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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Nicolas Dall'Asta, Gianreto Manatschal, Guilhem Hoareau
Summary: This study focuses on the relationship between crustal necking and mineral deposit formation. Observations from the Mont-Blanc fossil detachment system show a direct link between fluid and reaction-assisted breakdown of silicates, metal transfer and trapping along detachment faults, and the overlying sedimentary rocks during necking. These findings suggest that necking and Pb-Zn deposit formation may be closely linked.
MINERALIUM DEPOSITA
(2023)
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Geology
Do-Yoon Kim, Mirinae Lee, Gi-Soo Nam, Tae-Yoon S. Park
Summary: Researchers have discovered a new species of elcanid insects in the lower Albian Jinju Formation, and used Wavelength Dispersive Spectrometer analysis for the first time on insect fossils. They found that elcanid insects may have used leaf-shaped spurs on their hind legs to jump on the water surface as an effective way to escape from predators.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Aleksander Matavz, Ursa Ursic, Jaka Mocivnik, Dmitry Richter, Matjaz Humar, Simon Copar, Barbara Malic, Vid Bobnar
Summary: The study found that contact-line motion has a significant impact on the deposit morphology of solution-based inks, with a fixed contact line producing exclusively ring-like deposits and a mobile contact line leading to different deposit morphologies. By adjusting ink solvent composition and substrate wetting behavior, uniform and flat deposits can be achieved through inkjet printing.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
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Geology
Corentin Jouault, Kazunori Yoshizawa, Marina Hakim, Diying Huang, Andre Nel
Summary: Two new fossil species belonging to the family Prionoglarididae are described, with distinctive characteristics including long maxillary palpomere and specific wing vein patterns.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Mark W. Denny, W. Wesley Dowd
Summary: To better understand environmental physiology of marine organisms, scientists need to quantify how individual organisms perceive their environment and describe how this experience affects their performance.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Olga A. Zueva, Olga V. Postnikova, Alexander V. Postnikov
Summary: The aim of the research is to study the complex reservoir rocks in the Lower Berezovskaya subformation in the north of Western Siberia. The study reveals that the clay-siliceous deposits in this subformation are made up of various types of silicites, presenting unique petrophysical and mineralogical characteristics that pose difficulties in the development of productive layers. Through comprehensive laboratory studies, it is found that the silicites are caused by a complex void space structure consisting of different genetic types of voids ranging in size from micron to submicron dimensions.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Soulef Amamria, Mohamed Sadok Bensalem, Hassen Bensalem, Mohamed Ghanmi
Summary: The Cretaceous sedimentary succession in the Chotts basin of southern Tunisia is characterized by facies and thickness variations controlled by N-S and E-W trending fault networks. These faults, particularly the N-S faults, played a significant role in the extensional phase during the Aptian-Albian period, contributing to the structural division of the basin and the formation of the Atlas belt to the north and Saharan platform to the south. The interference between N-S and E-W faults directions, along with halokinesis movement, led to the emergence of specific paleohigh structures during this extensional phase, causing sedimentary hiatus in parts of the Chotts basin and Tunisian Atlas.
JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Geology
Meng-Ting Chen, Jun-Hao Wei, David Selby, Yan-Jun Li, Wen-Jie Shi, Yu-Jing Zhao
Summary: The Dongji and Maluntou gold deposits are the two largest ones in the Dongkeng Volcanic Basin, SE China, formed during the Turonia-Albian period, and are classified as intermediate-sulfidation epithermal deposits hosted by volcanic rocks. The deposits were characterized by multiple stages of mineralization and the occurrence of visible and invisible gold within different generations of pyrite.
ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Yan Lei, Huairen Cao, Xiaoyu Wang, Deping Zhang, Weibin Wang, Xuelian Guo
Summary: This study provides biomarker evidence for wildfires and paleoclimate changes during the Late Cretaceous in the Songliao Basin, NE China. The presence of various aromatic hydrocarbons in lacustrine deposits indicates changes in oxygen availability, humidity, and fire activity.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Francisco J. Vega, Jesus Alvarado-Ortega, Javier Luque, Hector Porras-Muzquiz, Gerardo Carbot-Chanona, Katia A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, Christina Ifrim
Summary: This study revisits the Crustacea preserved in Cretaceous plattenkalk deposits from Mexico, revealing new findings including isopods, palinurid lobsters, and crabs. Descriptions of previously reported species are extended based on new material available. These findings provide insights into the morphology and ecology of these fossilized animals.
JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mariusz A. Salamon, Sreepat Jain, Marcin Krajewski, Piotr Duda, Bruno Ferr, Mohamed Benzaggagh, Bartosz J. Plachno
Summary: Sheltered preservation is a known phenomenon where organisms are trapped within cephalopod shells, providing important paleontological data. This study reports the discovery of the first crinoid preserved inside an early Albian ammonite in Madagascar. The crinoid belongs to the phyllocrinid family and represents the first finding of this family from Africa and the second from the southern margin of the Tethys. This finding highlights the potential use of ammonite shells for studying echinoderms.
JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY-ENGLISH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wolfgang Knierzinger, Jyh-Jaan Steven Huang, Michael Strasser, Klaus-Holger Knorr, Ruth Drescher-Schneider, Michael Wagreich
Summary: This study reconstructs prehistoric copper mining activities in Styria, Austria, using a multi-proxy approach on calcareous lake sediments. The results indicate regional mining during the mid-Bronze Age, Hallstatt period, and late La Tene period, with strong correlations of trace elements associated with local copper ores.δ15N and δ34S were not effective in identifying past mining activity but helpful in inferring erosional changes in the lake catchment.
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Jose Carlos Baez, Maria Grazia Pennino, Marta Albo-Puigserver, Marta Coll, Ana Giraldez, Jose Maria Bellido
Summary: The study investigates the relationship between jellyfish blooms and the dynamics of anchovy and sardine populations in the Western Mediterranean Sea. The results show that jellyfish blooms have a negative impact on the abundance, biomass, and fitness of these fish species, in addition to changes in environmental conditions. This suggests that jellyfish blooms should be considered as a likely cause of change when analyzing small pelagic fish populations.
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geology
Corentin Jouault, Vincent Perrichot, Andre Nel
Summary: Examination of Burmese ambers reveals two new genera and species of tLancepyrinae, providing useful clues to understand the paleobiogeographic evolution of the group and suggesting a major paleobiogeographic scenario related to the separation of an island from Gondwana during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Preetha Gopalakrishnan Nair, Shoji Joseph, Narayana Pillai, Vasant Kripa, Mohamed Hatha Ammanamveetil Abdulla
Summary: Microzooplankton plays an important role in transferring microbial food web carbon to small pelagic fishes along the southwest coast of India, including Indian oil sardine, Indian mackerel, and Commerson's anchovy. The diet composition varied among the three fish species, with oil sardine mainly feeding on diatoms, Indian mackerel consuming phytoplankton, microzooplankton and copepods, and Commerson's anchovy primarily relying on a carnivorous diet including copepods, fish eggs, ostracods, lucifers, and microzooplankton. The study concludes that microzooplankton provides nutritional support to small pelagic fishes in the region, but the extent varies depending on the fish species and seasons.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
