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Assessment of the geoavailability of trace elements from selected zinc minerals Assessment of the geoavailability of trace elements from selected zinc minerals

This assessment focused on five zinc-bearing minerals. The minerals were subjected to a number of analyses including quantitative X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, leaching tests, and bioaccessibility and toxicity studies. Like a previous comprehensive assessment of five copper-bearing minerals, the purpose of this assessment was to obtain structural and chemical information and to
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Rhonda L. Driscoll, Phillip L. Hageman, William Benzel, Sharon F. Diehl, Suzette Morman, LaDonna M. Choate, Heather Lowers

The Tetracorder user guide: version 4.4 The Tetracorder user guide: version 4.4

Imaging spectroscopy mapping software assists in the identification and mapping of materials based on their chemical properties as expressed in spectral measurements of a planet including the solid or liquid surface or atmosphere. Such software can be used to analyze field, aircraft, or spacecraft data; remote sensing datasets; or laboratory spectra. Tetracorder is a set of software...
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Keith Eric Livo, Roger N. Clark

Variable exhumation rates and variable displacement rates: Documenting recent slowing of Himalayan shortening in western Bhutan Variable exhumation rates and variable displacement rates: Documenting recent slowing of Himalayan shortening in western Bhutan

We link exhumational variability in space and time to the evolving geometry of the Himalayan fold–thrust belt in western Bhutan. By combining new and published geochronologic and thermochronologic data we document the burial age, peak temperatures and complete cooling history from 20 Ma to the present over an across-strike distance of ∼125 km. These integrated cooling curves highlight...
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Nadine McQuarrie, Tobgay Tobgay, Sean P. Long, Peter W. Reiners, Michael A. Cosca

Geochemistry of hydrothermal alteration at the Qolqoleh gold deposit, northern Sanandaj–Sirjan metamorphic belt, northwestern Iran: Vectors to high-grade ore bodies Geochemistry of hydrothermal alteration at the Qolqoleh gold deposit, northern Sanandaj–Sirjan metamorphic belt, northwestern Iran: Vectors to high-grade ore bodies

The Qolqoleh orogenic gold deposit in the northern part of the Sanandaj–Sirjan metamorphic belt in northwestern Iran is hosted by a steeply dipping sequence of greenschist facies Cretaceous volcano–sedimentary rocks, including mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks, sericite and chlorite schist, and marble. Geochemical and petrochemical data including the ∑ REE, (La/Yb)N and Eu/Eu*...
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Farhang Aliyari, Ebrahim Rastad, Richard J. Goldfarb, Jafar Abdollah Sharif

Forecasting conditional climate-change using a hybrid approach Forecasting conditional climate-change using a hybrid approach

A novel approach is proposed to forecast the likelihood of climate-change across spatial landscape gradients. This hybrid approach involves reconstructing past precipitation and temperature using the self-organizing map technique; determining quantile trends in the climate-change variables by quantile regression modeling; and computing conditional forecasts of climate-change variables...
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Akbar Akbari Esfahani, Michael J. Friedel

Investigation of off-site airborne transport of lead from a superfund removal action site using lead isotope ratios and concentrations Investigation of off-site airborne transport of lead from a superfund removal action site using lead isotope ratios and concentrations

Lead (Pb) concentration and Pb isotopic composition of surface and subsurface soil samples were used to investigate the potential for off-site air transport of Pb from a former white Pb processing facility to neighboring residential homes in a six block area on Staten Island, NY. Surface and subsurface soil samples collected on the Jewett White Pb site were found to range from 1.122 to 1...
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Michael J. Pribil, Mark A. Maddaloni, Kimberly Staiger, Eric Wilson, Nick Magriples, Mustafa Ali, Dennis Santella

Alternative waste residue materials for passive in situ prevention of sulfide-mine tailings oxidation: A field evaluation Alternative waste residue materials for passive in situ prevention of sulfide-mine tailings oxidation: A field evaluation

Novel solutions for sulfide-mine tailings remediation were evaluated in field-scale experiments on a former tailings repository in northern Sweden. Uncovered sulfide-tailings were compared to sewage-sludge biosolid amended tailings over 2 years. An application of a 0.2 m single-layer sewage-sludge amendment was unsuccessful at preventing oxygen ingress to underlying tailings. It merely...
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Peter Nason, Raymond H. Johnson, Clara Neuschutz, Lena Alakangas, Bjorn Ohlander

Fractionation of fulvic acid by iron and aluminum oxides: influence on copper toxicity to Ceriodaphnia dubia Fractionation of fulvic acid by iron and aluminum oxides: influence on copper toxicity to Ceriodaphnia dubia

This study examines the effect on aquatic copper toxicity of the chemical fractionation of fulvic acid (FA) that results from its association with iron and aluminum oxyhydroxide precipitates. Fractionated and unfractionated FAs obtained from streamwater and suspended sediment were utilized in acute Cu toxicity tests on ,i>Ceriodaphnia dubia. Toxicity test results with equal FA...
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Kathleen S. Smith, James F. Ranville, Emily K. Lesher, Daniel J. Diedrich, Diane M. McKnight, Ruth M. Sofield

Noble gas geochemistry investigation of high CO2 natural gas at the LaBarge Platform, Wyoming, USA Noble gas geochemistry investigation of high CO2 natural gas at the LaBarge Platform, Wyoming, USA

A regional sampling of gases from thermal springs near the LaBarge Field, Wyoming, USA to determine the extent of the total carbon dioxide system (TCDS) indicates that the system may extend up to 70 km to the northwest of the field. Geochemical evidence from noble gas isotopes, stable element isotopes, and gas composition provide the foundation for these conclusions. Samples from Soda...
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Matthew D. Merrill, Andrew G. Hunt, Celeste D. Lohr
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