Evaporites and the salinity of the ocean during the Phanerozoic: Implications for climate, ocean circulation and life [PDF]
A compilation of data on volumes and masses of evaporite deposits is used as the basis for reconstruction of the salinity of the ocean in the past.
Balukhovsky, A. N. +5 more
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The article briefly describes current understanding of the tectonic regime of study area. It is related to the field geological practice of students of Industrial University of Tyumen.
Yu. A. Zagorovsky
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Clay mineralogy, chemistry, and diagenesis of late devonian K-bentonite occurrences in northwestern Turkey [PDF]
Thin beds of tephra (K-bentonites) formed by the diagenesis of volcanic ash are exposed within the limestone-dolomitic limestone successions of the Yilanli formation at Zonguldak and Bartin in northwestern Turkey.
Bozkaya, Ömer +5 more
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Insight into tube-building behaviour and palaeoecology of some agglutinating worms from the Upper Devonian of Nevada, USA [PDF]
Agglutinated worm tubes from the Upper Devonian of the Devils Gate section in Nevada, USA are reported for the first time, filling a major gap in their Palaeozoic fossil record.
Bond, David P. G., Zatoń, Michał
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Cone-in-cone structure: New data
Research subject. The article presents the results of investigating calcite lenses with a cone-in-cone structure from Middle Devonian clay terrigenous deposits in the Middle Timan.Methods.
I. Kh. Shumilov
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Models of Inquiry-based Science Outreach to Urban Schools [PDF]
NOTE: This is a large file, 15.5mb in size! A primary obstacle to urban precollege geoscience education is limited access to inquiry-based geoscience experiences that are engaging and relevant to students' lives.
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Background The Billefjorden area in central Spitsbergen hosts thick Lower–lowermost Upper Devonian, late–post-Caledonian collapse deposits presumably deformed during the Late Devonian Svalbardian Orogeny.
Lis Allaart +2 more
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Petrogenetic processes in the ultramafic, alkaline and carbonatitic magmatism in the Kola Alkaline Province: a review [PDF]
Igneous rocks of the Devonian Kola Alkaline Carbonatite Province (KACP) in NW Russia and eastern Finland can be classified into four groups: (a) primitive mantle-derived silica-undersaturated silicate magmas; (b) evolved alkaline and nepheline syenites; (
Balaganskaya, E. +4 more
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Tectonic history of the South Tannuol Fault Zone (Tuva region of the northern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Russia) : constraints from multi-method geochronology [PDF]
In this study, we present zircon U/Pb, plagioclase and K-feldspar Ar-40/Ar-39 and apatite fission track (AFT) data along the South Tannuol Fault Zone (STFZ).
De Grave, Johan +6 more
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Influence of palaeoweathering on trace metal concentrations and environmental proxies in black shales [PDF]
The mineralogical and chemical compositions of Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian) marine black shale from the Kowala quarry, the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland, were investigated.
Agnieszka Pisarzowska +128 more
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