2025 June - 45 articles
Urban expansion in coastal areas involves infrastructure development, industrial growth, and mining activities. These coastal environments face various environmental and geological hazards that require geo-engineers to devise solutions. An integrated...
The geological containment of high-level radioactive waste has become widely accepted among international organizations, and it has been adopted by many countries as part of their national nuclear waste disposal plan. The multi-barrier system, includ...
The Shu-Sarysu Basin in central-southern Kazakhstan remains one of the underexplored gas-prone provinces, with 12 discovered gas fields including Amangeldy (884 Bcf) and Pridorozhnoye (225 Bcf). In the context of global energy transition, such basins...
Mineral fluorescence under different portions of the visible and invisible light spectrum has a long history of scientific study. In our study of marine sediments from the Georgia Bight, we have utilized the blue portion of the light spectrum in the...
Researchers are exploring eco-friendly alternatives to Portland cement, such as geopolymers, which require reactive aluminosilicate sources. This study evaluated the reactivity of six calcined clays (heated at 700 °C) in the presence of an alkali...
This study presents a novel conceptual model to explain the differential rotation within Earth’s layers, a phenomenon observed through seismic wave studies but not fully understood. While geodynamo theory and electromagnetic coupling models hav...
The Carpathian orogen represents a natural laboratory for the study of geodynamic interactions between lithospheres of different ages. The ancient Archean Cratons, such as the East European Craton, and Proterozoic platforms like the Scythian and Moes...
This study provides a comprehensive comparison between Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) measurements through analysis of collocated precipitation at the 19 GHz footprint scale...
Foreshocks, observed before some large earthquakes, remain debated in terms of their origins and predictive value. While aftershocks fit well within bottom-up triggering models like ETAS, foreshocks may arise from distinct preparatory processes. Obse...
Underground longwall mining conducted in the vicinity of the barrier pillars in the KWK ROW Ruch Marcel mine has led to volume changes in the rock mass. As the longwalls progressed, a gradual increase in stress occurred in the goaf overburden, as a r...
Understanding Earth as a complex, dynamic, and interconnected system is crucial to addressing the contemporary environmental challenges intensified in the Anthropocene. This article reviews foundational Earth System Science (ESS) developments, emphas...
Tropical glaciers are highly sensitive to climate change, with their mass balance influenced by temperature and precipitation, which affects the accumulation area. In this study, we developed an open-source tool to map the accumulation area of glacie...
This study presents a probabilistic geotechnical analysis of the Visonta Keleti-III lignite mining area, focusing on the statistical evaluation of soil parameters and their integration into slope stability modeling. The objective was to provide a mor...
Underground mine surveys present unique challenges, including the logistics of deploying an energy source, placing geophones in solid rock, managing reverberation from the adit, and ensuring safety. We present the results of seismic surveying at the...
This review examines the application of the geophysical methods for Transportation Infrastructure Slope Monitoring (TISM). In contrast to existing works, which address geophysical methods for natural landslide monitoring, this study focuses on their...
The early Paleozoic Huaiyuan Movement created a major unconformity in the Ordos Basin, significantly influencing sedimentation and early diagenesis in both the overlying and underlying strata near the unconformity. However, the origins of the associa...
Flood risk to rice production has previously been examined in terms of river basins or administrative units, incorporating data about the flood year, inundated area, precipitation, elevation, and impacts. However, there is limited knowledge about thi...
Sedimentary basins developed in mountain belts are natural traps of catchment erosion products and can produce comprehensive palaeoflood records that extend beyond instrumental or historical data. This study investigates the Lake Moo plain (1120 m a....
This paper illustrates how youth education can foster resilience and promote risk awareness through interactive learning. It presents Shake It!, an engaging, hands-on educational module designed for middle school students that integrates risk educati...
The Central Depression of the Junggar Basin relies heavily on Permian lacustrine mudstone for deep-seated hydrocarbon sealing. This research investigated how the fluorescence parameters of caprock samples responded to the leakage of palaeo-oil zones...
The global emphasis on clean energy has increased interest in producing hydrogen from petroleum reservoirs through in situ combustion-based processes. While field practices have demonstrated the feasibility of co-producing hydrogen and oil, the quest...
Geoethics, which addresses the ethical, social, and cultural dimensions of geoscientific activities, is essential for fostering responsible human engagement with the Earth, particularly within frameworks such as UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGps). UGGps...
