Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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Vertical facing panel-joint gap analysis for steel-seinforced soil walls [PDF]
This paper reports the results of a numerical parametric study focused on the prediction of vertical load distribution and vertical gap compression between precast concrete facing panel units in steel-reinforced soil walls ranging in height from 6 to 24 ...
Bathurst, Richard +3 more
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Geomechanics of Interaction of Frame-Anchor Support Elements of Extraction Drifts in Solid Load-Carrying System [PDF]
An aluminum alloy with two different precipitation states was processed by Equal Channel Angular Pressing up to 16 passes. The thermal stability of the ultra-fine grain structure was examined during annealing at 300°C up to 1 h.
Astafyev, Denys +3 more
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Themed issue on selected papers SEG2015: part II [PDF]
This themed issue of Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment ‘SEG-2015-Part II’, presents papers selected from extended abstracts submitted to the Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG-2015) held in the Civil Engineering School of the Universitat ...
Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar +1 more
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Numerical evaluation of three non-coaxial kinematic models using the distinct element method for elliptical granular materials [PDF]
This is the accepted version of the following article: [Jiang, M. J., Liu, J. D., and Arroyo, M. (2016) Numerical evaluation of three non-coaxial kinematic models using the distinct element method for elliptical granular materials. Int. J. Numer.
Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos +2 more
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We investigated the relationship between stratigraphy, stress, and microseismicity at the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site-1. The site comprises two sets of horizontal wells in the Wolfcamp shale and a deviated well drilled after hydraulic fracturing ...
Arjun Kohli, Mark Zoback
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This study addresses the problem of geological structure tightness for the purposes of enhanced oil recovery with CO2 sequestration. For the first time in the history of Polish geological survey the advanced methods, practical assumptions, and ...
Małgorzata Słota-Valim +3 more
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Effects of finite strains in fully coupled 3D geomechanical simulations [PDF]
Numerical modeling of geomechanical phenomena and geo-engineering problems often involves complex issues related to several variables and corresponding coupling effects.
De Marchi, Nico +2 more
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New experimental results such as “zonal disintegration” around deep openings and “reversible deformations” of highly compressed rock samples cannot be described correctly from contemporary rock mechanics, which is based on the principals of classical ...
Guzev Mikhail, Makarov Vladimir
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Estimation of corrosion resistance of curing mixtures based on coal-bearing rocks from Western Donbass [PDF]
Purpose. Substantiation of possible use of coal-bearing rocks as a replacement for a part of the filler in the preparation of shotcrete for lining of mine workings in the conditions of mineralized mine water. Methods.
Harkusha, V, Kovalenko, V
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