Impact of weathering on slope stability in soft rock mass
Weathering of soft rocks is usually considered as an important factor in various fields such as geology, engineering geology, mineralogy, soil and rock mechanics, and geomorphology.
Predrag Miščević, Goran Vlastelica
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Carbonate alteration of ophiolitic rocks in the Arabian–Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid and implications for the formation of Au deposits [PDF]
Ultramafic portions of ophiolitic fragments in the Arabian–Nubian Shield (ANS) show pervasive carbonate alteration forming various degrees of carbonated serpentinites and listvenitic rocks.
Azer, Mokhles K. +9 more
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Transitional geometries between gently plunging and steeply plunging folds: an example from the Lower Palaeozoic Brabant Massif, Anglo-Brabant deformation belt, Belgium [PDF]
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Debacker, Timothy +2 more
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Strain Localization: Analog Modeling and Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
The majority of the strain in Earth crust and upper mantle is localized to the high strain zones developed at ductile‐to‐brittle condition at kilometer‐to‐micrometer scale.
Zuzana Roxerová +3 more
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Influence of time-dependence on failure of echelon rock joints through a novel DEM model [PDF]
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering] on [September 2015], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19648189.2015.1064624This article ...
Jiang, Mingjing +4 more
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Exploration methods for granitic natural stones - Geological and topographical aspects from case studies in Finland [PDF]
Regional and local geological constraints for location of natural stone deposits in glaciated terrains of southern and central Finland have been studied and applied to practical exploration for natural stone.
O. Selonen +3 more
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Influence of hydrodynamic processes on the fate of sedimentary organic matter on continental margins [PDF]
Understanding the effects of hydrodynamic forcing on organic matter (OM) composition is important for assessment of organic carbon (OC) burial in marginal seas on regional and global scales.
Aller +102 more
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Modeling sub-surface velocity structures of regional sites
The sub-surface shear wave velocity structure of regional sites provides an important basis for the comprehensive consideration of the site seismic effects in the fine simulation of urban ground motion fields and seismic damages of building groups.
SHI Li-jing 1, SONG Jian 2, 3, DANG Peng-fei 1, LIU Jia-xuan 1
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Geology of Precambrian rocks and isotope geochemistry of shear zones in the Big Narrows area, northern Front Range, Colorado [PDF]
Jeffrey T. Abbott
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Zircon dissolution in a ductile shear zone, Monte Rosa granite gneiss, northern Italy [PDF]
The sizes, distributions and shapes of zircon grains within variably deformed granite gneiss from the western Alps have been studied. Zircon shows numerous indicators of a metamorphic response in both the host gneiss and a 5 cm wide continuous ductile ...
Dal Piaz +14 more
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