2025 September - 43 articles
Accurately identifying surrounding rock failure modes and designing matching support systems are critical to the safety of deep-earth and underground space engineering. We develop a graded classification scheme based on the rock strength-to-stress ra...
Groundwater–surface water interactions play a critical role in regulating river temperature and flow, particularly in northern regions affected by climate change. This study evaluates the influence of climate warming on groundwater discharge fo...
We investigated the CO2 emissions in a mofette gas pool located in Covasna, Romania. Using a custom-built remote multi-sensor device, we monitored the gas concentrations, temperature, and pressure for seven months. The measurements showed both diurna...
Co- and post-seismic earthquake-induced hydrogeological anomalies (EQHAs) in Greece are mainly associated with moderate to strong earthquakes (Mw = 6.0–7.0), particularly when seismic intensities reach IX or above. The highest frequencies are o...
Several short sections from Istria (northern Adriatic Sea) were studied to determine the impact of short-term climate variability on pelagic assemblages from the northern mid-latitudes during a critical period of evolution in the mid-Eocene greenhous...
In this study, a statistical analysis of ground geomagnetic data has been attempted to extract the seismo-electromagnetic (SEM) signatures associated with moderate earthquakes in the region of the seismic gap in the Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand, Indi...
A framework utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in tsunami evacuation training is proposed to counteract the adverse effects of evacuation by car despite the evacuation on foot principle during tsunamis. This approach involves ts...
Several sediment core studies have been performed on Utah Lake over the past century, with recent studies providing detailed depositional history based on shallow core samples. To offer additional coverage, we collected 10 deeper sediment cores that...
Debris flow events are complex natural phenomena that are challenging to predict, especially when data are limited or uncertain. This study presents a novel probabilistic approach using Bayesian Neural Networks (BNN) to predict possible volumes of de...
The Eastern Mediterranean Sea has become a hotspot for biological invasions, with thermophilic species like Lagocephalus sceleratus (silver-cheeked toadfish) and Pterois miles (devil firefish) posing significant ecological and socioeconomic threats....
The Yangtze River Basin (YRB) is highly vulnerable to both floods and droughts, with precipitation playing a key role in driving these hydrological extremes. Understanding and reducing uncertainty in precipitation estimates is therefore crucial for e...
Gravity anomalies caused by tectonics are commonly assumed to be static, based on the argument that the motions are slow enough for the induced mass changes over time to be negligible. We exploit this concept in the context of rifting and subduction...
Krenitsyn Peak is one of the two active volcanoes on Onekotan Island (Greater Kuril Ridge). The inaccessibility of the island, along with the volcano being situated within a sizeable (7 km in diameter) and cold (3.7 °C) caldera lake, has led to m...
Seismic attribute analysis, guided by well data, reveals widespread stratigraphic anomalies caused by erosion or karstification in the late Ordovician-early Devonian Hunton Group in the Arkoma Basin, eastern Oklahoma, USA. This study shows that these...
Studies of early syn-rift successions in the Duwi Basin have revealed repetitive lacustrine carbonate deposits exhibiting regressive sequences and early diagenetic processes. Two main informal stratigraphic units (Units 1 and 2), spanning the Late Ol...
Seismic hazards in Thailand are frequently overlooked in disaster management planning, leading to insufficient research and significant economic losses during earthquake events. The 2014 Chiang Rai earthquake exposed critical vulnerabilities in Thail...
Landslides and rockfalls can negatively impact human activities and cause radical changes to the surrounding environment. For example, they can destroy entire buildings and roadway infrastructure, block waterways and create sudden dams, resulting in...
Nieuwerkerk Volcano, located in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, is a submarine volcano whose entire edifice lies beneath sea level. Its proximity to several inhabited islands raises significant concerns regarding potential impacts from future volcanic haza...
Expansive soils are clayey soils that undergo significant volume changes due to moisture content variations which can severely affect the stability of foundations and infrastructure. This study investigates the use of talcum powder as a novel stabili...
This study aims to elucidate the geochemical reactions between CO2-saturated water and rocks in CO2-enhanced geothermal system (CO2-EGS) reservoirs by focusing on andesite found in island arc regions, such as Japan. Laboratory flow tests of CO2-satur...
The Príncipe Island is in the Gulf of Guinea, along the Cameroon Volcanic Line (West Africa). It is known worldwide for its biodiversity for whose conservation there is strong national and international consensus. But its geodiversity has play...
Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is one of the most commonly used geophysical methods for imaging the distribution of electrical resistivity in the subsurface. It is often employed to characterise heterogeneity in karst regions and locate cavi...
