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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott, Julia A. Gamble, Caleb Marshall Brown, Kirstin S. Brink   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tectonics, volcanism, landscape structure and human evolution in the African Rift [PDF]

, 2000
Tectonic movements and volcanism in the African Rift have usually been considered of relevance to human evolution only at very large geographical and chronological scales, principally in relation to longterm topographic and climatic variation at the ...
Bailey, G., King, G., Manighetti, I.
core  

Geological processes shaping freshwater biodiversity: a synthesis of global evidence

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent genomic data highlight the key roles of geological processes in shaping the diversification and biogeography of freshwater lineages. Specifically, physical processes such as tectonic uplift, erosion, glaciation, lake formation, and sea‐level fluctuation contribute extensively to the evolution of biotic diversity within and among ...
Jonathan M. Waters, Christopher P. Burridge, David Craw, James S. Albert   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cap rock efficiency of geothermal systems in fold-and-thrust belts: Evidence from paleo-thermal and structural analyses in Rosario de La Frontera geothermal area (NW Argentina) [PDF]

, 2016
Cap rock characterization of geothermal systems is often neglected despite fracturing may reduce its efficiency and favours fluid migration. We investigated the siliciclastic cap rock of Rosario de La Frontera geothermal system (NW Argentina) in order to
Aldega, L., Bigi, S., Chiodi, Agostina Laura, Corrado, Sveva, Di Paolo, L., Giordano, G., Invernizzi, C., Maffucci, R.   +7 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

Tectonic evolution and source rocks development of the super oil-rich Bohai Bay Basin, East China

Petroleum Exploration and Development
The Bohai Bay Basin, as a super oil-rich basin in the world, is characterized by cyclic evolution and complex regional tectonic stress field, and its lifecycle tectonic evolution controls the formation of regional source rocks.
Gongcheng ZHANG, Dianjun TONG, Kai CHEN, Hui LIU, Xuan FANG   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interpretation of the tectonic evolution of the western part of the Sava Depression: structural analysis of seismic attributes and subsurface structural modeling

Journal of Maps, 2019
This paper presents the results of an extensive structural investigation of the western part of the Sava Depression (SW part of the Pannonian Basin System) and provides insights in the tectonic evolution of the investigated area. Structural analyses were
Ivica Pavičić, David Rukavina, Bojan Matoš, Bruno Tomljenović   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scale-dependence of lithological control on topography: Bedrock channel geometry and catchment morphometry in western Scotland [PDF]

, 2010
We propose that a scale-dependent topographic signature of erodibility arises due to fluvial and glacial erosion acting on different parts of the landscape at different times.
Bishop, P., Codilean, A.T., Hoey, T.B., Jansen, J.D.   +3 more
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Blasting effects of cross‐fault deep‐buried excavation on adjacent existing tunnel stability

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
Based on the theoretical analysis of cylindrical wave propagation in a deep rock mass in the fault with a filling layer, the calculation method of peak particle velocity caused by wave propagation in the existing tunnel is established. The viscoelastic characteristics of a rock mass are examined in the analysis.
Shaobo Chai, Lianzeng Chai, Chao Meng, Kai Liu, Lang Song, Shaojie Zheng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Failure mechanism of the coal wall at the working face based on an eccentric compression mechanical model

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
In this study, the nonuniform distribution of the bearing pressure in front of the coal wall has been revealed based on in situ monitoring data and numerical simulation results. Therefore, an eccentric compression mechanical model of the coal wall was established to study the deformation and failure characteristics of a coal wall. The slenderness ratio
Maolin Tian, Jiabao Wang, Changsheng Wang, Shijie Sun, Lijun Han, Qingbin Meng, Sunhao Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source