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Climbing adaptations, locomotory disparity and ecological convergence in ancient stem ‘kangaroos’ [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2019
Living kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos (Macropodoidea) constitute the most ecologically diverse radiation of Australasian marsupials. Indeed, even their hallmark bipedal hopping gait has been variously modified for bounding, walking and climbing ...
Wendy Den Boer, Nicolás E. Campione, Benjamin P. Kear   +2 more
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Patterns of spinal motion, kinematic spaces and the land‐to‐sea transition in carnivorans

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Using 3D reconstructions, we quantify intervertebral joint mobility to investigate how cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebral regions evolved distinct kinematic roles in pinnipeds. The findings reveal lineage‐specific adaptations for swimming and highlight the functional significance of vertebral joint flexibility in ecological transitions.
Juan Miguel Esteban, Alberto Martín‐Serra, Alejandro Pérez‐Ramos, Borja Figueirido   +3 more
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A dwarf walrus from the Miocene of Baja California Sur, Mexico [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2018
Here, we describe the odobenid Nanodobenus arandai gen. et sp. nov., based on a nearly complete left mandible from the mid to late Miocene Tortugas Formation in Baja California Sur.
Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Fernando M. Salinas-Márquez   +1 more
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Optimal mud pressure design using nonlinear failure criteria for wellbores in shaley sedimentary reservoir

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
The present study uses the Modified Mohr‐Coulomb true‐triaxial failure criterion (MMC_TT), which predicts the strength of rock better than the MGC criterion in laboratory true‐triaxial tests to overcome the limitations. Moreover, based on the data from previously published five vertical wells in the Krishna‐Godavari basin (K‐G basin), an empirical ...
Ravindra K. Burnwal, Aditya Singh
wiley   +1 more source

Organic Geochemical Characterization and Exploration Prospects of Hydrocarbon Source Rocks in Nepal

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
It provides a more detailed introduction to the current situation of oil and gas exploration in Nepal, as well as the properties and distribution characteristics of source rocks. ABSTRACT This study aims to evaluate the hydrocarbon generation potential and exploration prospects of hydrocarbon source rocks in the Dailekh to Dang–Tansen area of Nepal ...
Guoqiang Zhang, Rui Wang, Yinglie Li, Xinhe Wu, Yanming Qu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of a mass movement susceptibility model in the heterogeneous Miocene clastic successions of the Slovenj Gradec Basin, northeast Slovenia

Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2020
In Slovenia, mass movements are not only a threat to the population, but also a major environmental and social science challenge. Lithologically heterogeneous areas have been found to be problematic, and the Miocene Slovenj Gradec basin (in northeast ...
Kristina Ivančič, Jernej Jež, Blaž Milanič, Špela Kumelj, Andrej Šmuc   +4 more
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Characteristics of Lacustrine Diamictite and Analysis of Diagenetic Reservoir Facies in the Neogene Lower Youshashan Formation in the Dafengshan Tectonic Belt in the Qaidam Basin

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Based on field outcrop data, core descriptions, comprehensive thin section data (plain, cast, and fluorescent), scanning electron microscopy, whole rock analysis via X‐ray diffraction, physical property tests, element logging, core recording, and oil pilot tests, we propose utilizing a mature and practical three component classification method for ...
Lin Xie, Chang Liu, Hui He, Xianming Li, Mingqiu Hou, Pengshan Ma, Yu‐Jianjun Xue, Liang Qiao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sedimentary responses of tectonic events in Miocene, western margin of South China Sea: a case study of Wan'an Basin

Shiyou shiyan dizhi, 2021
The Wan'an Basin is located on the southwestern margin of the South China Sea, and its unique tectonic position has made its filling evolution an important window to study the expansion of the southwest submarine basin and the strike-slip faults on the ...
Daojun ZHANG, Yunlong HE, Biyu LU, Yahui WANG, Juan LIU, Yunliu YANG, Hongyi XIAO   +6 more
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Development and Application of a Simplified Method for Preliminary Assessment of Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Geological Storage in Petroleum Reservoirs

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Geologic carbon storage in depleted oil and gas reservoirs is a key CO2 mitigation strategy, utilizing existing infrastructure such as injection wells and pipelines, while capitalizing on well‐characterized subsurface properties. This article introduces a versatile methodology designed to estimate critical parameters, including the number of ...
Nívia Morgana de Oliveira, Paulo Couto, Alexandre Szklo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Miocene aequipectininin bivalves of the Pirabas Formation of the Pará State, northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
A taxonomic revision of the Tribe Aequipectini from the upper Burdigalian, Lower Miocene Pirabas Formation in Brazil) resulted in an identification of Leptopecten daideleus comb.
María Belén Santelli, Claudia J. Del Río, Vladimir De Araújo Távora, Maria Inês Feijó Ramos   +3 more
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