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Fossilized diatoms of siliceous hydrothermal deposits in Yellowstone National Park, USA Fossilized diatoms of siliceous hydrothermal deposits in Yellowstone National Park, USA
The study of eukaryotic extremophiles is relatively novel, and, therefore, documentation of the structure and function of micro-organisms in continental hydrothermal systems globally is limited. In this study, we investigate fossil diatoms in siliceous hydrothermal deposits of the Upper Geyser and Yellowstone Lake hydrothermal basins in Yellowstone National Park, and utilize preserved...
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Sabrina Brown, Sherilyn Fritz, Lisa Ann Morgan Morzel, Wayne (Pat) Shanks
Fault fictions: Systematic biases in the conceptualization of fault-zone architecture Fault fictions: Systematic biases in the conceptualization of fault-zone architecture
Mental models are a human's internal representation of the real world and have an important role in the way we understand and reason about uncertainties, explore potential options and make decisions. Mental models have not yet received much attention in geosciences, yet systematic biases can affect any geological investigation: from how the problem is conceived, through selection of...
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Zoe K Shipton, Jennifer J Roberts, Comrie Emma L, Yannick Kremer, Rebecca J Lunn, Jonathan Saul Caine
Rare earth element deposits in China: A review and new understandings Rare earth element deposits in China: A review and new understandings
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Yuling Xie, Philip Verplanck, Zengqian Hou, Richen Zhong
Geochemistry and geophysics of iron oxide-apatite deposits and associated waste piles with implications for potential rare earth element resources from ore and historic mine waste in the eastern Adirondack Highlands, New York, USA Geochemistry and geophysics of iron oxide-apatite deposits and associated waste piles with implications for potential rare earth element resources from ore and historic mine waste in the eastern Adirondack Highlands, New York, USA
The iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits of the eastern Adirondack Highlands, New York, are historical high-grade magnetite mines that contain variable concentrations of rare earth element (REE)-bearing apatite crystals. The majority of the deposits are hosted within sodically altered Lyon Mountain granite gneiss, although some deposits occur within paragneiss, gabbro, anorthosite, or...
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Ryan D. Taylor, Anjana K. Shah, Gregory J. Walsh, Cliff D. Taylor
Finding the gaps in America’s magnetic maps Finding the gaps in America’s magnetic maps
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Benjamin J. Drenth, V. J. Grauch
Pyritization history in the middle to upper Cambrian Alum Shale, Scania Sweden: Evidence for ongoing diagenetic processes Pyritization history in the middle to upper Cambrian Alum Shale, Scania Sweden: Evidence for ongoing diagenetic processes
Detailed diagenetic studies of the late Cambrian Alum Shale in southern Sweden were undertaken across an interval that includes the peak Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion (SPICE) event to evaluate the pyrite mineralization history in the formation. Samples were collected from the Andrarum-3 core (Scania, Sweden); here the Alum was deposited in the distal, siliciclastic mudstone...
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Neil S. Fishman, Sven O. Egenhoff, Heather A. Lowers, Adam Boehlke, Per Ahlberg
A shallow rift basin segmented in space and time: The southern San Luis Basin, Rio Grande rift, northern New Mexico, U.S.A. A shallow rift basin segmented in space and time: The southern San Luis Basin, Rio Grande rift, northern New Mexico, U.S.A.
Interpretation of gravity, magnetotelluric, and aeromagnetic data in conjunction with geologic constraints reveals details of basin geometry, thickness, and spatiotemporal evolution of the southern San Luis Basin, one of the major basins of the northern Rio Grande rift. Spatial variations of low-density basin-fill thickness are estimated primarily using a 3D gravity inversion method that...
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Benjamin J. Drenth, V. J. Grauch, Kenzie J. Turner, Brian D. Rodriguez, Ren A. Thompson, Paul W. Bauer
The Zn–Pb mineralization of Florida Canyon, an evaporite-related Mississippi Valley-type deposit in Bongará district, northern Peru The Zn–Pb mineralization of Florida Canyon, an evaporite-related Mississippi Valley-type deposit in Bongará district, northern Peru
The Florida Canyon evaporite-related Zn–Pb sulfide deposit, in northern Peru, is one of the largest Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) deposits in South America. Triassic carbonate and former evaporite-bearing rocks of the Pucará Group host the ore bodies that comprise two different styles: (i) predominantly stratabound ore associated with hydrocarbon-rich porous dolostones and evaporite...
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Saulo B de Oliveira, David L Leach, Caetano Juliani, Lena VS Monteiro, Craig A. Johnson
Using stream-side groundwater discharge for geochemical exploration in mountainous terrain Using stream-side groundwater discharge for geochemical exploration in mountainous terrain
Groundwater chemistry has been predominantly used in geochemical exploration studies to identify mineralized targets concealed under transported cover in areas with gentle topography. Another potentially valuable ap-plication that has received little attention is using groundwater chemistry to identify deposits concealed within mountain ridges. A number of geochemical exploration studies...
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Andrew H. Manning, Jean M. Morrison, Richard Wanty, Christopher T. Mills
The complexity of mudstone diagenesis - some insight from the Tøyen Formation, Lower to Middle Ordovician, southern Sweden The complexity of mudstone diagenesis - some insight from the Tøyen Formation, Lower to Middle Ordovician, southern Sweden
The Lower to Middle Ordovician Tøyen Shale in southern Sweden, a biostratigraphically well-dated siliciclastic mudstone unit, shows 18 distinct authigenic cements that include sulfides, carbonates, silicates, clays, and phosphates. Marcasite, sphalerite, galena, and six texturally distinct types of pyrite characterize the sulfides whereas only one type of dolomite and three different...
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Sven Egenhoff, Neil Fishman, Heather A. Lowers, Per Ahlberg
Classification of oil spill by thicknesses using multiple remote sensors Classification of oil spill by thicknesses using multiple remote sensors
Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an operational tool for monitoring and assessment of oil spills. Satellite SAR has primarily been used to detect the presence/absence of oil, yet its ability to discriminate oil emulsions within a detected oil slick has not been fully exploited. Additionally, one of the challenges in the past has been the ability to deliver strategic...
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Oscar Garcia-Pineda, Gordon Staples, Cathleen E Jones, Chuanmin Hu, Benjamin Holt, Villy Kourafalou, George Graettinger, Lisa DiPinto, Ellen Ramirez, David Street, Jay Cho, Gregg A. Swayze, Shaojie Sun, Diana Garcia, Francisco Haces-Garcia
Variability in results from mineralogical and organic geochemical interlaboratory testing of U. S. Geological Survey shale reference materials Variability in results from mineralogical and organic geochemical interlaboratory testing of U. S. Geological Survey shale reference materials
The expansion of unconventional petroleum resource exploration and production in the United States has led to an increase in source rock characterization efforts, particularly related to bulk organic and mineralogical properties. To support the analytical and research needs of industry and academia, as well as internal work, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has collected and prepared...
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Justin E. Birdwell, Stephen A. Wilson