Remotely sensed data, including rainfall estimates and digital elevation models (DEMs), are increasingly available at various temporal and spatial scales, offering new opportunities for rainfall regionalization in regions with limited ground-based ob...
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) have emerged as a critical threat to high-mountain communities and ecosystems, driven by accelerated glacier retreat and lake expansion under climate change. This review synthesizes advancements in remote sensing...
Integrated facies and micropaleontological analyses of the late Piacenzian to early Gelasian, middle shelf to lower shoreface succession of the Strongoli area, southern Italy, reveal a hierarchy of transgressive–regressive sequences. In particu...
The paper presents a case study on the impact of a shallow landslide in overconsolidated clays, which was triggered during the winter of 2004–2005 due to exceptionally high pore pressures, on the operativity and serviceability of a key road art...
Gully erosion constitutes a significant global problem, as gullies are a substantial source of sediment that harms rivers, affecting aquatic fauna and water quality, altering flow regimes, and degrading soil, among other impacts. Gullies have been ex...
The determination of the dynamic angle of repose (DAR) of lunar regolith simulants is essential for modeling material behavior during in situ resource utilization (ISRU) processes and lunar surface operations. This study presents a methodology and de...
In subsurface geological mapping, it is more than advisable to compare different solutions obtained with neural and other algorithms. Here, for such comparison, we used the previously published and well-prepared dataset of subsurface data collected f...
This study reviews the melting rate of anthropogenic snow patches formed as a result of cleaning the territory of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk city from snow and collecting it in designated areas known as snow dumps. Snow patches persisted at absolute altitudes...
High-enthalpy geothermal resources in volcanic settings often lack clear surface manifestations, requiring integrated, data-driven approaches to identify hidden reservoirs. In this study, we apply a multivariate clustering technique—genetic K-M...
A complex study was performed of the disturbances in geophysics parameters that were observed during a short-term period of earthquake preparation. On 4 March 2024, an
This study investigates the challenges and opportunities associated with improving the vertical resolution of normal and lateral resistivity logs in thin-bedded rock formations. The proposed iterative inversion procedure combines a finite element met...
Snow avalanches occur in snow-covered highland mountains and represent one of the most significant natural hazards pertaining to the field of geoscience. Although some insight into the formation of avalanches has been provided, a comprehensive overvi...
The greisens discussed in the present study are associated with the Homrit Akarem post-collisional granites, which are exposed near the western edge of the Egyptian Nubian Shield in the Southeastern Desert of Egypt. The Homrit Akarem granites intrude...
The integration of new technologies across scientific disciplines, including rock slope engineering, is increasingly essential. The use of drones and advanced software tools for mapping and analyzing large rocky slopes in detail has become indispensa...
Almost two years after the devastating 1999 MW7.6 Chi-Chi earthquake, a new concept of time termed natural time (NT) was introduced in 2001 that reveals unique dynamic features hidden behind the time series of complex systems. In particular, NT analy...
Maintaining the sustainable quantity and quality of water resources is crucial for fluvial systems, as well as for human life. This study describes the long-term annual river flow within the Brda River catchment of Poland, a fluvial system subjected...
The manuscript of the Mineralogical lessons for the 1824–1825 course being held at the Royal Cabinet of Natural History had been found in the Archivo General de Palacio (AGP; Madrid, Spain) by the priest Donato García, who replaced Chris...
This paper uses an orthogonal resistor network model instead of traditional finite-difference or finite-element methods to explore an alternative approach to forward modeling in Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT). A resistor network is advantage...
Understanding the relationship between geological and geomorphological processes is essential for reconstructing landscape evolution. This study examines how geology and geomorphology shape landscape development in central Brazil, focusing on the Nat...
The Roman site at Makariopolsko village in Northeastern Bulgaria has been identified as a ceramic production center, featuring single- and double-chamber kilns, abundant ceramic material, and a nearby water source. Geological assessments also reveal...
In comparison with conventional hydrological parameters such as water levels and temperatures, geochemical changes induced by earthquakes have become increasingly important. It should be noted that hydrogen (δ2H) and oxygen isotopes (δ18O...
Lowland landslides are very common in temperate climates but are less studied than in mountainous regions. Although they are often less spectacular, they can cause considerable damage to the land they affect. In Champagne (France), this is particular...
In this article, we consider the roles of transcrustal magma- and fluid-conducting faults (TCMFCFs) in the formation of mineral deposits, showing the importance of deep sources of heat and hydrothermal solutions in the genesis and history of deposit...
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