contamination is one of the most concerning issues from uranium mining activities. Radionuclides cannot be destroyed or degraded, unlike some organic contaminants (and similar to metals). Besides, sites, where radionuclides may be found,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,443 Views
23 Pages

In the arid climate area north of Tenth of Ramadan City, southeast of the Nile Delta, Egypt, it is necessary to search for additional water resources for sustainable developments such as agricultural and industrial activities. Thirty two vertical ele...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,228 Views
30 Pages

Sensitivity of Earthquake Damage Estimation to the Input Data (Soil Characterization Maps and Building Exposure): Case Study in the Luchon Valley, France

  • Rosemary Fayjaloun,
  • Caterina Negulescu,
  • Agathe Roullé,
  • Samuel Auclair,
  • Pierre Gehl and
  • Marta Faravelli

This article studies the effects of the soil data and exposure data of residential building inventories, as well as their spatial resolution, on seismic damage and loss estimates for a given earthquake scenario. Our aim is to investigate how benefici...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,926 Views
15 Pages

Given its apparent limitations, various attempts have been made to develop alternative testing approaches to the standardized rolling-thread plastic limit (PLRT) method (for fine-grained soils), targeting higher degrees of repeatability and reproduci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,749 Views
27 Pages

The mechanical integrity of caprocks overlying injection formations is one of the key factors for safe storage of carbon dioxide in geological formations. Undrained effects caused by CO2 injection on strength and elastic parameters should be properly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,373 Views
21 Pages

Plio-Pleistocene Landscape Evolution of the Turano River Basin (Central Apennines, Italy): Insights from Continental Deposits’ Analysis and Drainage Network Development

  • Vania Mancinelli,
  • Gian Paolo Cavinato,
  • Francesco Ciavattella,
  • Alessandro Cecili,
  • Maurizio D’Orefice,
  • Carmela Epifani,
  • Gianluca Esposito,
  • Massimiliano Fazzini,
  • Giorgio Paglia and
  • Maurizio Parotto
  • + 1 author

Quaternary continental deposits record spatio-temporal changes of the landscape and offer insights for drainage network analysis and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. This paper focuses on the Turano River, a left tributary of the Velino River, whi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,764 Views
21 Pages

Archaeological sites are affected by changes due to a natural deterioration process over time. If not prevented, this may compromise the functionality of the cultural property, and in turn become pathological and result in degradation. Monitoring thr...

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