Natural radionuclides (40K, 210Pb, 226Ra, 232Th, and 238U) were evaluated for the first time on volcanic ash soils of the Argentine Patagonian Andes. The study was carried out along a topoedaphoclimatic gradient, encompassing soils from Xeric Molliso...
The coefficient of variation α is a critical parameter in the Brownian Passage Time (BPT) model, used to quantify the variability of large earthquake recurrence intervals. In this paper, a new estimation method is proposed for α based on...
The aim of the present note is to contribute to the search for sustainable binders to be used for soil stabilization purposes. Fly ash and quicklime are added to a clayey soil of low plasticity in different proportions; samples were prepared by wet m...
Understanding coastal hydraulic processes is essential for sustainable coastal planning and management, especially in semi-arid regions where data scarcity represents a significant challenge. This study sought to apply the Brazilian Coastal Modelling...
The Variscan and Mesozoic basement are covered by Neogene and Quaternary sediments belonging to the Guadalquivir foreland Basin (southern Spain). This study explores the subsurface of the northern margin of its westernmost sector using the HVSR metho...
This study investigates the metasedimentary sequences of terrigenous–carbonate Sakar-type Triassic (TCSTT) and Sakar-type Triassic (STT) in the Sakar Unit, southeastern Bulgaria. Both share lithological similarities (alternation of carbonate&nd...
This study provides new constraints on the paleogeographic evolution of the Arctic during the Mesozoic. U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircon and rutile grains, together with (U–Th)/He zircon thermochronological data from the uppermost Mi...
Water resources allow us to trace the history of many of our towns. In settings with limited surface water, a very interesting case study is represented by the presence/preservation of water in the rupestrian towns located along the rocky walls of ca...
Riverbank erosion poses a significant threat to livelihoods and infrastructure in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD), necessitating innovative and sustainable solutions. This study explores the use of old tyres as a material for embankment constructio...
This study experimentally investigated the influence of vegetation integrity, vertical architecture and morphology, flexibility, and patch length on tsunami bore attenuation and structural force reduction, using Pandanus odoratissimus (screwpine) as...
The purpose of this research is to investigate the misconceptions related to geological concepts among Secondary Education students in the region of Achaia, Greece. The study focuses on both Lower Secondary Education (Gymnasium, grades 7–9) and...
A multidisciplinary investigation was conducted in southwestern Sicily, near the seismically active Belice Valley, based on the analysis of morphostructural features. These were observed as open fractures between 2014 and 2017; they were subsequently...
This study presents a novel methodology for mapping Fault- and Thrust-based Structural Lineaments (FT-SL) in the rugged and inaccessible Oued-Laou watershed of the Rif Belt, Morocco. Combining optical (Landsat-8 OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI) and radar (Sentin...
This study investigates the presence of naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) in the Bajgora region of Mitrovica, Republic of Kosovo. Rock samples were collected and analyzed using X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) and scanning electron microscopy coupled...
The rich Eocene larger benthic foraminiferal (LBF) assemblages in the vicinity of Verona have long been well known. However, they are described in detail only from the Ypresian to Bartonian interval. Here, we present the results of our morphometrical...
Mount Etna has a well-documented history of frequent eruptions and seismic activity, periodically causing significant damage to urban areas. On 26 December 2018, a Mw 4.9 shallow earthquake struck the volcano’s eastern flank, severely damaging...
Geodiversity mapping is a key topic in the field of geoconservation. Although most methodological proposals are based on quantitative assessments, recent studies on qualitative mapping have shown strong potential for various applications, including r...
In recent years, artificial intelligence has gained significant traction in Earth sciences, driving a shift from qualitative approaches to quantitative, data-driven methodologies. In geomorphology, artificial intelligence techniques are now applied a...
A package of upper Messinian volcaniclastic layers (UMVLs), exposed in the deep-water foreland basin system of the central Apennines (Italy), is the volcanic product of a rhyolitic eruption dated to 5.5 Ma. These UMVLs are an important marker for str...
Turbidite lobe reservoirs represent critical deep-sea hydrocarbon targets, yet preferred seepage channels within them remain poorly characterized. This paper establishes a method for identifying internal preferred seepage channels in turbidite lobe r...
Foredeep basins often host significant natural gas reservoirs within siliciclastic successions, as exemplified by the Po Plain (Northern Italy), one of Europe’s largest foredeep basins. Here, numerous depleted gas reservoirs have been successfu...
