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Despite having only about 670 species worldwide, conifers are one of the ecologically and economically most important plant groups. They have a rich fossil record and previous studies have shown that their current diversity is the result of past radiations, extinction, and dispersal events, restricting many genera to either the Northern or Southern ...
Hong Qian, Michael Kessler, Shenhua Qian
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Paleozoic outcrops in Mexico containing echinoderms are located to the north, center and south of the country, mainly in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Hidalgo, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas.
Blanca Estela Buitrón-Sánchez +3 more
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ABSTRACT The McMurdo Dry Valleys, the largest ice‐free region in Antarctica, are home to a cold‐desert hydrologic system of glaciers, snowbanks, streams, and lakes. Freshwater is also stored as dead glacial ice, which is poorly constrained in terms of ion concentrations and interactions with both in situ and overlying sediments.
Matthew C. Witscheber, Kate M. Swanger
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FAULT SYSTEMS IN THE UPPER CRUST OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN FOLDING BELT
This article considers the disjunctive deformation of the upper crust in the Tien Shan and Altai-Sayan regions of the Central Asian folding belt. An analysis of the diagrams of fault directions constructed on the basis of information on more than 3000 ...
V. S. Burtman
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ABSTRACT Colorado's geologic, pedologic, topographic, hydrological, and climatic contrasts create strong but under‐synthesized opportunities for sustainable agritourism. This review investigates how geodiversity, and the broader environmental heterogeneity within which it operates, can be used to diversify farm income, strengthen place‐based visitor ...
Bonface O. Manono
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Zircon U–Pb ages of the Paleozoic volcaniclastic strata in the Junggar Basin, NW China
A large set of Paleozoic volcaniclastic rocks is exposed in the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin from the southern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt.
Chun Fan
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ABSTRACT This study shows an innovative approach to determine the origin of some Calabrian rocks quarried used in ancient times. Twenty‐five quarries, distributed in all the Calabrian provinces (Southern Italy), were studied and sampled. Ten samples were taken from each quarry, for a total of 250 samples.
Domenico Miriello +5 more
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In relatively stable sedimentary basins, the formation of buried-basement hill reservoirs mainly occurs after the basin basement forms and before the overlying sedimentary cover layer is filled. Represented by the Beibu Gulf Basin in the South China Sea,
Anran Li +9 more
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Biogeography of Atlantic Salmon in the Cape Breton Highlands, Canada
ABSTRACT Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) populations have experienced significant declines in recent decades. In Canada, conservation efforts are divided into 16 designatable units (DUs) to address unique regional challenges among genetically distinct populations.
Oscar D. P. Notman‐Grobler +4 more
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In recent years, several wells in the Qibei and Wumaying buried hills of Dagang Oilfield tapped oil in the Carboniferous–Permian and Ordovician strata.
Xianzheng ZHAO +7 more
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