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The New Space Race Era: The Exogeoheritage Challenge and Its Conservation
Abstract The escalating pace of space exploration has ushered in a new era reminiscent of the space race of the 1960s. However, the discourse on exogeoconservation—the protection of geological heritage—now demands a prominent place in decision‐making processes.
B. De Toffoli
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A Fluvio‐Lacustrine Environment Preserved in the Jezero Crater Inlet Channel, Neretva Vallis, Mars
Abstract Martian fluvial valleys provide evidence for the surface flow of liquid water, making them a key target for rover‐based investigations of ancient habitability. The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover spent ∼85 sols exploring the Bright Angel formation, exposed across the floor of Neretva Vallis: the western inlet channel of Jezero crater.
Alexander J. Jones +31 more
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Respatializing Toxic Harm: The Case Against Sacrifice Zones
ABSTRACT Describing heavily polluted areas as “sacrifice zones” has become commonplace in recent decades, as diverse groups resist their unwitting exposure to destructive and toxic industrial, municipal, and military activities. However, pollutants tend to seep, spill, leak, and drift from wherever they are concentrated, defying any notion of physical ...
Kimberley Anh Thomas +2 more
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Fault slip in a mining context [PDF]
Recent articles on the broad range of computational and analytic techniques currently used to investigate excavation collapse are reported. Advances in physical models are also described.
Fowkes, N.D. +2 more
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The rapid increase in the global population has intensified the need for residential areas and civil infrastructure, ultimately leading to construction in areas with less desirable geological conditions. This underscores the necessity for soil improvement. With increasing public concern for environmental issues and the urgent goal of achieving net‐zero
Ching Hung +7 more
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The South African rail sector is a key contributor to the national economy, boosting gross domestic product (GDP) and creating jobs. However, serious malfunctions often jeopardize the reliability of locomotives such as the Class 8E locomotive, leading to lost output and longer lead times.
Rofhiwa C. Mufamadi +3 more
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Stable propagation of an ordered array of cracks during directional drying
We study the appearance and evolution of an array of parallel cracks in a thin slab of material that is directionally dried, and show that the cracks penetrate the material uniformly if the drying front is sufficiently sharp.
A. Aydin +23 more
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21st-century scholarship and Wikipedia [PDF]
Wikipedia, the world’s fifth most-used Web site, is a good illustration of the growing credibility of online resources. In his article in Ariadne earlier this year, “Wikipedia: Reflections on Use and Academic Acceptance”, Brian Whalley described the ...
Thomas, Amber
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Gravity-flow dominated sedimentation on the Buda paleoslope (Hungary): Record of Late Eocene continental escape of the Bakony unit [PDF]
The Upper Eocene sequence of the Buda Hills consists of fluvial and shallow marine conglomerates, sandstones, bioclastic shallow-water limestone, marlstone and pelagic Globigerina marl.
Fodor, László +3 more
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