The Basin and Range province is a broad, highly extended terrane embedded within the North Ameri-can western Cordillera that extends from Canada, through the western United States, and across much of Mexico. The province roughly occupies the space between the Cascade Ranges and Rocky Mountains in the north and the Sierra Nevada and the Colorado Plateau in the middle, and it engulfs the Sierra M...

MODIS (MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) aerosol products are the most widely used satellite retrieved aerosol optic depth (AOD) products, which compensate for the spatial lack of ground-based sun photometer observations. The newly released Collection 6 (C6) aerosol products have some improvements compared to the Collection 5.1 (C5.1) products with optimized algorithms and newly re...

objective(s): enzyme immobilization via nanoparticles is perfectly compatible against the other chemical or biological approximate to improve enzyme functions and stability. in this study lactoperoxidase was immobilized onto silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles to improve enzyme properties in the presence of cadmium chloride as an inhibitor. materials and methods:  the process consists of the ...

Abstract. We perform a teleseismic P-wave travel-time tomography to examine the geometry and structure of subducted lithosphere in upper mantle beneath Alpine orogen. The is based on waveforms recorded at over 600 temporary permanent broadband stations dense AlpArray Seismic Network deployed by 24 different European institutions greater region, reaching from Massif Central Pannonian Basin Po Pl...

Abstract This geochemical study explored the distribution of potentially toxic elements (PTEs), such as As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb, Tl, U, and Zn, along soil profiles a metallurgical industrial area in Kosovo, with aim assessing background contamination threshold PTEs soil, defining surface vertical level extent by PTEs. The was assessed exploratory data analysis PTE concentrations profiles...

Knowledge of an animal's home range is a crucial component in making informed management decisions. However, many home range studies are limited by study area size, and therefore may underestimate the size of the home range. In many cases, individuals have been shown to travel outside of the study area and utilize a larger area than estimated by the study design. In this study, data collected b...

We use core reflected ScS waves sensitive to a broad region of the core-mantle boundary beneath Hawaii create first high-resolution map Hawaiian ultralow-velocity zone (ULVZ). Positive ScS-S differential times are used identify regions strong slow velocity anomalies in lowermost mantle, and presence pre/post-cursors around main phase confirms sharp top basal ULVZ layer. Pre/post-cursor arrivals...

The Indonesian province of East Kalimantan is home to some of the largest remaining contiguous tracts of lowland Dipterocarp forest on the island of Borneo. Nest surveys recently conducted in these forests indicated the presence of a substantial population of Eastern Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in the Berau and East Kutai regencies in the northern half of the province. The Sangkul...

We investigate the thickness and seismic velocity structure of the Rukwa Rift crust by modeling seismograms from the 1994 Mw 5.9 Rukwa earthquake and teleseismic receiver functions recorded on a broadband seismic station at the southeastern end of the rift. Two methods have been used to model receiver functions, Hstacking and waveform inversion, yielding Moho depth estimates of 34 ± 2 km (Hstac...