Optimization of lithium extraction solar pond in Zabuye Salt Lake: Theoretical calculation combined with field experiments
25 January 2025
This research optimized the structure of lithium extraction solar ponds to enhance the crystallization rate and yield of Li2CO3. Using the response surface methodology in Design-Expert 10.0.3, the authors...
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First report of theropod materials enriches the dinosaur assemblages in Guangxi and expands the dinosaur distribution to the southernmost China
25 January 2025
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Evaluating the hydrocarbon generation potential of the Paleocene–Eocene carbonaceous rocks in the Barmer and Bikaner-Nagaur Basins, western Rajasthan, India
25 January 2025
The Bikaner-Nagaur and Barmer Basins (Rajasthan) are the most important petroliferous sedimentary basins in India. For over a decade, the exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons in these basins....
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Investigation of a NOx emission from coal power plants in Texas, United States and its impact on the environment
25 January 2025
Texas is the largest state by area in the US after Alaska, and one of the top states in the production and consumption of electricity with many coal-fired plants. Coal-fired power plants emit greater...
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Research hotspot and trend of plant water use in karst: Based on a bibliometric analysis from 1984 to 2022
25 January 2025
Research on the ecohydrological processes of terrestrial plants is a frontier field comprising ecology, hydrology and global change research, yielding the key theoretical foundations of ecohydrology....
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Distribution, characteristics, metallogenic processes and prospecting potential of terrestrial brine-type lithium deposits in the world and lithium demand situation
25 January 2025
In response to the rise of the energy storage industries such as new energy vehicles and the wide application of lithium in various fields worldwide, the global demand for lithium resources has been...
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Assessment of ecological geological vulnerability in Mu Us Sandy Land based on GIS and suggestions of ecological protection and restoration
25 January 2025
Eco-geological vulnerability assessment is a significant research topic within the field of eco-geology, but it remains poorly studied. The Mu Us Sandy Land, located in the central part of the farming-pastoral...
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Nickel extraction from nickel laterites: Processes, resources, environment and cost
25 January 2025
With the development of the new energy industry and the depletion of nickel sulfide ore resources, laterite nickel ore has become the main source of primary nickel, and nickel for power batteries has...
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Distributions and risk assessment of heavy metals in solid waste in lead-zinc mining areas and across the soil, water body, sediment and agricultural product ecosystem in their surrounding areas
25 January 2025
To identify the root causes of heavy metal contamination in soils as well as prevent and control such contamination from its sources, this study explored the accumulation patterns and ecological risks...
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Optimization of production well patterns for natural gas hydrate reservoir: Referring to the results from production tests and numerical simulations
25 January 2025
Natural gas hydrate is a clean energy source with substantial resource potential. In contrast to conventional oil and gas, natural gas hydrate exists as a multi-phase system consisting of solids, liquids,...
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Carboniferous-Early Permian heterogeneous distribution of porous carbonate reservoirs in the Central Uplift of the South Yellow Sea Basin and its hydrocarbon potential analysis
25 January 2025
Mesozoic-Palaeozoic marine carbonate rocks are crucial hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Central Uplift area of the South Yellow Sea Basin (SYSB). Due to the scarcity of boreholes and the significant heterogeneity...
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Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Mesoproterozoic mafic granulite and amphibolite dykes from Saltora, Bankura district, Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex, eastern India: Implications for their emplacement in within-plate setting
25 January 2025
Distinguishing high-grade mafic-ultramafic rocks originally crystallized from within-plate basaltic magmatism is challenging and crucial because the chemical composition of the igneous rocks has been...
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Mesozoic multi-direction collision tectonic evolution of the Ordos Basin, China: Insights from the detrital zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He analyses
25 January 2025
The Ordos Basin (OB) in the western part of the North China Craton (NCC), was located at the jointed area of multi-plates and has recorded the Mesozoic tectonic characteristics. Its tectonic evolution...
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Geological risk assessment of traffic engineering construction among 7.0–8.5 magnitude earthquake areas: Practice from the Sichuan-Tibet transport corridor in the eastern Tibetan Plateau
25 October 2024
At least 13 active fault zones have developed in the Ya’an-Linzhi section of the Sichuan-Tibet transport corridor, and there have been undergone 17 MS ≥ 7.0 earthquakes, the largest earthquake is 1950...
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In situ U-Pb dating and trace elements of magmatic rutile from Mujicun Cu-Mo deposit, North China Craton: Insights into porphyry mineralization
25 October 2024
Porphyry Cu (Mo-Au) deposit is one of the most important types of copper deposit and usually formed under magmatic arc-related settings, whilst the Mujicun porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in North China Craton...
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Geology and mineralization of the Hongqiling large magmatic nickel-copper-cobalt deposit (22×104 t) in Jilin Province, China: A review
25 October 2024
The Hongqiling large nickel-copper-cobalt deposit (hereafter referred to as the Hongqiling deposit), a typical mafic-ultramafic copper-nickel deposit in China, boasts proven Ni (Ni) resources of approximately...
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Analysis and prediction of glacier evolution trend (2020–2100) in Northern Xinjiang
25 October 2024
Glaciers, as “solid reservoirs”, are precious resources in arid areas. The study of glaciers is of great significance to the sustainable development and management of agriculture and the economy in...
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Molecular structure characterization of middle-high rank coal via 13C NMR, XPS, and FTIR spectroscopy
25 October 2024
Elemental analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance carbon spectroscopy (13C-NMR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) experiments were carried out to...
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Estimation and mapping of water erosion and soil loss: Application of Gavrilovic erosion potential model (EPM) using GIS and remote sensing in the Assif el mal Watershed, Western high Atlas
25 October 2024
Water erosion is a serious problem that leads to soil degradation, loss, and the destruction of structures. Assessing the risk of erosion and determining the affected areas has become crucial in order...
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Metallogenic characteristics of Shitoukengde intrusion and its implications for Ni-Co-(Cu) sulfide mineralization in East Kunlun
25 October 2024
Xiarihamu deposit is the only super-large Ni-Co deposit found in East Kunlun orogenic belt (EKOB) until present. Shitoukengde (STKD) intrusion is considered to have the potential to become a large Ni-Co...
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